Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-05

No crowd was permitted to gather IN
the streets in the vicinity of the palace
to witness the epoch-making function.
At nine o'clock a guard composed of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry
marched into the Plaza de Armas, un-
der command of Capt. Van Vliet and
formed around the square. Capt. Gen.
Castellanos watched them with inter-
est from the balcony of his apartments
as they entered the square and were
stationed at all the streets approaching
the plaza. No one was allowed to enter
without a pass and all the doors Of the
palace facing the square were ordered
to be closed. Only those who could get
on the roofs and balconies of the houses
in the neighborhood saw what was go
ing on before the palace. With the
guard was the band of the Second Illi-
nois regiment, which had been selected
Seventh army corps. With the band
were the buglers of the. Eighth and
Tenth infantry. -
The weather was warm, the sun burst
ing 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 en-
trance across the street at the edge of
the park.
The Preliminaries. ~
Brig. Gen. Clous, the master of cere-
monies Of the day, at 1880 issued in
structions to the officers who were to
take charge. of the various departments
Of the government at IL o'clock. Col.
Dudley was assigned to the department
of justice, Office of the secretary of the
captain general; Mail. w. V. Kennon.
adjutant general Of. the department, to
the department Of commerce and agri-
culture; Col. T. U. Bliss, of the commits
sary department, to the treasury; Capt.
Frank B. Hanna, assistant adjutant
general, to the department of public in
struction, and Col. Dunwoody, of the
signal corps, to the public works de-
partment. Each Of these officers was
Instructed thus: .'On the firing of the
last gun of the 81 at noon, you are to go
to the place assigned you, and demand
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 Cuban in
terpreter, a group of whom stood by.
clad in dark clothes and wearing silk
hats. In a carriage near by were the
American flags which were to be raised
at various points.
At 1870 Maj. Gen. Wade and Mai.
Gen. Butler, of the American evacua-
ton commission, arrived from Ell Va
dado, on horseback, accompanied by
their stats. They were met by Brig.
Gen. Clous and Maj. T. Bentley Mott.
Gen. Ludlow and staff At the same
moment Lucien j. Jerome. British vice
consul, arrived. He was warmly
greeted by the American officers. Mai.
Gen. John R. Brooke, governor of Cuba.
and Maj. Gen. Ludlow, governor of the
city OF Havana, accompanied by their
statfs,, arrived at half past eleven in
carriages. Gen. Brooke and Gen. Adna
Il. Chaffee. Gen. Brooke's chief of staff.
In the first carriage. In each If the
other carriages rode Cuban general
with American officers. The Cubans
were Gems. Lacret, Mario MenocaI
Maya Rodriguez. Serafin Sanchez.
Jose Miguel Gomez, Nodarte, Rafael de
Cardenas, Agramente, and Vidal, and
Col. Valiente.
AS the carriages drove up. the sec
ond company of the Thirty-eighth
Spanish infantry, under command of
Col. Don Rafael Salamanca, presented
arms, and the American band started
up with The Stars and Stripes For
ever," the Spanish colonel saluting.
Americans Enter the Palace.
At 11:45, Maj. Gen. Lee, military gov
erncr of the province Of Havana, with
his-staf, Joined Gen. Brooke. The lat
ter then crossed the street to the palace,