MacIver spent three months potting at brigands, and for his
services in the mountains was recommended for the highest Greek
decoration.
From Greece it was only a step to New York, and almost
immediately MacIver appears as one of the Goicouria-Christo
expedition to Cuba, of which Goicouria was commander-in-chief,
and two famous American officers, Brigadier-General Samuel C.
Williams was a general and Colonel Wright Schumburg was chief
of staff.
In the scrap-book I find "General Order No. 11 of the Liberal Army
of the Republic of Cuba, issued at Cedar Keys, October 3, 1869."
In it Colonel MacIver is spoken of as in charge of officers not
attached to any organized corps of the division. And again:
"General Order No. V, Expeditionary Division, Republic of Cuba,
on board _Lilian_," announces that the place to which the
expedition is bound has been changed, and that General Wright
Schumburg, who now is in command, orders "all officers not
otherwise commissioned to join Colonel MacIver's 'Corps of
Officers.'"
The _Lilian_ ran out of coal, and to obtain firewood put in at
Cedar Keys. For two weeks the patriots cut wood and drilled upon
the beach, when they were captured by a British gun-boat and
taken to Nassau. There they were set at liberty, but their arms,
boat, and stores were confiscated.
In a sailing vessel MacIver finally reached Cuba, and under
Goicouria, who had made a successful landing, saw some "help
yourself" fighting.
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