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surrender or be sunk. So we surren- dered and were taken to Matanzas and thrown into horrible dungeons.
 After being ironed in Matanzas for about two weeks we were taken to Morro Castle, where we found things even worse. Each man was kept alone constantly in the dark damp cells, un- ventilated and without any plumbing. We were given no bedding whatever and cleanliness was absolutely impoS- sible. We were forced to simply live in filth
 While imprisoned here our only food was tortillas and foul water. Every day the guards came in to tie us so the head guard could venture in and inspect us. This individual had habit of prodding me with his sword and carry several wounds to-day, the result of his cruelty.
 Just let me ever lay hands on him while I am able to defend myself. I will have revenge to the utmost.
 Through some diplomatic arrange ment all we prisoners were sent to Madrid, the intention being to try us over there and do the executing in the presence of the people so as to make a general impression that the adminis- tration was really doing something In the Cuban war.
 But for some reason the trial never  munication with the outside world. We asked to see the American Minis ter, but were only laughed at for mak- ing the request.
 "We lay in this Madrid prison for months. each day our hopes growing less and less. But we were not with out friends and they were working strenuously for us all the while. Cuban friends were doing all in their power to free us. They did not resort to any diplomacy either.
 .'In this case our good angel was young Cuban girl named Leila Moreita. At the time she was only 19 years old and filled with enthusiasm for the free dom of her country. No work was too hazardous for her and be it said she has never failed yet.
 'In order to release us her first work was to go to Madrid, where she was perfect stranger, and find out our whereabouts. She passed herself off as young girl from the country and nobody suspected that she was not Spanish.
 After locating our prison she pro- ceeded to get acquainted with our guards. With the night watch she be-
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Some of the soldiers wanted to shoot me at once, but others said it would be necessary to go through the proper form and try me first This was to be done in the morning.
 That night I managed to get one hand and arm loose, grab a sword from the guard as he passed me and lay him out before he knew what struck him. l then cut my feet loose and made my way to my companions.
 we finally got our goods safely to the insurgent camp. On the way back to the steamer, which was waiting for us in the cove, I saw some of the most awful sights that ever any man beheld. The Spanish soldiers had just been over the trail and their way was marked by horror. The sights were positively too horrible to describe. Whenever I re- member them I have an overpowering feeling for revenge.
 We got back to our boat all right and soon reached the United States. and tied up at our old wharf as inno- gently as could be.
 "On the next filibustering expedition there was more troublein getting away. We could have got our cargo easily enough, but a close watch was kept on our boat, as the authorities were now positive of the business we were en- gagged in. But there was not a particle of proof against us.
 This time our captain thought it ne- cessary to go into drydock, and when we got there our contraband cargo was secretly waiting for us It did not take us long to get it aboard and get back to the wharf. The officers were at the wharf watching us closely and exam ined every package we took on board. They did not know that the contraband stuff was already stored in the hold.
 "The rest of our trip was much like our preceding ones. We landed our cargo. took 1t inland, did the usual amount of fighting and got away safely.
 'On our fourth expedition I was cap tured again. This time we loaded our vessel and got away without any trouble. We even reached our landing place all right and had part of our cargo ashore. Then suddenly we saw a Spanish gunboat heading for us and knew that our only hope lay in putting out to sea and making a run for it. This was on June IT, 1896.
 Leaving all but fourteen of our crew of forty-one to guard the cargo we steered for the open sea and suc- ceeded In keeping out of range for about seven miles. Then we had to
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pounds of ammunition on board, which passed muster as canned meat, tea and household utensils.
 "The cargo was landed as peacefully as if there was no such thing as a revo- lution going on in Cuba.
 Our second expedition had trouble in getting away. Our contraband cargo was known to be in town and was be- ing constantly watched by the authori- ties, so that we could not get it aboard. We had a good load of provisions, but we needed guns and pistols and pow der and bullets.
 Finally we had to resort to strategy. We cleared the vessel for place in the West Indies, sailed to sea a few days and turned about at night and sneaked back to within a few miles of the har- Dor and sent boat ashore.
 Everything was found to be just as we wished The authorities believing we had gone for good had left no watchman around the building where the ammunition was stored, and the night was as dark as pitch. We hired a tug, and in less than one hour we had our stuff aboard. The rest was easy. The munitions of war were put on board our vessel at sea and the tug sneaked back to her moorings without even waking up the policeman We then went to the port for which we had cleared, dumped a few sacks of rice on the dock, authenticated our papers and cleared for the place from which we had started.
