Evening star., 1898-12-31
New Military Departments.

bSCeHiDSf 81, 1913.
Commanding General, Division of Cuba.
Havana, Cuba:
The following order is published today:
by direction Of the President the follow
ing EeoSraphlcal military departments are
/ A department. to be known as the De-
partment Of Pinar del Rio, to consist of
tnat portion of the Island of Cuba en-
Dfdced WITHIN the boundaries of the prov
lnce of PInar del Rio.
= department TO be known as the De-
pdrtment 0f Matanzas, to consist of mat
portlon OF the island of Cuba embraced
MlthIh the boundaries Of the province of
,. department to be known as the no
partment OF Santa Clara, TO consist of that
portion of the Island of Cuba embraced
Nithih the boundaries of the province Of
Santa Clara.
4. A department to be known as the De-
Partment of Puerto Principe, TO consist of
mat portion of the Isyaud of Cuba en-
biaced %ItHln the boundaries Of the prov
ire Of Puerto Principe.
>. The limits OF the department of he
Pines.
g. Brigadier GeaeraI George W. Davis.
United States Volunteers, is assigned 10 tn.
command OF the Department of Pinar del
RIO with headquarters in the city of Pinar
del Rio.
= Major General James II. Wilson. L.
;. Volunteers, Is assigned to the command
of the department of Matanzas with head
quarters in the city of Matanzas. Pending
the arrival of Major General Wilson,
Brigadier General Joseph p. Sanger, u. s.
Volunteers, will command this department.
- Major General ]. c. Bates L. s.
Volunteers. is assigned to the command of
the department Of Santa Clara with head
quarters in the city of Santa Clara.
- Brigadier General l.. II. Carpenter
/ ; Volunteers, is assigned to the COM
mdnd of the department of Puerto Prin-
eipe, with headquarters in the city of
Puerto Principe.
''R- A. ALGER,
Secretary of War.
BY command Of Major General Miles.
(SiSnedb III. &. CORBIN,
"Adjutant General"
To Assist Gen. Brooke.
The War Department has come to the
conclusion that it will be necessary to af-
ford G n Brooke, military governor of Gu
ba. the assistance of a special cabinet ap-
preaching in functions the late autonomous
cabinet OF Cuba, in the administration of
the civil affairs of the island So MANY
and formidable have become the problems
connected with this admins tration that il
Is realized 10 be beyond the power of a
in!hlarl governor 10 meet. them single
haLded. IL is not yet decided whether the
cabinet. when appointed. shall be made CD
oil army officers specially detailed or
Wnethef assistants shall be called in. Col.
Bliss. at Havana, is already practically dis
charging tn nctions in a large part of
the officer who would be designated as the
secretary OF the treasury While Col Dnn-
woody might be regarded as a director Of
teleSraphs- The details OF the plan have
not Yet been formulated
Collection OF Taxes
One OF the most difficult questions to be
solved at short notice by the War Depart
ment is that relating to the collection of
taxes in Cuba The Importance Of this SUBJ
lect will be realized from the statement
Just made to the War Department that
there are taxes to the amount of 81 900 600
already due and Uncollected while by the
end Of the current fiscal year the arrears
viii be Si-V0O,O00. Two methods are under
consideration TO collect these taxes The
hrst Is to appoint an officer of the army
PROBABLY OF the pay corps, in that case and
make him collect the taxes. The second
method is 10 continue under special ar
Idnsement. temporarily, the plan pursued
Dy the Spanish government 10 gather the
taxes For the past twenty years the
Spaniards have had no direct dealings win
the taxpayers of Cuba
They entered into a contract with .b.
Spanish Bank of Havana to collect the
amount OF taxes agreed upon authorizing
the bank to collect an additional sum OF I
per cent To defray the cost of coIIec,ior
from the taxpayer. '''''
The bank besides It's headquarters in Ea
yana, has branches in every province in the
island with a thoroughly organized staff of
collectors, and the government would have
the use OF the experience Of thfs force
should II adopt the plan OF making ra
vocable contract with the bank to continua
untlI the government has made other pro-
vision for tax collection. The Spanish Rank
is not, as its name would Indicate a branch
OF the Bank OF Spain In the peninsula. but
Is independent and confined in its opsra-
sions 20 the Island OF Cuba 1t proposes to
chanse its name Immediately to the Span-
isn-Amer1can Bank. Indicating a readiness
on the part Of its directors to respond IN
the new order of things.