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Feb. l."i t! !-." a-i-ted by the 



schooners M AraaQ M and "Mallory," ui> 

 make its first filibustering trip. but n complaint 

 tuiish consul- tit. members of the expedition 



found against them. 



they were Unrated, after which, under command 

 :/... they again sailed f.-r Cuba. 

 11 UM beach al dur- 



,h 3. with their I..-.. 

 Nag frightened al the i-r.-xmni - 



M-re abandoned, the men tak, 

 thr ;rn their 



rvltir -t with I ho rest of tin- arms 



ami ammunition, whore she was detained l.y the 

 authorities *'t f " r lrtrk '' was released. 



On Man h 1 * the Steamship " Bermuda " made her 

 MOOUd trip, taking an cxix-dition with Calixto 

 : from New York. The men 



PAVIBH SOLDIER* BREAKFASTING. FORT NEAR MATAN7.AK. 



were landed in Cuba on March 24 with a part of 

 the arms and ammunition. The part of the ammu- 

 nition which could not be landed was carried to 

 Puerto Cortes, Honduras, where it was s. 

 Upon their return to New York Capts. O'Brien, 

 Hart, and Nufiez were prosecuted, but were ac- 

 quitted by the jury. A second trip of the tug " Corn- 

 re "with an expedition was attempted from 

 Charlestoi Thj- expedition, un- 



der the command of Braulio Pena, was successfully 

 landed in Cuba, The steamer on its return was 

 libeled for making a foreign voyage, but the pr..- 

 ceedingv were never brought to t'rial. (Mi April -JO 

 the steamer "Bermuda" made her third trip, at- 



from behind an a 



key and opened fire. The bulk of the arm's ;i i,,| 

 ammunition wa-j abandoned by Mim/oii. \vli,. Hed 

 with his men into the interior. The sailing ma-ter. 

 William (Jildea. and the captain of the expedition. 

 Alfred l.aborde, a corres|>oiident. (Mia Melton, and 



\pedi- 



:.d taken to I |.-i\ .ma. William 



't and Charles I'.arnet. sailor-, who 



ashore when the firing began, wen- captured ,,11 



way to on ' ut.aii-. There 



wasaha-ty court-martial at Havana, in \\hich the 



Cuban .Ma/a turned Cio\\n ,-\ iden.-c. and I he pris- 



oners -ieath: but. OXMIILT to |he 



interfen nee of thel'nited 8tat- <.,n- u l. the pi..- 



iigSWere set a-ide. and after an inipri-oiiinciit 



.iiteen months the men were released. The 



made it- third expedil ion. 

 ing from New York. May Ji. with 

 im-n and arm-, whi.-h wen- lan-led 

 in ( 'uha. M;i> 1>. A fine was im- 

 posed on tins vessel at Kindlon. 

 .Ian... "apt. Diekiuaii and 



Nllfie/ were tried in \ 

 and the jury disagreed. Th. 

 tain \\as tin. 



ton. S. C.. for violation of <-u-t..m- 

 law-. Tin- "Three -uade 



her -.pcditioii from J 



I ille. |-'la.. on May 'J:{. with an 

 dition \\hich wassafelv landed 

 in ( 'uba. ( Mi .linn- "2 \ t he 



:iuer undertook a third e\|.edi- 

 tion with the assistance of the 

 Steamer "City ,,f KiehiiK.nd/ 

 vessels were sei/.ed by the I'nited 

 .-s authorities, and the men 

 were arrested before the expedi- 

 tion L r,,t away, but the vessels 

 I the men dis- 



charged from custody, they got 

 inl the expedition was- 

 landed bdw en .luly 1 and .Inly 

 i:'.. nn .lune 17 th'e 

 modore"made her third success* 

 fill trij. from Charleston. 

 landing arms and ammunition nn 

 ML (Mi July 17 the "Three 

 Friends " made her fourth success 

 fill trip, landing both men and 

 ."i the steamer "Laurada" left 



arms <Mi 



Philadelphia with the tug -Dauntless." the 



' 



elphia 



the " 



deira/'tlic "Oriole." and the launch Hidiard K. 

 They went to Navassa island, and th. n- e 

 a large amount of war supplies to Cuba. (Mi 

 return t<. the I nit ed States he was 

 a:Te-ted. lull wa- n-lea-ed on l.ail. Sub-e-ment ly 

 John D. Hart, owner of the " Laurada." was con- 

 i in Philadelphia for violation of the neu- 

 trality laws, Feb. 'j:{. 1*07. bu 

 liberated on bail, AU-. 1">. The tug "Three 



by the I'nited States steamer 



" Bout well." and as nothing was found aboard 

 MM Mouner - nertnu'ia ma<le her thml tnj). at- but coal and medical supplies she was r<i 



to land in Cuba. but. failing, proceeded to < M, Sept. 2 the "in.- i.v:*i. -<- 

 .ras. The im-mUrs ,,f the exiM-dition 

 lamed in another st^im-r t-, When 



the steamer returned to Philadelphia her Briti-h 

 register was revoked, it i* m jd thnt the arms and 

 ammunition were thrown overboard on this trip by 

 m <i. Hiley. who was fined $\\r> if, 

 Honduras for landing oeftain of 'here. 



Competitor." with arms and ammu- 

 nition, left Key West on April 2:5. under command 

 of Munzon, and arrived off the nort < uba 



near Esperanza. The arm- and ammunition had 

 been put ashore when the " Mensajera," a Spanish 



Three Friends" again left Jack- 

 sonville in disobedience to the Federal authorities. 

 Her cargo of ami'- and ammunition was safely 

 landed in Cuba, and on her return she wa- libeled 

 in the district court at Jacksonville. On Oct. 5- 

 the tug "Daunt!e-s" landed successfully at the 

 mouth of .an river a large expedition of 



arm- and ammunition, but owing to cowardice and 

 mi-management of the commanding officer in 

 charge of the Cubans on shore after the expedition 

 was landed nearly everything, including corre- 

 spondence from the junta was carried away by the 

 crew of a small Spanish patrol boat. On Oct. 6- 



