The Portland daily press., 1898-12-15
TO GOVERN COLONIES.
Troops Which Will Be Required Ii
Cuba.
ESTIMATES OF THE EVACUATION
COMMISSION.

Not Practicable To Replace All spanish
Garrisons--ProbabIy $4,000 Troops
VIII BE Needed Located In Vari-
GUS Parts of the Island.
Washington, Decem ber 1.-THE recon-
mendation of the Cuban commission.
Generals Wade and Butler and Admiral
Sampson, as to the number of troops re-
quired for Cuba and the places OF sta
tion, became public today when Adjutant
General CorLin submitted a copy of it to
the House military committee which
made it public with the assent OF Gen.
Corbin. 1t is dated October 10 and Is
chiefly interesting in connection with
Gen. Corbin'ss statement that it is the
basis on which the war department had
proceeded and is now proceeding. IL IS
as follows:
Adjutant General U. S. a., Washington.
Sir-As directed by your cable of the
14th inst, / have the honor to furnish
herewith table showing my recommen-
dations as to the stations for United
States, with number and kinds OF troops
at each on the evacuation of Spain. Inc
spanish troops now occupy So garrisons,
counting Havana and .other clgles
as one station each. 1t Will be neither
practicable nor advisable to replace ali
of these garrisons. My recommendation IS
based on holding the more Important
cities, seaports and railroad centres,
with sufficient force 20 operate IN une W q
cinity and furnish small garrlso MS at
such other points as may become neces-
sary. This, I believe. will bs the best
disposition to make of our troops when
they arrive Should this be approved
tine troops at each station should be
promptly furnished when asked for by
the evacuation com mission. so as to be
at their stations in time to relieve SPAN
ish garrisons and prevent occupation by
insurgent troops concentrated near mosJ
of the designated places. | conslder the
number of troops named In the accom- 7
panying table as the smallest that
should be in the island, no including
those now in the department. OF Santiago.
In fixing this number have been gov
erned by the following considerations:
Cuba is, and for a long time has been,
really military camp, and governed by
the most arbitrary rule. Praotieaily
there is no civil government or authority.
The Spanish forces consist OF about ! 49,
600 regulars. $1,000 volunteers on duty
anu UuU fOluuUobIHt QIinCu3 Dop 1AhV Stt
duty. The insurgents claim to have
about 40, 900 armed men, making total
of 23f ,000 Probably the military eyaouz
alton by Spain will remove about l00, OU0
men, leaving considerably more than that
number who will be, or recently have
been. under arms, to q great extent, liy-
ing off the country. Many of these men
will from necessity, if not from choice
be without employment, Among these
men, as well as those who have not tats-
en- part in the late ST anfah- Cuban war,
exist race feuds and political friction.
Many of these people are very Ignorant,
few understand what Independence and
liberty means or have any liked Ideas as
to what the future of their country VIII
or should be. 1t will requi tact and
force to harmonic the conflicting inter-
ests and insure order. 1t large force oc-
cupies the island as soon as Spain eyacu-
ates, it can under favorable conditions,
be much reduced in a Jew months. But
| 1t will be very unfortunate to begin
withasso small force and be obliged to
| inclease it.
Very Respectfully,
J. F. Wade, Major General, Volnnt Z.
| The tab.e OF proposed stations OF the
| United States troops submitted by cen.
Wade shows a total of $4,000 troops. dis
| tributed as follows:
| Province of Pinar de Rio, 5000; PROV
l II
tanzas, 10000; province Of Santa Clara,
| 10, 900; province Of Puerto Principe, 1000;
| province of Santiago, 1000
| The towns at which the troops are to be
stationed with the numbers, are as fol-
lows: Guanajay, 1000 infantry; Mnriel,
| 1000 infantry; Pinar del klo, l,ooo ~ ~,
| fantry; Havana, 1900 infantry and 1000
cavalry; Matansas, 1000 infantry and
| i, 900 cavalry; Cardenas. 2,UoO infantry
Cienfueaos, 1000 infantry and loo cay
airy; Trinidad, 1900 infantry Sagua Ia Ia
Grande, 1000 infantry; Santa Clara. !, 0oO
| infantry; Placetas. / 600 infantry; Cal bar.
rien and Remedios, ! ,00c infantry; Sanoti
Spritus, 1000 infantry; Neuyitas anu
Puerto Principe. 1000 infantry; and
| /, 600 cavalry Manzanillo, 1000 infantry.
and i've cavalry. There is also light artil-
lery as follows: -
Havana, four batteries; Matanzas, two
| batteries; total, six batteries of 1900 men