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THE SUMY SOUTH
JUNE 24, 1908.
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Teddy Sets a Luminous
Example
E do not recall a story that we have
enjoyed more thoroughly than the
one in which is set forth the rural
invasion of Virginia by President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. Weary of the
cares of statecraft, worn out with
the wiles of politicians and thirsting
for a change from the scheme-laden
air of the national capital, lie
crossed the district boundary with
his wife and took refuge on a barren,
scrubby little farm purchased a few
days ago by “the first lady of the
land,’’ for just such excursions as
these. It is said that so remote is
the location from transportation facilities and so
hopelessly entangled in a maze of trails that even
the lynx-eyed sleuths of the secret service had great
difficulty in following the nation's chief magistrate
to look after his safety. Even then, he compelled
press and the raucous call of the grocer’s boy, but
as long as a man and his wife can discard the shell
of conventionality as completely as in this instance
and revert to the primeval, there is much hope foi
the species.
We believe, too, that the practice could be ex
tended to the rest of us, as suggested above, with
infinite profit. Though the presence of children
constitutes a powerful bond between man and wife,
giving a thousand and one identical interests, it is
still true that there are thoughts, hopes and senti
ments common to just these two entirely outside tiic
sympathy of the children of their mutual blood. That
is why it is well for them to occasionally escape the
burden of the domestic hearth, of civilization itself,
and reimbody the memory of the days when there
were just two people in this big. broad world—
themselves. While in actual fact those days com
prise about the happiest, most innocent period of
adult life, a faint resemblance of them can be sum
moned by the very plan selected by the president
and his wife. pies upon which that is founded consists
It may be taken for granted that the return to in avoiding battle-whenever it is desirable
civilization with its exacting and unimaginative
realities, finds bod}' and mind more refreshed, and
the sentiments more strongly vitalized than from
any form of the stereotyped vacation.
If you don't believe it, ask the president.
Leaves from an Old
Scrap Book
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
WASHINGTON correspond
ent of The Chicago Times
gave the following reasons
why McClellan didn’t fol
low Lee, and why Burn
sides had a hard road to
travel:
There Is another idea of
which the public mind
ought to be disabused as
soon as possible. Great
pains have been taken to
produce the impression
that all that was necessary
in order to bring on a geheral engage
ment was for our army to march toward
the rebels. Never was there a greater
mistake, It is idle to deny that the
events of the last four months have de
monstrated that General Lee is a master
of the art of war. One of the princi-
Along' the Hignway
By FRANK L. STANTON
SINCE SHE LOVES ME
I.
Since she loves me, what care I
How the world may go?
Heaven no longer seems so high—
All its joy I know!
II.
Since she loves me, glory—fame
Fade like dreams in flight;
Love hath leaned and traced my
name
In lilies and in light!
Problem o/ me Stay* at=
Home Husband
T first glance, the above caption may
appear a trifle dubious. So many
wives have suffered from the partic
ular brand of husband who never
stays at home, that for them tiie
problem is reversed in emphatic
earnest. But stop and reflect for a
moment and you will decide that a
good many households are afflicted
with a paterfamilias whose chief
quality, or we might say virtue, i 1 ?
his tendency to cleave like a pine
burr to bis own fireside, literally
speaking. He comes home in the
evening, supposedly exhausted from
his strenuous encounter with the world, the flesh
and the devil, and settles down for two hours of
relaxation and recreation, previous to tumbling into:
them to keep considerably more than the conven-jbed and dismissing the cares for the day with the
tional distance, being minded to enjoy a few hours first reverberating snore. A large number of wives
respite free from the surveillance of even those j doubtless appreciate this negative sort of domes-
charged by the nation with his well-being. It is re- r ’
ported that Mrs. Roosevelt awoke first in the morn
ing, and glancing out through the tent-flap found
that the sun had just begun to make his appearance
over the horizon. The man who guides the ship
of state was still snoring peacefully, with a sonor
ous disregard for dignity and the respect of th t
feathered and furred woodfolk who were agog over
the “butting in" of such an illustrious partv.
And what did this model wife do? Waken her
lord rudely from his blissful siesta and demand a
match that she might light the breakfast fire? Hard
ly! We have heard of plenty of wives who would
break all the lazy laws of the land of sleep for more
trivial causes than this one, hut Mrs. Roosevelt
seems to have been constructed out of more con
siderate material. She went down to the nearby
forks of the road, and hailing a passing rustic, se
cured the needed match. Then she returned to the
camp, lit a fire and prepared a simple breakfast of
eggs, bacon, pone-hread and coffee.
