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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Organization of the Cuban Army, as reported by General Gomez--Commerce of Spain with her Colonies--The Authentic Figures of the Population of the Island, Showing the Proportion of Whites and Colored People--Official Cuban Letters and Proclamations.

THE organization, strength, color, leadership and location of the Cuban armies, as stated on good authority, is of positive and general interest. In the House of Representatives Hon. R.R. Hitt, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, said: In Matanzas there are 8,900; in Havana, 8,160; in Pinar del Rio, 5,562; and in the armies of Generals Gomez and Maceo, 16,700. The total is 60,722 men. I will insert the whole statement: CUBAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION.

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