Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-30
DON'T CALL FOR PAY.
American Officers We're Prepared
to Give the Prescribed
HOnOrariun.

Havana, May Pill a. m.-Not sol
der has thus far appeared at La Punta
to receive the honorarium of $50 allotted
by the United States for the surrender OF
arms and disbandment of the men com
posing the Cuban army.
At three minutes of 10 this morning,
the hour set to begin the payment OF
the troops, Maj. Francis S. Dodge of
the paymaster's department., drove up in
q four-mule team with $50, 600 i'll gold
and $4,000 in silver. Six guards accom-
panied him and details of men from the
Eighth infantry were under arms to pre-
serve order among the mobs which it
was supposed would gather. Col. George
NJ. Randall of the Elghth infantry was
present as commissioner Of the United
States.
Gen. Ruiz Rivera, who was today in
Quoted into the office of civil governor OF
Havana, was there to receive the arms
with a representative of Gen. Gomez
four or five Cuban officers and fifteen
reporters. Half dozen clerks with the
rolls OF the American army sat at a long
table at the headquarters of the Eighth
regiment. bag of gold was displayed
but there were no applicants for a share
of it.
Inc SPECTATORS spent the IlUlc III OlS
cusslng why no Cubans appeared Gen
Rivera said that though there were 431t
enrolled privates and noncommissioneG
officers III the Fourth corps, few of them
lived in Havana. He explained that
they were outside the city and would APP.
pear at other places in the province and
get their apportionment. Nearly all the
officers, he added, are in Havana.
The representative of Gomez, who has
been acting with the latter in the inter
views with Gov.-Gen. Brooke, took a
gloomy view Of the affair. He said tho
Americans had made mistake in stipu-
lating that the Cubans must give up
their arms. as this had caused bad i'm
preston among the Cubans.
\ group of Cuban officers who proved
to be some OF Gen. Mayai Rodriguez s
staff, had III the meanwhile assembled
They smiled at each other, twisted their
mustaches, and grew confident as the
quarter hours passed and no soldiers APP
peared. Finally, they jeered in a quiet
way at the whole proceeding.
Towards II o'clock an unarmed colored
man IN Cuban uniform, came across
the dusty square, attended by all the
American spectators. He was shown to
the paymaster, but turned out to be an
assistant or camp follower.
The American military men consulted
together and as it was thought he was
and his name not being on the rolls, he
was dismissed
Maj. Scott, Gen. Ludlow's adiutaDt
sent word that Il man named Harris, a
Cuban-Amerlcan serving sentence in
the penltentiary, would be sent under
guard to get his $50, SO at least one man
was sure to take the gratuity. About 400
men had been expected and possibly
many of these will come later. But the
scheme of payment, so far as Havana
IS concerned, looks like a failure. Quite
different results are expected iii the
country districts, where the Cuban mill
tary assembly and anuI-tiomeZ influence
Is not as strong.
AT noon Gen. Rivera left. remarkinc
that 1T was wasting his time to stay
there, and Maj. Dodge went to the Hotel
Irocha to inform Gov.-Gen. Brooke of
the state of affairs.
-Four professed privates appeared at
about 1880 without arms, but as theiv
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.
Sagua la Grande, Province of Santa
Clara, May 21.-The general of the Gu
bans III this district met here yesterday.
adopted antiGomez resolutions, agreed
to disband their commands and to cause
their arms to be surrendered to the
alcaides, but to accept no money for
them