< t HA. 



had gone to intercept a convoy, and Marti had 

 last parted from Gomea, who had TOO cavalry, a* 



guide directed Col. Sandoval and 

 arrow ravine, where Marti and 

 ild I* entrapped. The entire party 

 f 30 wa- annihilated. Marti leading then, ... a 



un. *- .nr" '.n-.-.. an I :". !::!.,' 



ani'h line*. Gome* him- 

 attempt to rescue Marti'- l-|%. w* 



*fi.l wa h,-l|M..| ..(T t !,.- !. 

 Horrrn. Th- Cubans then r,-rrut,.| ,., !.>. r 

 4er. having lost about 50 k>: 

 ti8|anishlosswa5 



lonary partr. after long doubt' 

 **. was convinced that Marti was indeed dead 







as pre*i party. Manuel San- 



l.tui later a rcpre- 



tnsurgents destroyed the Tillage of Palca- 

 y flre on May IS, nnd burned huildiiurt 

 eaqoe,an*l I th.-\ tit.--! th< 



men that Maceo had concentrated in the 

 Jarajneoa, there were 8,000 under 



in ..tli.-r part- ..f BantiagO, JotJ >!. - 



wtn.-n near Guantanamo, and M.-i *<<' 

 Manianillo ,IiMn.-t. The whole eastern 

 ry WM at the mercy of the predatory 



wn of Santiago. The troops were afraid 

 or broke out among the 

 ra sooner than was expected. The num- 

 f the insurgents were constantly aug- 

 ! .V th- H.-r,-.M,,M "f rj M, t , ,|,. \v |, l! ,-,. 



ad hitherto held aloof, and of laborers 



>H after the sugar-gri 



one. The total force of the insurgents 

 d to 10,000 men, of whom 7,000 were 



alccdo,aft 



cosssful campaign against Maceo, in which 

 fe nafloUmated s^mar.u prowd tkattHlm 

 Hklatoflght th.- Mtfiti u. UM BMBjataioi and 



H till 



the rainy season was over. As a strategic meat- 

 would also senre as the means of pla- 

 the Cuban people, one of whose corn- 

 wan that of all their revenue not more 

 $380,000 was actually oxfiended on public 



ctar tham from' joinii 

 from patriotic mot ire*. n.l t laborers, I. 

 lag them employment, from going int.. 

 potts and ,ioh was mount- 



ing to famine figures, Marnhnl 



I a railroad across the island from Puerto 

 v to SantA Cruz, another from Manxa- 

 ra and Bayaroo, nn.l A thinl from 

 Ouantanamo to Santiago, II , 



^uade the American syndicate operatini; 



nchesi fn> m 



Sn: Paltna Soriano and 



pom Songo towanl r plateau. And 



he pm(Mwnl to make ImrUtf unprorements. 



e to the American company thnt 

 they miffh' Material for the new rail- 



road i ; v free was retoed by the Spani>i 



(lien would not allow them even to 



bring in material to repair 



n>Ted by the rebels without 

 paring the doUea. wnicb aft Dr, 

 The Sinbh war ninsneas for three *^*mht 



- ...... - ':.. 



Oen* oalcedo issued an order 00 J nne 5 direct* 



ing hb column^ to Are without warning upon 

 <raoo fkmml out of doors aflar dark. The 

 French consul protested. The Aral m>ult 

 regulation wa that two s 



marching in contran 



utiago fired several volleys at each 

 killing and sen- >ding several men. 



. supplies of arms and recruits for the 

 rebels war* brought into UM island by small 

 fishin/r smacks or larger vessels in spite of the 



patrolling fninUat*. It 



stands of arms wan lent to 



at various time*. CoL 



Mariano Torres landed 



I ,-.-, 



boded early in May from Ja- 

 men. On May IS the yacht 

 -Corona" brought 45 men from Georgia. This 

 was said to be UM sixth expedition that had 

 arrived from the Southern State*. The rebel* 



.:! - 



abroad. Suspecting tlm 



of 



noyed at the character of the 



they publishedL Campos gave orders' to 



|.l-. r . Eraspondsjdi r laa* .. -..,-. . 



\ ' vr / ..;: " f. .' .' 



ien. Carlos Roloff. Gen. Seraflo 



and Geo. Jose Maria Rodriguez, on June ft, com- 



the lastrevolut?on^ wUh 7 1?000 repeat^ riflas 

 small ca 



../. -~~ 



and ammunition, 



and 500 pounds of dynamite. An 



tugboat, the -George W. Child*,- which the 



revolutionary committee had purchased, and an 



English schooner conveyed the partv. 



landed in Las Villas, near Sag* 



the north coast of the 



Their lamlii 



llo 



in the <!* 

 and armed t>v Roloff, who assumed UM 



The fitting out of the Roloff expedition in an 

 an port caused lh 

 ible their 



flhlmstrruu-. Several more 

 the cruiser* " Atlanta " and * 

 to Florida and UM Gulf. OnJuoe" 

 Cleveland Jasusd a jSJimtimatiiiii warning dti- 



toast of the province of Santa Clara, 

 ing was protected by the band* of 



!; . . . -. 



trict. These forces war* niMBJarf 



:h, , .'. : 

 commissiisM 



g part in thedvil 

 I* laws of 



procuring others to eolUt in such service, by fit- 

 ttng out or arming, or procuring to be fitted out 

 and armed, ships of war for such service, by 

 augmenting UM force of any such si 



augmenting UM force of any such rtip ir 



- 



or providing or preparing the means for 

 tarr enterprises to be carried on from the Ui 



in the 



mili- 

 from the United 



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