Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
GENERAL CALIxTO GARCIA
Has Fought Bled and Been Imprisoned
for Cuba Iibre.

manner; his conversation yivaclous
but always to the point and always
brilliant. By profession a lawyer, hC
impresses one as born 10 commando
man Of big affairs who would carry
out any enterprise with honor and
success. Among his followers his
law and his counsel is always sought
and followed in grave emergencies.
He was one of the organizers of thai
first Cuban revolution of 1S6S. He
met with his friends nightly at a farm
owned by Donate Marmol, near the
town of Holguin. The Cubans were
already in revolt under Cespedes, and
within two days Marnol and Garcia
took up arms with $50 resoIute follow
ers. Extraordinary success attended
them. Town after town surrendered
first Santa Rita, then Juguani, after
hard fighting, with its 10000 popula'
ton. For his bravery Garcia was pro
NOTED brigadier general under Gomez
Later, when the provisional govern
ment. for some reason not clearly eX-
planned. removed Gomez, Garcia sue
ceeded him. Finding that Juguani
had, meanwhile, been retaken by the
Spaniards, he proceeded 10 capture il
again He next took Holguin, the
town where the revolution was origi-
nally organized. Other victories rap
idly followed.
At the obstinate all day battle of
Santa Maria. in 1869, he followed Won
Moltke's tactics at Sedan-surrounded
the enemy's army and forced the sur
render of General Vingues and his
men. They were well treated and
given freedom.
SO grateful were they for the uneX-
pected clemency that one of the Off
GERS, General Rosales, on returning TO
Spain, issued n pamphlet extolling the
generosity of Garcia. But victory did
not always follow the Cuban eagles.
September. 1873, brought reverses.
In the absence of his main forces,
Garcia with his guard Of twenty men
was surrounded by five hundred Span
iards ana, when at the last moment
capture was inevitable, rather than
surrender and die of torture, Garcia
fired his pistol into his mouth, and
fell among his dead comrades. The
Spaniards carried him to Manzanillo
In triumph, also thiuking him dead.
TO the amazement of Spanish doctors
and generals, Garcia revived, although
the bullet had penetrated his palate,
following the line o. his nose, and
emerging from his forehead.
1t seemed a miracle that the General
lived. Then it was equally surprising
that, recovering, he escaped execution.
But he was spared aud imprisoned at
Valencia and Santona, In Spain.
Fortunately for Garcia General Cam
pos, Governor General OF Havana, was
not indicative, for VIXEN peace was
declared in 1877, Premier Canovas
freed him, at the cablad request of
Campos. This explains why Martinez
Campos has always been respected
and admired by the insurgents.
Notwithstanding he was free, Garcia
did not fully believe in the sincerity
Of The peace treaty, and he came to
New York, to await further develop
ments. 1t soon transDired that the
Spaniards We're not keeping their
promises in good faith, and bitter dis
satisfaction prevailed. Hoatilities con
tinued, and General Maceo continued
to hold his ground against great odds.
The courage and patriotism of the
heroic mulatto general fired Garcia S
heart anew, and again he appeared in
the field during what was known as
the Little War" until he was defeat
ed and again taken prisoner.
For the second time his life was
spared. He was sent to Madrid, how.
ever, where he was allowed limited
freedom and not permitted to leave
the country. Being a man of educa.
ton, refinement and indomitable will
he soon made career for himself In
n humble way, and earned money by
teaching French and English. He
lived n quiet, retired life, but was al.
ways under police surveillance.
When the revolution OF February
1894, broke out, he was anxious to
leave Madrid, but the eye OF the gov.
ernment was ever upon him. Then he
brought his intellect into play. He
gave it out that he should spend the
remaining years of his life in Spain
This lulled the suspicious Of the police
until suddenly he disappeared at mid
night. Before the authorities were
aware of it he had arrived In Paris.
Reaching New York early In the au
tumn Of 1895, he prepared to go to the
assistance of his countrymen, but ht
was not Immediately successful. lie
organized and led the Inflated Haw
kins expedition in January, 1896, ant
fitted out the steamer Bermuda the
following month. But the Washing
ton government interfered. GarciG
was arrested and held for trial under
50, 800 bonds. Before the day set fol
the trial had arrived he forfeited his
bail, and this time succeeded In get
ting away with an expedition FOL
Cuba
In his address to the Cuban army
Garcia exclaimed:
"Army of the Republic, your ole
general comes to die by your side, Il
necessary. Let there be no armistice
no treaty, unless based on the recog
milton Of our independence-free for
ever, or battling forever until free"
Garcia's most important achieve
ment, so far as direct results are con
cerned, was the capture of Guaimaro
In December, 1896. After a siege o
twelve days he captured sixteen forts
one after another, finally forcing th'
surrender OF the garrison, who tool
refuge in a large stone church in thu
center of the town. He opened oI
them with n couple OF field pieces anC
speedily captured the forces, amount
ing to nearly three hundred men and
officers. There was much booty col
sistlng of Spanish gold, Mauser rifles
two hundred thousand rounds Of am
nunition, with machetes and a large
supply Of clothing. The prisoners
were well treated and soon allowed to
90 on parole. Again Garcia's humane
generalshlp won him plaudlts from thu
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