 ''But we didn't go straight back there We went around by Cuba and a quiet little cove that we knew of and where we were sure group of insur- gents would be waiting to receive the supplies we had on board.
 We had almost reached the cove when a Spanish gunboat saw us; and we had to put back to sea. It was a lively chase, but we managed to keep ahead of her. At dark we turned about and made a circle of about a hundred miles. SO that we reached the cove ear ly the next morning.
 I've landed our stuff all right. While we were at work We peeped through the trees and saw the Spanish gunboat that had chased us the day before go stean1ing slowly back, most likely won- dering where we were.
 "On this expedition 1t was necessary for me to join the land party to convey the goods to the insurgent camp. The trip was one long series of skirmishes. There was fighting nearly every day, and one day missed my companions and was captured by the Spaniards
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Spaniards. I have seen worse sights in Cuba on the Spanish army's trail than any soldier ever saw among the devilish Apaches.
 The word butcher does not fitly describe the Spanish soldier. On a few occasions we Cubans had the good fortune to surprise parties of Spanish soldiers while they were engaged in games of torture, such as cutting out an insurgents stomach while the man was alive. And I tell you we made short work of Mir. Spanish soldier right then.
 How did I come to fight for Cuba? :?
 That is easy to answer. I saw that the cause was just and felt 1t my duty to help doWn-trodden people gain their liberty.
 The trouble broke out in the spring of '94. At that time I was working in Havana at my trade. l am an Ameri- can engineer and machinist Of course there had been talk of rebellion for s long time. but the fight began all of a sudden.
 T am not exactly certain of the date. but one evening Maceo made a speech in Havana and recited the wrongs un- der which the people were trying to live. He asked for volunteers to free Cuba from the yoke of Spain. Of course such bold words reused the authorities anu tHey liled lO suppress 0lIn. mere were few soldiers in Havana at the time, or he would have been arrested and shot.
 "As 1t was Maceo left town and sent out circulars asking men to join him in an insurrection. He didn't have to ask very many times. Men came from miles around.
 T was one of the first to sign the roll for Cuba Libre.' My name was about the third from the top. It would have been first if I could have got to the book sooner.
 "Our struggles began on the first day. As soon as 1t was known in Ha- yana what Maceo was doing troop of soldiers was dispatched to arrest us. But they didn't find us. We had taken 10 the country and were engaged in getting recruits in such sections as were friendly to us.
 'sWe had not much to offer the poor fellows in the way of worldly goods But we spoke the magic word, Free dom and that brought thousands un- der our banner even though they knew 1t meant hardship, hunger and perhaps death.
 My first detail work was carrying dispatches. For some months I went
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across the country between Havana and the inSurgent camp unmolested Then l acted as scout for about foul months. I went into all sorts of places and kept our army fully posted on the movements of the Spanish forces.
 Tn all this time I did very little fighting. But, to be sure, there was had not yet commenced.
 My career as a scout came to ar end through treachery. A boy who had been our friend was bribed by the Spanish to betray all he knew. Part of his information was the fact that ] was a scout. They promptly offered a reward for my capture.
 'It happened that I was inside the Spanish lines at the time. The Span ish soldiers were between me and my companions.
 Had I not accidentally seen the placard offering a reward for my cap- ture I surely would have been ar rested. AS it was I was on my guard. I tried to find a place in the lines was no break and I knew I could not make it.
 "When things reached this stage I suddenly made up my mind that I would go to Havana and boldly leave the country. The possibility of my do- ing this never entered the heads of the Spaniards, for notice of the discovery of my identity had not then been sent in the direction of Havana. So I reached the city easily and boarded a steamer for the United States without even being suspected. I even con- versed with the Spanish officers there and told them some things about the insurgents that pleased them greatly
 'At this time they seemed to think that the whole uprising was a sort of farce. They laughed at the idea and said that the insurrection could be put down at any time-just as soon as the Spanish officers had made up their minds to stamp it out In earnest.
 Although I got out of Cuba all right, had no idea of giving up Cuba's cause of freedom. I turned to the work of fflibustering. This was not a difficult thing to do, as men were wanted for the work and expeditions were on foot all the time.
