Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-07-29

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ade of Havana has been run, and catt]
are frequently landed on the small kew
near the town. This may be no longe
! possible, since there is not now q Span
ish feet for the ships of the navy t
watch. Provisions have not been lande
at Havana in great quantities, but ther
has been enough beef taken in to fee
the soldiers. If General Gomez wer
supplied with ammunition and provi
slons by our government, he would
able to make the blockade absolute. II
would do it in the best possible way
by Selling the railroad system and pre-
venting all communication with La
Tunas, Cienfuegos and other towns.
| "We found the Cuban officers will
General Gomez to be cultivated gentle
men. Many Of them were in a wretches
condition. The insurgent army which
ne has is composed of excellent fighter
who are willing to meet the SpaNiard
man to man and could defeat then
then. There has been little fighting @:
late, largely because the Spaniards arr
intrenched in the towns and never come
out. The Cubans are not able to take E
town, as they are poorly equipped. The
blockade has had nearly as bad an effec,
on them as on the Spaniards. Formerly
they were able to obtain anything they
needed from the spaniards if they had
the money to pay for it. They bought
their clothes and provisions until the
blockades ct Havana and Cienfuepos
made that impossible. There has been
no meeting between Gomez's forces and
the Spanish army partly because the
Spanish generals are perfectly willing
to remain in the towns, sending out an
occasional detachment for skirmish
with the Cubans in order that their men
might be killed and they be enabled to
draw the pay of the soldiers.
For the last three months General
Gomez did no fighting because his men
had neither ammunition nor provisions.
Since we landed supplies for them Gen.
eral Gomez has attacked several towns
When met General Gomez, he had
only i've pistol cartridges left and the
rest of his men were equipped in about
the same fashion. Now they have two
dynamite guns, with $50 80 pound pro-
jectiles to fit them, and two full bat-
teries of light sse1dpieces, ten 3 inch
rifles OF regular ordnance patterns and
$500 cartridges. In addition to this the
expedition took down 4, 600 Springfields
with 954, 00Qcartridges and 200 Mausers
with 200, 600 shells.
" If the United States could be per-
suaded to send down another expedition
now, it would make most valua ble al
lies of General Gomez and his men All
tney need are ammunition and provi.
slons to become splendid soldiers. Now
they are half starved and naked. Wha4
they need is regular help, relief at r.
ular periods, and this can best be .ss.
dered to them by sending several ,n.. sA
dltlons and not one. If necess NV H r.
supplies can be landed at s>;1ias ais sat
points, and the soldiers mos ~ va = ,
relief can be sent to ge'< th.a,.. a 49,,
the army which has al cea,,s, ' e., WINE
v'ded tor is busy in ar Other nsrt a Of PRO- tbe
Santa Clara province A . u the
..o, ne oooan or GERS We met on Gen
eral Gomez's sta rare willing to d. eD =
erything in tteir power. bnt s w 40 o. =
ming as a general uprising of the - 1et
5 5rse +o rs Ertked upon by everybod- esa
. .ery 1oo,sh piece of business 49,
,oald lot of half starved men Wha
ina children do against the %Smel
ines OF the Spaniards? If Aaaase'
properly equipped, some 50 1ey wert
ulenC 90 taken when the "celoI
orces come to their assista, 4Amerlcan
now out of the question oe. But il
ne condition of the Cub9 considering
Il think that GeneralI n army.
nat the United States teahez believes
rive out the Spaniar merely mean tc
'untry over to the C. ~ and turn the
IT the opinion of 4Mns, but that ii
nply come there 70 that the army hat
cir country, a. to take possession o.
'pression fro I'D they have got tina
We received. m the Meatlaaent tn
j that til They have beer mad 4
en- with . Americans regard na
ds. IT less favor than the sx,a
diers : icy are made to, feel rtdhat t
claf look upon then6 Is 'v1aeo,
nne s them GENERALLY aasA all ;da
10 ' people. That n ..nas Ehem s,
g. As of the purpose tof the iarm
Aing OF the kind las happened'
case of the navy, aauhere .has4be
complaint from t r. .,fficfraI az Z,
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