The times., 1898-11-12
CUBA'S ARMY TO DSBAND.
The Santa Cruz Assembly
Obeys Gen. Garcia's Wishes.
MAYOR OF GUANTANAMO
Gen. Pedro Pere. Is Appointed by
Gen. Wood md Takes the Oath of
Allegiance to the United States-
Committees OF the Revolutionary
Assembly Have Been Named.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 1L-Gen. Wood |
telegraphed this morning from Guanta-
namo to your correspondent that he had |
appointed Gen. Pedro Perez. of the Cuban |
army, mayor of Guantanamo.
Gen. Wood reached Guantanamo on the
gunboat Hist yesterday after weathering
a fierce gale. Heavy seas boarded the lit
tie converted yacht, damaging her upper
works considerably. When he reached
Guantanamo Gen. Wood summoned Gen.
Perez and the leader of the other Cuban
faction before him and told them to come
to some agreement on candidate for
mayor. Gen. Perez was himself candidate
and being well thought of by the citizens
of the city and district who took no part
in the insurrection, Gen. Wood decided to
make him mayor. Gen. Perez took the
oath of allegiance to the United States
Government. promising to support Amer
lean rules so long as the Stars and
Stripes float in Cuba.
Gen. Wood removed large number of
useless officials and instructed Gen. Perez
to nominate men to fill all the necessary
places, the nominations to be submitted
to him for approval
Gen. Wood told Gen. Perez that the
Guantanamo district was the richest and
most important part of the province of
Santiago and that he must be careful In
his selection of men, as he would be held
strictly responsible for them He also
told the Cubans that he would give public
offices to such of them as showed them
selves deserving, and would keep out for
| eigners-
Col Ray, commander of the Third I'm
munes who are stationed at Guantanamo
public money for public improvements.
and to give none of 1t to loafers.
Gen. Perez voluntarily promised to i'm
medlately disband those of his men who
had not already been given unlimited fur
| loughs and to deposit their arms in the ar
senal- at Guantanamo as evidence of his
good faith toward the Americans. Gen.
| Wood assured him that If he would do
this the Americans would supply rations
| to his men when they returned to their
| farms until they were able to raise crops
| for themselves.
Cubans here were informed today that
the revolutionary assembly at Santa Cruz
del Sur had authorized the disbandment of
the Cuban army. and named the commit
| tee to go to Washington to see President
Mckinley and the one to sit at Marianao
| to represent the interests of the men who
have been fighting against the Spaniards.
The action of the assembly ordering the
disbandment of the army is regarded here
| as triumph for Gen. Calixto Garcia.
The best he hoped to accomplish when he
| left for Santa Cruz was to have the SOL
| diers sent home on furloughs.
The committee that will go to Washing
ton is composed of Gen. CaIIxto Garcia.
Miguel Gomez, Jose Antonio Lanuza,
Gen. Manuel Sanguilly, and Jose Ramon
| villalon.
The committee to represent the inter-
| ests of the army consist of Gems. r.
Portuondo. Gualberto Gomez Aurelio
Hevia, Antonio yevo, and Chancho Mon
| tagordo.
The committees are not made up ac-
cording to Gen. Garcia's plans, but the
| members are all his friends. They rep
resent the conservative interests in the
revolutionary party. 1t was intended that
| Gen. Sanguilly should be chairman of
| the Marianao committee, which will be
| known as the executive committee OF the
| island. He preferred. however, to go to
| Washington. 1t is said that the execu-
tive committee Will have full charge of
the interests of the revolutionary party
| until the future status of the island is
definitely determined
Carlos Garcia has received word from
his father that he expected to sail for the
United States tonight, travelling by way
Of Havana. Capt. Antonio Garcia went
north on the transport Berlin to engage
quarters for the committee in New York
and Washington.
Walter Donaldson, collector of customs
received instructions from Washington
today that the Ward Line steamers are
now the regular mail boats and, as such,
are exempt from the tonnage dues of
twenty cents per ton imposed on all ves-
sells entering the ports controlled by the
Americans from ports controlled by other
nations. The tonnage dues on steamers
| SuCh as tnOSe owned Dy tHe Nafu Line
average $500 per trip and the new ar
rangement is equivalent to the payment
by the United States Government to the
Ward Line Of a subsidy of that amount.
1t dispenses with the unnecessary work
of collection of the tonnage dues by the
Treasury Department and their refunding
by the Postoffice Department, and It
means the establishment of a quick mail
service between Santiago and New York
The arrangement causes much satisfac-
tion here. Under the old arrangement
the Ward liners bound for New York
from ports of the island under Spanish
control avoided Santiago and the mails
were often delayed from one to three
weeks. The concession of the tonnage
dues in consideration of carrying the
mails was made on representations from
Gen. Wood.