The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-19


Issued tonight by direction OF Presl-
dent Mckinley,
1t provides In general terms for the
government OF the province of Santiago
de Cuba and is the first document of the
kind ever prepared by President of
the United States,
BY order OF Secretary Alger, Adjutant
corbln tonight cabled the document to
General shafter. in command Of the
military force at Santiago. The paper
is not only an authorization and In
struction of General shafter for the
government OF captured territory, but
also a proclamation to the people OF
the territory OF the intentions Of the
government Of the United States re-
gardlng them and their interests
1t marks the formal establishment Of
a new political power In the Island OF
Cuba and insures the people of the
territory over which the power extends
absolute security in the exercise Of
their private rights and relations as
well as security to their persons and
property. The full text OF the docu-
ment Is as follows:
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July Is, 1888.
General shafter, Santiago de Cuba.
The following is sent you for your In
formation and guidance. It VIII be
published In, such manner In both Eng
lIsh and Spanish papers as VIII give 1t
the widest circulation in the territory
under your control:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, July IS, 1888.
To the Secretary OF War.
sIR:-The capituiation Of the Spanish
forces in Santiago de Cuba and in the
eastern part OF the province OF Santla-
20 and the occupation OF the territory
BY the forces Of the United States rem
der It necessary to instruct the mill-
commander Of the United States as to
the conduct which he is to observe dur
ing the military occupation.
Former Political Relations Severed.
The first effect OF the military occu-
patton of the enemy's territory is the
severance of the former political rela-
tIons of the inhabitants and the estab-
lishment of a new political power. Un-
der this changed condition Of things
the inhabitants, so long as they per-
form their duties, are entitled to secur-
ity In their persons and property, and
In all their private rights and relations.
II Is my desire that the Inhabitants OF
Cuba should be acquainted with the
purpose OF the United States to dis
charge to the fullest extent Its obliga-
tlons in this regard. II will therefore be
the duty OF the commander OF the army
OF occupation to denOunce and proclaim
in the most public manner that we
come not to make war upon the inhab-
ltants OF Cuba, nor upon any party or
faction among them, but to protect
them In their homes, in their employ
ments and in their personal and reilR-
Ious rights. All persons who, either by
active aid or by honest submission, CO.
operate with the United States In It's
efforts to give effect to this beneheent
purpose, will receive the reward OF It's
support and protection. Our occupation
should be as free from severity as pos
sIble.
cupant are absolute and supreme and
Immediately operate on the political
condition OF the inhabitants, the mu-
tory. such ns affect private rights of
person and property and provide for the
punishment OF crime, are considered as
In force, so far as they are
with the new order OF
things. Until they are suspended or su-
perseded by the occupying belligerents
and in practice theg are not usually ab-
roEnted but are allowed to remain In
force, and to be administered by the
ordinary tribunals, substantially as
they we're before the occupation This
enlightened practice is, so far as possl-
BILE. 10 be adhered to on the present oc-
CASTOR, The Judges and the other ot1-
clals connected with the administration
OF Justice may, II they accept the su-
premacy Of the United States, continue
10 administer the Ordinary law OF the
land. and as between man and man,
under the supervision of the American
ommander-in-chlef. The native con-
stabulary will, 30 far as may be prnc-
tlcable, be preserved. The freedom OF
the people to pursue their accustomed
occupation will be abridged only when
Il may be necessary to do so.
Powers Conferred on Shaftsr.
While the rule OF conduct of the
American commander-ln-c will be
such as has Just been defined, II will be
his duty to adopt measures Of difler-
emit kind. II, unfortunately, the course
Of the people render such measures In
to the maintenance Of law
and order, he will then possess the
power to replace or eIpel the native Of
nclals In part or altogether, TO Hubstl
tute new courts OK his own constitution
for those that now exist, or TO create
such new or supplementary tribunals as
mas be necessary. In the exercise OF
these high powers the commander must
be guided by his Judgment and his Hx-
nerlence and high sense OF Justice.
one OF the most important and most
practical problems with which It will be
necessary to deal is that OF treatment |
of the property and the collection and |
OF the revenues II u |
that all public funds and Sc
lurites belonging TO the government Of
the country in It's own right and all |
arms and supplies and other movable
property Of such government, may be
seized by the military occupant and |
TO his own use. The real
property OF the state he may hold md |
administer, at the same time enjoying |
he revenues thereof. but he Is not TO de-
,troy II save In the case OF military ne
'esslty. All public means OF tranSpor-
alton. such as telegraph lines, cables,
and boats belonging 10 the !
tnto may be appropriated 60 his use,
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