The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03


 ,.oenaroen+ and. ,ndiomitabfe will. he soar made a.; career for himself. ID; a. hiinble way, and earned money; by :pS reaching French and. Ehglish:.: lie: :llNeo- . olIiet' retired fife, but was always ulI7 un7 z derepofice surveillance: -: '... T when the revolution. of February, 1saA broke out he was anxious to ieaYEe-: N2o6rid but the eye of the GQveEnment**: was ever upon him. Then he .pr!2usliie: siie: his intellect into play. lie. gaVe.It oul that he should spend the remaining :: rneI t-aars of his life in Spain. This lulled< inc suspicious of. the; police. until s4q- :, da1Iv he disappeared at midnight: Be fore the authorities were aware oL :4l::nie. had arrived at Paris: .:.. Teaching New York early Tn the au--'- +nmn of 1895, he prepared to go to the :. esefstance of his countryueni but he was not immediately 'successIq! :; re :: organized. and led the iH-fated.@ n aNNS. lins expedition in January, feS6E-: anu Ell, : fitted out the steamer BermuQa tne: :ICA-: Government. fnterfered. Garcia :ggas: Was: arrested and held for trial 'under:$zoM00 " bonds. =. =: ::i,.o5 |. arrived he forfeited his. bail: and tals time succeeded: in getting: away 8ltn an expedition. for Cuba :. =. .,..::;5 :;
 Since then he has become a dtstlnl- : e,iished leader proving hirnself--::W Worthy to share the. 'laurels-: of :Nictory: @N1tn N1tn :: Gor.1ez -Cuba'S greatest Cuban general
 Garcia's most imp ortant: achieyemesnt,. CT r so far. as direct results are. :concerned'' canbeT. 1896: After a: siege of twelve 2 days he: caDtured' sixteen. forts, one after another: finally. forcing the sur :, render of the garrison; who took. refuge : in large. stone church in the. center of the town: He opened on them ,Wsitn- FL tl! !. .. .I;1 orp6l captured the forces, amounting. LIlIi to:. nearly. 300 men ar1d officers: There was 1s; j, much booty; consisting of .SpanIsh: gold, Mauser rifles; 200, 900 rounds. Of am aInn2(1n1- n = ton, with machetes> and a large suppfX :. of clothing. The: prisoners. were; we'll treated and soon allowed. to': go. on parole. Again Garefa's :hunaane> gener- :: alship won him; plaudits from the : enemy.
 Garcia's original profession was law. : and his calm and dignified d1scussloE, : speaking always: imparually and wit h.. :. out prejudice won hlm many lrienqs' i among the Spanish men. of note and in fuence. Hence there was: a lack of. yindictiveness toward him on the part of two Spanish enerals-rBlanco' and, Martinez Campos
 These are some of the qualifications :. that 20 to make up the character Of the Cuban leader who: has already won the confidence and respect, of. :: Shafter,: Sampson and the other high. represent tatives of the American Government:
 The old erroneous belief is passing away-that the Cuban insurgents gre a band of ignorant half breeds, with ia natical leaders, who might. possibly :: figure in civilized life as; successful cigar dealers and n1anagerS of Cuban . barber shops. The deeds. of Gomez. :: of Marti, of Maceo, Garcia. and their: illustrious brother patriots dead .=er: alive-will not be forgotten when the history of. the great Cuban war of the :: revolution comes. to. be tmpartially. written: :