Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-09
CUBA.
CBpfafn-GeneraI JOveITar's PrOcIama-
fEOn-The whole island Declared
in q State OF Siege.
what the People are 80 do In Order to-
live Securely Under tbeIr Present
RuleEs.

HAVANA, February 1.-Two pages OF
to-day's OFFICIAL Gazette are devoted to the
proclamafiOns of Car dain-General JoVellaTs
lately reinvested with extraordinary powers
The first gives full exposition of the present
state of the insurrecf 1on, and the causes of its
continuance; also, Ssurances that peaceabte.
citizens may live ecurely under the pron&c~
tion of the laws. The second declares the
entire island in u state of siege. All
rebels and persons accused of sedition, muir
der and similar crimes, are 10 be tried by
court-martial. Persons charged with other
crimes and misdemesnors are TO be tried be-
fore ordinary co'irts, the captatn-general re-
serving the right to turn them over to a court
martial II the P,ravity of their crimes require
il. The third olJiers the mobilization for ac-
tive service OF one volunteer out OF every ten.
This mobilization is to begin Immediately and
continue six months. Ill persons between
volunteers on UIe first of February, are to be
enrolled in the militia. The volun-
tary enlistment is 10 be for one
year, and any volunteer who may enlist for
one year W i'll be exempt from all future
drafts. J2Yfsry drafted volunteer viii receive
one hun dred dollars bounty. Drafted volun-
Ieers W III be allowed to furnish substitutes,
but tho payment of money 10 be relieved
from Sc Tvice will not he allowed. No one
subject to draft will be permitted TO leave the
island, unless he give bonds that he will
furnish substitute in case he is drafted. All
persor IS over forty-hye years old will
nave 10 furnish for mobilization one man out
of ev cry ten of their number. If they cannot
enlist sufficient to cover this demand, they
must pay one thousand dollars in gold for
Gu Artermasters will furnish the necessary ac-
CO dtrements to drafted persons, who will re-
c6dve the same treatment, and be SUBJ
ject to the same laws and regula-
lions as regular soldiers. Those drafted
VIII be organized into bodies OF
companies, making each battalion. Two
thirds of those drafted will remain in the gar
Eison, and the other third will take the field,
accompanied by regulars. Every six months
the third in the field win be relieved by one
of the other two-thirds performing garrison
duty. The artillery and engineer corps
will be reinforced in the same man
ner as the infantry. The fourth proc
lamation orders that the militia shall be
diyided into four classes according to age,
and that every male person of age shall be in
cluded in the militia, all to be liable to mill
tary duty, under certain restrictions and
ored people enrolling in the militia shall be
subject to the same conditions as
manner. The sixth orders that the owners
of slaves shall give one out OF every one thou
sand in the island TO work in the camps and
on fortifcation and trenches. At the end OF
the campaign, the government will liberate
all these slaves, paying the owners one thou
sand dollars for each. The seventh augments
every battalion in the army by two compa-
MES The eighth creates junta for the in
spection OF all items of expenses OF the war.
mittee in the interior, who will take
note OF everything going on, and furnish
guides ana act as home,guards; rms system
of vigilance is to be paid for, and is intended to
prevent communication between rebel SYM
pathizers and the towns and armed inSur-
gents, thus isolating the latter. The tenth
orders that the officers and SOL
diers shall be paid in future in
gold, or It's equivalent in paper.
The eleventh increases extra allowance and
food of soldiers in the field. The twelfth re-
lateS to towns and settlements in the inte-
Ttor; ordering that only such new settlements
be preserved as may be necessary in a mill
tary or polite sense, and whose disappear
ance cannot produce any alarm or desertiOn to
the enemy. The Inhabitants OF destroyed
towns will be removed to the nearest pre-
served town, and receive land for tillage
known to be in productive condition. Able
bodied males TO be elected as local guerilIas,
and their families to receive government ra-
uOnS. Towns may be taken from
their present site to another, and
a new town built according to prescribed
rules. These orders are published stimuli
taueous throughout the island, and the Span
iards suppose they will be sufficient to crush
the rebellion within six months.