'.'14 



(THA. 



in th- 





tin- 



Gen. 



at I** Nnm*. '!' 

 mholedthersbtUion in the 

 t^laitMl^^h^reshre. 

 i 1 . H loand 



Jnr Afidrre sarrsitlrrr<U .( h t heir 

 " 1 1 \iiliiriiill i youm 



. who joined the insurgents 

 of the proffered amnesty and 

 nee because the/ found 

 with bands of brigands 

 ..f Malaga*, or with negroes led by 

 . The rfiftur in Santa Clara, an in- 

 etotrt the vicinity -f H..| K uin. 



mar del Bio lUrted by Gen. ABOUT, and finally 

 v , , . , : IV. ..-.:, 



in Puerto Principe came to nothing. 

 i.r- ;.:.. :,! .".. 

 tort of the ialand. Hut there 6,000 

 in araJTsocoessfully defied the Govern- 



A battalion wms at once brought over from 

 Puerto Rfoo, and a force of 7,000 men was sent 

 fromSfitin. The prefects in all the provinces 

 resigned, and were replaced by military officers. 

 In Havana (rash arrests were made of prominent 



prominent 



Mono Castle was filled with pris- 

 oner*. On March ? the Spanish Cortes granted 

 United credit for the purpose of stamping 

 oat the rebellion. The civic guard in Havana 

 refused to march against the rebels in Santiago. 

 In the mountains of that province they were 

 uita Clara, as well as Santiago 

 VA* declared in a state of siege, 

 authorities had asserted in the be- 

 _ that no rebellion cxist^l. only an 

 of brigandajre. When compelled to a- In ;i 

 with a |H)litii-al insurrec- 

 ilailv th- rapture of some 

 ami dumereion of his band. 

 The bauds, however, were beard of later 



fling proportions. Whereas it was 



in the beginning to send 



that they had to deal 



. r,j - . ,:, 



Isvler and die rout a 





to Cuba, it was decide* early in 

 to dispatch 80.000 troops and t<. m 

 the work to Field- Marshal Martinei Cam- 

 l who had gone oat in 1878 and brought 

 aa eod io 1* the ten years' 



vfcstt he ha* been known as the Pacific^ 



OfSJf 



-1 8tsAes oooml general made a de- 

 ^Uis^aM^flly. AipUm, Peraxa. and Ca- 

 ^Awtai eMMMieJd aa political prison- 

 erm.U tried by the civil ooort* with benefit of 

 ' JS^ 1 . 1101 ^.ttiaL The GOT- 



tod-^rrf^^irfhiGS^Ii 

 took every precaot 



to 



gents. The Spani>h man-of-war ' Infanta Isa- 

 : ;i i K,N \V,M I,- 



pniK' there, ready to chase any 

 thal put to sea, .Mim-t.-r 'l'a\l..r in Ma.ln.l in- 

 mUh I'n-.nu-r that tin- I'nit.-d 

 States Govermnenl \v<mll d<> its utm.^t 

 \.-nt tin- littin^ -ut of filibustering eipeditiona, 



\iini-|-an .Bailors. Au^uM liollrii and 



. iirln-u. win. landed in a small I mat 

 in diftn-jv-* ami wen- iinpri -aniiap d.- 



Cuba, were tried i.y tin- mi court at tin- i, 



c.f tin- I'liitrd StttU.H consul a iid wm- ac< : 

 of complicity in tin- rvl.rllion. An 

 < 'uliaii I'irth urreMi-d in 8 

 ti: of Ic^'al trial through the intervention 

 of the consul. 



Col. Santocildes hat! an encounter with 

 gents near Guantanamo on March it). < >n March 

 17 Col. Bosch engaged the Land- of 

 Brooks near U 11 oa. In Santia^Mihe*. 

 forces were unable to cope with tin- ivi.cl>. \\ho 

 soon occupied and fortified some of the i..\vns 

 and ti-gan to levy taxes. Be>i 

 Atnador Gucrra, K>t cl.au 'rmiiayii. and oth.-r 

 guerrilla chiefs, \\lio had al.oiii 1 .'Jim men. and 

 the larger fore.-* ,f llmr\ :..! ( v uintin 



I'.anderas, Jesus Kabi held Baire and .li^iiani 

 with 1,500 men and Bartol.m.e Masso had 1,000 

 men at Man/anillo. ( >n March ^"J M.i-o am- 

 buscaded aconvoy south of Hol^uin and cap- 

 tured arm.-, ammunition, and coninii- 

 and later he inflicted a defeat .inch. 



The Spaniards under Col. Santocild. 

 a more serious reverse at Havana. l.sii. 

 men and being saved from annihilation 01 

 the arrival of re-enforcements. (>n Ma- 

 there was a pitched batt le at .laragtiana be 

 600 infantry and 300 cavalry under . \mador 

 Guerra and 1,000 troops commanded I 

 Araoz, who form-d his men into a hollow square 

 to meet five charges of the Cuban hr> men, and 

 finally assumed the aggressive, compelling the 

 assailants to retreat. 



A commission sent to make terms with the 

 eastern rebels was angrily rel.ulTed l>\ 

 Masso, who threatened t<> execute upon Baptist! 

 Sport orno, formerly ('resident of the Cul 

 public and now a leader of the Aut..i, 

 nis own decree of death to nny commissioner 

 proposing terms short of the independei 

 Cuba. The men of standing were still waiting 

 for the action of the leaders of th< mov< 

 abroad and would have nothing to do wit h t he 

 rebels in the field whose predatory tactics re- 



Jose Marti and Maximo Gomez issued on Man h 

 25, from Monte Cristi, Hayti, the following mani- 

 Dsjlo: 



var IM not apninht the Spaniard, who. - 

 by bin children and hv loyalty to the c<> 

 the latter will entablihl 



upectod and even loved, that liKcrty whi.-h wilfonly 

 aweep away th<- th*n;.- i.l-..-k it 



N>r will the war be the cradle of 1 whi<-h 



are all ration of the Caban ohan 



tyranny. Thotwj who huvi j. 

 it and who are vtill ita sponsora declare in it 

 to the country ita freedom in.m all ) 

 indulifenoe to the timi<l Cul-an. and it> radical rc- 

 apect for the dignity of man. whieh -onMit".- 

 amew of battle and the foundation of tin: republic. 

 And they reaffirm that it will be magnanimous 



