The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

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Statistical and Documentary: Province

Province of Santiago de Cuba.

Maj.-Gen. Jose Maceo (black) 3,000 Brig.-Gen. Perico Perez (white) 2,000 Brig.-Gen. Matias Vega (white) 1,000 Gen. Augustin Coureco (mulatto) 1,600 Gen. Carnelio Rojas (white) 600 Gen. Jose Rabi (Indian) 1,200 Gen. Manuel Capoti (white) 800 Col. Felix Ruen (mulatto) 800 Col. Francisco Delgado (white) 400 Col. Carthagena (black) 500 Col. Heabovaria (white) 400 Col. Joaquin Planao (white) 200 Col. Remegio Mariero (white) 200 Col. Rodrigues (Spaniard) (white) 400 Col. Salvo Reos (black) 600 Col. Pedro Popa (black) 200 Total 13,900 Province of Puerto Principe.

Maj.-Gen. Mayla Rodrigues (white) 1,500 Brig.-Gen. Lope Recio (white) 1,000 Total 2,500 This force serves as escort to the officials of the Cuban Republic, who, like the first congresses of America, as after the burning of Washington in the war of 1812, are compelled to move, by the exigencies of war, but they remain within a zone about equal to the area of our state of Delaware. The Marquis of Santa Lucia, president; the vice-president, Bartolo Masso; minister of war, Roloff; minister of treasury, Pinar; and all others are white. Province of Santa Clara.

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