The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-25
GIVEN i HEARTY WELCOME.
CUnAys REJOICE OVER ARRIVAL
OF AMERICAN TROOPS.
Cheerfatly Accept New Order of
AGairs-The Province Recruiting
From Terrible Raysges of War.

Correspondence OF thA Associated Press.
PiSAR DEL RIO. Dec. 9.-The recon
ssraction OF this great tobacco RAISING
sugar growing province has begun Ao-
solute peace exists, ana the people are at
work. Gen. Davis. before ne left Havana.
saS told that brigassis probably woaaid
UYeFfun the province, that petty dseta-
tors were taxing the Villages. that i1sur-
gents had occupied the towns and would
not yield paramount authority 20 the
Americans aud that he would be me. by
civil order among the restless people.
When Gen. Davis and bis STAFF. a bat
talon ~ the Two Hundredth and Second
New York regiment and a signal corps
company. reached the borders of the prov
ince in the journey by train froni Havana.
they were received At Santiago lie las
VEGAS by co.onei and l.a Cuban horse
men. aligned near the station Aftorward.
behind them. were Us young Cuban wo-
men on horseback. Around and behind
this cavaicade towuSpeopse gathered,
s1aggy-aaIrod old men. women Ia black.
troops OF children with flowers ard small
Cuban and American flags AS Gen.
Davis and his stan appeared on the pat
form there WAS passionate burst or
''tIyas'' and bare snaeaetes flashed in the
medley OF co.ors. The cheering was SO
prolonged and genuine that the Americans
were moved by IL.
The colonel placed himself and MS men
at Gen Davis disposal. The aicaide OF the
town made an address. The general, who
knows some conversational Spanish, but
not enough for public speech. said
through al interpreter that tho Cuban peo-
ferings. and that the Americans were there
60 aid IN securing their liberty.
Sargeon Maj. ". ]. kneedier had become
separated n the crowd FROM Gen. Davis.
aud oGs Of COMMITTEES OF priests began
- read him an address OF weicome. think
ing the doctor WAS the general Maj.
kneedier. who a. frs, did not perceive the
drift OF the address. WAS unable to find an
opening 10 stop the padre before the wei
come had been concluded.
The doctor through Cuban who could
speak English and Spanish, said that as
one OF the Americans with Gen Davis, re
regarded the Cuhans as men and breth-
ren. and that In all hts travels he had not
been In SO fine a country.
The Americans then swept through wide
spaces Of deserted country. From the train
they could see occasionally the nsackened
walls and tall chimney Of ruined sugar
centraie. Al each of the towns the senior
Cuban officer made known his allegiance 10
the proposed order OF things under the
American proiettorate. Pinar del RIO city
given at Santiago de las Vegas. The Gu
bar commander turned over the municipal
and provincial belongings. Gen. Davis has
communicated by letter or by messenger
with the important towns IN the province.
Not an incident OF brtgandago OF injury
"a personal rights has resulted The mos,
fragrant crime has been the disappearance
of some chickens. The Spanish residents.
scn4e az whom are weii-tc-do men OF the
city. had lived In the Interior between
Spanish evacuation and American occupa
tion uaharmed The people near Pinar
have torn the wire from the trocha and
enclosed yards and fields with It. The
principal storekeeper has painted adver-
tiserncrts on two OF the forts.
The town s we'll fed on chickens. fresh
beef fruit and vegetables Tie country is
exhausted but the reviviication has be-
gun Palm huts are building or wasted
farms, The country people are now living
chiefly on radishes. sweet potatoes, sugar
cane and chickens ard quail shot or trap
ped In the thickefs
p!nar del Rio city has many pretty
houses The population was 1890. OF which
number ..fso have been buried. Tie NO
men are all In black.
Following Gen. Davis instructions. the
American officers and private ara careful
TO return the salutes OF the Cuban soldiers.
who. arxaes! and unarmsd. are coming and
going ali the time.
They subsist largely on gifts II food.
Some, forced by necessity, have sod their
rifles. Mausers captured from the Span
iartis selling fer s. or s. Ia Havana
Msnsers arc snFteptit.oiisly sold for SO or
xss.
The battalion ot the Two Hundred and
Second New York regiment, under Maj.
Wood, IS camped on high groand and aboa:
rolling country and distant mountains IS
NEST beautiful. The men have been work
ing hard cutting grass and organizing
camp. They have NOT Missed having fr@sa
bread AMI beef since they left Havana
Ferty tive head of cattle bought To-Day for
the camp are grains near by. Guard daty
is light prss post If &hFee nsen ia main
tanned al the railroad station. aua another
IL at hi Globe hotel. where Gen. Davis
stops. No ether guard duty outside the
eauip l. required. The eneB exDeeS 10 he
replaced by regulars Ia the opF!ns and al
lowed 10 GO home.
pr-affuF stores ara told cf the malaria
that Develops around Pinar drl RIO at the
b~g.nring Of hot weather,