Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-21
AUTOCRATIC WEYLER
The CAPTAIN GENERAL ASSUMES THE
ROLE or A DEsPoT IN CUBA.

ROLE or A DEsPoT IN CUBA.
Issues . Cast Iron Code Of Regulations.
All Violations Of HIS Arbitrary Raies
to Be summarily Punished-The press
to BE Completely Musaled.
HAVANA, Feb. 17.--Captain General
Weyler has just Issued three proulhma-
tions. The following is the flrsts
Don Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, mar
quis Of Tenerife, governor and captain
general Of Cuba, general In chief Of the
army, etc., desirous OF warming the honest
Inhabitants Of Cuba and those loyal to the
Spanish cause and in conformity to the
laws, does order and command.
Article t.---All inhabitants Of the dis
trict OF Sancti Splritus and the provinces
of Puerto Principe and Santiago dc Cuba
will have to concentrate In places which
are the headquarters Of q division, bri-
gade, column or troop and Will have
10 be provided with documentary proof OF
identity within eight days Of the publica-
ton Of this proclamation in the muniol-
palities.
Article s.--To travel in the country in
the radius covered by the columns In oper-
alton it is absolutely Indispensable to have
pass from the mayor, military command
ants or chiefs Of dstachments Any one
lacking this will be detained and sent to
headquarters of divisions or brigades and
thence to Havana, at my disposition, by
the first possible means. Even II pass ia
exhibited which Is suspected TO be not Hu-
thentic or granted by authority TO persons
with known sympathy to the rebellion, or
who show favor thereto rigorous measures
will result to those responsible
Article 3.-All owners Of commercial
establishments in the country districts
will vaoate them, and the chiefs Of col
umDs win take suoh measures as the sue
sess of their operations dictates regarding
such places, which, while useless TOR the
country wealth, serve the enemy as hid
ing places in the woods and in the interior.
Article 4.--All passes hitherto issued
hereby become null and void.
VALERIASo WEYLER.
The Military Code.
In the second proclamation General
Weyler assumes the judicial attributes Of
captain general and provides for mill
tary code Of Justice. reserving the right to
review and change the findings of courts
martial.
In the third proclamation General wey-
Ter deoiares:
I make known that, taking advantage
Of the temporary insecurity of communi.
cation between the district capitals and
the rest of the provinces, notices which
convey uneasiness and ala I'm are invented
and propaRated, and some persons, more
daring still, have taken advantage Of this
TO draw the deluded and the ignorant to
the rebel ranks. am determined TO have
the laws obeyed and to make known by
special means the dispositions ruling and
frequently applied during such times as
the present, through which the island is
now passing, and to make clear how far
certain points go in adapting them to the
exigencies Of war and in the use Of the
faculties conceded to me by No. 10, article
z, of the Code of Military Justice and by
the law Of public order Of April 2s, 1870.
And 1 make known, order and command
that the following cases are subject to
military law, among others specified by
the law:
Clause 1.-Those who invent or prope-
gate by any means notices or assertions
favorable to the rebellion shall be consid.
cred as being guilty Of offenses against the
integrity of the nation and comprised in
article 1913, class g. of the military code,
whenever such notices facilitate the enc
my's operations.
Clause 2.-Those who destroy or dam
age railroad lines, telegraph or telephone
wires or apparatus connected Herewith,
or those who interrupt communications
by opening bridges or destroying high
ways.
Clause 3.-Incendiaries in town or
country, or those who cause damage, rs
shown in chapter 8, article 10, volume Q,
of the penal code ruling in Cuba.
Clause 4.--Those who sell, facilitate,
convey or deliver arms or ammunition to
the enemy, or who supply such by another
means, OF those who keep such In their
power or tolerate or dealing such through
the customs. and employees Of customs
who fail to conhscate such lmportAtions
will be held Responsible.
Press Censorship.
Clause b.--Those who, being telegra-
piers, divulge kilograms referring TO the
war, or who send them to persons who
should not be cognizant Of them.
Clause 6.-Those who, through the
press or otherwise. revile the prestige Of
Spain, her army, the volunteers or fro
men, or any other force that co operates
with the army.
Clause 7.-Those who, by the same
means, endeavor to sxtol the enemy.
Clause s.--Those who supply the enemy
with horses, cattle or any other war re-
sources.
Clause 9-Those who act as spies, and
to these the utmost rigor Of the law will
be applied.
Clause 10.-Those who serve as guides
unless surrenderinR at once and showing
the proof of force msjenre and giving the
troops evidence at once Of loyalty.
Clause 11.--Those who adulterate army
food or conspire TO alter the prices Of pro-
visions.
Clause l2.--Those who. by means Of
explosives commit tho offenses rsferred to
In the law Of June 10, 1894, made to ex-
tend to this Island by the royal order OF
Oct. II, 1895, seeing that these offenasa
Affect the public pence, and the law OF
April 2S, 1870, grants me power to leave
TO the civil authorities the proceedings In
such cases as are comprised In captions 4
and and treaties Of volume 2 Of the
common penal code, when the cuiprits aro
not military or when the importance Of
the offense renders such ction advisable.
Clause 19.--Those who, by messenger
pigeons, fireworks or other signals, com
munieate news to the enemy.
Clause 14.-The offenses enumerated,
when the law prescribes the death penalty
or life imprisonment, win be dealt with
most summarily.
Clause 15.-All other proclamations and
orders In conflict with this previously 10
sued are annulled by this.
VALERIANo wEYLER
A Warning to wsyier,
TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 17.-One hundred