GENERAL FRANCISCO CARRILLO MORALES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/01/1898 - HFSID 218061
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FRANCISCO CARRILLO MORALES
The Cuban General and later Vice President writes a letter to his friend
General Agent Luis informing him about his efforts to find Teodoro Gulmell, the
important achievements of their liberal movement, the war press, the desire to
make Spanish troops miserable and the great expectations of their army.
Autograph Letter Signed: "Francisco Carrillo" in iron gall ink. 9¾x8.
Fully Translated in English: "Camps of Cuba, April 1, 1898. To Luis.
General Agent. Very distinguished compatriot: I have two of your letters, one
dated on January 25 and the interesting one from March 22, which I received on
time. I am doing efforts to know the whereabouts of citizen Teodoro Gulmell in
order to communicate them to you, according to your wishes. Regarding the cane
you refer to in one of your first letters, I can assure you that I am satisfied
with the amount burned. Very nice operations have been made in both, the first
and second division: the one made by the Chief of the first one in Valle de
Trinidad is extremely important. You will see details about it in the next
number of 'Las Villas'. I send you numbers 20 and 21 from March of this
newspaper, organ of my body, for its knowledge and circulation, as well as the
little proclaims of "a soldier that thinks". I leave under your tact the
decision of among who they should be propagated. The news you have communicated
me lately have satisfied me: their result will be very advantageous for our
cause, I don't doubt it, but even though the good state of all that, we won't
rest here so Spain sees its future even darker. So I hope pretty soon I can see
the complications that the enemy nation will have to face off. I guess those
preparations of the American people must bring something bad but we will always
be beneficial. Always write me and principally send me news of the most
important events that occur. "El Diablo" already knows the communication is
prompt and expeditious. So, you can inform me about all those events that occur.
Since I am getting closer to the Chief General, your correspondence will
interest me even more. All of us are very happy for your very good
communication. The soldiers are very hopeful and happy here in the force
commanded by me: the last operations made and the weakness of the enemy, that is
still going, have given us a great trust to all our people. You can always count
with the sympathy and consideration of your friend. Mayor General. Chief of the
4th Force. Francisco Carrillo." Francisco Carrillo Morales
(1851-1926) was a Mayor General of the Cuban Liberation Army
who combated in the three wars for the independence of Cuba. He was
also an active collaborator of the Cuban Revolutionary Party and one of
the main organizers of the War of 95 in Cuba. He survived the war and had
an active political life in the Neocolonial Republic. He initiated his
military career in 1869, joining the forces of Mayor General Salome
Hernandez and later he marched to Camaguey with the troops of Las
Villas. On May 10, 1873 in the campsite of Jimaguayu, Mayor
General Ignacio Agramonte gave to the then captain Carrillo, in the eve of
his fall in combat, a revolver as a stimulus for having obtained the best grades
in the academy directed by him. On September 28, 1873 under the order of the new
chief of Camaguey, Mayor General Maximo Gomez Baez, Carrillo had an
outstanding participation in the attack to Santa Cruz del Sur and
was wounded in the second Combat of Jimaguayu. He took part in the
actions of La Sacra, Palo Seco and Las Guasimas. In 1874,
Gomez ordered him to go to Las Villas with the rank of Commander. In Hondones
he joined the then Tenant Colonel Francisco Jimenez. On September 23,
along with 30 men, he attacked the Fuerte Tetuan near of Remedios.
He also participated in the combats of Corojal, Hondones and
Las Chacas and in the attacks to Sancti Spiritus and
Remedios. On june 29, 1875 he was ascended to the rank of Tenant Colonel
and was wounded in the combat of Nuevas de Jobosi. In 1877 Francisco
Carrillo fought in Aguada del Tinglado and gained the title of Colonel.
Once the Pacto of Zanjon was concerted on February 10, 1878, he
deposed the arms on March 18 of that same year along with General Carlos
Roloff. Francisco Carrillo was one of the organizers of the Guerra
Chiquita (Little War) in Las Villas. On November 9, 1879 he took up arms
in Remedios and in that month he held an encounter with a Spanish
troop in Sabanas de Pedro Barba, near Zulueta, in which he
had a personal duel with Hermann Brandeyrs, who was a Prussian official in
service of Spain. During all that time, he had battles in Ingenio
Viejo, Caraballo, Itabo, Juan de Vera, Pesquero
and Sabanas Nuevas de Jobosi and in 1880 he was in possession of the
General of Brigade rank. Francisco Carrillo went to the United States of
America, where he resided for twelve years and obtained the American
citizenship. After going back to Cuba in 1892, he incorporated himself in
the conspiracy, becoming one of the main organizers of the Guerra
Necesaria (The Necessary War) inside the island. In the morning of February
24, 1895, he was detained in Remedios and sent to the fortress of La
Cabana. The government of the United States of America claimed his
expatriation due to his condition of American citizen and spent
there some months. Once he was back in Cuba, Carrillo went to the Government
Counsel of the Republic in Arms and on December 28, he was ordered to go to
the western province, where he combated in Las Tunas and Holguin.
In 1896 General Maximo Gomez instructed him to go to Las Villas in
order to occupy the title of Chief of the 4th Force, which he did.
Carrillo helped the expeditionaries in the fourth trip of steamboat
Dauntless that landed by Rio Hondo de San Juan, in the limits of
Trinidad and Cienfuegos. He was in the Combat de Paso de Las
Damas, where Mayor General Serafin Sanchez died and in which Carrillo
received a strong contusion in the face. On December 4 he attacked
Mayajigua and from the 27 to the 30 of that month attacked Arroyo Blanco.
In 1897 he fought in the combat of Las Delicias and the next year was
sent by Maximo Gomez to Cayo Hueso and was also ordered to coordinate the
relative actions to the intervention of the American troops in the island
with the American high command. Once he accomplished his mission, he came
back to Cuba and his last participation was in the War of 95 was the entrance
to Mayajigua on August 21, 1898. During the Republic he occupied various
political positions such as: senator of Las Villas, from 1902 to 1910;
provincial mayor of Las Villas from 1913 to 1918; and vicepresident of
the Republic, along with President Alfredo Zayas, from 1921 to 1925.
Francisco Carrillo died in La Habana in 1926. Toned and soiled. Normal worn
mailing folds. 1½-inch separation at horizontal blank fold. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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