The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-14
e NOW ASSISTANT GOVERNOR.
err col. wYLLYis PROMOTION
N SANTIAGO.

.-o,,,u,ara of BaracOa and
de TanamO-AIsO As
cant civil Governor of the Prov
of snntingO-Brigadie Gen
If the Cubans Violated Col.
-u,.s orders, Hut the Latter
,d Not stand It-OnIy One
meath Among the Troops at
BaracOa.
n -. troubIe feared by Col Rays troops
p,rscoa in cuba, eliminated several
4 &c As vet, however, there has been
.-iop- clash. A letter received some
,g,. bv a gentleman from a young Of
ubo went with the regiment from
+ .,,sb and which was published in
~. Morning News, described the situation
,hsn existed at Baracoa. The writer
~, +pat he and the other officers were in
.,,atiop of some sort of trouble aris-
-, hetween the Cubans. of whom there
'rsrs 5o0 in the vicinity of the town, and
~, American troops, of whom there are
or,r two companies at Baracoa.
The report comes that Lieut. Col, I. S.
u-,rv look rather a summary course in
Ealing with the commander of the Cubaus
rr,o is a brigadier general. II is now
1ient COL Wylly, since he has received
t3s nromotion. When he left Savannah
with the regiment he was major in com
rard Of the second battalion. He has
succeeded L4eut. Col. Reaves.
The trouble with the Cubans grew out
of their commander having refused to al
law the laborers who were sent from the
tovp TO work on the plantations to pass
his Ines orders had been given by Col.
willy. representing the United States,
that the men should be allowed to pass to
4 and from the plantations without molesta-
i ton. and the conduct of the Cuban COM
msnd4r IN refusing to allow them TO pass
was in direct disobedience.
It was not long after the men were
turned back before the Cuban brigadier
appeared in the town. He was at once ar
rested and disarmed, and some thirty-five
\ Of his men have since been treated in the
same way by the patrols that keep order
and uphold the authority of the United
4 States in BdracOa.
The health of the Baracoa garrison is
excellent. only one man having died since
the companies were sent there-Charles
sebbms, of Company l, who died on Sept.
g. His was the third death in the regi-
ment, and the general health of the men
is thus shown TO be excellent in COMPARE
son with what was feared for them at the
rL f1r
uago.
While the health of the troops at Bara-
Goa is good the same cannot be said of
that Of the two companies stationed at
Sagua de Tanamo There is a good deal
4 Of sickness among the men at that place,
though no deaths have as yet been re-
ported. Gen. Wood, who is in command
Of the province of Santiago, has decid-
ed to reduce the garrison at Sagua to one
company. He has also made Col. Wylly
commander both at Sagua and Baracoa,
and assistant civil governor of the
province.
Sagua is another Of the points about
& which the Cubaus are gathered in force,
4 and 1t would not be a matter of surprise
4 news were received at any time of a
clash having occurred between them and
the American troops.
The Cubans are well armed, many of
them having Remington, Winchester and
Aauser rifles, being in this respect posi-
py somewhat better off than the Ameri-
cans who have the Springfield rifles.
Inc danger of trouble between the two
forces was appreciated by the young Off
Ger for he wrote his friend that he might
consller 1t goodbye to him if he heard
anything about a clash between the
americans and the Cubans The young
V1eer dld not disparage his own sol
ueIs' put he knew the odds against them
4 We're considerable.
inc American officers In Santiago pro
vince are to busy themselves at once in
ue establishment of civil governments in
a. the towns and cities. Col Wylly and
C Cel' GastIllo are soon to be sent out by
1eu, WOOD on this mission. mayor end
s eaos OF the peace will be appointed for
eaol town by the officers from among
Ing citizens. ny 'e'''
ra ale companies at Baracoa have received
s f,an from the United States at last. The
ps5 ~ ~ Iedch them since they left Savan-
i,r 1oou1 aug. y, arrived Sept 26. An
inv NV sent to Washington by the Morn
so 9 news TO ascertain why there has been
mall mueh difficulty about the
hronob. reaching points in Cuba
hoe ~ the reply that it
hsp5,i NUe 10 the meagre facilities for
and 5'tlns mails outside of Santiago city
r to 70 the Spanish possession of the ter
and r:, l"ople in Savannah have friends
tbo,, 'giallVes in the Third Regiment, and
ip1os ndye been greatly annoyed by the
T iblevssSi 1y of getting letters to them.
letters nave ~, been more successful in having
nrovs s transmitted from points in the
t tbey be. Of Santiago to Savannah than
corom nave been in sending them. Several
Barsa lo.''catons have been received from
st atior', since the companies have been
the e'' Uot. there, and it Is hoped now that
see See lof 81 department of the province
that '~ tS 70 nave found the way to the place,
in tbe S- ERE will net be the same trouble
fslbe T'ter was received yesterday by his
CompanrgI from Corpl. Hampton Miecally Of
serra yaly l. who is soon to be made a
follow, On account of the promotions that
adysDollnI the company on account of The
grade s[ ot ZEN. Of Lieut. Esdll from the
ant 10 that of a first lieuten-