Show PATRIOTIC HELEN GOULD Sends Four Cavalry Companies Cuba Under General Barbour United Stltti Sapplll Arm ADd Amml title whit Jill loold HAll H-All Ofb EPectss New York May 6A short time ago Miss Helen Could sent her check for 100000 to President McKlnley to be used as he deemed proper In the war and Intimated In the letter which accompanied ac-companied It that she would like to double the amount This check was returned by the President because under un-der the law he had no power to accept IL ILMi Miss Gould was disappointed by the rut attending her patriotic offer but she was nol discouraged She Con lulled Mrs Lcdyard Stevens of this CRY and was advled by br 10 expend ex-pend the money In sending soldiers < 10 Cuba This proposition met with Miss Oould approbation and at the sue glIon btercnsacn JB M liar hour was consulted astotholuest way to carry out the project After a conference con-ference was decided that Mr lIarbour should procure a commission from the Cuban authorities as brlgadlergener1 with authority to raise four com Panics of cavalry of sixty men ito each i-to servo In the Cuban army and to be under the orders of Cubans exclusively Miss Gould agreed to pay all the expenses ex-penses of recruiting these men to pur pnes chase uniforms horses and equipments and to pay all the transportation to Cu ba This project was submitted by nor hour to the war department tnen and h a was told that If he landed I the men In Cuba free of expense to the govern menrthe United States would supply the men with i arms and ammunition i Mr Barbour received his commission and authority lo raise the troops and bavins cent pitted his business with the war department < left Washington to recruit re-cruit his men |