Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-02
MILITARY RULE
Will for Some Time Govern
Cuba and Porto Rico.
Large Variety Of Minerals Found in
the Philippine Islands.
Volunteer Soldiers Must Remain in Service
Until Their Time Expires.

cabinet discussion, today, touched upon
Cuba and Porto Rico, it was the pur-
pose to develop views as to the best
means of collecting the revenues and
customs, providing some meanS of
equalizing the duties which will be COL
lected locally upon imports from the
United States as well as from other
countries and providing for the peace
full and satisfactory government of the
cities and towns until such times as
Congress shall have ordered otherwise
1t is the intention of the President to
maintain military government in
both Cuba and Porto Rico for the time
being, but his purpose is also to miti-
gate the harsher features of such form
of government SO far as lies within his
power. For instance there was taken
into serious consideration view put
forth by Secretary Alger, that it would
be well in Cuba to use the Cuban SOL
diers, who seemed to be fitted for sucn
work, as local police force or gen.
darmeries, possessed in measure nf
both the power of the police and the
soldier.
There are several strong arguments
which the war department has put
forth as sufficient to justify the adop-
ton of this course In the first place
honorable and profitable employment
would be given to considerable pro-
portion of the Cuban soldiers, who
might otherwise in the absence of in
dividual employment rifle off in evil
courses or become a dissatisfied and
dangerous element to the community.
In the second place, the men being
thoroughly acquainted locally with
places and the habits and language of
the Spanish Americans, would be much
more serviceable as police than Ameri-
can soldiers. Already some of the evils
attending the employment Of the lat
ter have been experienced at Manila
and at Santiago, the results being
sometimes comical and at others seri-
Gus in the misunderstanding that arose
between the soldiers and the people.
The members of the war investigat-
ing commission, who did not go to Lex
ington, Cincinnati and other Western
cities, reached Washington, today, and
will hold a meeting. tomorrow, to ar
range for the trip to Camp Meade, near
Middletown, where they expect to pro-
duct of Camps Alger and Wikoff. The
Southern trip consumed 16 days time
Admiral Dewey has forwarded to the
navy department a memorandum on
the mineral resources of the Philip
pines. prepared at the admirars re-
quest by Prof. George F. Becker of the
United States geological survey. Prof.
Ia
and consulted with the available au-
thorities. Only about a score of the
several hundred islands he says, are
known to contain deposits of valuable
minerals. He includes table showing
the mineral bearing islands and their
resources. This table follows:
Luzon-Coal, gold copper, lead, iron,
sulphur. marble. kaolin.
Cataanduanes, Sibuyan, Bohol and
Panaoan-Gold only.
Northumberland and silver.
Mindoro-Coal, gold and copper.
Carraray. Batan, Rapurapu, Semar-
ara, Negros-Coal only.
Masbete-Coal and copper.
Romblen-Marble.
Samard-Coal and gold
Panay-Coal, oil, gas, gold, copper,
iron and perhaps mercury.
Biliram-Sulphur only.
Leyto-Coal, oil and perhaps mercury.
Cebu-Coal, oil, gas, gold, lead, silver
and iron.
Mindanao-Coal, gold, copper and
platinum.
Sulu Archipelago-Pea
OF the coal, Mr.. Becker, says that it
10 tn 1Ao1 and
that of Washington, but not to the
Welsh or Pennsylvania coal 1t mist
better be characterized as highly car
BOMBED Ignite. to contain much sui
phurous iron pyrites, rendering it liable
to spontaneous combustion and in
furious to boiler plates. Nevertheless.
when pyrites seams are avoided and
the lignites is properly handled it
forms valuable fuel, especially for
local consumption.
There has been no change in the
plans of the war department respect
ing the sending of troops to Cuba. No
date has ever been fixed when troops
shall depart. The only thing that has
been determined upon is that the con-
troll of the islands shall pass to the
United States, Jan. /.
Attemps to make it appear that the
death of Col. Waring from yellow fever
has changed the plans of the depart
ment are without basis. When Gen.
Lee was in Washington. the earliest
date he recommended for sending
troops TO Cuba was Nov. Is, and he did
this with several reservations, suggest
ing that only small number be sent
and to particular places where there
was little danger of disease and fever.
The war department, moreover, does
not wish to have any conflict with
Spanish troops as to occupation of /
towns. and therefore desires to send
the United States troops into Cuba only |
a short time before the Spanish troops
evacuate. Owing to climatic conditions
the United States has not been press
ing for immediate evacuation, request !
ing only that reasonable progress !
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