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The Record of Desolation and Despair: James

November. 4 Santiago. GENERALS BERNABE DE VARONA AND W.C. RYAN, COLONELS JESUS DEL SOL AND PEDRO CESPEDES 4 D 7 Nov. 5 Santa Clara. Two rebels 2 D 11 Nov. 6 Pulgas. Four rebels 4 D 15 Nov. 7 Santiago. Captain, Jose Fry; Pilot, William Baward; Mate, James Flood; Sailors--J.C. Harris, John Bosa, B. P. Chamberlain, William Kose, Ignacio Duenas, Antonio Deloyo, Jose Manuel Teiran, Ramon Larramendi, Eusebio Gariza, Edward Day, J. S. Trujillo, Jack Williamson, Porfirio Corvison, P. Alfaro, Thomas Crigg, Frank Good, Paul Khunrer, Barney Herrald, Samuel Card, John Brown, Alfred Haisell, W. J. Price, George Thomas, Ezekiel Durham, Thomas Walter Williams, Simon Broyeur, Leopold Larose, A. Arci, John Stewart, Henry Bond, George Thompson, James Samuel, Henry Frank, James Read 37 D 15 Nov. 8 Santiago. Arturo Loret Mola. Augustin Varona, Oscar Varona, Guillermo Valls, Jose Boitel, Salvador Penedo, Enrique Castellanos, Augustin Santa Rosa, Justo Consuegra, Francisco Porras Pita, Jose Otero, Herminio Quesada 12 D 15 Nov. 9 San. Manuel. Two rebels 2 D 15 Nov. 10 Lagunas. One rebel 2 D 15 Nov. 10 Saramaguacan. Fernando Molino, Juan Perez, Antonio Pages 3 D 15 Nov. 10 Caridad. Rafael Armas 1 D 15 Nov. 10 Diff. places. Juan Garces and two others 3 D 15 Nov. 2,945 There are lists of prisoners captured by Spaniards whose fate has never been reported.

We select two pages of this hideous bookkeeping as samples: 483 30 Sidonia. Three 3 D 12 Sept. -- Sagua. Eight 8 D 29 Aug. September. 1 Caguas. More than fifty prisoners 51 D 10 Sept. 4 Mangas. Twenty-four conspirators 24 D 8 Sept. 6 San Cristobal. Fifteen conspirators 15 D 11 Sept. 7 Cauto del Paso. Thirty-seven (Boet) 37 D 9 Oct. 20 Cardenas. N. Macario y N. Lugo 2 D 26 Sept. 21 Tunas. Juan Sancho, two more and his personal guard 8 D 9 Oct. 27 Jagua. Thirteen prisoners 13 D 8 Oct. 20 Las Minas. One prisoner 1 D 12 Oct.

October. 6 Sierra Jumagua. Com. Mendoza and others 3 D 8 Oct. 7 Las Lajas. Seventy-one prisoners 71 D 12 Oct. 8 Sti. Spiritus. One prisoner 1 D 14 Oct. 10 Remedios. One prisoner 1 D 17 Oct. 10 Puerto Padre. Two prisoner 2 D 26 Oct. 12 Remedios. Two prisoner 2 D 17 Oct. 18 Contramaestre. Two prisoner 2 D 13 Nov. 19 Pto. Principe. Four prisoner 4 D 29 Oct. 28 Puerto Padre. Two chiefs and five more 7 D 23 Nov. 19 El Roble. One 1 D 3 Nov. 31 Mijialito. One 1 D 11 Nov. -- Los Negros. Thirteen (Boet) 13 D 5 Nov.

November. 1 Baguana. Three prisoners 3 D 27 Nov. 4 Tacajo. Zaldivar and two more 3 D 27 Nov. 4 Moron. Captain Carvajal 1 D 19 Nov. 5 Caunao. Three prisoners 3 D 14 Nov. 6 Jobosi. Seven prisoners 7 D 10 Nov. 8 Holguin. Five prisoners 5 D 14 Nov. 11 El Macio. A certain number 5 D 24 Nov. 12 Caunao. Five 5 D 14 Nov. 14 Sta. Cruz. Lorenzo Xiques y Estrada R. C. 1 D 20 Nov. 14 Tuinicu. Four prisoners 4 D 24 Nov. 15 Arroyo Blanco. Two prisoners 2 D 22 Dec. 16 Sipiabo. One prisoner 1 D 20 Nov. 18 Moron. Two prisoner 2 D 26 Nov. 18 Cabaiguan. Cepeda R. C. and eleven more 12 D 2 Dec. 19 Portillo. Manuel Codina R. C. 1 D 2 Dec. 19 Pinos Blencos. Three prisoners 3 D 22 Dec. 20 Minas. One prisoners 1 D 28 Nov. 20 Manacas. Five bearers of seditious proclamations 5 D 21 Nov. 22 Zayas. Three spies 3 D 22 Dec. 22 Remedios. Three rebel chiefs 3 D 24 Dec. 24 Sti. Spiritus. J. M. Abreu (incendiary) 1 D 17 Dec. 25 Caunao. Two prisoners 2 D 27 Nov. 27 Holguin. N. Ramirez, N. Sarmiento and N. Chavarria 3 D 14 Dec. 28 Gua. Angel Colas, recruiting officer 1 D 8 Dec. C. de Zapata. Ten spies 10 D 2 Dec.

