Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

7 NiITVg, UTINITIE
| between In the afternoon and ] tht
next morning. We Immediately took an
| open saiiboat for the southern coast OF
| Cuba. 1t was little dangerous and we
had to run the gauntlet OF spanish
/ patrol gunboats. and we felt Just
| trliie nervous as we approached th'
| shore.
Just in front of us rose the peak or
/ Ojo del Toro, or Bulls eye, and TO inc
/ east twenty-five miles away was the
! beautiful dome of Turduino. the highest
! crest in Cuba.
exclaimng with delight at the ex-
| quisite scene. The sun was just rising
| above the mountain, and 1t made one
of the most enchanting pictures l ever
| seen.
AS soon as we reached shore we saw
/ the cuban watchers who sentinel that
entire coast, day and night and report
! to Garcia the approach of every friend
| " or hostile vessel. When they saw
who we were they at once directed us,
/ for they were expecting me at the camp
of their leader. That part Of Cuba is
! terrible country The chapparel or I'M
derbrush Is so dense you cannot see
twenty feet II was not yet raining in
the plain country. but the wet season
was setting in in the mountains. There
we found 1t raiRing every other day.
There are no roads-only bride paths.
i q
rounds OF ammunition to Garcia.
~ was astonished to find how thor
oughly the Cuban leader has established
his sources of information. He knows
everything that happens or IL imminent
to his territory. | found Mt him Bayamo
in Santiago. sixty miles from Mansa-
milo, on the coast. He had recently
captured the city. In Santiago province,
outside of Santiago dc Cuba where the
Spaniards have $4,000 men. Holguin
where there are 5000. and Manzanillo,
where they have 500 Garcia is supreme.
His enemies have not ventured to in
| terfere with him much since his victory
at Vittoria de Las Tunas, and they do
not risk themselves outside of these
three cities except to go up and down
the Cauto for sixty miles. running their
gunboats from fort to fort.
Santiago de Cuba can be shelled
from the sea. 1t Is six miles from the
Caribbean but only the chapparel plain
lies between II and the shore. our
boats could drive the Spaniards out o.,
the city, and Garcia. II supplied with
arms and ammunition, could annihilate
them. Garcia Is splendid old man.
He Is Chesterfield In manner. The
Cubans have the greatest confidence In
him, and will follow him anywhere. He
has 5000 men under arms, but could
raise 10000 more in a short time. If he
had arms and ammunition for them.
1T should be our first task to supply
these revolutionists with arms. so that
they could engage the Spaniards in the
east while we attack them from the
west. Garcia says to me that If he had
arms and some good artillery he could
soon dispose of the Spaniards, | be-
lleve that one Cuban in the bush Ii
equal to two Spaniards. The Cubans
| impressed me very favoraby. They
viii fight hard and they are absolutely
essential TO our army, of which they
would he the eyes and ears.
II saw no Spaniards. The Cubans
told me they would fight hard as long
az their commander is alive. When the
chief falls, however. the army flies or
surrenders. All responsibility ceases,
and the men take care of themselves.
a Spanish officer Is cour-t-martialed II
he surrenders before losing two thirds
of his force and ammunition.
| Il do not think from what | learned
| of the Spaniards that they viii fight
us In the open. l do not believe they
will come outside of their works, but
will walt for us to attack them. We
| VIII have to hunt them in their holes
at Havana and Matanzas. | think that
| with hot bombardment from the sea
land. Havana will fall within twenty
four hours
Continuing his narrative Lieutenant
Rowan said: After delivering my
message to Garcia, / started on my
| return. OF course l did not come back
the way l went. Garcia put me in
charge of General Enrique Collazo, who
accompanied me from Bayamo to Tam
pa. We passed through Vittoria Las
Tunas, where Garcia won his great
victory.
1.-THE city of Bayama / Thought was
wrecked badly enough. 1t was at the
beginning OF the ten years war the
third city in Cuba. Today 1t has not
1000 population. but Vittoria is worse
Nothing IL left but ruins That portion
OF the island, however, Is good for
fighting. 1t Is open country and has
better roads. After leaving BayamC
we hurried TO the northern coast, riding
four days on horseback, and finally
leaving the island near Manati in an
open sail boat. We sailed slowly ovei
the $50 miles TO Nassau, being 80 be.
Gained one day we made not more thar
ten miles. on our way we saw tht
American fleet of twelve vessels steam.
ing rapidly to the east, We han nt
trouble on the sea, as 1t was as calm n:
n millpond, and reached Nassau with
out mishnp. As soon AZ possible l tool
a ship for Key West, going in a smal
schooner. | left Kingston April 23rd
and arrived ait Tampa May 14th. Sine,
have made the trip successfully
would not exchange the experience
have had for anything less than a bet
ter opportunity to be of some service Il
my country."-Tampa Telegram in New
| York Times.