Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-14
BROOKE GOVERNOR.
He is Given supreme Control IN
Cuba-Lee First in Hnbana Province.

WASHINGTON, December lS.-It was
| formally announced to-day that the Presi-
! dent has designated Major-General
| Brooke TO be the Military Governor Of the
Island of Cuba. The new post carries
with IT all the control over the military
and civil branches Of the island formerly
exercised by the Captain-General under
/ the Spanish regime. General Brooke ar
rived in this city to-day from Fort Mon
/ roe.
! Each of the six provinces OF Cuba will
/ nave its own military governor, just as
General Wood is now Military Governor
| Of the Province Of Santiago, but all Of
| these will receive their instructions di-
rectly from Major-General Brooke, who
is in supreme authority on the island.
Thus, in Habana, General Ludlow will
be Governor of the city, but answerable
10 General Lee, the Governor of the
Province of Habana, who In turn will be
answerable to Maior-General Brooke, the
Governor of the island.
In answer 10 question as TO when he
intended TO assume his new duties, Gene
raj Brooke replied that he would proceed
to Habana. and take charge just as soon
as he could organize his staff and forces.
RESTORATION OF ORDER.
Such disturbances as that which oc-
Cured in Habana night before last, II Is
believed, may be expected to occur there
again, and TO happen in some OF the
other Cuban cities and towns, and as the
United States is pledged 10 restore the
reign Of law and order In Cuba, General
Brooke will be under the necessity OF
providing an elaborate system of admins
trative machinery, i'm order 10 hold the
disorderiy elements in check, and secure
proper application of the laws.
General Ludlow, the Governor OF Ha-
bana, is already giving his attention to
the organization of a semi-military force
TO take the place of the Orden Publico
and Gua-da Civile. the Spanish police
forces which maintained order in town
and country. The repatriation of these
forces recently has left this country, and
particularly the city Of Habana, exposed
10 an epidemic of crime.
WE TAKE MAYNARD.
The Navy Department has taken steps
toward possessing itself of the navy-yard
al Habana, and orders just issued assign
Commodore Il. J. Cromwell now a mem
Der Of the Examining Board TO duty as
commandment of the new naval station
there, and Chief Engineer g. T. Howell
and Lieutenant J. H. Glennon. and Pay
Director j. y. Smith and Surgeon j. d.
Gatewood. 10 duty at the same station.
SPANS FLOATING DRY-DOCK.
The Navy Department has just learned
that the Spanish Government is about to
sell the splendid floating dry-dock. which
was brought TO Habana from England
just before the war, at a cost Of $4,000.
Admiral Sampson, the naval represen-
tatve on the Evacuation Commission,
made a determined struggle TO have the
dock passed to the United States with
other property Of a permanent character,
but he was overruled by his colleagues
on the commission. Generals Wade and
Butler who accepted the Spanish con-
tention that the dock should be regarded
as a ship. and not as stable property,
WE WANT THAT DOCK
The dock is to be sold, therefore, by the
Spanish officials next Friday. There are
signs that private parties are preparing
to bid for It. The Navy Department con
templates, with the greatest veXatioE. the
prospective loss of this splendid struc-
ture, as a dry-dock of large proportions
will be almost necessary In Habana. so
long as an American navy Is TO be main
tanned in those waters
IL Is possible that. the attention Of
Congress having been attracted TO the
subject an attempt may be made 10
purchase the dock on the part OF the
United States or rather on account pf
the government OF Cuba that shall
eventually be established.