Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-11

after the battieshlp Maine was de-
Htroycd In that hhfbor by Spanish
trcnchcry he remained In Havana until
the last moment when he left. he told
Captain General Dianco that he would
return 10 relieve him Of the responsible.
tiles u the government OF Cuba and re-
sent the insults TO Americans. lie Will
take his command. the Seventh army
corps. Into Havana when the Spanish
troops now stationed there evacuRte the
place. General wheeler will Htny with
his troops until they have been settled
In their new quarters. when. II n said.
he will ask 10 be- relieved that he may
return home and take his scat In the
house Of representatives.
The new army organization. which n
necessary 10 supply troops for service
In the new territory, In now being ar
ranged and. 20 far NJ can be learned.
will be na follows; Most OF tho volunteer
regiments from the various states will
be mustered cut o. the service ~ soon
~ the regulars have been Increased In
number. The standing army nj present
Inns but 5000 men. Under the new mr.
rhngefnent there will be ioo.0o0. and
they are Go be distributed In the follow
ing manner. Twenty thousand WIN re-
main for duty In the United states. co.
900 will be sent 10 Cuha. 10000 TO the
Philippines and from 5000 TO 5000 10
Porto illco. Some OF the troops that
have been mentioned Tor the Philippines
will BE- stationed at Guam. In tho Ia
drone Islands. There will be no trouble
or delay In getting the Hpaniardh cut ~
Porto Rico. In fact. they have already
started 60 leave. and ~ they cyncuntc
the cities the American troops take
charge Of them.
cuba II the only place where there 10
likely 60 be any delay. and, while part
Of this delay II caused purpoaoly 20 cN-
hhunt the patience OF and annoy the
United states commissioners who have
charge of tho work. other reasons are
given. among them being that Spain
cannot got the necessary ships 10 trans
port the troops 10 tho home country us
quickly as she would like. According
TO the arrangements, the first OF the
spanish troops now IN Havana are Ia
embark for home early this month. II
IL believed Il will be some time later be-
fore they Will be In readiness 10 leave.
and army officials and military experts
say that from the way the Spnniards
have acted In regard 10 the matter the
new year will be usherod In before the
last OF the dons' soldiers VIII have left
the island. There are more than 10000
of them In the hospitals suffering from
fever, starvation and the effects OF bat
tie. II will take considerable time 20
remove these men. and there n little
doubt that Uncle Sam will allow some
Of them 90 remain In the hospitals until
their condition N such that they can be
removed without fear OF destroying
their chances ~ recovery. The Ameri-
can troops win be- ready 10 enter the
cities and fortlheatlons early In Novom-
her.
~ IL thought. however, that they Will
not be- sent into the island In large bod
lee until a month later, whom the condi.
lions OF the climate are such that there
viii be little risk from fever ana the
other diseases. Then Il has been sug-
gested that the troops be not nllowedtto
occupy the buildings used by the fpdu-
inrda, AZ II IL thought that disease
germs Turk In them while nothing has
as yet been done In regard 10 housing
the troops that viii go 90 Cuba, II is
expected that the government win pros
vide portable wooden barracks until ar
rangemonts have been completed and
the quarters now used by the Spanish
soldiers can be made tenablc,
When tho time does come for tho