Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-26
GOMEZ WAR BULLETIN.
CUBaNS FOLLOW CIVILIZED WARFARE.


New York. May 2s.-Tomas Estrada
Palma the representative Of the Cuban
republic in New York, has Just re-
ceived the first copy OF Las Villas. the
war bulletin which is published by au-
thority of General Gomez at the head
quarters of the Cuban army. 1t con-
tains the official news and movements
of the army of liberation and Is an in
teresting publication. Printed, of
course. In Spanish, II comprises three
columns on two sides of sheet about
ten by fourteen inches. The paper has
Greenish tint and the type is set up
and printed at General Corners head
quarters under his direction. The first
number under date of May 10, 1898. is
designated as Supplements a. and
contains half column description OF
the battle of Manila, which conveyed
for the first time to the soldiers of
Cuba the facts concerning Rear Ad-
miral Dewey's victory in the Philip
pines.
Besides the official notices and or
ders issued to the army. the papers
contains a lengthy address Issued to
the Cuban army and people by General
Gomez, In which he says:
II. Maxine Gomez. commander-in-
chief of the Cuban army, take this op-
portunlty through the medium of Las
Villas, which hereafter will be pub
lished once each week at the head
quarters of the army of liberation, to
communicate with those OF my COM
mand and our people In view of the
adoption of the constitution of the re-
public of Cuba and the armed inter-
ventlon of the United States in our
behalf, to aid us In obtaining our indie
pendence, which soon Will be recog-
nized by all the world, desire to make
known that hereafter our soldiers no
longer shall be known as insurgents
but soldiers of the regular army of the
republic.
81 hereby direct that there shall be
Issued each week war bulletin.
which shall be published at the general
headquarters of the army and shall be-
Gin with this Issue on the 10th day of
May, to be known as Las Villas. 1t
Will be circulated under the direction
and by the authority of the staff off,
lished all circulars. orders and official
notes of the war department as in
| formation which our army and our
people may desire TO know concerning
our progress and our allies, the United
| States.
Il take this opportunity to remind
each Cuban that he now has IA country
for which he must fight
we are Cuban soldiers and not In
surgcnts, and will respect the r,lles of
| civilized warfare.
II Will order punished any chief OFF,
| Ger or private who falls to respect the
| rights OF our prisoners of war and such
prisoners VIII be treated with respect
| due to their ranks and according to the
rules of civilized countries and the
| constitutional army.
Our soldiers will conduct themselves
IN such manner as to gain for them
selves the good offices of OUR brethren
| of the United States and for this reas-
on 1t is my wish that the army OF Gu
| ba may exhibit model discipline.
y desire to Impress upon you that We
| Will not continue this war. which so
| valiantly has been kept up for the past
| three years. with the idea of revenge,
and would call your attention to the
| fact that the history Of the world shows
| that loss of blood has always been the
| price OF liberty.
Notwithstanding. we must ever re-
| member our dead martyrs to the cause
of Cuban freedom and fight the good
| fight. and 1t viii not be long before
| every Spanish soldier shall have left
our soil. We have had to contend
against most cruel enemy. one which
| has known no honor and Its methods
of warfare have been most barbarous.
| and every act of Spain has shown the
| thirst for blood and desire to trample
| down and annihilate the people of Gu
Oh 90 nOt desire that our army shall
| emulate their example but would pre-
| fer that their methods OF war be those
of civilized nations, and that we may
| show to the enemy ths' those whom
| they are fighting are IA onorable as
| Themselves.
In recent proclamatiSh by .eneral
| Blanco, he made the staten that 1t
now was the duty of ali t,,Ianiards to
die for their honor in the war against
the United States.
Spain does not know the meaning of
honor; her definition of the word Is
nothing but cruelty. Spanish soldiers
| have never been known to die for honor
| except when they were opposed as ten
to one Their idc. of honor has been
to assassinate deGcnseless women and
| children whose protectors are now
| lighting for freedom In our army. Their
| idea of honor has been to rob. to plum
| der. They die for honor drinking
| gambling and committing crimes
| against humanity and against society;
| but now they will die before Ameri-
| can and Cuban arms.
Il take this opportunity to speak thus
| to our people and our army that they
may be encouraged and know that we
now have noble allies who will aid US
| In our fight for freedom, which long
| has been deserved and which we now
can see Will be n reality at no far dis
tant day. l shall also, from time to
| time, in Las villas, communicate with
| you in the same manner"