We Must Carry "A Message to Garcia" - William F Dankenbring - April-June 1973

William F Dankenbring

Integrity, loyalty, resourcefulness and self-sacrifice for a worthy cause are exceedingly rare in our age. There is a need today for men and women with these qualities people w ho can carry "a message to Garcia." IT WAS 1898 - just weeks before the Spanish-American War. The War Department wanted to get in touch with General Calixto Garciay Iniguez, leader of the Cuban insurgents. Colonel Arthur Wagner summoned a first lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry and a West Point graduate, Andrew Summers Rowan. His instructions were oral. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library