Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa6 October, varwi vokutanga vakaburuka vachibva mungarava yokufambisa yainzi "Sumner". Simba racho pakutanga rainzi Hondo yeCuban Intervention asi Taft akaitumidza zita musi wa 15 Gumiguru kuti Hondo yeCuban Pacification. Dare reU.S. Congress naRoosevelt vakapa mvumo yokutumirwa kwavarume 18 000 kuCuba nokuda kworwendo rwacho asi nhamba yacho muCuba haina kutongopfuura vakuru vakuru 425 nevarume 6 196 vakanyorwa. Inenge hafu yevarwi vacho vakanga vari ve11th Cavalry Regiment pasi paColonel Earl Thomas uye hafu kubva ku2nd Regiment, 1st Expeditionary Brigade. Mukutaura kwomumwe wezvenhau, "Army of Cuban Pacification yakabatira sechipo chetsika chakasimba pachitsuwa chacho kuti ikurudzire kugadzikana nokuteerera hurumende yenguva pfupi". Vazhinji vavabati vakanga vari varwi vakare ve
Hondo yePhilippine uye yakashandisa chirango chakasimba kudzivirira zviitiko zvakakomba zvetsika dzakaipa. Sezvo vapanduki vakanga vatoisa zvombo zvavo pasi, vaAmerica vakaisa pfungwa dzavo pakuvaka migwagwa nenzvimbo dzokuvanda. Makiromita 92 emigwagwa mitsva akavakwa panguva yekugara uye mauto akachengetedza nzvimbo dzinenge makumi matatu dzakasiyana mumaruwa nemumaguta, kusanganisira Guantanamo Bay. Dzimbahwe raiva paCamp Columbia, kumadokero kweHavana. Utungamiriri hwechiuto hwakanga huchitya kuti mauto avo aizotapukirwa netyphoid, marariya uye gonorrhea, uye gumi muzana yavarwi yakabata hosha dzepabonde mukati mokugara.