The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-17
All People Living within Certain
Prescribed Districts Must he Iden-
tilted Within Eight Days.
PASSES WILL BE REQUIRED
TRAVELLERS WHO ARE WITHOUT
THEM WILL DE SENT TO HAVANA.
Many Restrictions of n Nature to
Make Life n Burden-OMcial Ac-
counts Of Recent arrangements.

HAVANA. Feb. 16.-The following is
verbatim copy of translations made of proc
.lamations published to-day:
.Proclamation-Don valeriano Weyler Y
Nicolau, Marquis of Teneriffe, Governor and
Captain General of the Island of Cuba, gen
warning the honest Inhabitants of Cuba and
those loyal to the Spanish cause, and In con-
formty to the laws. does order and COM
mand:
Article l. All inhabitants of the district
of Sancti Spiritus and the provinces or
Puerto Principe and Santiago DE Cupa VIII
have TO concentrate in places wnlcn are the
headquarters of division. a brigade, COL
umn or a troop, and will have TO be pro-
vided with documetary proof or ldentity
within eight days of the publication or TINS
proclamation in the municipalities.
Article 2. To travel In the country IN
the radius covered by the columns in opera
ton. it is absolutely Indispensable to have
a pass from the Mayor, military command
ants or chiefs of detachments. Any one
lacking this will be detained and sent TO
headquarters of divisions or brigades and
thence 10 Havana at my disposition, by the
first possible means. Even If pass is ex-
hibited which is suspected to be inauthentic
or granted by authority TO persons Win
known sympathy towards the rebellion, or
who show favor thereto, rigorous measures
will result to those responsible.
Article 3. All owners OF commercial es-
tabiishments in the country districts will
vacate them. and the chiefs of columns will
take such measures as the success OF their
operations dictates regarding such places,
which, while useless for the country S
wealth, serve the enemy as hiding places in
the woods and in the interior.
Article 4. All passes heretofore issued
hereby become null and void.
Article 8. The military authorities will
see TO the immediate publication OF this
proclamation"
''Proclamation-Don Valeriano Weyler Y
Nicolau, Marquis of Teneriffe; Governor and
Captain General of the Island of Cuba, gen.
eral-in-chief of the army, etc. In order 10
avoid suffering and delay other than that
Proceedings Initiated by the forces in opera
tion. | dictate the following proclamation:
Article I. In accordance with the facul-
ties conceded to me by Rule 2, Article 81, of
the military code of justice, j assume as
general-in-chief of the army operating in
this island the judicial attributes of H. L.
Captain General.
Article, delegate from this date these ju-
dcia attributes to the commanders-in-chief
of the First and Second Army Corps, and
to the general commanding the third di-
vision, that is, in Puerto Principe.
Article g. Prisoners caught i'm action will
be subjected TO the most summary trial,
without any other investigation except that
indispensable for the objects of the trial.
Article A. When the inquiry is finished,
subject to consultation with the judicial au-
thorites, the proceedings will continue DUR
ing the course of operations, and in the
presence of the judicial authority with an
auditor, the sentences may be carried out.
cess will be remtted to him and the culpa-
BILE parties detained at the locality where the
division or brigade headquarters is situated.
Article g. The military juristic function
the operations the judicial authorities. when
the latter thus decides, Will act as auditor,
courts-martial during operations, in cases
where no other member of the Juridic body
is at hand.
Article 6. When the sentence is pro-
f11o he n rian of
liberty, the culprit will be brought to Ha-
vana with the papers in the case. so that
the testimony can can be De examines ua,ns and the
article z. The said authorities will be
acquainted with all cases initiated against
the accused in war
ing and sustaining all questions of compe-
tence. with other jurisdictions as also with
the military, and to determine inhibitions.
in all kinds of military processes in the ter
ritory of the island.
Article 9. l reserve likewise the faculty
of assuming an inquiry into all cases when
Article 10. No sentence of death shall
be effected without the acknowledgment of
my authority of the testimony of the judg-
ment, which must be sent to me immedi-
ately except when no means of commune
cation exists, or when il is a case of insult
to superiors or of military sedtion, in which
case sentence will be carried out and the
information furnished to me afterward.
Article II. All previous proclamat.ons or
orders conflicting with this on the question
island are hereby rendered null and void !"
..Proclamation-Don yaleriano weyler y
and Captain General of the Island of Cuba
General in Chief of the army, etc.: make
known that. taking advantage of the tenn
porary insecurity of communication be-
tween the district capitals and the rest of
the provinces. notices which convey un-
easiness and alarm are invented and propa-
have taken advantage of this to draw the
deluded and the ignorant to the rebel
ranks. j am determined TO J. I'VE the laws
obeyed and to make known by special
means the dispositions ruling and frequent
ly applied during such times as the pres
ent, through which the island is now pass
ing. and to make clear how far certain
points go i'm adapting them to the exigen-
cies of war and in the use of the faculties
conceded to me by Number u. Article Z.
Of the code of military Justice; and by the
I make known. order and command that
the following cases are subject to military
law. amongst others specified by the law:
Clause 1-Those who invent or propa-
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 223 Class s. of the military code.
whenever such notices facilitate the ene-
my's operations.
Clause 2-Those who destroy or damag
railroad lines, telegraph or telephone wires
or apparatus connected herewith, or those
who interrupt communications by opening
bridges or destroying highways.
Clause 3-Incendiaries In town or coun-
| try. or those who cause damage as shown
| in Capital 8. Article 49, Volume 2. of the
penal code ruling In Cuba.
Clause 4-Those who sell. facilitate, con-
vey or deliver arms or ammunition TO the
| enemy. or who supply such by any other
| means. or those who keep such in their
| power, or tolerate or deal i'm such through
| the customs, and employees OF customs who
| fail TO confiscate such importations will be
| held responsible.
Clause 5-Those who, being telegraph
| lists, 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 pres
or otherwise, revile the prestige of Spain
her army. the volunteers or firemen. or an,