The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-03
PUZZLING.
The Continuance of Cubans
In Arms.

Havana, Jan. 2.-The continuance of
the Cubans in arms is the most puzzling
question connected with the admins
tration of the island.
The negotiations for payment Of the
soldiers are to be conducted from
Washington so as to relieve Maj. Gen.
Brooke of this difficulty. For the pres
ent, the Cuban commanders are holding
their men closely together and under
discipline. Gen. Davis, military gov
ernor department of Pinar del Rio, has
gone into the matter fully with Gen.
Mario Menocal and other Cuban com
manders. They say that they expect
the United States TO pay them, and that
they sill not disband until they get an
answer. The majority of military OBJ
servers here seem to think that prob
ably the easiest way out is to make the
payment, taking a mortgage on the rev.
enues of Cuba in the form of bonds
There are probably $4,000 men able to
work, but now sponging on the coun-
try. If paid off on condition that their
arms were surrendered, they would
have no excuse for not working. The
United States military authorities dc
IOl lOOh with ldNOE upon the nOIlOn OF
forcible disarmament
There are IL vessels in Havana har-
Dor today unloading, and the customs
entries for the first day figure out
about $4,000 the receipts in cash be-
Ing $15.22. This is at the rate of $13.-
100000 a year, the best Spanish record
having been 100000. Today's receipts
are presumably heavier than they will
be later.
Major Kennen of Gen. Brookes staff,
while in department of agriculture to-
day, saw 40 clerks doing nothing, and
told SO to go home until there was
something for them to do. Generals
Brooke and Ludlow wish to use all the
available clerks in all the departments;
but 1T will be a slow operation to dis
tinguish between the real workers and
those who are on a pay roll by favor.
A general house cleaning i'll all the
public buildings is an immediate ne
cessity. Gen. Brooke and Mrs. Brooke
looked through the place today.
The living apartments, as well as the
officers, are dirty, and it would take
two weeks to clean them. Gen. Brooke
now governs the island from one small
room in a crowded hotel
Maj. Gen. Budlow's headquarters will
probably be at the former residence
of the Spanish military governor, next
to the palace. His department on the
new divisional lines includes MORO, Ca
banas, Casablanca, Guanabacoa and
Regla, originally included in Mai. Gen
Lees department Of the province OF
Havana. Gen. Ludlow spent eight
hours in the saddle today, visiting these
places. He found MORO and Cabanas
tenantless, except for a few caretakers
Sentries will be detailed today, and bott
the fortresses will be thoroughly clean.
ed and otherwise repaired, special at.
tention being paid TO the plumbing.
Lieut.. Col. Louis M Maus, chic
surgeon, says that less than l per cent
of the seventh army corps is on the sicl
list, and there is not a single case OF
yellow fever among the United States
troops. He thinks it would be unwise
to send freshly recruited regulars here
in the spring. 1t would be better tC
leave the volunteers, who will have
learned how to take care of them.
selves.
With the consent of the Washington
authorities, Lieut. Col. Maus will equip
a general hospital in the city for Amer
leans, only so that they may have the
best care. Three sick and destitute
Americans are in the care of private
charity today. One man, who was for
merly a railroad manager was found
almost dead in a howell.
Judge Advocate Dudley has taken
over the judiciary department. Dur
ing the holidays, the courts are in re-
cess.
Gen. Brooke has appointed Brig. Gen
Ernst inspector general Of the division
OF Cuba. The cabinet of secretaries
in the autonomist government rendered
it's resignation Dec. 10.