| Show HOW THE CUBANS FIGHT an american who was with gomez tells the story cubans would rather die fighting than be captured spaniards batcher eveia amur gent anu add to the list ol 01 kilka no 5 taken washington dac 21 marion per due 0 resident of va who claims ti have been n soldier iu gomz cuban army and to davd made hia way out of island through the efforts of consul general lee has been in the cite for a day or two on ha way home where he goes to recuperate from wounds received in the service fie talked freely of uio experiences and observations in tle a my and some of abed new light on ahe cond liun cf A arcure ic the alani and of the situation in accounts of battles in cua said the youn ir ginian you leave noticed no doubt that the reports read so many cubans were killed and eo macy wounded td but you scarcely ever see it stated that puch a number were take prisoners there ere two awful reasons for this the spaniards do cot take prisoners they have practically hoisted the b ack hug and any cuban patriot who is unlucky enough to bo taken alive never the sun on the day he is ahot down vety eoon after he ia taken and hia body added to the of the enemy killed in battle alie other reason is eliat cuban soldiers know very well the fate which is in store for them and they prefer to die rather thai be in the ranks of their foes many ol 01 and men fur this reason have registered a solemn oath not to be alive the huL dreda of americana in the ranks of the insurgents baye Perdu earo rated amborg he best tinh on the island they are mostly from the and western elates and being expert marksmen are riven winchester repeating alien possible and put forward aa sharp shooters many spanish soldiers baab bit the dust owing to the unerring aim of the aidlen la thit kels oilier americans are in the artillery service and make the best ct gunnels gun neis the dynamite cannon which is manned by volunteers froia the united states is morn feared by aal aol diers than several regi cuenta ol 01 infantry its work in the daod i oi its clever manipulators tors ia awfully destructive to both men and structure fouad of texas in the fourth brigade are cursed with heavy telee copio rifles which will kill nearly away they all themselves the lne star linemen ri nemen the solitary star being the emblem of both cuba and one of the squad named htyan keeps a record of the tie liaa ehat lie claims to tumbled already not to mention perdee described a roat aliete drill by colored cubans in camp these acero troops ne eaid are fighters with that keen edged weapon the machete peace which queed forcht liae augar cane ie different brofn the machete ot war the point which ia curved backward on the order ol 01 i mUar those which are in are perfectly straight haid goofs tea point like an officers sword mobile passes SC obile ala the chamber of has passed resolutions deprecating any action on the part of the government inlet ferine ith alio cuban question that 1 likely te lead to war virth spain and callin on re presenta kirea in Con greba aad to use their influence to prevent any euch action being taken |
