Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — PATRIOTS FOR REVENUE ONLY. [ARTICLE]

PATRIOTS FOR REVENUE ONLY.

Ten Thousand Cubans Enlisted Since the Fall of Santiago. Gen. Gamez’s chief of staff stated to a press correspondent that over 10,000 Cuban soldiers who are actually in arms will not get a cent of the $3,000,000 given by the United States, because they only joined the army after Aug. 14. They did not care to fight for Cuban freedom, but were willing to take a share of the gifts of is now most clamorous about the alleged “rights” of the Cuban army, •• ' s i '* ‘ 1 ri* ■'-/-I" 4 ‘ ‘ b ’ .