The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-06-03
FROM THE INTERIOR OF CUBA.
Affairs ms They Appear AT the hesdquAr
tcrs of Gen. Garcia Lieut. Row
an. Visit and Return.

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came direc, from Garcia's headquarters
bearing credentials from him. 10 enec'
a plan of cooperation with the Amerf
can forces. They accompanied Lieut.
Rowan, of the United states army on
his return from Garcia's camp, ana
shared with him the danger OF a TWO
DAYS voyage in an open boat from the
north coast of Cuba until picked up by
a small sloop. which carried them to
Nassau. They reported first To the
Cuban delegation here. ana Secretary
Oucsada was careful To keep theu
presence secret until Gen. Mics had
made the fact known.
This relieved them from further Sc
crecy. and Yesterday Gen. Collazo ana
Col. Hernandez gave an interesting ac'
count of Gen. Garcias forces ana sur
roundings and the general equipment
OF the Cuban army
Col. Hernandez says Garcia has ms
headquarters at Bayamo, one OF the
large towns in the central part of the
island. Ii was surrou nded by the
Spanish forces few weeks, after uar
Ella had maintained long siege Ten.
Garcia and staff, with "A bodyguard Oh
several hundred men, are quartered In
the city.
The commanding generals head.
quarters are in one of the principal
buildings on the main street, calico
Commercial street. With him Is ueh.
Rabi and his staff and body guard.
The infantry and cavalry are quartered
i'm the suburb Of South Bayamo. Tents
are not used, but in their place the
men hastily construct coverings made
of palm leaves and guinea grass, when
are more effective than canvas as
shelter against the hot sun. In All
about 1000 men are thus quartereu.
They are well armed with Remingtons
and Mausers captured from the Span
iards Most of them have machetes,
but only the officers carry other small
arms
The cavalry have small horses. much
like the Indian mustangs, hardy ano
reliable. Mules are used for pack pur'
poses.
Col. Hernandez says that the com
missary and quartermasters depart
ment is unknown in the sense used oy
army officials here. In lieu OF THESE
the companies not'fully armed are or
ganized as "predios The duty OF
the .predios~ is To bring meat, ample
supplies being secured from Puerto
Principe. and vegetables, which are
grown quickly in the woods. The sys
TEN works perfectly, Col. hernandez
says. and the troops are kept well lee
and in good spirits.
There are no dress parades and nom
of the regularity of daily drill used II
the United States army. The man
occupation is in making long dali,
marches TO keep the men hardened.
The Cuban generals say the arriva
of Lieut.. Rowan aroused enthusiast
throughout the Cuban camp. Iher
was no notice of his coming, and tn
first seen OF Lieut.. Rowan was as h
palloped up Commercial street, 10
Iowed by the Cuban guides who accom-
panied him from Florida. lie wa
warmly greeted by Gen. Garcia an
the two held three hours conference
Ii was decided that Lieut.. Rowa
should return that afternoon, an
Gen. Garcia assigned Gen. Callazo an
Col. Hernandez, with three guides,
accompany him He had come in fro
the south shore, bat the party wei
out northward.
They had expected TO secure lars
sailboat but the best thing availab
was an open yawl with a cubic g
pacity Of only l04 feet Sails were III
provised out of the tents carried ny u
officers.
a The first night out was stormy al
the small craft was barely kept ahoa
but after that the weather was good
T Col. Hernandez says communicate
: is maintained with Gen. Gomez al
: with points along the coast. Fro
J. these he had "A general idea OF the I
). ban forces. outside of those with Ge
i Garcia at Bayamo lie estimates IN
+ there are T.. 900 men all of them W.
. armed. east of la trocha, and cons
g tutinp forces in the eastern division
5 the island, under Gen. Garcia. The
:. include the 1900 at Bayamo. the oth'
J. being scattered at various points.
u estimates Gen. Gomez immediate co
u mand at about 5000 men, with o.
\ men scattered at various points
NIL. there are. according to the Is
u mates of Gen. COi.azo ana SOi. herh'
j. dez. about 10000 to $4,000 troops ac
er ally in the field.
Dr. Ii is understood that the purpose
the present visit of Garcia's oiiic
: is to give that generals assurances
the authorities here of his desire
m give every possible cooperation to
American movements. Similar ass
anccs have come from Gen. Gomez,
have been presented by Secret
he Quesada.
The cuban officers have made =
!, impression here, and the authoril
~ were ngrceably surprised to lind tn
~ mon OF ability and soldicrly beari
~ speaking English well. They will
III main some days longer and then
II turn to Gen. Garcias camp.
he Bound for Boston with Fifteen Men
tie BosroN, May 27.-A special TO
sh Herald from Provincetown says; :"
TO cruiser San Francisco IS bound Tor
ton, with Is OF her men i'll.
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