Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-12-15
GEN. GARCIA DEAD.
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OF he Cuban Commission Sent
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Washington, Dec. 12.- eneral
Calixto Garcia, the famous Gu
ban patriot and soldier, died in
this city at 1912 O'clock, yester7
day Sunday morning, at The
Raleigh" hotel, where he was
stopping during his visit here as
the head of the commission elect
ed by the Cuban Assembly to
visit Washington in the interest
Of the proposed home rule gov
eminent of that island.
He was one of the most proms
inent Cubans of his generation.
Second in command Of the Gu.
ban army of liberation and chair
man of the commission appointed
by the Cuban Assembly to come
to Washington, after devoting
his life to freeing the people OF
his native island from Spanish
oppression, at the moment when
he was about to realize the fond
est hopes of his life, he passed
away, dying as he lived, like a
soldier.
For several days past General
Garcia's condition had been re-
ported as very critical, and al
though, for twelve hours before
1t was known that there was Its
tie or no hope of his recovery,
yet when the end came it was
none the less a shock to his COM
patroirs, for those who knew the
brave old warrior best had ais
most believed that he who had
for years been the target tor
Spanish bullets and bore the
scars of many an encounter could
not die, especially at so critical a
time as this.
The Immediate cause Of death,
as announced by his attending
physicians, was heart failure. re-
sulting from a severe attack of
pneumonia, from which he had
been suffering for the past week.
The deaths bed scene was a sad
one. The veteran warrior lay
semi conscious from 10 o'clock
on Saturday night. Only two or
three times during The twelve
hours that followed, up to the
time of his death, did he revive
sufficiently to be able to speak
intelligibly. Once he recognized
and spoke to Colonel Sanguilly,
and again to Senior Quesada and
his son, Justo Garcia.
An hour or two before the
end came General Garcia raised
his arms and placed them fondly
about his son, who stood bend-
ing over him, and drew him to-
ward him. 1t is thought that he
recognized him, but he was un-
able to speak understandingly.
His last words were: ''The vic
tory is ours; there r only 400
of them left"
They were spoken in Spanish
and while he was in delirium. He
talked at random and gave
imaginary orders to his son. Col
onel Carlos Garcia, who is AN
officer of the Cuban army, and
now stationed at Santiago. uLder
General Wood. The veteran
imagined that he was still in the
saddle, upon the field of battle.
facing the Spaniards and direct
ing his son to pursue the enemy
with his command, declaring that
there were not more than 400 OF
the Spaniards left. He did not
speak after this.
General Calixto Garcia was
born October IA, 1889, at Hol-
gum, in the province of Santiago
de Cuba. He belonged to a dis
t%inguished family of we'll to do and
influential Cubans' His early life
was spent upon his fathers plan
tation in Santiago, and during his
youth he was sent to Havana to
be educated, and later went to
Spain to complete his course. He
was a man of wide learning ans