The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-01
OUR OCCUPATION OF CUBA.
CABINET DECHDES THAT IT sHALI BB
BEGUN NOT LATER THAN oCE 70

Fourth Regiment Of Immune to Ne Sent
to l~Iansnni1lo neutrality-suspicious.
tions TO Send y Large Number OF EnEi-
neers to Cu~bR-SiGnal Corps Men Needed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3o.-The Cabinet at It's
regular meeting to-day. discussed fully the
plans for the military occupation OF Cuba It
was decided that the transportation Of troops
to the leland. besides those to be sent TO Man
zanillo Immediately. should be begun as early
IA Oct. 10 and not later than Oct. 20. This de-
cision was based on information lately re-
ceived from the American Military Commits
sioners asHavnna, the details Of which are not
made public.
Preparations are being made to send q large
number Of engineers to the island very soon.
There Is immediate need also OF several COM
panies OF the Signal Corps. and IL 10 probable
that these will be sent to various points in
Cuba in the near future. Gen. Lawton sent a
cable message to the department to-day re-
Q~uestinR that another signal company be sent
to Santiago province at-once. There Is at
present no teleRraphio or telephone commu-
n~ication between Santiago CITY and the points
on the northern coast Of the province which
have been Garrisoned by American troops. and
the only practicablesmeans Of communicating
is by sending q ship around the eastern end OF
the island. Gen. Lawton believes that enough
Signal Corps.men should be provided to con-
struct telegraph lines overland not only to the
points on the northern coast. but TO ManEa-
milo, whore IL Is proposed to establish the frst
garrison outside Of Santiago province.
There Will be need of o large number Of
signal corps men In other parts OF the island
and the Administration has already been led
to regret tho orders for the muster out Of six
volunteer companies. leaving only eleven COM
panies in the service. The requests for mus
ter out OF these organizations have. however.
Complete arrangements have been made by
the War Department for Transporting the
from Jaoksonyille to ManEanillo. whore the
regiment will form the first permanent garri-
son in Cuba outside OF Santiago province. The
whole regiment will be carried on. the army
transport Roumania from Fernandina, The
Roumania is now ut New York and will sail
from that port tomorrow for F~ernandina. It
is expected that the regiment will reach the
southern coast Of Cuba on the very day on
which the Spanish garrison eyacuates Man.
zanillo. which will probably be Oct. 9 or T.
Col. j. 3. Petit, commanding the Fourth Inn
munes. visited the War Department to-day in
response to letters from. the Secretary Of War
and had a consultation in regard to establish
ing the garrison at Manzanilo.
peoted to be available at Charleston and Sa-
vannah when the time for the movement OF
other troops arrives. the last Of next month.
and the troops will have better acoommoda-
tons on board ship than at any time during
the war. There will be no croWdinR. No rea-
son for the haste which characterized the de-
spatch OF the armed expeditions during the
war will exist and the transportation OF troops
will be conducted In q moro deliberate way.