The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-02
CUBANS ENL|ST|NG
They are Anxious TO Proceed
to Cuba.
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NOTED CUBANS ARRIVE
THEIR PRESENCE INSPIRES
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
One Hundred and Fifty Already nliSted- Others
will Enroll To day-.They are Anxious
10 be Among First Regiments
for Cuban Campaign.
for Cuban Campaign.

Key West, Fla, May 1.-The enlist
ment of Cubans to-day mt the Marti Club
resulted in the enrolment of $50 men.
The enlistment roll will be open to-mOr
row, when more names are expected.
The arrival of Gen. Emilio Nunez, Col.
Acosta and Senior j. f. Cartava has
greatly augmented the enthusiasm of the
Cuban colony. Gen. Nunez has been
the director of numerous expeditions.
Col. Acosta was formerly daring cav
airy leader in Havana province. He
escaped from the island seriously wound
ed and is anxious to return.
Col Acosta, with his many marks of
battle. notably the loss of his right ear,
is the centre of an admiring thrOng.
Cartaya was in charge of the Inflated
Tillic expedition wrecked off the east end
of Long Island. Tonight Gen. NuneZ
and his party are arranging for the de-
parture on the Mascotte tomorrow of
the Key West contingent of the Cuban
regiment now forming at Tampa. the
CubanS hope this regiment will be one
of the first to land. Gen. Nunez is acting
under instructions from Senior Estrada
Palma. Tonight he endeavored to OBJ
tain passage to the fleet to confer with
Rear Admiral Sampson, but he was un-
successful as no boat left for the flag
ship.
General Nunez is much taken with the
idea of making Matanzas the base of
operations. Although the city itself is
subject to the fever, the hills q mile and
Il half back from the coast would furnish
an ideal camp grounds in every way more
healthful than Tampa.
The weather in Cuba, Gen. Nunez
says, will be excellent until June 10.
Americans there should taste no Cuban
fruit of any kind and must use boiled
water. The insurgents have had much
sickness during the rainy seasons; but
this has been due to the fact that they
have camped in forests and swamps.
Malarial fever resulted and the Gu
ban troops were generally without quin-
inc. There has been no yellow fever
among them at any time and according
to Gen. Nunez Americans in the Cuban
army have usually been exempt from
all disease.
There is much fever at Havana, Ma
taIZaS ana ClenfugOS during the summer
because of unsanitary conditions. On
the other hand, Sagua La Grande is
healthful always. The Spanish troops are
dccimated by disease, Gen. NuneZ says,
because not cleanly and because of i'm
proper food. He would favor sending
shoes, rifles and horses to the Cuban
soldiers. The Cubans are splendid
hOrsemen; but their mounts have been
killed and their shoes worn out.
When last heard from, Gen. Maxine
Gomez had in all the armies $4,000 able
bodied men. Since that time there mas
Been no fighting of consequence, and the
Cuban armies must now be in better
condition except in the matter of cloth
ing. There is abundant forage every
where in the island.
There is no truth whatever in the re-
port of the execution last evening of Jose
Yglesias who is under surveillance on the
monitor Puritan as the result of suspe-
ciOus behavior near one of the maya
zines last Wednesday evening. He has
not even been placed on trial.