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Cuba in War Time By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) |
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CUBA IN WAR TIME BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society Author of "Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America," "The Princess Aline," "Gallegher," "Van Bibber, and Others," "Dr. Jameson's Raiders," etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERIC REMINGTON NEW YORK. R. H. RUSSELL 1897 [Note: Before Spanish American War] CONTENTS List of Illustrations Author's Note Cuba in War Time The Fate of the Pacificos The Death of Rodriguez Along the Trocha The Question of Atrocities The Right of Search of American Vessels ILLUSTRATIONS The Death of RodrÃguez A Spanish Soldier Guerrillas with Captured Pacificos A Spanish Officer Insurgents Firing on Spanish Fort Fire and Sword in Cuba A Spanish Guerrilla Murdering the Cuban Wounded Bringing in the Wounded Young Spanish Officer The Cuban Martyrdom Regular Cavalryman Spanish One of the Block Houses Spanish Cavalry One of the Forts Along the Trocha The Trocha Spanish Troops in Action Amateur Surgery in Cuba Scouting Party of Spanish Cavalry An Officer of Spanish Guerrillas A Spanish Picket Post General Weyler in the Field Spanish Cavalryman on a Texas Broncho For Cuba Libre NOTE These illustrations were made by Mr. Frederic Remington, from personal observation while in Cuba, and from photographs, and descriptions furnished by eye witnesses, and are here reproduced through the courtesy of Mr. W. R. Hearst. AUTHOR'S NOTE After my return from Cuba many people asked me questions concerning the situation there, and I noticed that they generally asked the same questions. This book has been published with the idea of answering those questions as fully as is possible for me to do after a journey through the island, during which I traveled in four of the six provinces, visiting towns, seaports, plantations and military camps, and stopping for several days in all of the chief cities of Cuba, with the exception of Santiago and Pinar del Rio. Part of this book was published originally in the form of letters from Cuba to the New York Journal and in the newspapers of a syndicate arranged by the Journal ; the remainder, which was suggested by the questions asked on my return, was written in this country, and appears here for the first time. RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. Cuba In War Time When the revolution broke out in Cuba two years ago, the Spaniards at once began to build tiny forts, and continued to add to these and improve those already built, until now the whole island, which is eight hundred miles long and averages eighty miles in width, is studded as thickly with these little forts as is the sole of a brogan with iron nails. It is necessary to keep the fact of the existence of these forts in mind in order to understand the situation in Cuba at the present time, as they illustrate the Spanish plan of campaign, and explain why the war has dragged on for so long, and why it may continue indefinitely. The last revolution was organized by the aristocrats; the present one is a revolution of the puebleo , and, while the principal Cuban families are again among the leaders, with them now are the representatives of the "plain people," and the cause is now a common cause in working for the success of which all classes of Cubans are desperately in earnest. The outbreak of this revolution was hastened by an offer from Spain to make certain reforms in the internal government of the island. The old revolutionary leaders, fearing that the promise of these reforms might satisfy the Cubans, and that they would cease to hope for complete independence, started the revolt, and asked all loyal Cubans not to accept the so called reforms when, by fighting, they might obtain their freedom. Another cause which precipitated the revolution was the financial depression which existed all over the island in 1894, and the closing of the sugar mills in consequence... Continue reading book >>
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