Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12

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MY MNSr. Nav a-Thc insurgents
have now about a so men In the vicin-
/ ~ - ''nmes', camp that II, within a
[ radius 20 thirty miles.
The hcs, tr.-arr, east - the Jucar''-
Nor.an trsz-ha are the division cem-
mand-,l hy ten t."nzais~ a.. has -so
infantry whn arr well armed and well
disciplined tine cs,upsuY j. arusTi
with Msu~-r rid.~ which we've zap
turv.l frou N. spanish Inr th~>..
rifles there i hut a small supply - ann
munition. The other companies ar,
armed with the la~g Remington. r,li-h
throws hull~t - s-calihrr Ih', B..
the w-ap-,n ia s,tnulun u~s. Afu"ug th,
insurgents They prefer o. - the
Mau~er, in spite - the latter, r-I--st-
ing rr,P-rty.
Tho Available r"s--.
.t'om~ks immediate command can-
>is,, 80 a h,siyguard ~ H., cavalry ani
- infantry. under command - NJ I.sr
iu>~ph IA-srampr~- h--ranVss B.. am
American. from New orl~sn,. and a
,,--i artist This f"rcc of 3. a.,.1 81, aII
that are in sighting shape just at prs
cnt. but u there were arms and equip
ment 1t could H.. sNcll-d to probably
5o.eo.
't:om-x told me wanted ~ uD1 gun.
to equip an army large enough - drive
III. spanish from the island lie wants
large Remington "r Springfield fer th.
infantry and carhines - the same
character Tor the cavalry
Il believe II arms ar. sent 20 Cnla
Tor thc in>urs-nt, they had h~t'rr be-.
Springfield riil~-. - which our GOVERN
nent has a lars, supply ia H., ar,-uai..
Il :, a simple aud effective gun. To"
iuhan> Rr~ not accustomed. uur have
they the experience and facilities. ="
ear, for complicated repeating weapons.
Twenty thousand machcts. a weapon
II wonderful effectiveness Ia cuban
hands are also needed
''om-z ~ay> hc can rais.- n. eoa men IA
Santa Clara province alone. The ~
cruits will be nla>tly ranchers. whus..
occupation has byen practically de-
stroyrd by the spanish. aud who arv
cager for revenge. tonne j. srrat
believer in the effectiveness, - cavalry.
| lie wants to- Organize his neis army -
a basi, Of i.ooa cavalry ia Santa Clara
province 800 in Matankas province. suo
in Havana province. and ,0o ia rinar
del Rio In Puerto Principe province,
the insurgents are now all cavalry
Garcias for-cs IN santiago H.. cuba
are all infantry. In tn. reorganization
they should b.. compelled L. remain in.
fantry. They are drilled a. such. ani.
never having had horses. are ac,.us-
toned Ia make large marches an fo,t
| know ,'omez wants to unite Garcia,
forces with his own. although t,amcz
did not tell me himself The old man
never makes his plans known when he
can help it, NJ information. however.
comes from the inside. t'amez regards
artillery a. very important. bat ia"
Gubans have none.
Th. Food oa--tioa . serious one.
To my mind this f,--I question PR
sents an almost insurmountaile ul,sta-
Gle to the scheme to utilize the iusur-
gents To drive Blanco from ths. island
even IL ther. were no others t.umczs
army in it, present shape i totally in
adequate to undertake such "A task II
Is scattered over the entire island.
This disposition 3, absolutely necessary
in order that the men may not starv".
t,omez can not moblliz.evcu such forces
a. he has until fo--i supplies have been
.rnt into the island by the United
>tat~>, Ia ssy nothing of an army ~
ans considerable size mobilizcd. Ills
army would starve even If not crushed
/ by Blanco-
Now il will he exceedingly difficult.
not to say possible. ,a land provisions
+ in large quantities on the ceast ~ Cuba
and get th-m out into the interior 10
t;omez Small amounts Of arms and
ammunition. and even provision msy.
and arr. h,ing loaded under cover -
darkness and CARRIED into the interior
{ by small hands of insurgents, but -
supply even a small army in this way
T i impracticable II will never. in ms
I opinion bc accomplished suecss>fuilv.
+ The country along the northern c,ast
being extremely rough and hiily. and
while sheltering small SurreptitipuS
bands. imposes natural barrier in the
way Of cuu~crted action along that
line, Then. In a move of auE extent
s.sm- opp-sSition from Blans-s mus, b.,
r,-ekou,-l upon Unless enough Uuifed
states tr,rops are landed with su-h an
expedition there J. strong probability
that il would never b. 81 u>r 70 the in
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