New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
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tho cargo close to Point Arcna, twelve miles east OF
T,evitaS In making this landing our experience "l'l
the Drevous expedition was repeated Wleii ue,
that at least one OF vo unteer pilots was " &
He tried to run the Dauntless on reel anu i 'C
not been keeping a sharp lookout, parity Is IeeI'' ~
what | had seen of Cuban pilots on the beruu", nc
world have piled us up high and dry saw 'here was Ms'
no water where he heading for ana was not 81. Su
oni TOO in signaling the alert Pasucl - ssrc
soead ascrn lust the tug lost way neI DOW 81
the reef and stuck fast; but by getting all hands AT We
managed to back her OIL -, =, .os
- IN the previous instance the perfdious pilot was
killed bv the Cubans the moment ne Elue,l. anu 49,.
nartner narrowly escaped the same fate. No natNe
ot ever accompanied me an expedition a1ter Id''
nrefcrrel to take chances finding my own way ii'9
strange places rather than run the risk OF repeater
treachery.
rT,UF coast was clear when we made out the landing
L nlacc. 50 we went close inshore before dark ana
brgn 70 unload; though II was an extremely ddhseI
o,S place for there was no cover ol any kld DeIMCV
nine and ten o'clock. when we were getting lhe MICS
ehoro Snanish gunboat all lit up like an excursion
steamer hove in sight round point seven miles 10 Ic
eastward We not showing any sort ol HSl'' pII
it was certain that if we stayed Were we were sic "
see us as she went by, hugging the shore SO we ha 10
oct ont in = hurry The situation was such that we nad
to take course parallel with hers tor several eS De
fore we could get far enough ahead TO cross her DOW
without being seen Then | hauled out to sea ana
,,,tbad her 90 qrandlv by We stood eight miles OF
shore until DAYLIGHT, and then went back in and fin
@Yonve cot lot Of check. said Funston, who had
STAYED on board to help get the cargo lo ue 'iDi'S
doics. when ! started back for the shore -
"You've got to have check to succeed IN this buSi-
ness" | told him.
Two hours after we had cleared away another gun
hoat showed Nd from the westward; but lis OlhccrS
,,st have been sound asleep, for they detected none
II the evidences Of the landing that had Just Dceil mace
Il took three days get the field gun ana al Iilc 9 @
back into the bush; but part OF them was io'l me
,rrges were packed in hftypound boxes. llned WIN
I'm and sealed So they could bc dumped out in shallow
water and taken ashore when it was convenient.
From Nucvitas went 10 NavaSsa Island 10 i,cet
the Laurada arriving there tnrySiX hour5 alG'i ol
.iroe She showed up exactly at the appointed llhle
md anchored close to the rock. We took OF nan her
marty Of Cubans and half her cargo, which we "hied
in broad daylight on the afternoon Dl od'u"!, 'iu
,,ust % AT Santa lie Argo \iaco, little cove IWeNt
,,ips west Of Santiago There were several WaSmp5 al
SANTIAGO and the city was full o Spanish troops but
had discovered that the gunboatS which paroed tle
coast made practice OF running INTO some d,3e PDII
abou, noon on Saturday and lying there uni Moiha!
morning During this unmatched interval II was Ici-
eonably safe to make landing at almost any place thdt
was not in plain sight Of some Spanish Dockhou9e OF
watch station We returned at once to the Lanr3dd
and took the rest OF her cargo WInch was I'I'u "'
the same place early Monday morning.
Thus il turned out that in three days less than Il
month from the day Mr. Cleveland sounded the warn,
ing that plt us our mctlc the entire expedition hd
been landed in Cuba, without the injury oi man OF
the los, of cartridge and the Daun'lcs' had pad tor
herself The landing Of three cargocs by the same snip
within a week gave the authorities something 10 tMnk
about. in both Washington and Madrid. Nhat was
more important il showed the American people that
The war in Cuba was real red bloolcd rebellion and
not merely an oujburst Of oratOry.
With the landing Of our last cargo the Laurada went
o Jamaica to load fruit for Charleston and the Daunt
less headed up for Key West
WHEN the Iaurida reached Charleston with her