The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-07-16
IsoME EXPERIMENTS Il SANTIAGO
President Hes Some PLANS for tito
Governments OF tile Span

President Hes Some PLANS for tito
Governments Of tile Span.
ISL City.
Washington, July 13.-1f the Cub0ns
are under the impression that the
American troops will hand Santiago
over to them and move on they will
con be undeceiyed. a, dispatch from
the front says that the Cuban refugees
from tie city held the form of I'm cleo
ton ard chose General Castillo to be
the new governor, in the substitution
Of Cuban for Spanish authority. This
seems to indicate a belief that the
Americans will act only in u military
sense.
The president has already given
thought to the policy to follow the re-
moyal of Spanish authority in Santi-
ago. That policy was the subject of
consideration ut the white house the
day General Miles left for the front.
General Miles carries instructions of II
liberal character to General Shafter.
The latter will Immediately upon talk
ing possession of Santiago act as mill
tary governor. He will be given Il force
ample for the operations contemplated
in eastern Cuba. But only enough
troops will be quartered in the City of
Santiago to maintain order. A large
camp will be established in the moun-
|tains, the site being selected carefully
with regard to health, water and access
sibility. In that camp an army of
American troops will be held for the
present.
General Shafter will devote his at
tention to the improvement of condi-
tons in and about Santiago. The resi-
dents will be encouraged to
their business and industries. The
port will be opened and steamship
lines will resume their regular calls.
The iron mines will be worked by the
American companies and employment
will be given to many hundreds of
men. Refugees from the interior will
be induced to return to their farms and
villages. As rapidly as possible Gem
eral Shafter will put civil government
on it's feet and will restore the wnvs
OF peace.
TO Test Cuban Capacity.
The progress of the development of
peaceful pursuits and the spirit of the
people manifested under the new con
ditions will be watched with much
interest by the president. They vii.
afford some indication of the apti-
tude and ability of the Cubaus to get
along without Spanish domination.
About the capacity of the Cubans
there is doubt in some quarters, and
much will depend, as regards the fu-
ture action of the United Suites, upon
the e%asetor difficulty General Shafter
experiences in bringing Santiago into
u self-snpporting and seif-govcrning
state.
The American commander at San
tiago will have both military and civil
functions. He will be given from 15,-
900 to $4,000 men, whatever force shall
appear to be necessary to carry out
the plans of the president. As soon as
affairs are Strengthened out at Santi-
ago, expeditions of from 5000 to 5000
men will be sent in several directions
to complete the overthrow of Spanish
authority in Eastern Cuba. The in
terror OF the island is now controlled
and governed by the Cubans. There
are five or six cities on or near the
coast having Spanish garrisons of
from 1000 to 5000 regulars. These
garrisons will be forced to surrender
as fast as the expeditions can be sent
against them.