The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-21
Evacuation of Havana City to BE
Before the 1st of january.
HARRISON HOSTS A FLAG
THE STARS AND STRIPES NOW
FLOATING OVER FORT ATAREs.
The HOOsier Major Charged with Pre-
Havana-Fears of CasteIIanos.

HAVANA, Dec. 2O.-Captain General Cas-
tellanos informed Brigadier General Clous
to-day that the evacuation of Havana would
be complete on or before Jan. next. Four
teen transports are due to arrive from Spain
during the next ten days. There are six
teen thousand Spanish troops still in Havana
and its environs, but the last few thousand
will embark simultaneously. This informa-
ton was particularly agreeable to the Amer
leans because all Spanish troops who re-
main here after Jan. will have to be pro-
tected
Commodore E. j. Cromwell reported to the
United States evacuation commission to-day
that he would take over the arsenal and
naval property OF Spain in Havana after
Jan. and be captain Of the port The Span
ish immovable property, according to the in
ventory, is estimated to be worth about
s., 100000. The inventory is huge document,
containing many hundred pages of manu-
script and gives full details of all the Span
ish property in Cuba.
The Spanish transports Notre Dame, with
General Estruches and 953 officers and men,
and Las Andes, with 1,340 officers and men,
sailed for Cadiz to-day. The Spanish troops
to-day began the evacuation of the north
Spaniards will evacuate the Santa Clara and
Reina batteries and all the other forts out
side of the town. They will be occupied by
American troops, but no flags will be hoist
ed until Jan. 1. The Spanish sick will re-
main in the Principe fort for the present
and after Jan. if necessary.
At O'Clock this afternoon orders, which
had been issued to the Eighth and Tenth
Regular Infantry to occupy the seacoast
batteries here, were changed at the request
of Captain General Castellanos, who fears
that conflict of authority might occur
should the Americans so occupy any por-
ton of the city proper prior to the final
evacuation.
At noon to-day Maj Russell B. Harrison,
with a detachment of the First North Caro-
lima Regiment, raised the stars and stripes
over Fort Atares,. in full sight of the wreck
Of the United States battle snip Maine. Maj
is charged to preserve order in Cerro,
Atares and Jesus del Monte, suburbs of Ha-
vana. Two companies of the Second Illinois
Regiment and two of the First North Caro-
lima Regiment are doing guard duty.
The Cuban irreconcilables talk of over
turning the Queen Regents statue in Cen
tral Park on Jan. l. General Greene SAYS
the statue will be taken down, carefully
boxed and offered to Spain, no indignity be-
ing allowed.
Last night General Julio Sanguilly. Jose
Lacret and Mario Menocal were present at
a dance in Cerro, which was attended by a
number of well-known Havana ladies. The
suburb continue.
Although Admiral Sampson has gone
north, the other United States evacuation
commissioners will remain until after the
new year, pending the evacuation of other
parts of the islands. To-day Commodore
John w. Philip. made an official call upon
Captain General Castellanos.
Colonel Moulton and ex-Chief McCullagh
continue their examinations of candidates
for the police force. In this matter they
are assisted by the advice of General Mario
Menocal the ranking Cuban officer in Ha-
vana province The idea is to have the
serving order
Last night while an American lady from
Richmond, Va, was walking with her hus-
band in Central Park she was hit by a spent
rife bullet, receiving a flesh wound in the
side. No report was heard at the time.