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In August, 1884, Gomez, Maceo, Crombet, Marti, Zambrana, Salvador Cisneros and a majority of the officers were in agreement and accepted the leadership of Gomez, excepting Gen. Bonachea, Panchin Varona and Limbano Sanchez. The first of these fitted out an expedition. He was made prisoner with his men and shot at Santiago. Col. Limbano Sanchez fitted up another, landed, was captured and killed. Marti disagreed with Gomez's and Maceo's methods and separated from the commission.

Dr. Hernandez was sent to collect funds, and, aided by generous patriots, raised $40,000. This sum was received on deposit by F. Lamadriz to deliver to Gen. Gomez. The movement was planned but the plot failed. The authorities. of St. Domingo confiscated $10,000 worth of war material and distributed it to their soldiers. Gomez became unpopular again. He had done his best, no doubt, but all his plans failed.

Maceo too lost the chance of combining in a plot to send war material from the United States to Colon, made by Drs. Hernandez and Tomas Padro. Carrillo, Hernandez and Crombet attempted to get to Cuba in an open boat, but failed. These manœuvres lasted from 1884 to 1886.

In 1887, Juan Fraga, a noble-hearted refugee, aided by Angel Garcia, a good patriot and man of action, founded the club, "Los Independientes." Among the founders were Calixto Garcia and Hernandez. This club continued work for the cause with the purpose of not compromising more lives or money uselessly, as had been done, and agreed not to set out on any uprising without half a million dollars.

Marti appeared again: he wanted to go to Cuba.

Then the Sartorius Brothers made an uprising at Purnio (Holguin), but it all vanished in a few days.

Then came the last of the Fernandina expeditions, which was Marti's first experience and cost Cuba dear.

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CARLOS GARCIA VELEZ, Brigadier-General.

T is a hazardous, as well as a very difficult task to undertake, as I do in this chapter, to narrate the principal events of the Santiago Campaign from a point of view unknown as yet to the world, after so much has been said about the subject by different writers with whom I differ essentially in the course of this narration.

The author of this chapter, a member of Calixto Garcia's staff, having taken an active part in that campaign, believes that he is qualified to give his opinion, together with important data, based on original and authentic documents, fac similes of which are not displayed here because of the limited dimensions of this chapter. The facts are so plain and comprehensive that they will be sufficient proof of the author's assertion when he states that all the official reports are decidedly unjust to General Calixto Garcia's army of Cuban patriots, as to the active and undeniable part taken by them in that wonderful success, the surrender of Santiago. On the other hand, it was to be expected that some one would come forward to vindicate the Cubans, so praised at first, so slandered afterward by the war correspondents and some military commanders.

The author will demonstrate the many things accomplished by the Cubans if it only be with the object of answering the

*Gen. Calixto Garcia responded very enthusiastically to our invitation to write this chapter. He wrote us :

"I will gladly undertake the work you propose to me for the history of the war with Spain. This work will be very dear to my heart."

His untimely death cut short his preparations for writing. His son has prepared the chapter from his father's memoranda and papers.

THE PUBLISHERS.

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