Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-06-10


cal tiine for their use will have passed
we nave steamer chartered, and
zOo men, whose business it is to fight
under any flag at So gold per day
ana no questions asked, are now mark
Ing time on the Isle of Pines, off the
coast of Cuba, waiting for our steam
er 10 call for them and land them,
with their rifles and ammunition and
six 75-millimeter field guns and some
rapid-fre Maxims. at San Bruno, some
Is miles up the coast from here.
The guns and munitions are now
In Tampa, having been shipped to our
agent there on sight draft, with bill of
lading attached; the steamer is char
tered and ell route to Tampa from
Norfolk, Va, and we must pay the
owners $4,000 the day she begins TAX
ing on her cargo. and $4,000 before
she unloads it on lighters at San
Bruno.
I'VE must also pay 200 men one
months pay in advance-that is, $780,
OOO; we cannot meet this expense and
still take up that sight draft now
awaiting our attention in the bank at
Tampa.
I'm return for this favor to the pro-
gisional government of Sobrante. you
shall have the note of the provisional
government, signed by the provisional
president. myself, and the provisional
cabinet, DR.. Pacheco, Colonel Cara
veo. and two other gentlemen whom
you will meet in due course unless in
the interim they should be killed. And
as a bonus for saving this country
from brutal dictator, who is pillag-
ing its resources for his personal prof
IT. you shall have a deed of gift to
that mining concession you and your
friend. Geary. are so DESTROYS of work
ing; also the title shall be certified
by the government and the Supreme
court of Sobrante and absolutely Sc
cured to you against future agrees
sion in the event that the new regime |
should be overthrow at some future |
date. Also you have my profound |
gratitude and that of my people"
Tell me your plan of campaign"
Webster suggested.
I'm a secret rendezvous in 1.-THE
mountains I have 1000 picked men
my fathers veterans. They are armed
with modern rifles and machetes. The
nitrate company. which has been suf-
fering from heavy export duties i'm
posed by Sarros, has loaned me all the
rolling stock of the railroad for one
night. 1t will be modified at San
Miguel de Padua by next Saturday
night; my troops will arrive late the
same afternoon and entrain at once.
'In the interim all telephone and
communications with Bue-
will be severed. The night
previous our steamer will have dis
charged her cargo of men and NUM-
tons at San Bruno; a chain of out
posts will at once be established and
all communication with the capital
will be shut off.
ION Saturday night, also, the Con
Fruit company's steamer.
"a Estrellita, will make port with 80
americans in her steerage. These
men will be road-makers and miners
by Mr.. j. S. Webster and
d order TO nuke certain that they
will come, you have already ordered
hem by cable. We have arranged
With the port doctor to give La Es-
rellita clean bill of health the very
light she arrives. Hence the ships
authorities will not be suspicious,
ope. when we remove our men after +
ark and house them in Leber's ware =
ouse, where they will spend the night :
those spades, picks and r
novels of yours and getting the fac 5
Dry grease off them. L
AT 4 o'clock in the morning vari- b
us citizens of Sobrante, with rebel q
on in their hearts. will begin to mo- [
ilize at Leber's warehouse, where a
ley will be issued rifles and ammuni- 4
on and where. they will wait until a
lie action is opened to the south by u
lie detachment from San Bruno, e
hich. having marched from San Bru- u
D the night before, will have arrived n
inside the city, and will be awaiting p
lie signal from me. will attack p
ON the weSt-cautiously j.
"Now, there are 5000 government lie
oops in the city and in various cam u
nments on the outskirts. These can
nments are to be rushed and set n
ire; | figure that the confusion of 81
lr sudden attack will create a riot III
lrticularly when l do something that W
Mt very popular as a war feature c.
'wn this way, and that is charge a.
I'd keep on coming.
1.-The government troops will start IS
fall back on the city. only to find 81
emselves flanked by a fierce artil- III
y fire from the San Bruno contin- III
mt; the troops from the arsenal the
ards at the palace and the Fiji al
snth regiment of infantry, now sta ar
med at the Quartet de Infanteria. III
xt the government palace. will be III
;patched post haste to repulse the 10
ack. and 400 men, with the machine
q company waiting in Leber's ware an
use, will promptly move upon them 81
I'M the rear and capture the arsenal. en-