Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-27
1T IS THOUGHT THAT $4,000 MEN
WILL BE ENOUGH.
CUBAN ATTITUDE REASSURlNG
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS LIKELY tn
BEGIN IN ABOUT A MONTH.
Action of Spanish in Permitting Free
Entry to Relief Supplies Ridx
the Question of Eyacua-
tion of Much of Its
Urgency.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s-Commander
Eaton OF the Resolute, has been given
addiuonaI duty in connection with the
american military commission at Havana
The exact need for this is not known Of
the navy department, the order having
oeen made at the request Of the commits
son. but 1t is supposed that Admiral
sampson wishes the officer to make an ex-
animation of the Spanish naval propertles
scattered among the various Cuban ports
outside of Havana. The naval authorities
are deeply concerned as 20 the DISPOSITION
OF this property to be made by the COM
mission and, owing to its peculiar status.
being not captured yet actually subject to
the disposal of the commission, it is not
easy for them to foresee the outcome of
the commissions deliberations on this
point.
Nothing has been heard from the COM
mission itself since the cablegram of yes
terday relative to the Comal. The authcr-
tiles here feel that, by consenting to the
entry Of the vessel with relief supplies, the
Spanish officials in a large measure ridded
the question of evacuation of the urgency
that attached to 1t. So long as the Cubans,
starving and naked, were denied the relief
that might come from the United States
government and the Red Cross, this was a
powerful reason for insisting upon the i'm
mediate evacuation of Cuba by the Span
ish government officials, in order that.
taking possession ourselves, we might sue
cor the distressed Cubans. Now, however,
that our government is free to do this un-
der existing conditions, the ries not the
same necessity for haste. and the war de-
partment will not be obliged to force Amer
lean troops in numbers into Cuba in the
very worst part of the season, so far as
health conditions are concerned.
The daily reports that come to the de-
partment from Santiago make it apparent
that even the immune regiments, made up,
as some of them are, of negroes, supposed
to be almost exempt from attacks of cli-
matte feyers, much sickness prevails, and it
is only fair assumption that the ordinary
troops would suffer more were they now
sent into Cuba Therefore, while the Amer
lean and Spanish commissioners at Havana
are still seeking to reach an agreement
as to the time to be allowed for eyac-
uating the island, 1t may be said that the
president expects that the result VIII be a
compromise between the details mentioned
on each side, and that the movement will
begin toward the latter part of October
and be concluded soon after New Year.
This will accord very well with the plans
of the war department, as it will enable
1t to avoid sending to Cuba any consider
able number of soldiers until the healthfuI
season Is well under way.
1t is the present purpose to make the
replacement of the Spanish forces in de-
tail, not sending over any large expedition.
but establishing a garrison at one point
after another, beginning probably at the
western end of the island.
The authorities have reached the con-
clusion, in view of the spirit shown by
the Cubans. as reported to 1t, that 1t will
not be necessary to have nearly so large
force to garrison the island as was at
first anticipated, and it is thought now
that no more than 5000 men will be re-
nuirad