The San Francisco call., 1898-12-12

itors, including many public men, came to the hotel to express their condol- ences. President Mckinley manifested his sympathy by sending a suitably worded letter and Vice President Ho- bart sent his card. Among those who called were Senators Foraker, Money, Proctor and Chandler and Majors Gen. eral Lawton and Wheeler.
 General Garcia left a large family. only one of whom, Justo, just of age and cap tain on his staff, was with him when he died His widow and Mercedes. a daughter r years of age, are at Thomasville, Ga, where the girl is quite ill., Mario, a son 19 years of age, is with the mother at Thomasville, and Colonel Carlos Garcia, another son, is in Cuba. A daughter. Leonora, who married an American, is living in Paris General Garcia's mother Is still alive and resides in Havana.
 General Garcia, whose name will be ever linked with those of other patriots who have fought against unequal odds for the freedom of his country, has had
 
 which has been spent in fighting for the cause of Cuban liberty, which he had the satisfaction of seeing accomplished so short time before his death. He was a man of culture and refinement, of splendid education and came from a distinguished family of Jaiquani, of Santiago de Cuba Province. He was born in Cogquin October 14, 1889, and was therefore in his siXtieth year. Gen eral Garcia was educated in Havana and in Spain. In 1864 he was married to Isabel Velez.
 General Garcia was the original con- spirator in the uprising of the Cubans against Spain in 1868, and in that war, under Gomez, he attained the rank of a brigadier general. In October of 1868 he captured the towns of Jaiquani and Baire and recruited many hundreds of patriots. He had command of the east ern departments during that revolution, after 1873, and won many notable vic tories, including those at Melonez and Aures. While the revolution was in a critical state in the other provinces and its outcome was uncertain he main tained it with vigor in the territory under his command. In 1S75 while reconnoitering with his escort, he was surrounded by 20O0 Spaniards. Prefer ring death to capture and subsequent execution at the hands of his enemies he attempted suicide by placing his re- volver under his chin and firing The bullet came out between his eyebrows. For months he lay between life and death, but was saved finally by Span ish surgeons, who possibly had owed their own lives to his mercy. The Span iards, believing he was about to die, gave him pardon. The hole which the bullet made when it entered the chin and came out between the eyebrows was always visible and shows plainly in the calmness of death.
 For his participation in the revolu- tionary movement General Garcia was sent to Spain, where for four years he was confined in castles and fortresses, remaining there until the peace of Zan Jon. He then returned to the United States. and together with Jose Marti attempted another revolution. He landed in Cuba with a few followers, but the country was tired of war and wanted to try the home rule offered by Spain. He capitulated to the Spanish forces in order to save his few remain ing followers and was again banished to Spain in 1880, where he remained un- der surveillance until 1895, when the last revolution broke out in Cuba. Then he escaped to France and later to New York.
 His movements since that time and his active participation in the war are familiar to many newspaper readers. After coming to this country he en- deavored to get an expedition to the island of Cuba in the steamer Hawkins, but this met with shipwreck in a storm and the cargo was lost. General Garcia was the last man to leave the vessel. Undaunted by his failure General Gar cia made another attempt to ship stores for the insurgents, this time obtaining the ship Bermuda. He was intercepted, however, by the United States authori- ties and was arrested on a charge of filibustering, but was released on $3000 bail. He forfeited this bail, and in a final attempt landed on the eastern shore of the island with one of the largest expeditions that ever reached Cuba. After landing he succeeded Gen. eneral Antonio Maceo in command of the troops of the eastern department, holding the rank of major general, Gen. eral Maceo marching west with his men.
 At Maceo's death Garcia was elected lieutenant general of the Cuban army which position he held to the close of the war. During this command he as- saulted and took by siege Tunas, Guisa and Guaimaro and cleared the interior of his department of Spanish.
 After the declaration of war between the United States and Spain General Miles, commanding the American army sent his representative to General Gar cia, and subsequently, the American and Cuban generals co-operated in their movement against Santiago. All the officers who participated in the ac- tive work around Santiago bear testi- mony to the great aid, assistance an6 loyalty manifested by General Garcia during the campaign.
 When the Cuban Assembly met at the close of the war General Garcia was one of the principal advisers and was elected chairman of the commission di- rected to come to the United States