The Portland daily press., 1898-09-30
Headquarters of the Army.
Adiutant General' a Office,


By direction of the Secretary of War,
the Fourth United States Volunteer in
fantry detached from the 7th army corps
will be placed in readiness for immediate
service in Cuba. pursuant to General
Orders 154, current series, from this office.
and proceed fully armed and equipped
to take station at Manzanillo; the COM
manding officer reporting his arrival by
telegraph to Major General James q.
Wade. U. S. ", Havana, who will Civ
instructions as to it's duty and disposi.
tion.
The Quartermaster' Department will
furnish the necessary transportation and
the Subsistence department will provide
the necessary suitable rations and the
surgeon general will make ample provis-
ion for necessary medical attendance and
supplies for the troops sn route and after
arrival.
BY command of Major General Miles.
(Sianed)
II. G. Corbin, Adjutant General.
Washington, Septemb ber 29.-The fourth
regiment of immunes is commanded by
Col. james S. Petit, who was captain of
the First United Stated infantry. Trans
ports will be sent from New York to
Jacksonville to embark the troops.
RELEASE POLITICAL PRISONERS.
Gen. Blanco Directs That Those in Cuba Be
Set Free.
Havana, September 29.-The Official
Gazette publishes today decree signed
by Captain General Blanco and bearing
date of September 81, granting pardon
to and ordering the release of all political
prisoners now undergoing confinement
in the island. 1t is understood that orders
have been given to Spanish forces at
Holguin to march to Gibara, CT ncentrate
there and hold themselves in readiness for
shipment to Spain. The troops at Puerto
Principe are ordered to Neuvitas, those
on the Jucaro- -Moren trocha to San Fer
nando, and those at Manzanillo to Glen
fuegos. The third and fourth divisions
of the first army corps will embark at
Matanzas and the first and second divis-
ions of the same corps from Havana. The
forces in the province of Pinar del Rio
and the division engaged in the defense
of Havana, with General Blanco and his
staff will embark at Havana.
The Spanish provisional forces organ
lied here will, according to the orders,
go out of existence and will be incorpor
ated ranks of the expeditionary troops of
the Spanish army, returning to spain
and paIt of the irregular troops will be
disbanded.
A meeting was held at the Lyceuni in
Matanzas last night for the purposes Of
arranging for a systematic distribution
OF the supplies brought from the United
States by the Red Cross steamer Comal.
At meeting of the Havana city coun-
Gil yesterday, communication was read
from the colonial secretary of justice di-
recting that of the $50, 900 delivered by the
Spanish bank to the city treasurer, a
certain sum be applied to the payment of
the salaries of city officials long due; but
the order of the secretary was overruled
by the council, which authorized the
mayor to apply the entire sum to the pay
Inent of more urgent obligations. The
council also decided to reclaim the
ground belonging to the city which had
been given to the cultivation zone during
the war. The arrivals of shipping since
last reports are the steamers Saratoga
from New York, bringing cargo and pas
sengers; Fanita, Key West with cattle;
Laughton from Philadelphia with coal,
and Miami from Galveston with cattle.