Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-02

or the government at IL O'Clock. Colonel
Dudley was assigned to the department OF
justice. office Of the secretary of the cap
tain general Major l.. w. v. Kennon, ad-
jutant general OF the. department. to the
department of commerce and agriculture:
Colonel T. U. Bliss of the commssary de-
partment TO the treasury: Captain Hanna.
assistant adjutant general. to the depart
ment OF public instruction, and Colonel
Dunwoody OF the signal corps to the public
works department. Each OF these officers
were given instructions to go TO the place
assigned and demand possession In the
name Of the United States"
These orders were given under the alcalde
OF the palace. Each officer had with him
Cuban interpreter. group Of whom stood
by. clad in dark clothes and wearing silk
hats. In carriage near by were the
American flags. which were to be raised at
various points.
At 11:l0 Major General Wade and Major
General Butler 6f1tafe American evacuation
arrived from Ell ,Vedado on
horseback, accompanied by. their STATS.
They. were met by Brigadier. General Clous
and Major T. Bentley Mott OF General
Ludlows staff. About the same moment
Lucien ]. Jerome, British vice consul, ar
rived. He was warmly greeted by the
officers.
General Brooke Arrives.
Major General John R. Brooke, governor
OF Cuba. and Major General Ludlow, governor
OF the city OF Havana, accompanied by
their STATS, arrived at half past eleven in
carriages, General Brooke and General
Anda r. Chaffee, General Brooke's chief Of
staff, in the first carriage. In each of the
other carriages rode a Cuban general, with
American officers. The Cubans were Gem
erals Lacret, Mario Menocal, Mayia
Rodriguez. serafin Sanchez, Jose Miguel
Gomez, Nodarte. Rafael de Cardenas.
Agramente and Vidal, and Colonel Valiente.
AS the carriages drove up the second COM
pany OF the Thirty eighth Spanish infantry
under command of Colonel Don Rafael
Salamanca, presented arms, and the Ameri-
can band started up with "The Stars and
Stripes Forever" the Spanish colonel sa-
luting.
At 40 General Lee, military governor of
the province of Havana, with his staff.
joined General Brooke. The latter then
crossed the street to the palace, General
Lee on one side Of him and General Chaffee
on the other. followed by the other Ameri-
can generals and the Cuban officers. The
Cubans wore dark blue uniforms, brown
velvet hats and gray gloves and they car
ried machetes.
flourish of trumpets greeted the process
sion and the Spanish troops presented arms
as the Americans entered the palace. The
Cubans remained outside until escorted in by
members of General Brooke's staff, the
Spanish soldiery remaining all the while at
present arms" AS soon as all were within
the Spanish troops formed in column OF
fours and marched around the right side OF
the plaza to the docks. while the band OF
the Second Illinois volunteers played the
Spanish royal march.
On entering the palace the American gen.
erals went to the safOn facips the Plaza,
which is on the second floor. It is
lofty chamber, decorated with mirrors of
deep gilt frames, white satin draperies and
the scarlet arms of Spain over each door and
window. Here were gathered the members
Of the captain generals staff Colonel Gelpi,
Lieutenant Colonels Belled, Girauta and
Bonitas. Major Priego, Captain Rytene and
Captains Adorfo and Ramon Castellanos,
sons Of the captain general.
Captain General Castellanos was at this
time in private room off the throne room.
He had given a farewell breakfast at 10
to the members Of his staff and had
alone, looking at the Americans from the
balcony. The Americans now grouped them
selves near a large mirror between the two
central windows, the Spanish staff being on
the right, while on the left were the Amer
lean STATS, the Cuban generals and the cor
CastellanOs Enters.
Suddenly Captain General Castelranos en-
left, and greeted General Brooke and others.
After shaking hands General Brooke sat
upon a sofa, while General Castellanos
moved toward the group OF Cuban generals.
British Vice Consul Jerome introduced him
to General Mayia Rodriguez. Shaking both
the hands Of the Cuban officer, in the usual
Spanish fashion, General Castellanos said:
1--WE have been enemies. but l respect you
FOR your correct attitudes and opinions. ]
have pleasure in shaking your hand"
General Rodriguez replied: II thank you,
general. I feel sorry for the Spanish army,
which has defended the banner it was sworn
to defend. / also have pleasure In shaking
your hand"
Captain General Castellanos then took his
position near Major General Brooke. The
buzz Of conversation on the American side
of the chamber contrasted with the silence
on the Spanish side. There was a marked
difference, too. between Americans and
Spanards, the former tall, heavy and wear
ing much gold cord; the latter small and
slight, in blue striped cambrlc uniforms.
The Spaniards were depressed, the Ameri-
cans were correspondingly buoyant.
At the last stroke of 12 the boom Of
gun brought all eyes to the point in the
room where stood the captain general, who
was talking with an American officer. I'M
mediately alrMas. SILENCE. The captain gen.
erala stepped to the left, taking his position
directly in front of his staff. On his right
stood Captain ]. s. Hart, interpreter to the