Show k PASSED 40000 SPANIARDS I Lieut Rowan Daring Journey Into Garcia If Camp tif Lieutenant A S Uuunns daring trip to the camp of General OariUe m fit rank I as one of the most gallant and brllllan 4 Ity exploits In our military history In thl Journey ho freely l dared every risk to I which a boldler may bo subjected lie ventured a passage by tea or mole thai i 300 mllea In an open boat twice running run-ning the gauntlet of the Spanish patrol 4 boats and going with a single guld I I across the Island practically In the presence of 40UOU bpantnli soldiers In speaking today of his experiences Lieutenant Hon refrained from at tacking to them any eiuaJlty of brilliance bril-lIance or of Importance 11 was ordered to go he said simply went7 and I went Colonel Wagner however and oUr officers do not MId that performance oC Ueutenant Hon In ansuch cstlma lion They regard It as a splendid lthlevcmentand all ot them deplore the fact that under our army regulations no recognition or such ftnt servicI I ran U given ThH gallant olllcer I who Is I first I I lieutenant In the Nine I I teenlh infantry deserves In their opln Ion at least a captains commission but the recognition hy the pUblic 01 hi I I mgulllcent daring J a the only reward that the republic cn beolow Lieutenant Itowan succeeded bond all expectation lie has brought to the il army Information that from a mllltar point 01 view Is I Invaluable and Snake i enrnpalgn In Cuba a certain sues sue-s I When I was ordered to go to Oar I lia headquarters said he I hurried I I at once to Jr malca In order to put I my lelf In touat with the Cuban junta at Kingston I was soon put In charge ot L IIIld whti had made thirteen pullers 0 lot trip hllen 1CI1Iton and Gar I k 1 rims camp furnished by the junta with I l suit of clothes that transformed me i I Into a Cuban or a Spaniard or wha vr I might wish to appear My guide 9 11 l 111 u > 4 myself at once started for BU Ann V 7i i if 1 1 I 7 I bay on the north eot i ot Jamaica We mad thl part Come Wit Ill rl1 In enI tigo v filt relays ng illl bell tr L 1r1fvl he afternoon nil 1r 1 I th next morning We Immediate took an open Sailboat for the southern coast 01 aMuViW Cuba It man little dangerous and we had to run the gauntlet Of Hpanlh Introl gunboats and we Ml Just a thi trlllo IIOU > as we approached Ph re Just In front of us oe the peak ol OJo d I Toro or Bulls ee unit to the east twtyII nifies Away WAM th Imulllul dome 01 Tnrlulno the highest croxt tit Culat Nervous as we were I Could not help exclaiming ivllh delight nt the ex qullte scene The sun wn Jut rising hoe the mountain unit It rustle one of the most enchanting Pictures I eve wen wenAm soon us We reached Share we aw the Cuban wnUh who sentinel that entire coat day and night and report to Garcia the approach ot every friendly friend-ly or hostile vewl When they saw mho we were they nt once directed m for they were expecting me nt the camp of their leader That part of Cuba Is I a terrible country The chapparel or un lerbrush Is I so dense you cannot see twenlY feet It long not jet raining In the plain country but the wet season Was setting In In the mountains There we found It raining every other dn > There arc no roids only bridle paths I saw n mule train carrying DOOOO round 01 ammunition 10 Garcia I was astonished to find how thor mighty the Cuban leader has established him Sources 01 Information lie know everything that hOPIII or Is I Imminent to its territory I round nt him Ili > amo In Santiago Sixty ration from ManWL nlllo on the coast ICe had recently capture the CRY In Sintlago province itslde ot Santiago dn Cuba where the ptnlitrda have 25000 men llolguln vhere there are 6 000 and Manzanlllo hre they have SOO Garcia li I supreme Ills emmle have not ventured to interfere In-terfere with him much since his victory nt morln de Las Tunas nnd they do not rink themselves outside of tliww three cities except 10 go up and down the Cnuto for sixty miles running their gunboats from fort to fort Santiago de Cuhll can he hllod Iron the son It Is I six miles from the Carl bbean hut only the chapparel plain lies between It ant the Share Our I > mts could drive the 61nlnrdo out ot the city and Garcia If I supplied ulth arms and ammllnlllnn could annihilate them Garcia la a Splendid old man lie Is I a chesterfield in manner The Cubans have the greatest confidence In him and will folloW him anywhere Ill has 800 1 men under arms hut coul raise 20000 more In a short time If he ha1 nrm IInd 1 ammunition for thom It should be our first task to supply I here revolutionists with arm 80 that they could engage the Spaniards In the Vas I vvhllo we attack them from the wt Gore I a PaYs to me that If I he had arm and some good nttlllry he coUI soon dispose of the Spanlanl I be Ileve that one Cuban In the buh la l equal to two Spaniards The Cubans Imlsaed me very favorably They will light hard and they are absolutely essential to our army of which they would 100 the eyes and cars I aw 110 Spaniards TIp Cubans told me thy would fight hard no long aa their commander Is alive When the chief falls however the army tiles or surrenders All responsibility ceases and the men take care of thetnwlve A Spanish officer Is I courtmartialed If I 1C surrenders before losing twoUilrds 01 his force and ammunition I do not think from what I learned of the Spaniards that they will light us In the open I do not believe they will come outside of their works but ulll wait for us to attack them We villf have to hunt them In their holes at Havana and Matanzas I think that with a hot lmhnrdment front the sea land Havana vvlll fall within twenty lour hours Continuing his narrative Lieutenant Itownn said After delivering my message to Garcia I started on my return Of course I did not come back the may I sent Garcia put me In charge of General Enrique Collnzo whops nompMled me from I1nynmo to Tern ps 1 We passed through Vlttorla Las Tunas where Garcia vcm tile great victory The city of Bayama I thought was wrecked badly enough It was at the beginning of the ten years war the third city In Cuba Today It has not 2000 population but Vlttorla Is I worse Nothing is I left but ruins That portion of the Island however Is I good for lighting It la I open country nnd has better rods Atter leaving lIallImo we hurried to the northern coast riding four days on horseback and finally leaving the Island near 1TlntI In an Open < sail boat We sailed slowly over the 2DO miles to Nassau being so becalmed be-calmed ono dy we mate Mt Attire than tell mile On our way we nw the Iorlcan fleet twelve vessels tem Ing rapidly to the Cost Wo han no trouble on the sea an It wall an clm oa a mlllpond and reached Nassau Without with-out mishap As soon as possible I took a I ship for Key West going In n small Schooner I left Kingston April 23rd slid Arrived at Tampa May 14th Since I liavc made the trip successfully I would not exchange the experience I have had for anything less Lima a better 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