Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-23
GARCIA'S REPORT
Of Operations Of the lnsur-
gent Army in Cuba.
Directed by Cuban Government to Co
operate With the Americans.
Claims to Have Done Everything Possible In
Obeyias These Orders.

r. New York. Aug. 22-Gen. Calixto
Garcia has sent his first official state
ment concerning the Cuban operations
attSantiago to the urban Junta in this
city. The messenger bearing Gen.
Garcia's statement arrived, today, and
Mr.. Horatio S. Rubens. counsel for the
Junta. gave out a translation of the
statement as follows:
On the 9Th of June the steamer
Gloucester brought a communication
from Gen. Miles, commander in chief
Of the American army, in which he in
formed me of the project to attack by
land and sea the city of Santiago de
Cuba. and that it was necessary that
the greater part of the Cuban forces
should advance on that city to CO.
operate with him. Immediately gave
orders that the forces that had been
armed should move forward towards
the territory of Santiago de Cuba, a
very difficult operation (the infantry
being almost worn OUT and on account
of the scarcity of food for so many
people.
Surrounding these difficulties, the
forces arrived at Palma Soriano and
on the 18Th l marched to Aserraleros,
where l arrived on the 18th at 7.3O A.
M. having been summoned there to
confer with the admiral of the Ameri-
can navy, Sampson. to decide on the
best plan of attacking Santiago de
Cuba. This conference took place on
board the flagship New York.
Unjust now declare that my object in
moving my forces on Santiago de Cuba
and meeting the admiral of the United
States navy has been to obey the or
ders and instructions of the. American
commanders on their commencing
operations in the territory under my
command.
On the Goth. at $50 o'clock, the gen.
eral commander of the brigade of
Ramon de Las Taguas. Demtrio Cas-
tillo, landed in Aserraderos from Sigua
(east of Cuba) brought over by an
American man-of-war to receive my
orders. A short time after I was ad
vised that Major Gen. VIM. r. Shafter,
commander of the 5th Army Corps of
the United States army, had landed to
confer with me on the attack by land
Of Santiago de Cuba. After a long
conference ana after the American
general accepted the plan l laid be-
fore him for the landing of his troops
and to carry out with success the adj
vance on Cuba, he returned to the ship.
The following day the general of di
vision, Augustin Cebreco, marched to-
ward the west of Cuba with forces of
his division. with the object of pre-
venting the enemy from reinforcing its
garrisOns on the coast in that part,
longing to the division of Bayamo and
commanded by Brig. Gen. Castillo,
was shipped on board an American
transport to go to the reinforcement
of the brigade of Ramon TO protect the
landing of the American army and
advance on Cuba by the east. These
forces landed in Sigua. and they ad-
vanced at once on Daiquiri with their
commander Col Carlos Gonzales ana
vxith nf N htfra do 11n6py
Brig. Gen. Castillo.
The Spaniards in great hurry aban
doned Daiquiri which Castillo Occupied
when the Americans navy began to
lombard it, but firing was suspended
as soon as our flag was hoisted.
The Americans landed their first
regiment at Daiquiri and advanced on
Siboney with the Cuban forces always
in the vanguard, they being the first
to occupy said village
In Siboney the landing Of American
troops was continued while the Cuban
forces under Col. Carlos Gonzales adj
vanced on Santiago de Cuba, sustain
ing Il severe encounter WITH tHe eneIHy
in Las Quasinas suffering some loss
but inilicting greater on the Spanish.
In my conference with Admiral
Sampson and Major General Shafte!
we decided that l should embark with
5000 men at Aserrederos and land cas-;
OF Santiago de Cuba. With this OBJ
ject l sent for the forces at Aguacate
near Palma, and on the 25th at A
NJ, we began to embark, which opera
ton was finished in the evening Thes,
forces forming three distinct column
were respectively under the command
Of Major General Capote, Generals o
Division Cebreco and Lora, and Brig
Gen. Sanchez Hecheverria, the rentir,
force being under the immediate com
mand Of Major General Jesus Rabi.
was on board the Alamo with my stat
and some officers invited by Gen. Lud
low, who had superintendent the EN-
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