 The first expedition that I went on was just like taking a pleasure cruise We loaded small steam schooner at 8 wharf in one of the Atlantic cities, cleared in proper order and left with out anybody saying a word We had hundreds of rifles and thousands of
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came very friendly and often came to the prison at night to have a chat with him.
 He pointed out our cells. When she had all the information she desired she laid her plans.
 "One night she visited him and after, short time bid him good-by He thought she had left the prison, but she only went down the corridor and con- cealed herself in a corner. There she waited until the guard, as Spanish guards will. bobbed his head and fell into doze.
 Then Leila stole up gently and held bottle of chloroform under his nose. In few moments he was stupefied
 Hastily taking the keys from tha senseless guard our brave deliverer soon unlocked the prison doors and led us out to liberty. She had everything prepared for us. and soon had us safely and comfortably housed.
 "Of course, our escape was discov- cred the next day. The guard was sent to prison for a number of years No particular search was made for US because a steamer for America had left the very night we escaped from the prison, and it was thought we were surely on board.
 So we were forced to make quite a visit in Madrid. We left the city un- . public manner.
 Tt was thought best that I should not go back to Cuba, so was sent to Central America, where I remained for some time. I afterward went to the City of Mexico, where I worked several months and earned enough money to come to the United States. My face became so we'll known to the Spanish authorities that it was considered irn- possible for me to do any more work for Cuba on the island, and it was decided that I should wait awhile worked in Los Angeles and also in San Diego. I was in San Diego when war was declared some weeks ago. About this time I heard that my de- liverer, Leila Moreita, was in Patos Vegas, Mexico, where she Is to remain until Cuba becomes republic, so thas she can get the reward she deserves.
 When America called for volunteers to free Cuba you may be sure I lost no time in enlisting. I came to San Francisco the first thing. I hope that we will soon be fighting, for when thae time comes will get revenge for what have suffered at the hands of the Spaniards."
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H EVENGE! That is what I en-
 listed for and that is what I am n going to have. Once I fought
 for Cuba in Cuba, but Cuba is
 free now and hereafter I will
 fight for the United States and revenge"
 The speaker was J. W. Master, pri- vate of Company D, First Infantry Vol unteers, at present stationed at the Presidio preparatory to being sent to Manila
 Master was one of the first to vol unteer under Maceo at the beginning of the Cuban revolution. He is a man who looks every inch a soldier and a fighter. He stands a full six feet in height, is broad in proportion and has muscles on his arms that stand out like knots on a rope. He is thoroughly hardened to the work that is before him and knows more about what he is going to face than any man in his company
 He Is the only man in the regiment who has really experienced Spanish cruelty and injustice in the war to free Cuba. Few men pass through the or deals that have been his and fewer still are willing to face the possibility of undergoing them a second time.
 But Master is not afraid, even though ms body is covered with scars, inflicted while he was imprisoned in Spanish dungeons. He has been fighting against Spain for four years and is willing to light four years more if necessary for his revenge
 Don't think am bloodthirsty" con- tinued Master, lying back on his ballet of straw in his tent at the Presidio for if any man had been throueh what l have he would feel the same way. No man can realize inst tbe amount of incarnate deviItry there is in Spaniard until he has lived amonp them during war times
 "The cause of their fiendishnass ,s more than l can comprehend. for in times of peace the Spaniards are pleas ant enough to get along with. Rn+ when they get angry they seem to lose all control of themselves and become veritable 5avages. I think the fact is that they are not really civilized. They only think they are. Talk about the villainies of the North American In dians-they are not bit worse than the
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EVENGE! That is what I en- J listed for and that is what I am going to have. Once I fought
 for Cuba in Cuba, but Cuba is
 free now and hereafter I will
 fight fnr. the ITnifed Statas and
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
ONCE PROUD ITALY.

Italy may find place in the grave
yard of nations even before Spain.