When the strenuous president made his vawning
appearance it was to find a savory breakfast smok
ing on an improvised table, while his spouse was
placidly waiting the leisure of the man elected to
the presidency by the biggest popular vote in the
history of the country. He enjoyed his meal, thor
oughly. It is needless to stress that fact, since the
nation is sufficiently familiar with the democratic
appetite of its ruler to require no coaching regarding
his procedure in a matter of this nature. The rest
of the time they spent in a restful seclusion from
the hurly-burly of Washington life, doubtless re
newing and strengthening those strong bonds that
make congenial married life the nearest approach to
heaven of which we poor earth-worms have any
tangible knowledge.
All of which constitutes a luminous example foi
married couples of high and low degree, of large-
wealth and pinching poverty, great prestige and
hopeless obscurity. Stall-fed philosophers prate
wisely about civilization having made us all into
artificial beings, afraid to get out of the area of the
buzz of the telephone, the clatter of the newspaper
ticity and point to their husbands as models of all
that the man of family should be. But a great many
women are of different stripe. Throughout the day
their activities have been confined to the limits ot
the home, hut night finds them with still a fair
amount of unspent vitality and a strong desire to
go out and see what the rest of the world is doing.
That is just where the deadweight of the stay-at-
home man comes in. All suggestions on part of the
wife he evades with the old plea of “tired” or “too
much expense,” or some other equally unsatisfactory
excuse. In the meantime, he forgets that while lie
has been rubbing the rust off himself all day ir
contact with men of active mentality, she has beep
vegetating in the seclusion of the home, with little
leisure ot pleasure except that which breaks the
monotony of the household routine.
This' is the sort of man that wonders fretfully, in
later life,, why his wife has grown strangely old and
uninteresting, while he himself retains a surprising
supply of youth and spirits.
And yet, what are you going to do about it? The
woman cannot go out unescorted, and such a man
is usually inflexible in his selfishness. It might he
a good idea to import two or three of your most
talkative women friends, the kind that chat about
the most trivial and tiresome topics, two or three
evenings in succession: make him understand that
they bore you as much as they do him, and—per
haps—he will be led into taking you out through
self-protection.
If that doesn’t succeed—and we have our doubts
—hammer him constantly with the argument that
while he may feel a trifle exhausted and unfit for
society, that a taste of it two or three times a week-
will rejuvenate his spirits as eleven hours of sod
den slumber never can. Once get him to form the
habit and he will probably stick to it through pref
erence.
Yet, in chronic cases, even the most heroic meas
ures fail. That is why we have a good deal of svm-
pathy for the thousands of live-minded women win
are martyred this way every year—and they are
martyred; never doubt that fact.
to do so. It has been desirable for the
rebels to do so ever since the battle of
Antletam. They desire to draw our army
as far from Washington as possible, and
as near to their line of defense on the
Rappahannock as they can. It is in Gen
eral Lee’s power to decide when and
where he will tight, and no general on
our side, even if he had advanced against
hhn a month ago. could have forced him
to fight except at his (.Lee's) own time,
and on ground of his oWi choosing. It
will be so now. The battle, if one takes
place, will be fought just where Gen
eral Lee wishes it to be, and not until
he is ready. Tills, is a fact for which no
one is or can be to blame. When we
make war in an enemy’s country, we
have to accept all the conditions of war.
And it is one of those conditions, and
an imperative one, that an army occupy
ing the position held by General Lee
cannot be forced to fight until they wish
to do so, or until they are retired to
their base."
PIETY IN A GENERAL.
The chaplain of the Fifth Kentucky
regiment wrote of Kirby 'Smith:
“Before going into the battle at Rich
mond, Ky.. he spent a session alone in his
tent in prayer. When the battle was
over, he retuned to his tent, and gave
thanks to God for the Victory. When
at Lexington, Ky.. the minister at th®
Episcopal church refused to officiate on
Thanksgiving day, and General Smith
arose, read a chapter, led in prayer, and
finished the_ services. In the Kentucky
campaign CUneral Smith was the only
general who succeeded in his part of the
programme.”
ADMINISTERED SACRAMENT.
