The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
GOMEZ REACHES MATANzAS.
,pM WELCOME Intended THE
GENERAL on HI ARRIVAL.

ossfop in HIT Honor in
tho old Cuban rOwn-WOmen
Tbreyv BOquets Him and He
calamity Kissed Il Hand-Met by
committee From the Cuban As
saubIy-Gen. BrOVe Makes Some
changes in MiIitar Government.
Havana. Feb. H.-G0- Gomez arrived
,igbt at Matanzs from Cardenas.
Ne was met by Maj zen. Wilson, mill
,or,. governor of the apartment OF Ma
tanzas; Gen. Sanger, Hillary governor of
the city of Matanzas, "a the Cuban Gen.
1,a.aroo,,rt who is in ommand of the Gu
han forces in MatanZs proVlce.
From the railroad tation ne was es-
"a nv the Eighth Hasa husetts Vol
+oars the Second United States Cav
w., md several loci clubs to the pal
where he is tn guest of the civil
recention was gFen in his honor soon
ost.r his arrival ut he did not deliver
on address. This Wening he was ten
Sared an elaborate banquet.
GOV Gen. Brookehas directed Gen. Lud-
low 10 receive theCuban COMMANDMENT
chief on his arrival here with appropri-
ate military honoP.
Cen Chaffee, lhe governor generals
chief of staff. yho, with other military
men will sail DR. Matanzas at noon to-
morrow on theI Hartford, expects to be
present at Gen. Wilson'S bail. If he meets
Cen. Gomez he will invite him to come 60
Havana on the Hartford.
Gen. Brooke 5 determined to show Co
mez all possible courtesy.
GOmez's Warm Reception.
Gen. GomezB reception at Matanzas
last night wab the most enthusiastic of
his entire journey. AS he approaches Ha-
vana the receptions increase in fervor. At
Matanzas, tie last stop before Havana is
reached. an immense crowd had assembled
at the railroad station.
When lie general alighted from the train
he spe4t twenty minutes in embracing
old 9ad new friends and then mounted a
horse and proceeded to the city. The
streets leading from the station to the
principal SQUARE were lined on both sides
with soldiers Of the Eighth Massachusetts
Regiment A procession was formed as
follows: An American military band;
troops of the Second Cavalry, Cuban cav
airy. iremen with a band; Gems. Wilson,
Gomez and Sanger, with their stats, Gen.
Maxine Gomez, with an, escort carrying
his flag; junta clubs and citizens.
The procession passed under many tri-
umphal arches with patriotic inscriptions,
and numberless flags and banners waved
from the houses. Women in the balconies
Of the houses threw flowers at Gen. Co
mez, who calamity kissed his hand to
them.
From the palace, where Gen. Gomez was
entertained, he reviewed the American
troops who defiled in the plaza, and after
ward dined with the city dignitaries and
attended a ball in his honor.
Received the Committee.
To-day Gomez received the welcoming
committee of the Cuban assembly and
talked with them for two hours. Later
he called upon Gen. Wilson, U. S. A.
Tonight he was the guest of honor of
the Junta Patricia at a banquet.
Gen. Gomez is expected to leave Matan-
Zas on Thursday. He said to Editor San
Miguel of La Lucha, that he would go
first to Marianao to meet the national as
sembly, and enter Havana on Friday, Feb.
"a, which is the third anniversary of the
beginning of the revolution.
Governor General Brooke to-day made
the following appointments: Director of
justice, Lorenzo G. Del Portlllo; director
Of public instruction, Nicolas Heredia y
Mota; chief of notaries, Juan Lliteras.
Brooke Makes Some Changes.
Governor General Brooke has determin-
ed to modify the military control of civil
affairs by putting the government more in
TO the hands of Cuban administrators. In
this direct decision he follows the declara-
alton of proclamation of Jan. 1, respect
ing civil government by Cubans. The
subject has been fully considered by the
governor general and his cabinet, and he
has addressed to each department secre-
tary letter directing that the administra-
ton of the department be put in operation
as soon as practicable.
The letter asserts that military control
Is not relaxed, but that the governor gen
era relieves the secretaries from sending
oholal communications to civil officials IN
the provinces through department COM
manders, copies merely being sent to rro-
viEctal governors, and the originals sent
direct Gen. Brooke will give the sec1e-
tarles as much Independence AS the presi-
Dental secretaries in the United States;
ana except as to the heads of bureaus he
VIII not require that he be consulted in the
matter of appointments.
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