The enactment of June 15, while a customary proceeding, would have a touch of irony connected with it, if it were not almost pathetic, as revealing the sturdy belief of these officials of the young Republic in the ultimate triumph of their cause. It was an authorization of the issue of $2,000,700 of legal tender paper money, to be redeemed by the Republic in coin, at par, when circumstances enabled them to do so--that is when they had conquered the enemy and established their Republic on a lasting basis. The bills thus issued had already reached the officers of the Republic, having been engraved in New York, and sent to Cuba by the New York Junta. [Illustration: BERNABE DE VARONA] On July 9, the army was definitely organized, and this organization remained in force until the capture and death of General Quesada. It was as follows: Commander-in-Chief General Manuel Quesada Chief-of-Staff General Thomas Jordan Chief of Artillery Major Beauvilliers Brigadier-Major of Orders Major Bernabe Varona Sanitary Department Adolfo Varona _First Division_ _Army of Camaguey_ Major General Ignacio Agramonte Commanding 1st Brigade Colonel Miguel Bosse " 2d Brigade General Francisco Castillo " 3d Brigade Colonel Cornelio Porro " 4th Brigade Colonel Lope Recio " 5th Brigade Colonel Manuel Valdes Urra " 6th Brigade Colonel Manuel Agramonte " 1st Battalion Colonel Pedro Recio " 2d Battalion Colonel Jose Lino Cica " 3d Battalion Colonel Rafael Bobadilla _Second Division_ _Army of Oriente_ Major General Francisco Aguilera Commanding 1st Brigade General Donate Marmol " 2d Brigade General Luis Marcano " 3d Brigade General Julio Peralta _Third Division_ _Army of Las Villas_ Commanding 1st Brigade General C. Acosta " 2d Brigade General Salome Hernandez " 3d Brigade General Adolfo Cabada A law was enacted providing that every citizen of the Republic, between the ages of 18 and 50 years, must under compulsion take up arms for the cause of liberty. BERNABE DE VARONA Bernabe de Varona, a brilliant writer and devoted patriot, was born at Camaguey in 1845, a member of a distinguished family. He entered the Ten Years War with much zeal and displayed exceptional military skill. He went on various patriotic missions to New York, to France and to Mexico, and was instrumental in securing much aid for the patriot cause. His last expedition was on the ill-fated _Virginius_, on which he was captured and shot to death at Santiago de Cuba on November 4, 1873.