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236 Marching with Gomez
itself in the security that it enjoyed, forgetting that
this security was due solely to Gomez' invasion of
the Western Provinces, which had diverted Spain's
attention from Camaguey; possibly it had put on
airs with the old general. At any rate, whatever
differences had arisen between the military and civil
heads were finally settled by the conferences at San
Andres and La Yaya.
Note. — I had the unusual experience at San Andres and La Yaya, of meeting
a dozen of my countrymen, useless to a man, filibusters of the Ruiz expedition. Not
one of these, to my knowledge, developed any inclination to "rough it" or fight,
and two, Quinn and McNally, succeeded in presenting themselves at the town of San
Miguel and were forwarded home to " inform " against some members of the Cuban
delegation in New York. Besides this bevy of filibusters, I met few Americans in
the Cuban field ; but constant reports came to me of the gallantry of two men, Mr.
Osgood (well known in collegiate circles as a distinguished athlete) and Mr. Chop-
pelot, formerly member of a Massachusetts militia regiment. Both Mr. Osgood and
Mr. Choppelot had attracted attention at the siege of Sagua de Guantanamo, by
Rabi, where, under hottest gun-fire (at short range) from a Spanish fort, they advanced by themselves from cover, entered the wooden storehouse adjacent to the fort
wherein the supplies were kept, set fire to it and returned unscathed. Mr. Osgood
received a commission from Gomez as Major of Artillery, and fell later while sighting his field-piece. His last words were, "Well, well!" and he died almost
instantly, pierced through the brain.
| 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 | 00000281 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 236 Marching with Gomez itself in the security that it enjoyed, forgetting that this security was due solely to Gomez' invasion of the Western Provinces, which had diverted Spain's attention from Camaguey; possibly it had put on airs with the old general. At any rate, whatever differences had arisen between the military and civil heads were finally settled by the conferences at San Andres and La Yaya. Note. — I had the unusual experience at San Andres and La Yaya, of meeting a dozen of my countrymen, useless to a man, filibusters of the Ruiz expedition. Not one of these, to my knowledge, developed any inclination to "rough it" or fight, and two, Quinn and McNally, succeeded in presenting themselves at the town of San Miguel and were forwarded home to " inform " against some members of the Cuban delegation in New York. Besides this bevy of filibusters, I met few Americans in the Cuban field ; but constant reports came to me of the gallantry of two men, Mr. Osgood (well known in collegiate circles as a distinguished athlete) and Mr. Chop- pelot, formerly member of a Massachusetts militia regiment. Both Mr. Osgood and Mr. Choppelot had attracted attention at the siege of Sagua de Guantanamo, by Rabi, where, under hottest gun-fire (at short range) from a Spanish fort, they advanced by themselves from cover, entered the wooden storehouse adjacent to the fort wherein the supplies were kept, set fire to it and returned unscathed. Mr. Osgood received a commission from Gomez as Major of Artillery, and fell later while sighting his field-piece. His last words were, "Well, well!" and he died almost instantly, pierced through the brain. |
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