The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-12-15
MANY TROOPS
viii Be- Nee6ed 10 Keep the
Peace im Cuba.


Washington. Dec iL-The reeommonda.
tion Of the Cuban commission, Generals
wade and Butler and Admiral Sampson.
as to the number OF troops required for
cuba and the places Of station, became
public today
1t Is dated oct. -. and Is chiefly inter
estlng in connection with General Corbln's
statement that 1t is the basis on which
the war department has proceeded and is
now proceeding Ii his report to the adj
1utant general, General Wade. as chair
man OF the commission says.
The Spanish troops now occupy 81 garr-
sons, counting Havana and other cities
as one station each 1t will be neither
practicable nor advisable to eplace an Of
these garriryn My Recommendation is
based ON he 4..f the more important cit.
ies. seaports d railroad cef--trs. with
sufficient force to operate in tnc vicinity
and furnish small garrlsons at such other
points as may become necessary This 1
believe viii be the be.t disposition 70
make of our troops when they arrive.
Should this be approved, the troops at
each station should be promptly furnished
when asked FOR by the evacu1 ton COM
mission, so as to be at the!. stations in
time to relieve Spanish garrlsons and pre-
vent occupation by insurgent troops con-
centrated near most OF tho designated
places consider the number Oh troops
named in tho accompanying table as the
smallest that should be in the island. not
including those now in tho department Of
Santiago. mixing this numbe,. I have
been governed by the following considera-
tions;
CUBA MILITARY CAMP
Cuba IL, and for q long time has been,
really a military camp and governed by
the most arbitrary rule. Tne Spanish
there is no clvn government or authority.
The Spanish force consists o. about u.s.
700 regulars, 2lOO0 volunteers on duty and
q
The Insurgents claim to have about 1000
armed men, making n total OF 2iiO0O Prob
ably the military evacuation by Spain
Will remove about 10000 men leaving con-
s!derably more than that numocer who
viii be, or recently have been. under arms
10 great extent. living on the couu
Many Of these men Will. from necessity, II
not from choice. be without employment.
Among these men as we'll as those who
have not taken in the late spaniah-Cuban
war; exist race fouds and political fac
tlons. Many OF these people are very lg-
norant, few understanding what indepen-
dence and liberty mean. or have nxed
ideus as to what the future OF their coun-
try VIII or should be. IT Will require tact
and force to harmonize the conflicting in
terests and Insure order. II large force
occupies the island as soon as Spain evags
yates it can. under favorable conditions,
be much reduced in few months. But it
would be very unfortunate to begin with
so small force and be obliged TO increase
It.
The table OF proposed stations OF United
States troops submitted by General Wade
shows a total OF $1,000 troops, distributed
as follows;
Province OF Pinnr % R.io 1900, province
OF Havana 1900; province OF Mantanzas
10000; province OF Santa Clara 10000; pro-
vince of Puerto Principe, 1900; province
Of Santiago 1000
The recommendation Of the commission
II carried out, would require a regiments
Of infantry and FIVE OF cavalry. with six
batteries OF light artillery. four for Ha-
vana and two for s.atanzas.