The following was published in The
Knoxville Register:
‘‘On the morning of a recent battle near
Harper’s Ferry, after a sermon by one
of the chaplains. Stonewall Jackson, who,
by the way, is an elder In the Presbyte
rian church, administered the sacrament
to the church members in his army. He
invited all Christians to participate in
this ceremony. A Baptist, the straigiit-
est of his sect, thoroughly imbued with
the idea of close .communion, was seen
to hesitate, hut, the occasion and the man
who presided overcame his scruples, and
thus it has happened that the prospect
of a light and the eloquence of Jacksoh
made a Baptist forget that baptism is
the door into the church. In all Jack
son’s army an oath is rarely uttered. A
religious enthusiasm pervades it which
makes every man a hero. Conscious oi
the justice of our cause and imbued with
the strongest convictions of patriotism
his men are irresistible. In this incident
w e have an explanation of General Jack-
son s invincibility, and we are thus ■ en
abled to understand why his men are all
heroes; and why they endure without a
murmur the severest hardships to which
any troops have been subjected during
the war. When peace is restored, it wiii
be honor enough for any man to say,
army of Stonewall
’I belonged to the
Jackson.’
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“THE LONG NIGHT” is a thrilling; historical
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THE PRICE—AN EPIGRAM.
This appeared in the columns of The
Atlanta Rebel:
’We are indebted to a venerable friend
and fellow citizen of English birth and
blood for an epigram of stinging signifi
cance against Beecher and his tribe of
rabid rhetoricians, who, foremost in urg
ing on the war, have as yet done nothing
in the war and have kept themselves out
of the war with a zeal and determination
equal to that they have exhibited in send
ing others to war.
While the south has been and is largely
represented in her battle rolls and her
lists of martyrs by many who to the
lust moment opposed secession, and hoped
even against hope for an honorable re
conciliation of north and south, under the
union as it was, the north has not sent
to the field one prominent representative
of the abolition faction, which induced
and provoked the separation and the war.
“W ithout further comment, which can
be readily supplied by the intelligent read
er. we present the epigram as written
by an Englishman and contributed to an
English paper, requesting, if possible anv
reader to give us information concerning
the author.
“THE PRICE.
‘I think victory awaits us at every
step; but if God thinks liberty too dear
to be purchased so cheap, we can give
more. We can give more sons, more
treasure we will give everything—but
this country shall be one and undivided.
Let God name the price and it shall be
paid.
REV. HENRY WARD BECHER.
Beecher! ’twould Temper thy war smit
ten sold.
Reverse thy condition^ and shiver thy
knee.
Should thou see on the wall.
In reply -to thy call
A mystic hand tracing this terrible scroll:
‘The price that’s to pay
Is a blood battle day.
And Beecher in front of that battle must
be.* ”
Dingle.
—J. PRATT.
A SWORD FOB FAT CLEBURNE.
The following account of a sword
which was presented to General Cle
burne: •
We have been shown a magnificent
sword made by H. Marshall & Co., of
this city, for the Fifteenth Arkansas regi
ment, by whom it is to be presented to
their former commander. Major General
Cloaurne.
“Mh# scabbard is of German silver. The
mountings and guard are plated with
gold. On the. pommel is the coat of
arms of the state of Arkansas. One
of the bands of the scabbard has on one
side a meJaiion of President Davis; on
the other side an Irish harp. On the
gold-plated belt plate is also the coat
of arms of Arkansas. On the scabBariT
Is a golden shield, on which is inscribed
the following: 1 ' ‘Major General P. R.
Cleburne, presented by his ola regimen!.
Fifteenth Arkansas.’ ’’—Atlanta Register.
A book in which Byron had writ
ten his name sold for $1,000 the other
day. There’s a pointer for living
poets: They can at least scribble
their names promiscuously and hope
for the best!
A HAPPY FELLOW.
I.
When trouble assailed him he stopped
not to sigh—
The clouds hangin’ black in the bend
o’ the sky..
The earthquake a-rumbling’; no shel
ter o’erhead—
"It ain’t half as bad as it might be,”
he said.
I.
No time to give sorrow—to weep on
the way;
Just took the wild winter the same
as the May;
Thanked God for a feast, or a cold
crust of bread;
“Oh, it ain’t half as bad as it might
be,” he said.
LOG CABIN SAYINGS.
The wise man o’ the world, before
he climbs high always picks out a
soft spot where he can fall easy.
Satan only smiles when we saddle
our sins on him, and gallops with
us good-naturedly, to the red-hot
getting-off place.
The man who is always growlin’
about not being “in the swim,” is
generally the first one to cry for a
rope when he gets there.
THE STORY OF A POEM.
I.
Sent a little poem
On an editorial track;
Waited very patiently
To get the poem back.
II.
