Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-06-04
SAFE LANDING IN CUBA.
The Florida Expedition, With Arms
and Ammunition.
JULIO sAEaU1LLY 1NTHE PARTY,

The Brave cuban WIN Humble Him
self Before General Gomez. and WIN
Probably BE Ordered to Fight in the
Ranks-Jose Lucret Is in Command.
Key West, June 1.-The steamer
Florida returned here yesterday. after
having successfully landed most inn
portant expedition in Cuba The Flor
ida sailed ON the night of May q with
nearly 400 men. These men and the
equipment constitute an expedition able
to operate independently and to de-
fend itself against any body Of Spanish
troops which might oppose 1t.
The expedition was under the COM
mand OF Colonel Jose Lacret, formerly
insurgent commander in Matanzas
province. He assumed the direction of
affairs Immediately on the landing of
the expedition. Until then General
Joaquin Castillo was in control.
In the landing of the expedition the
United States army was represented
by Captain J. A. Dorst and Tomas
Estrada Palma was represented by ].
e. Cartaya, who has been the land
ing agent of nearly every filibustering
expedition for more than a year
Messrs, Castillo, Cartaya and Dorst will
return to Key West. General julio
Sanguiliy, on the way to report to Gem
eral Maxine Gomez, was also on the
boat. This is the most powerful anti
Spanish expedition ever sent to Cuba
About 800 of the men are Cubans. the
others are Americans. The engineer
corps of the expedition is composed
entirely of Americans.
The men were dressed in canvas
uniforms furnished by the United
States government. and the commits
sary department had rations enough
to last is days after the landing. The
pack train consisted of rs mules and rs
horses. The expedition carried 1000
rifles and 100000 rounds of ammuni-
ton for General Calixto Garcia.
General Sanguilly's return to Cuba
is a remarkable incident in his extra
ordinary career. His gallant services
in the ten years war, his arrest in
Havana at the beginning of the present
instruction, his sentence to death and
his release at the intercession of Sec
rotary Sherman on promise to remain
outside of Cuba, have made him a con-
spicuous man. About six months ago
IeneTdl SODleE OTutTeu MIN W It1ott
for duty, and he did not obey. Now
he is going to humble himself before
'the old man." and Qubans saw that
General Gomez is likely to receive him
gruffiy, take away his sword and order
him to fight in the ranks.
The expedition was landed on the
coast of Cuba on Thursday morning
May 26. When the Florida, escorted by
the Osceola, drew up close to the shore
at the place selected for the landing
she sent scouts to see If all was clear.
These scouts were greeted by Generals
Ferris and Rojas, with some 1900 armed
insurgents. Consequently. far from
there being any hostile demonstration
upon the part of the Spaniards, the
landing of the expedition was in the
nature of a triumphal invasion. The
Cubans who were waiting for the party
had a brass band, and welcomed the
new corners with national airs. While
the cargo was being unloaded the Osce-
ola, an auxiliary gunboat, with her
guns ready for action, secuted about
the vicinity. looking for an enemy, but
the Spaniards apparently had no sus-
picion of what was taking place.