December. 12 Palmira. Three prisoners 3 D 24 Dec. 14 Velazquez. Five prisoners 5 D 30 Dec. 14 Purial. One prisoners 1 D 6 Jan. 17 Seibabo. Twelve prisoners 12 D 26 Jan. 21 Arroyo Blanco. Twenty-five 25 D 28 Dec. 23 Bijaru. A certain number of spies 5 D 30 Dec. 23 Baez. Five prisoners 5 D 26 Jan. 24 Holguin. Bernardo Millares, Eladio Cabrera R. C. 2 D 15 Jan. 27 Mataguan. Sixty-seven prisoners 67 D 1 Jan. 27 Sti. Spiritus. Two armed rebels 2 D 15 Jan. 31 Pta. de Guano. One armed rebels 1 D 5 Jan. 31 Casimba. Four armed rebels 4 D 11 Jan.

January. 3 Sta. Catalinai. Four rebels 4 D 11 Jan. 6 Sta. Catalinai. Felix Ferrer 1 D 13 Jan. 7 Sta. Cruz. One rebel 1 D 13 Jan. 11 Pto. del Padre. Eight prisoners 8 D 25 Jan. 12 Yaguas. Two prisoners 2 D 23 Jan. 15 Guinia. A certain number of prisoners 5 D 21 Jan. 17 Limones. Three prisoners 3 D 25 Jan. 20 Cauto. Four prisoners 4 D 11 Feb. 21 Marroquin. One chief and three more 4 D 31 Jan. 21 Sta. Clara. Three prisoners 3 D 24 Jan. 24 Holguin. Three prisoners 3 D 24 Jan. 24 Barajagua. Some prisoners, among them the chiefs Fernando Toro and B. Perez 5 D 30 Jan. 24 Palmarejo. One prisoner 1 D 5 Feb. 24 El Roble. One prisoner 1 D 27 Jan. 24 Cubitas. Two prisoners 2 D 11 Feb. 25 Caunaito. Six prisoners 6 D 29 Jan. 20 to 28 Pto. Princ. Twenty-eight prisoners 28 D 8 Feb. 1,043 The closing pages we give complete.

CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN GAROTTE, VIL.

Antonio Fernandez Bramosio, Jacinto Valdes, Nicolas Nin y Pons, Pedro Martin Rivero, Francisco Javier Cisneros, Ambrosio Valiente 6 March 10 Carlos Manuel de Cespesdes, Francisco Vicente Aguilera, Cristobal Mendoza, Eligio Izaguirre, Eduardo Agramonte, Pedro Maria Aguero y Gonzalez, Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Francisco Sanchez Betancourt, Pio Rosado, Fernando Fornaris Miguel Betancourt Guerra, Jesus Rodriguez, Jose Izaguirre, Miguel Geronimo Gutierrez, Arcadio Garcia, Tranquilino Valdes, Antonio Lorda, Eduardo Machado, Antonio Zambrana, Ignacio Agramonte, Rafael Morales, Lucas del Castillo, Diego Machado, Ramon Perez Trujillo, Manuel Quesada, Thomas Jordan, Francisco Ruz, Jose Valiente, Jose Maria Mora, Antonio Fernandez Bramosio, Jose Francisco Bassora, Francisco Izquierdo, Plutarco Gonzalez, Ramon Fernandez Criado, Francisco Javier Cisneros, Joaquin Delgado, Ramon Aguirre, Francisco Fesser, Ignacio Alfaro, Miguel Aldama, Carlos del Castillo, Jose Manuel Mestre, Hilario Cisneros, Leonardo Delmonte, Jose Maria Cespedes, Francisco Valdes Mendoza, Nestor Ponce de Leon, Federico Galvez, Francisco Javier Balmaseda, Manuel Casanova, Antonio Mora, Luis Felipe Mantilla, Manuel Marquez, Jose Pena and Joaquin Anido 55 1871 Santiago--One hundred persons 100 D 11 Mch. Jose Godino 1 D 13 July. Sagua--Santiago Feo 1 D 23 July. Pablo Feo 1 D 23 July. Nene Feo 1 D 23 July. Pto. Principe--Enrique Flotas and Carlos Rivero. 2 D 29 Aug. Sta Clara--Francisco Cardenas Perez 1 D 5 Sept. Baldomero Cancia y Garcia 1 D 5 Sept. Pto. Principe--Ignacio Gonzalez y Gonzalez 1 D 5 Sept. Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez 1 D 5 Sept. Bayama--Arcadio Remon 1 D 3 Nov. Juan Francisco Aguirre, Martin Aguirre, Manuel Lopez Pineiro, Felix Fuentes, P. M. Rivero, J. M. Mayorga, Hilario Cisneros, R. I. Arnao, J. M. Cespedes, J. B. de Luna, F.V. Mendoza, Federico Galvez, Rafael M. Merchan, Tomas Rudriguez, Miguel Leiva Salmon, Joaquin Jaramillo, Cristobal Diaz, Pedro Bernal 19 Official Gazette, July, 1873 191 There is no more ghastly record in the horrors of civil war--but as the desperate struggle goes on in Cuba there is a rapid accumulation of material for an enlarged addition of the dreadful book which has surprising support in official papers.

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