The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-07
GENERAL GOMEZ'S
LAST FAREWELL
TO the Cubans ...Thc Manifesto
Considered the Most Affecting
Address Delivered
BY The GRAND OLD PATRIOT.
He Gives Some Very Sensible
Advice to the People and Ad.
monltion to Soldiers.

Of the Cuban army. will Issue his tarr-
well manifesto to-day. In substance 1t
viii say:
Tho mission have been intrusted
with Is nearly concluded. have at
tempted to find u solution OF questions
concerning the army which I COM
manded during the bloodiest war known
In America. am now leaving regret
fully to attend to necessary private
business.
"A parting word to tho people for
whom have sacrificed thirty years Of
my life and TO my friends in the army
Just disbanded, which my action should
have been taken instantly after the re-
moval OF the bloody weight of Spaln's
merclless regime. We armed ourselves
and therefore, now we no longer want
soldiers but men for the maintenance
of peace and order who the basis OF
Cuba's future welfare.
ut is necessary to understand that
the nation in this epoch most difficult
and uneQualed In history should avail
Itself of the opportunity how 1t pos
| sesses virtues In spite Of the vices
| caused by colonial government and the
harshness OF warlike life. We wanted
and depended upon foreign lnterren-
ton TO terminate the war. Ihis occur
red ut the most terrible moment OF our
contest and resulted IN Spains defeat.
But none OF us thought this eXtraordi-
nary event would be followed by mil
itary occupation OF the country by our
allies, who treat US rs people fncapa-
bic OF acting for ourselves, md who
have reduced US to obedience, to sub
mission and to a tutelnse Imposed by
force OF circumstances.
Good Advice.
This cannot be our ultimate fate af-
ter years Of struggle and we should aid
by every pacific method In finishing the
work OF organizing, which the Au!erI-
cans accepted in the protocol and which
Is as disagreeable for them as for our
selves. This aid will prove useless
without concord among all the island
ers. Therefore It Is necessary to for
get past disagreements to completely
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we must ue'o'e ou' 'e''e' ~ pHeiiic
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| on" o"o" '''d' ''t'''ei ouA WI "'N'
No'ioi "o'e our pe'i'o i'ius' oc '''o'e so'
we must N'"Ne u'I'e'' ~ ""i 'e''''-
III ''ie is'u''u anu must usS''t .''e A'i'eF-
'eu''S " coihp'ete '''t ho''o' no'e i'iissioi
''iey nh'e oeeh eo'i'pe''eu " nSsu'i'e NY
ioFce vi c'rcuinst'1''ees' ms Work WAS
mol sousit ny those f'cl' hof'nerfeFs'
o"i'crs Vi CONTINENT 'n''lh oouo's
hiio suspicious hfe Unjust. we must
ioiiii i''n'eo'l'eiS d eo'i''''i''ee UT Guy
Fto ne u nucleus OIL government. Ihhs
VIII serve CUBAN interests purely anu
act rs I'll a'o 10 inter'ehefs.
a Fathers Appeal.
II, as ono Of the first Cubansalthough
ono OF our last old soldiers and not far
from the grave, without passions or
ambitions, call on you with the sinceri-
ty of father and urge cessation of