The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-18
CAPTURE OF CUbANS



ten times GO little out of their
WAY 1T seemS, To add a touch of th..
dramatic TO military incident
which. In many cases might have.
been very commonplace in the reaii-
ty Nhy this III so is a hard question
to answer unless 1t is because the
public likes H. In this connection IL
might he apropos to mention the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga during
The American revolution by the I'm
mortal Ethan Allen. Historians pie
ture General Allen upon the thrcsh-
hold OF the office Of the command
ing British general waiving his
sword about his head. aud demand
ing the immediate surrender of the
fortress lin the name OF the Great
gress," etc. That all might have
been. but what we have heard thai
General Allen actually said on that
occasion would not look well in print
but would. no doubt, be more APP
propriate and natural under the cir
cumstances
Lieutenant t. p Piukston, the
officer In charge of recruiting for
the United States marines, with
headquarters at Dallas, visited
Waxahachie last week and gave us a
little story relating TO one OF the in
cidents of the recent Cuban inter
yention and the landing of Ameri-
can marines for the purpose of paci-
fying the troubled island and restor-
ing order that is both amusing and
interesting. The daily press few
weeks ago published glowing ac-
counts of how a squad of twenty
marines captured and disarmed an
insurgent general and lao men
without the loss of a single man,
with the usual dramatic touches and
flourishes. The true story of the in
cident. direct from the field of ac-
tion. briefly follows.
Capt William G. Harllee of the
| marine corps, with squad OF TWEEN
| ty marines, was holding down tht
lid at Camaguey. Some two scor'
! Of armed insurgents appeared o.
the scene looking for trouble, an
were promptly disarmed and locke
up by the marines. When Geners
Caballero, commander of the fnsul
gent forces in that province, near
Of the ignominious defeat OF his fof
ty comrades he gathered togetne
one hundred Of his most seasoned
veterans and went forth with th'
ayowed declaration of demanding
and effecting the immediate release
of his unfortunate forty at whatever
hazard. He arrived at Camaguey
called for the captain and delivered
his demands. Captain Harllee was
not open to conviction, and ln1orn-
ed General Caballero that he coulo
not listen to him General CaballerC
told Captain Harllee that ne mus.
Captain Harllee told General Capal-
lero that he was under arrest. Gen
eral Caballero told Captain Harilee
that he could not arrest him, De
cause he had with him, as the cap
tain could see, one hundred armed
men bold and bad. Captain Harllee
replied that the hundred bold. pau
men were also under arrest. Genera
Caballero protested vigorously, aho
CAPTAIN Harlee told him to shut up
The one hundred and one were theI
added to the two score. all but one
making 140 disarmed revolutionists
under the care of Captain Hariiee
twenty marines. When the news OF
lsuch unconscionable juggling ol
numbers got abroad. the deepes'
pain was felt by the remaining tel
hundred and sixty men OF Genera
Caballero's host and the disarlna
ment committee was appealed 10 hN
them for protection. The committee
waited upon Captain Harllee. ana
after General Caballero had gi'ei
his word of honor that before th'
sun went down all of his mighty hos
would deliver up their arms ans
aisbaud. the committees mediation
prevailed upon the captain OF Ia
marines. and General Caballero an'
his noble one hundred we're alioSe'
10 go In peac. With an admonittoi
from Captain haE!.es TO remain ol
the same peace footing upon ~hiel
the, had gone Ia war, Sn ended IN