The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-15
FORMIDABLE FORCES.
recommendations of Gem. Wade for
the Occupation of Cuba.

the Occupation of Cuba.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-The rec
| ommendation of the Cuban commits
| sion, Gems. Wade and Butler and Ad-
miral Sampson, as to the number of
troops required for Cuba and the places
| of station became public today, when
! Adjt. Gen. Corbin submitted a copy of
it. to the house military committee,
which made it public, with the assent
of Gen. Corbin. It is dated Oct 10 and
is chiefly interesting in connection with
Gen. Corbin's statement that it is the
basis on which the war department
has proceeded and is now proceeding.
| 1t is as follows:
| Adjutant General, U. S. A., Washington
| Sas.: AS directed by your cable Of the 14th
| INST, l have the honor to furnish herewith
| a table showing my recommendations as to
| the stations for United States troops, with
number and kinds of troops at each, on the
| evacuation Of Spain. The e>Spanish troops now
occupy hfty-two garrisons, counting Havana
and other cities as one station each. It
will be neither practicable nor advisable to
; replace all of these garrisons. My recon-
mendation Is based on holding the more i'm
portant cities, seaports and railroad centers,
with sufficient force to operate in the vicin-
points as may become necessary. This, be-
lieve, will be the best disposition to make of
our troops when they arrive. Should it be
approved, the troops at each station should
be promptly furnished when asked for by the
evacuation commission, so as to be at their
stations in time to relieve the Spanish garri-
sons and prevent occupatn by troops concen-
trated near most of the designated places.
consider the number Of troops named in the
aCc0nOanVinp tPbln tho hat
| should be in the island, not including those
now in the department of Santiago. In fixing
this number l have been governed by the
following considerations:
cuba is and has been for a long time
military camp, and governed by the most
arbitrary rule. Practically there Is no civil
government or authority. The Spanish force
consists of about 11S,00O regulars, 21 900 VOL
unteers on duty and $1,000 volunteers armed
| but not on duty. The insurgents claim to
have about 10000 armed men, making a total
OF GOO. Probably the military evacuation
| by Spain will remove about 100000 men, leav-
| ing considerably more. than that number who
| Will De or recently have been under arms
| to great extent living off the country
| These men will of necessity if not of choice,
| De without employment Among those men
! as well as those who have not taken part in
| the late Spanish Cuban war, exists race feuds
! and political frictions.
| Many of these people are ignorant, few
understand what independence and liberty
| mean or have fixed ideas as to what the fu-
| ture of their country will or should be- 1t
| Will require tact and force to harmonic the
! conflicting interests and insure order If
large force occupies the island as soon as
| Spain eyacuates, it can, under favorable
! months But 1t will be very unfortunate to
| beg1n With too small force and be Obliged to
| increase it. Very respectfully,
j. F. Wade,
Major General of Volunteers.
The table of proposed stations of
United States troops submitted by
Gen. Wade shows a total of 10000
troops, distributed as follows: Prov
inve of Pinar Del Rio, 5000; province
| of Havana, $4,000; province of Maintain
zas, 10000; province of Santa Clara,
10000; province of Puerto Principe,
1000; province of Santiago, 1000.
The towns to which the troops are
to be stationed, with the numbers, are
as follows: Guanajya, 1000 infantry;
Marlel 1000 Infantry; Pinar Del Rio,
1000 infantry; Havana, 2,200 infantry
and 1000 cavalry; Matanzas, 1000 in
fantry and 1000 cavalry; Cardenas,
1000 infantry; Cienfuegos, 1000 infan-
try and 1000 cavalry; Trinidad, 1000 in
fantry; Sagua La Grande, 1000 in
fantry; Santa Clara, 1000 infantry;
Placetas, 1000 infantry; Caibarien and
Remedies, 1000 infantry; Sancti Spir-
titus, 1000 infantry; Neuvitas and
Puerto Principe, 1000 infantry and
| 1000 cavalry; Manzanillo, 1000 infan-
try.
The totals show forty-f1ve regiments
| of infantry and five of cavalry. There
is also light artillery, as follows: Ha-
vana, four batteries; Mantanzas, two
| batteries; Tokal, six batteries Of 1900
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