Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18
nrronr rnom rur crnaS ARMY.
TONER Ready 10 Concentrate 10000 Men
When Necessary,

Nheu N'fessaffs
New York. June is-Cap,aln Rafael
c1nte. ~ the cuban army. has arrived
40 the headquarters ~ The cuban jun
Do 200 this city with dispatches FROM
General Gomez We was accompanied
nY o. lieutenant " the army " liberia
captain con,e ana his companion lon
Gumtg IN Lnu villas. The general
then had with him a body guard OF
uu.t sixty W ma cavalry escort There
was little food In the region whore
Gomez was making his headquarters.
no he did not mass any larEr number
~ mon there but had them spread over
On large extent NJ territory and directed
thnlf movements from his hcudquar-
tors
Iic ha1 an The necessary arrange
mUnts made FOR the concentration ~
Che troops when the proper time comes.
hut Keeps them scattered ana employed
lu guerilla warfare In the meantime.
ru that they may nud food
The captain claims that Gomez can
concentrate 600 armed men In 70 short
time 40 any point where Il IL desirable,
There are ftNrrHl thousand more men,
who are attached a. GomoE army. ana
.H only waiting fur arms Co hc avail
NH|H Tor defensive operations
lu n Hklfmlsh with rurrtillns about
three weeks ago. Gen. Gomez was
wounded in the left arm by r. Mausrt
bullet The wound healed quickly,
however. IN spite ~ the generals adj
Ninurd age, ana when the captain lot
headquarters tho old chief WIS able
io use his arm aR well an before he
WHH h.t
After leaving Gomez the ENJOYS made
their way tn the sea coast, living upon
sweet potatoes ana fruit which they
found along the way For two days
They were without food at an. Fin.
ally they reached the coast between
NItunz1F and Cnrdeuas ana werr taken
hN fishing bDat 90 q small cay until
vessel NJ the blockade neet was r..
ported. when they put IN In row
boat and were picked NJ nix miles on
The vessel which picked thom M was
M tur Osccnln, Captain Purcell The
OFrrulu IN one NJ the auxiliary fleet
IhHy wore nearly naked and nearly
furnished when they were taken u'
board the OscoOln. hut the officers NJ
tha vessel supplied them with food ana
clothing nui carried them into Key
West From there they came ON az
once to this city with their dispatches.
NnWuT N now especially d.sirous ~
receiving arms ana food. II be- un-
d.uioOl thnt q definite plan Tor the Coz
OPERATION uf the troops under Gomez
With tho United States troops when
ihH time FOR such cooperation arrives.
hl. I.Hn arranged between the general
ana tha war department nt Washing
Com Meantime Gomez win keep his
iurU scattered
Captain Coute says that from infor-
nation received from GumcEH spies Il
M "rnwu TINT In nll the gnrrsouod
i towns held by the Spanish, sickness
d making great myagvH among the
HH. Tho hugrltnlH ln Havana are
Il M lF"rcruwwdod with sick that proper
medical attention cannot bee given them
.ni tha number NJ dead Increase every
Tho coal supply ~ Havana ~ nearly
exhausted and what there IL let hnH
hFoN taken lu charge hy Blbncu. whu
d. hIH officers supervise consumption
lh' electric lighting company recently
''I'Ud am order 90 shut on thor
Nn1mus al o o'clock su that coal might
pr hushln1rd After the hour M
winch The electric light works shut
u'Nn. Havana IL now In darkness