Just that once—a wonder! —
Seemed to have a ‘pull;”’
Editor accepted it—
Printed it in full.
III.
Critics cold assailed it
With a stormy frown;
Tore the thing to tatters—
Wrote the poet down.
IV.
And then the poet felt the wrath
Within his bosom rise,
Blamed the editor for printing it,
And “blessed” him to the skies!
A SUMMER SERMON.
Heed this homely counsel—
Ye, of the song-brigade;
Don’t light the fire of genius
When it’s ninety in the shade!
Still the cry goes for a great crit-j
ical magazine in this ocuntry. But
wouldn’t we need great, editors for it,
and great things to criticize?
In Horace Traubel’s reminiscences
of Walt Whitman, we are told that
Whitman was not impressed with
Longfellow, whom he found to he too
stiff and dignified. “Walt” only liked
the rollicking outlaws of literautre.
To some
“fills the
folks, money not only
bill.” but “covers the
THE RAIN’S SONG.
De Rainy Bay,
He come along.
But he seems ter sing
Dis low, sweet song;
“I come ter de hill,
I come ter de plain,
An' de thirsty craps
Dey drink my rain!”
An’ de worl’ look fresh,
An’ smile, an’ say:
“Take my thanky,
Mister Rainy Day!”
Many authors toil for an earthly
ground,” and takes in the ocean at j monument. But won’t their ghosts
the same time.
The sweetest lesson we can learn
in life is Love. Every house that
Hate builds is consumed by its own
fire.
THE MELANCHOLY OF RICHES.
“Down in the valley again, old fel
low?”
“Oh, yes!”
“What’s the trouble now?”
“Just been left
have a grim time reading their epi-
taphs!
FAITH AND LOVE.
Ask not the way of Love—
Have faith, and follow on.
In darkness he shall lead thee
To the beauty of the dawn!
HE STILL LIVES.
Many critics these days make a liv
ing hv abusing Shakespeare. But the
fortune, and I’m bones of the world’s greatest poet are
so used to poverty, I don't know how j still undisturbed. Even out o’ those
to walk rich!’
bones such critics get their bread!
Bulb-Growing Offers Easy
Way To Healthy Livelihood
t5he Busy World
There are strong reasons to believ®
that President Roosevelt is exerting all
his influence to effect an armistice be
tween Russian and Japan before the two
armies have an opportunity to clash in
Manchuria. As it is, Oyama and Llne-
vltch face one another in battle array
and it is reported that the former is pre
pared to deal another crushing blow to
tne Russians. It is the president's idea,
apparently, to prevent useless bloodshed
by securing a temporary cessation of hos
tilities, pending peace negotiations.
It is practically settled now that the
later will occur in Washington, or some
other American point. Russia made a
determined effort to have Paris designated
as the place of meeting, but Japan fought
the plan so vigoropsiv as to jeopardize
any conference at all. Russia yielded,
and it is likely that within a few weeks
will be seen the novel spectacle of two
first class foreign powers negotiating
peace in this country .
RAND DIKE AL
EXIS. head of the
Russian navy, and.
his assistant. Ad
miral Ovelland. have
been relieved of of
fice by the czar. It Is
believed the action
'came as the direct
result of the over
whelming defeat in
the Japan sea. For
many months ugly
rumors have been
alloat regarding cor
ruption and inefficiency in the imperial
admiralty. There is even a disposition to
hold Alexis responsible, at least morally,
for the wretched equipment which con
tributed to Togo’s absurdly easy victory.
Nicholas softened the shock of dismissal
by a curiously couched letter, in which,
phrases of smooth gratitude and quiet
irony alternate.
ARQUIS HIROBL’MI
1TO, who will be
Japan's chief repre
sentative at the com
ing peace conference,
is one of the famous
statesmen of the
mikado’s empire. In
fact, he has been
styled “the Bismarck
of Japan.” He be
longs to the progres
sive element, has
been premier three
times, and is noted as
an enthusiastic admirer of the United
States. After the Chinese war, Marquis
Ito made terms with Li Hung Chang,
who was credited with being the most
adroit statesman in the Orient. Ito has
traveled extensively in Europe and Amer
ica. and has made a special study of
political science. His relations with tile
emperor are of tt)e very closest. He pre
pared the constitution under which a
representative system of government was
established in Japan.
Duke Alexis
Marquis Ito
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for ZT/>e Sunny South
NE of the most profitable
parts of the florist’s busi
ness is the growing of
bulbs of flowering plants.
