Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-09
A LABOR OF TIME.
The Reconstruction of Cuba and Its
 Difficulties.
How the Work Is Going On Under the American Military Governor --Incessant Labor of Gen.
 Brooke.


 of reconstruction in the south after our civil war knows the monumental labor involved in the transmission from chaos to order which that work entailed. The situation to-day in Cuba is very similar to the reconstruction period in the south.
 Gen. Brooke, the military governor of Cuba, arrived in Havana a few days before the first of the year, and had his headquart for about ten days at the Hotel ng.G,ysra. lt was his original in- tention to have gone immediately to the i. captain ecrCats palace after Gen Cas- tclluuos ond lis staff had departed, but the filthy oo Cition of the building com ! pellcd hin Co give up the idea until it could be thoroughly cleaned. The quar- ters at the lnglaterra Rr,ring made Guate to carry on the wcrl, oi admin istration properly, he removed to the Hotel Trotcha, the old quarters of the evacuation CCmCissicn. II is situated in the Nedado, 2 suburb of Hav; ra, nearly four niles from the heart cf thC city. The NodaGo is n beautiful palace, full of handsome villas md tropical gar dens belonging to the weulthiec class of tn, ,ity. It stretches a.o. the ShC.c of the sea for co yidc-. b distance. hnd its elevated posiiioi. enables ere, on clear day, 10 zee plainly the reefs aud spires of Havana. It is reached by means superannuated ytcc.n Gur.- my and couple of cars, likewise crcd leaving the foot of the Prado every half hour. The Hotel Trotcha was cclebra- ted in former days for being the ulti- mate deStiration of neNsly-nalried couples of Havana and the surrounding country, who came there to cpcnd their honeymoon. No more unlikely place in the world could be imagined as the seat of government of an island the size of Cuba than this one-story frame build ing in the midst of country houses and sweet-smelling gardens.
 From eight a. m. to six p. m., broken only by an hour for luncheon, Gen. Brooke sits in liliputian room, receiv- ing all sorts and conditions of people, who have infinite faith in the generals capacity to help them in all their trou- bles. IL is one steady stream pouring into his office morning and afternoon; and it is only the watchful care Of some of his personal staff, who are in front and inquire of each one their particular business, that prevents his time being taken up unneces' lrily.
 One of his stai is the celebrated scout, Capt. E. D. ampbell, who served under Sheridan c ring the civil war, and whose cxploiSJ in the l. iian coun- try arc we'll known throu bout the army. He takes a sort of rIternal in- terest in Gen. Brooke, and zee betidt the man who says word de eatory to his chief! IL is rather arr-,rc 10 C. main in the reception hall crd Lctc thc people who arc awaiting en audience with the governor. Two Cuban -iC2ts, in their shovel hats and lcrgg gCwE-, ire seated at a table, chatting scy in a- aEiablc raanncr and aFrc~ 'ly ia :. great hurry to be eff. They lave cc-~c simply to pay their respects D the rov. c-acr, ard are compelled Q wait tir3 hours uatl Le is free. Sc-c distance away, also seated, is lady Nith"n a7H ious lock cn her face that scc- to ;r crease with each minutes wait. ,ic is the owner Of two houses czcUE led :. nu-ll CT of rccalcitrant CaLa~s, vli9 neither ray rent nor are wiling is move She las an idea tfat the go-- erncr with stroke of his Ten a.d sendi, two or three boya in blue, caa adius tic natter in q jiirY.
 In fortoc- ti-Scs it was cone in j st this rlcr- e. by the Sranish artain cer- eral, whcsc roUol were gs ute. lt will be some time bcfcrc the natives discover t9t the United iea H.- courts cf irs fec 10 settle fta.. natrrc 3 .hat q. ol. 'c
 man r' have asset e,-r. l. the cc~2cr of the hell arc tive well-sct- up men talking in low tucs, ard i2 fer-i-e frcn tire to time t1 rarcH which thc lager ere carries. They eve caEi'-list3 i-tCrested in s@-eo 11vc:.-- meut contr. cts, and wish 10 ccrslii perhaps with Gen. Brooke rcgarGir z the terms of their fulfll,-c,.. Then there arc always to be fouef rur Ter of ar;~y officers just arriuf a lfayana from the stat CT from other rovinccs, who. according to army etiquette. arc first repaired 10 ray their respects to the commanding general. And so the heterogeneous procession keeps on from day to day, interminable and un, ceasing. Golfers Weekly.