The government of King Humbert
seems in despair since the late extern
sive bread riots. Political economists
and disinterested statemen see no hope
for the nation whose seven-hilIed cap
ital from its throne of beauty and pow
er ruled the world. Church and crown
have had their day in Italy. What
republic might do would be hard to
guess. The average Italian, like the
average Spaniard, is totally unfit for
the responsibilities of a peoples gov
eminent. Compard with the annual
revenue Italy has the largest debt in
the world. $2,324, $685. 29; France, with
81 446, 793, 1898; Russia, $3,491, O1S,0
Great Britain, $3.50, 719, 56S. and Aus
tria-Hungary, with $2,S66, 939, 500, have
larger debts, but they have prospects
Of paying interest on all they owe from
annual revenue, while creditors of poor,
old tax-burdened Italy can not see a
ray OF nope LOT the IutuIe. III 4o'o
Italy collected $34S, ga, 1872 revenue, and
expended S34S, 500, $50, a saving of $685.
912 only. There is little chance of re-
trenchment. The expensive army and
navy must be maintained, and the debt
admits of no saving. The ostentatlOn
of the government could be reduced
considerably and profitably. But to
do this those in power must forego the
selfish pleasure and personal profit
arising from patronage on the grand
scale which now exists. There is no
other hope for Italy and unless the
next decade will see Italy going to the
national graveyard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
4 BOYS FAME.

Young Hamilton Fish, the third Of
that distinguished name. has added to
the glory Of his generation as greatly
as did his illustrious ancestors. The
young sergeant who fell at the front
in the first skirmish on the soil of
Cuba was unknown in the graver
counsels of this country, but by sin
gle dash placed his name along side OF
Washington's friend, his grandfather.
The New York Sun, in speaking of the
conspicuous service of the Fish fam
lily Of New York to the country in the
past, says that Sergeant Hamilton
Fish's great grandfather, Colonel
Nicholas Fish, was gallant soldier of
the Revolution, esteemed especially by
washington. His grandfather was
Hamilton Fish, fifty years ago COVER
nor Of New York, and afterward a
United States senator, and finally the
secretary of state in the cabinet Of
President Grant. His father, the Hon.
Nicholas Fish, who was only graduated
from college as the civil war was draw
ing to a close, has been United States
minister to Belgium and Switzerland,
and is still an honOred resident of New
York. His uncle, the Honorable Ham
ilton Fish, was long an able and con-
spicuous member of the New York as
sembly, and subsequently as its speak
er sustained the honorable record of
his family; and it may be that he is
destined to carry to still fur
Their eminence the public career to
which his laudable ambition has al
ways looked forward as manfully. This
stock, so long illustrious in American
annals, is now represented upon the
roll of American heroes of the closing
days of this century. Hamilton Fish,
third Of the name has made it glorious
in his generation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
NOT IN A MINUTE.

Secretary Ayers reply to criticisms
of the food and clothing furnished to
the army is even-tempered and con-
elusive. 1t tends to confirm the con-
viction that some men with a genius
for disagreement, talk excitedly about
things of which they have either slight
or no knowledge. The rationing of
our troops is based upon experience and
not upon theory or new-fangled notions
of benevolence. The men are not fore
ed to subsist even for day at time
upon ''sOwbelly," but have a liberal
allowance of fresh meat which can be
husbanded, not stingily, to cover the
regular ten-day ration of meat food.
The clothing of the men will be ex-
pedited under the skill of acknowledged
experts. The department is now for
warding to the forces in Cuba new sup
plies of light clothing which were OBJ
tanned as quickly as they could be OBJ
tanned. The wearing of wooden cloth
ing in warm climates is not the Oppres-
sive thing that ill-informed hygienists
sometimes say it is. The English have
proved this in India and other tropical
countries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
MAKING WAR.

president Mckinley" says a dis
patch from Washington, was up till
well after o'clock this morning going
over the war situation with Secretary
Alger" The dispatch says further that
the president frequently remains up
until long after midnight awaiting the
developments Of the war.
r Few of the people have probably
stopped TO consider the amount of ad-
ditional work that has been put upon
the president by the strain OF the war
Mr.. Mckinley is without doubt the
hardest-worked man in the United
States today. and his work is of a
character, moreover. which would kill
an ordinary man within a month. The
cares Of a president are manifold and
pressing in times Of peace, but when
lie is called upon TO assume command
Of the army and navy of the United
States. in addition to performing the
civil duties of his Office. the burden be-
comes heavy in the extreme.
True. the president has numerous as
sistants. but they attend only 10 the
details. He must decide the great ques-
tons Of policy. and upon him alone
rests the responsibility. He bears the
brunt of the work Of making war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
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