If the number of bulbs
that are demanded by the
American public every year
could be accurately figured
the result would seem al
most incredible. As a na
tion we of the United
States, love these delight
ful flowers above all other
nations. Every year the
number of flower bulbs planted in Amer
ica mounts up into the millions. This
would be all right if we kept at home
the money spent in buying them. We
could, but we do not. The greater part
of our bulbs are imported, and this is
something that should not be. It has
been proven that we could raise most of
the choicest bulbs in our own soil, some
of them doing best in the north and
west, but most of them especially adapt
ed to the south. We have not yet
awakened to this fact, but it is time that
we did determine to “live at home” in
the bulb as well as in other more pro
saic lines.
Our annunciation’ lilies and Roman hy
acinths come from France, our Easter
lilies from the Bermudas. Our nacissus I
bulbs are raised in England, and nearly
all our "Dutch bulbs,” that is, espe-
cailly the tulips and hyacinths, come to
our markets from Holland. For centu
ries Dutch gardeners have almost mo
nopolized the bulb growing industry ot
the world. In 1902 we of America alone
paid into the hands of the shrewd Hol
landers for their bulbs $500,000, and we
paid another $500,000 to the bulb grow,
ers of other countries. It is time that
we paused, to think about this useless
outgo, and to resolve to raise our own
bulbs on our own soil, and to put our
thumb in this Dutch pie, and, like little
Jack Horner, “pull out a plum,” in the
shape of tulips and hyacinths. It may
be well to state just here that several
requests have recently come to hand for
information as to the history and meth
ods of growing these two bulbs This
request will very shortly receive prac
tical attention.
BULB STBUCTURE.
Meantime let us see what has been and
can be done with these and other bulbs
right here in the southland. But, first
of all, suppose we pause in our tour of
Investigation, and take a peep at the
curious structure of these buds, that we
know as bulbs. For that is what they
really are—buds. Not the ordinary buds
with which we are familiar, but the buds
of certain perennial herbacious plants.
The bulb is supported by a sort of solid
and horizontal plate, which lies beUveen
It and the true roots. To Ihlg^flattened
tubercle, the fleshy scales of which the
bulb is formed oh the outside, are fixed
by their base. The center or interior
of the bulb contains the rudiments of
the flower stalks and the leaves. These
scales become more fleshy and succu
lent the nearer they come to the center
of the bulb, while the outermost scales
are thin and dry like paper.
Sometimes the scales are of one piece,
and are inclosed one within the other,
or else a single scale encircles the whole
circumference of the bulb. That home
ly, but useful bulb, the onion, is a good
example of the latter class, and so is
the hyacinth. These are called coated or
truncated bulbs. Again, the scales are
smaller, free at the sides, and overlap
each other like shingles on a roof. The
white lily is an example of this sort.
Lastly, the scales or coats, are some
times so close as to he almost merged
together, so f?lat the bulb seems to be
formed of one solid homogeneous sub
stance. Such bulbs are called solid, as
in the common saffron.
As a rule, bulbs are oval or globular
In form, although occasionally they are-
cylindrical, so as to be almost sterrfllke!
In shape. The banana furnishes an ex-j
ample of this kind. Bulbs formed of a|
single body are called simple, as in the j
tulip. Those that grow together, as j
several small bulbs under one envelope, j
are called multiple. The garlic is a welll
known example of this kind of bulb. !
Bulbs, being buds, are necessarily repro
duced every year. But their birth is
not the same in all cases. Sometimes
the new bulbs arise in the very con ,er
of the old one. as in the case of the
onion. In other instances, the new btilh
spring from the lateral part of the old
one, as does that of the meadow saf
fron. Or. again, the new bulbs are born
at the side of the old, as in the hyacinth
or tulip, or beneath it, as in many spe
eies of the ixia. In popular language,
the new bulbs are spoken as offsets.
Just as the bulb shoots up the stem it
contains, so do the outer scales diminish
in thickness, fade and finally become per
fectly dry.
It is therefore plain tha tthe scales
supply the young stem with a goodly
portion of the materials necessary for
its development. This explains how it
is that some bulbs, notably the most
fleshy ones, grow so well in water, near
ly all their needed rjutriment being
stored away in their own scales, the
water furnishing only a small portion,
in addition to the life-giving moisture.
No better illustration can be given of
the possibilities of income-making in the
sruth by the raising of bulbs than is
afforded by the simple story of a worn-
j out school teacher, a brave Georgia girl.
