The Virginia enterprise., 1899-02-03
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Penn las been in the present mar since.
the start and ID veteran Of the, ten
years war. At tiie close Of the ten years
war, with others; he esca ted 60 1T. Thorn
as aud made his way t4 FlGtida: Unable
10 do anything III ii inered fitilk sfat with
out funds, he lived a cat teh.a sicatS Sh-can
existence and learned the trade Bf
cigarmaker. When the present war start
ed he was In this country. What money
he had e turned into the Eeneral fund
sent to the islnnd. There was diiiiculty
about landing in Cuba, and while wait
ing to start his shoes gave out. He was
practically baref footed. I 1t was suggested
to him that be take money TO buy q pair
No. : said lie; ssjust tell me that i need
not report for q week and will earn a
pair.' Four days later he reported with
o. latlA III .du1 ClOllNMS kUhts MUuAu
stand wear and tear. The things Pena
saved from the ten years war were his
stars as q lieqtenant-co colonel. They were
tortoise shell. When he started for Cuba
he gave these to Horatio s. Rubens,
counsel to the Junta.
& Keep them, !" said he. 81 propose to
be q general when Independence is ac-5
5knOwledged.n That was the last seen Of
Pena in this country. Since then he has
Gomez embraced him. In answer to a
question as To where were his lieutenant
colonel stars Pena replied S5aa
1t was not what / did then, general.
It's for you to say what shall be my
rank. offer my services to my coun-
try. . =.5 z 49, .lSSsssS
i Mads Cavalry Colonel. ~ &t5%E
# Gomez made him colonel of cavalry.
In a week he had 800 men. That Pena
was back was enough. In Santa Clara
he was known, and the young Cubans
focked to his standard. For every dead
Spaniard he made he tried to add a re-
cruit to his ranks. Pena's orders to his
men are always Use the machette.
Save cartridges and get Mausers or ma
chettes." ASA cavalry leader he has no
superior in the Cuban ranks. He COM
bines the dash of Maceo with the judg-
ment of Gomez. He will ride his men
forty miles to attack a Spanish column,
and after five hours rest will raid a
town. The first year of the war Gomez
made him brigadier- general and APP
pointed him chief of cavalry. s Like Sher-
idan, he believes in leading. No charge
that his men participate in is too dan
gerous for Pena. He never calls for
tough bit of work that he doesn't him
self agree ia lead $50 30 'sss 5s+7r
1nappearance Pena is thin, with face
on the lines of the medallions of julius
Caesar found on old Roman coins. He
is of medium height, nervous as ia cat in
movements and self-comp0sed in danger.
For months he has been using Esup
BlancO's cavalry: in Matanzas and Santa
Clara. A fav0rite trick Of which he is
the master is to see a large body of cav
airy and decoy it into pursuit of his
troops. AT a bend Of: a road his men
will face about and charge as the Span
iards come around the bend. The forma-
ton prevents more than half or a small
portion of. the Spanish cavalry coming
into action. Those who. cannot see what
is happening believe it is another am
buscade. Fifty or; sixty Spanish troop
ers are cut to pieces and Pena's force is
out of the way. An hour later, by hard
riding, he may have doubled on the en-
the Spanish are figuring out their loss
and forming for another attack Pena is
away to raid the town they have left
uncovered by their going out to- meet
him. When they return everything worth
taking in town has, been gathered in by
the Cubans. -: q - 'sss.'-E =
] Two Good Lexsons. E$. ,%;sss
!. The next day a body Of cavalry is heard
of twenty miles away cutting up a body
of Spanish guerrillas. Pena's men are
taught two othings-discipline and love of
horses. With all his hard riding his
horses look the best III the army. They
are mostly horses that have been stolen
from the Spanish, and their condition
when contrastG with the same animals
i'll the Spanish service is remarkable 70
a trooper he once found mistreating his
horse he said: s 2 asF =
!. ITO that horse YOU owe your life more
than once. Mistreat him again, and you
will join the infantry . Pena's daring
is shown by: two incidents in the ten
years war. With Amelio Nanez he
guards in an interior town had guns and
ammunition stored in his house. The
pair decided to raid it. In broad day
light they rode into town. tied their horses
sat his veranda and entered his house. Six
soldiers were in the room. Nunez and
Pena covered them with their revolvcrs
and singing out the commander, Pena de-
manded to- know where the ammunition
was. The commandant told him it was
up stairs. The commandant ran: ul
stairs ahead. and, afraid of firing at
Pena, made a slash with his machette. Ii
missed and stuck in a stair. as Pena
grabbed it and missed his man, but caught
his watch chain and broke it, Pena hang.
ing on to the end attached to the watch
A shot was fired down stairs and a re-
treat was necessary. s.s s5s>s..s> .<@
s A Fire Rur. -
Pena's s horse was shot and Nunez was
forced to leave him, while he himself ran
"A gauntlet Of fire Pena hid in a sta
bic, selecting that because he thought be
might get a horse. Luck favored him,
and when he was discovered he was
mounted and armed for trouble. He es-
capped and joined Nunez. E5s= PSI
1t tsWas "a bad raid, said q .Nunez
lets lost and nothing to show for it. - - 5
got this watch. During surH ali lis nii troubl.
he had chung to the commandments gold
timepiece. %ts 3; .:F = ~ : I
On another occasion, he, with two 9th.
ers, held up a Spanish dance. With a
companion he appeared at the doorway
where tue civil guards sDal LIZ was IN prog.
ress. a musician was calling out the fig
ures to about twenty couple. 81
Ladies, on the floor, hands up!' yelled
Pena. The senoritas dropped and the
guards stood still. Twenty rifles were
loaded on the backs of the horses, cart.
ridge belts were strapped about theil
necks, and without a shot being fired the
JOB was over in fifteen minuyes.g sss.
Pena has been wounded number o1
times by Mauser bullets, but has always
pulled through. He is q American citi-
zen, like most Of the generals in the Gu.
ban army. W. Z. Bakoff,
Ll9htning VI. AIouse.
The wife Of Senator White Of Cali,
fornia will not live in Washington, ac.
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