Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-30
e.rsla Tell. What Cuban, Did.


The Cuban Junta.jn this city yc|er.
dav received IN exhaustive statement
from General Caiixto Garcia, the eu-
hnn commander. II cuvcra uU OF 'hf
intter's operations In Cuba from juno
tha time he received orders 20 CO.
opcrate with the American forces.
Therc il nothing IN HE recital 20 In
dirnto that General Garcia felt fllghtrd
bv Crnorni shnfter In not receiving an
Invitation 10 enter snntiugo.
II was on June that he received
word from General Miles aslsin1 that
the cuban forces act with thuHe nom
the United states IN a combined attack
on Santiago. md General Garcia lle-
clarcs he promptly ordered All OF ~
armed forces 60 move forward NJ once.
Then the general describes his several
interviews with General Miles. Admiral
Sampson and General sbaftcr, aud his
account IL intended 10 show TINT Hrn.
crai Hhaftcr and he were IN perfect nc.
cord 10 20 the operations Of IN tive
forces.
General SKATER. tho Cuban com.
mandcr declares. accepted HE plnn fu'
landing the American troops ana Mt
lacking santiago.
II must also declare" he adds. that
my object In moving my forces on
Santiago and meeting the admiral ~
the United States navy was To obey
the orders I ,ccoiycd fran the council
~ the government 20 obey ana tifrcci
the orders and Instructions of the com
mandcra Of the United states army
on their commencing operations In the
territory under my commnhd-
Then General Gnrcin proceeds 10 tell
In tho greatest detail ~ the Operations
In Cuba which led ~ 10 the attucka on
~ Cancy and san Juan I'M.
'1u my c0nfsrrncc with ADMIRAL
Sampson and Major General shaftcr.-
h. goes on, 1--WE decided that ! should
embark with 5000 men az Ascfraderos
and land cafi ~ Santiago. with this
object | sent Tor the forces a. Aqua
cate. NEAR Palma, and on tho 2sih be.
three distinct columns. respectively
commanded BY Major General CapDtg
and Oencfui nf Division Cobreso and
l.ora ana Brig Gen. Sanchez iioche.
vcrria (all CubnnsD. ana the Who'll,
forcr was under the immediate com.
mand OF Major General Jesus Rail-"
The statement thsn goes on 20 de-.
crlvc the landing. done under the dlrccl
advice 81 he ''ub1n commander. NE NJ
says, ami the movements Of the Amer.
leans aud cubanr ana their relative p0'
slu0us up to the final and Victorious
attacks.
Al the beginning Of the attack OF
Santiago, he says. there were 100
Americans ashore and 1000 cubans. tn
latter under his immediate command.
"On the 18th OF July" the genera
writes. "Gcn.ral shnfter nnd myself
had completed the plan o. attack. nni
received tho order ~ march on tn
morrow with my forces toward Sanil
AFRO, which he himself would do tia
same day. 49, the a0th I en-
cnmpod with my f1rcen 10 ~ saiado
four and a haif miles from santlaro
Al tho same point General Shnfter e.
tahllshcd his headquarters"
Ucncral Garcia then described tn
position taken by the Cubana IN the nj
tack on ~ Caney ana the nFht tina
day IN which the Cuhana lost 100 mcn
General Garcia WIS stlll under the I'm
mediate orisrr ~ General Smarter; b
declares. and he marched that nirh
duly ~ under Skaters orders. VII
his forces ten miles In order TO occup
position at the right Hank OF u
American army In the advance OF san
| tlnHo.
Then he tells how he covered all IN
roads approaching the rear guard q
Aug. ,. when the SpanlardH asked leaN
20 rctirc 10 lfoleuln, fearing that rrlt
forcements at iiolRuin would cnabl
the enemy 10 continue the nght.
After the nnal surrender he had =
further orders frnm General Miles q
GENERAL Hhhftur. he says. and he az
cordlngiy retired with his forces
their respectively territories.