Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-01-07


American Military Governor of Cuba.
could get On the roofs and balconies of
houses in the neighborhood saw what
was going on before the palace.
With the guard was the band of the
Second Illinois regiment, which had
been selected for the occasion as the
best band in the Seventh army corps.
With the band were the buglers of the
Eighth and Tenth infantry.
The weather was warm, the sun
bursting at intervals through the light
clouds and the soldiers in blue who
were forced to stand in the sun found
the heat oppressive. The troops were
formed in extended order around the
square, three PAGES apart, and the
band was massed in front-of the palace
entrance across the street, at the edge
of the park.
Brigadier General Clous, the master
of ceremonies of the day, at 1890
o'clock issued instructions to the Off
GERS who were to take charge of the
various depar tments of the govern
ment at IL o'clock. Colonel Dudley
was assigned to the department OF
justice, Office of the secretary of the
captain general; Major L. w. V. Ken
non, adjutant general of the depart
ment, to the department of commerce
and agriculture; Colonel L. q. Bliss OF
the commissarv department, to the
treasury; Captain Frank B. Hanna, as
sistant adjutant general, to the de-
partment of public instruction, and
Colonel Dunwoody, of the signal corps,
to the public works department. Each
of these officers was instructed thus:
''On the firing of the last gun of the
first twenty-one at noon, you are to
go to the place assigned you and de-
mand possession of the Office IN the
name of the United States"
These orders were given under the
arcade of the palace. Each officer had
with him a Cuban interpreter, a group
of whom stood clad in dark clothes
md wearing silk hats. In a carriage
ar by were the American flags which
were to be raised at various points.
At 1I:1O Major General Wade and
Major General Butler of the American
evacuation commission arrived from
FL Vedado, on horseback, accompanied
by their stats. They were met by
Brigadier General Clous and Major T.
Bentley Mott of General Ludlow:
| staff About the same moment Lucier
j. jerome, the British vice consul. ar
rived. He was warmly greeted by the
American officers.
Cuban Generals Present
Major General John r. Brooke, gov.
ernor of Cuba, and Major General Lud
| low, governor of the city of Havana
accompanied by their staffs, arrived al
1870 in carriages, General Brooke and
| General Adna r. Chaffee, Genera
Brooke's chief of staff. in the first car
riage. In each of the other carriages
rode Cuban general with American
Lacret, Mario Menocal, Mayia Rodro
guez, Serafin Sanchez, Jose Migue
Gomez, Nodarte, Rafael de Cardenas
Agramente and Vidal and Colonel Va
Gente. As the carriages drove up the
second company Of the Thirty eighth
Spanish infantry, under command OF
Colonel Don Rafael Salamanca, pre-
sented arms, and the American band
started up with 1.-The Stars and Stripe:
Forever" the Spanish colonel salut
ing.
At Has Major General Lee, military
governoF of the province of Havana
with his staff, joined General. Brooke
The latter then crossed the street tt
the psle<e, General Lee on one side o.
him and General chafSes az the other