She had stirugled on in her profession
nr. til her health failed, and she was
forced to seek rest and change. And
jet. like many another weary worker,
she could not afford to be idle. She
had herself and her mother to support,
and whtn the one employment she knew
a*id had been trained for had to be
given up, life looked very dark and hope
less, a cloudy day, with only her faith
in <the .goodness of the Father, who is
watching over us all, as the one ray
of light breaking through the clouds.
Rut there was this one ray, and pres
ently it pointed out a path that lay
open and led to, at leas>t. a temporary
refuge until some new way could be
found to meet the future. This path
led to a little old house that stood in
the midst of an old farm, thait. ac
cording to the neighbors, “would not
sprout cowpeas.” Our retired teacher
had, only a few months before, inher
ited some 50 acres of land, with ^his
old house on it, which was almost in
ruins. Worse even than that, negroes
had lived in it for several years, not
the clean, tidy, old slave-time negroes,
brought up to live cleanly lives, like
their masters and mistresses, but some
of the new generation of independent
odd fellows. And these are usually
very odd, indeed, having no idea of their
own best interests.
THE LAST RESORT.
When the medical fiat went forth that
teaching must be given up, there was
but one thing to be done, one refuge
in sight. The mother and daughter
must go and live in that dirty, tumble-
down old house, that stood in the midst
of the land that “would not sprout eow-
p<as.” There, a.: least, would be no
rent to pay for shelter and fresh air
and sunshine and rest. There was a
good well and plenty- of water to cltan
the house, and plenty of energy and
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1GHT HON. JAMES
W I L L I A M LO W -
THER, the n e w
speaker of the Brit
ish house of Com
ptons, has served as
chairman of ways
and means and as
deputy speaker since
1895. He was edu
cated at Eton, King s
college, London, and
Trinity college. Cam
bridge, graduating
James Lowther from the latter school
with honors. He was admitted to the
bar in 1879. was under secretary f->r
foreign affairs in 1891, and the following
year represented Great Britain at the in
ternational conference at Venice. Mr.
Lowthor has represented in parliament
| the Penrith division of Cumberland sin- e
1886, and is a member of the privy
council and a justice of the peace. His
age is 50 years.
HE renow r ed Cuban
patriot and general,
Maximo Gomez, is
dead in Havana. Gen
eral Maximo Gomez
y Baez was one of the
famous soldiers of
the nineteenth cen
tury, and probably
more than any other
man aided in the
liberation of Cuba.
He was born in
Santo Domingo in
General Gomez 1826, and received
but a meager education. For years he
toiled at the usual occupations, and was
little known until 1864, when Santo
Domingo’s autonomy was attacked by
a certain faction of greedy Span
iards. who desired to annex the
island to Spain. For reasons never
divulged, Gomez decided to fight
against his own country, and joined the
Spanish army. He was speedily reward
ed with a captaincy in a regiment, of
which the notorious Vaieriano Weyler,
later captain general of Cuba, was the
colonel. Tt is on record that Gomez
fought valiantly, and was made a major
for his services, but when the invaders
were driven from the island Gomez went
to live in Cuba under the protection of
the Spanish flag. Here for a long time
he was maintained on half pay by the
Madrid government.
Gomez soon got in touch with Cuban
patriots, became disgusted with Spanish
rule and joined the revolutionists in 1867.
After the death of Agromonte he was put
at the head of the Cuban army. The
rebellion being crushed, Gomez remained
out of the country until 1895, when lie
was. put at the head of the patriots on
the occasion of the uprising there.
He was more dreaded by the Spaniards
than were Maceo and Garcia, for Gomez
was a strategist of ability and at all
times was wily and warj-. The other
Cuban- leaders were hurricane fighters
when the opportunity offered, but Gomez
never forgot that rifles and ammunition
were hard to get and that a fallen pa
triot could not be replaced readily. Hence
his policy of guerrilla warfare.
Cruel reprisals bj- the Madrid govern
ment finally horrified the civilized world
and compelled the Intervention of the
United States to end the war; and when,
in 1898. American troops were landed in
Cuba, Gomez put his small force at the
disposal of the American commanders as
speedily as possible. He was continued
in command of the Cubans until Marcn,
1899. when he was deposed by the as
sembly for “traitorously receiving for ms
army the $3,000,000 voted by the United
States government.” Since that time lit
tle has been heard of the veteian fighter,
whom General Fltzhugh Lee once de
scribed as ”a grim, resolute, honest, con
scientious. grizzled veteran.” It generally
is conceded that Gomez successfully prac
ticed the tactics that it was necessary i0
employ under the circumstances.