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20 Marching with Gomez
an obviously home-made look. They were a courteous, genial lot of outlaws, and passed the time of
day cheerily as we strolled along.
In a remote clearing, where the odor of camp
offal and the swarm of insects attracted by it were
less evident, we came upon the field hospital, and
Herrera presented me with appropriate formality to
Francisco Dominguez, M.D., of Havana, the surgeon in charge.
Dr. Dominguez was a busy little man, second in
importance only to Andarje himself.
I saw his patients. They were each under a
separate rancho, cool, among leafy paths trodden
only by their attendants. There were eight of
them, some uncertain of life and some convalescing, — and some very picturesque machete and
gunshot wounds there were. Although proper
medicines were extremely scarce, Dominguez managed to patch up the wounded with rags and
diluted carbolic acid, trusting largely in merciful
nature to do the rest.
At the one entrance of the camp was the picket
guard ; a score of powerful blacks, Orientales, like
the infantry of Quintin Bandera, who had followed
Maceo from the extreme east of the Island and had
been lately incorporated in Andarje's force.
Four or five of these negroes had wives, very
dusky females, barefooted and scantily attired, who
squatted about, doing the cooking for their husbands and their particular friends. Sentry duty on
the one approach from the valley was entrusted to
these " buffalo-soldiers," who, like the marines on
a warship, were constantly on guard, and no one
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000055 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 20 Marching with Gomez an obviously home-made look. They were a courteous, genial lot of outlaws, and passed the time of day cheerily as we strolled along. In a remote clearing, where the odor of camp offal and the swarm of insects attracted by it were less evident, we came upon the field hospital, and Herrera presented me with appropriate formality to Francisco Dominguez, M.D., of Havana, the surgeon in charge. Dr. Dominguez was a busy little man, second in importance only to Andarje himself. I saw his patients. They were each under a separate rancho, cool, among leafy paths trodden only by their attendants. There were eight of them, some uncertain of life and some convalescing, — and some very picturesque machete and gunshot wounds there were. Although proper medicines were extremely scarce, Dominguez managed to patch up the wounded with rags and diluted carbolic acid, trusting largely in merciful nature to do the rest. At the one entrance of the camp was the picket guard ; a score of powerful blacks, Orientales, like the infantry of Quintin Bandera, who had followed Maceo from the extreme east of the Island and had been lately incorporated in Andarje's force. Four or five of these negroes had wives, very dusky females, barefooted and scantily attired, who squatted about, doing the cooking for their husbands and their particular friends. Sentry duty on the one approach from the valley was entrusted to these " buffalo-soldiers," who, like the marines on a warship, were constantly on guard, and no one |
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