Cuba is world-famed for its land-locked harbors, described as bottle-shaped, or purse-shaped, with a narrow but deep entrance leading to a spacious inland lagoon, secure from storms and affording room for vast fleets to ride at anchor. One of the largest and finest of these is at the old capital, Santiago; so large that a scene upon its waters appears like one on the open Caribbean. It was from this harbor that Admiral Cervera's fleet emerged to be destroyed in the great sea fight which broke the power of Spain in Cuba.]
Following is a list of the captured passengers on the _Virginius_, who were bound to Cuba for the purpose of serving in the revolution. It does not include those who were bound for the island on legitimate personal business, but does include those already mentioned as having been put to death:
Bernabe Varona (alias Benebata) Pedro Cespedes Arturo Mola Jose Diaz Francisco de Porras Juan Merrero Jose Medeo Raimundo Pardo Francisco Gonzales Jose Palaez Leonardo Alvarez Julio Arango Jose Hernandez Nicholas Ramirez Pedro Pajain Manuel Padron Alexandro Cruz Estrada Felix Fernandez Juan Soto Manuel Perez Jose Otero Jose Antonio Ramon Radom Barrios Ignacio Valdes Jose Santesteban Felix Morejon Francisco Pacheco Evaristo Sungunegri Ignacio Quentin Baltran Perfecto Bello Benito Glodes Louis Sanchez Nicholas Reriz Juan Alvarado Jose Boitel Ricardo Calvo Augustin Varona Silverio Salas Domingo Salazar Justus Consuegra Jose Ignacio Lamar Andres Acosta Benjamin Olazara Enrique Castellanos Alejandro Calvo Jesus de Sol Leon Bernal Rafael Cabrera Ignacio W. Tapia Santiago Rivera Andres Echeverria Jose Maren Pedro Saez Severo Mendive Enrique Ayala Domingo Rodrigue Arturo Rivero William S. Valls Manuel Menenses General Ryan William Curtis S. Gray Ramon Gonzalez Antonio Chacon Francisco Rivero Sireno Otero Carlos Pachero Antonio Padilla Enrico Canals Indalecio Trujillo Domingo Diaz Carlos Gonzalez Oscar Varona Alfredo Lopez Andres Villa Francisco Castillo Salvador Penedo Rafael Pacheco Camito Guerra Camilo Sanz Emilio Garcia Amador Rosello Manuel A. Silverio Antonio Gomez Luiz Martinez Pedro Sariol Miguel Saya Patricio Martinez Manuel Saumel Luis Rebollo Carlos Manin Ramon R. D. Armas Joseph A. Smith Philip Abecaler Samuel Hall Sidney Robertson George Winter Evan Pento Ricardo Trujillo Leopoldo Rizo William Marshall George Burke Gil Montero