The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-26
WILL HAVE THEIR MONEY


Gov. General Brooke TO Distribute Uncle
Sans Donations 20 Cubans
Havana, May 25.-Having received
dispatches from Washington permit
ting him to close the negotiations fol
the distribution of the S3000,000 dona
ted by the United States for the pay
ment of the Cuban troops, Governor
General Brooke sent for Gen. Gomez
The latter went to the Salon Trocha
Gen. Brooke's headquarters, accompan
led by Col. Carlos Manuel de CespedeS
q member of his staff. They remained
cloSeted with Gen. Brooke and MaioI
kennon several hours discussing the
order that Gen Brooke is about to is
sue. Only few changes were made
IN the plan already agreed upon. As
1t now reads every line of the order
has been agreed to by Gen. Gomez, anG
this is so stated in the preface to the
instructions for the laying down of the
arms of the Cuban soldiers. The or
der says the arms will be turned over
to the civil Governors or to the Alcal
des of the municipalities where the
soldiers live or where they receive the
money. The Alcaldes are charged
with the care of the arms until they
Shall be collected and put in the CubaL
arsenals at Santiago and Havana Nc
mention is made us to whether this
will be before the United States forces
leave the island.
The order will probably be published
on Wednesday without further changes
in any particular unless there are un.
forseen developments. The present
solution of the problem is looked upon
as victory for Gen. Brooke in that
President Mckinley decided that the
course mapped out by him was the
wiseSt to follow.
The delay, however, has been unfor.
tunate. Agitators have used the news.
paper dispatches concerning Washing.
toms interference to foment discomfort
among the men. 1t is not possible to
tell how many men will accept the
money. The plan is to rush the pay.
ment of the Third. Fourth and Fifth
Corps as soon as possible The tele.
gram from the veterans in the province
of Santiago stating that they would
not accept money had its influence
here. The forces of Col. Aceas at al
queZar, Guines and San Nicolas, 800
strong, met at Alquezar and resolved
to diSband without touching the Amer.
lean money. They have so notified
Gen. Gomez. What they will do with
their arms is not known, but it is sup
posed that they will keep them. Six
hundred men under Gen. Mayia Rodri-
guez are reported to have already bur-
led their arms.
All the Cuban officers who served
in Santiago and who are now in Ha-
vana met at the Hotel de Inglaterra
and resolved to send a telegram con-
graduating the Santiago veterans on
already disbanding without money. 1t
Is believed, however. at the Salon
Trocha that plenty of men will come
forward and get their money.
Gen. Gomez does not care whether
the money is accepted by the soldiers
or not He so stated in his manifesto
when he told them to give up their
arms and go home with or without
money.
La Lucha received IL telegram stating
that the officers and soldiers in the
HOlguin district had resolved that if
Gen. Gomez agreed to accept the $3-
100000 in the name of the army he had
forfeited his position as their repreSen-
tative and had exceeded the authority
conferred on him by them at the Eaya-
no convention. Gen. Gomez explained
that he did not accept the money. He
had only advised the soldiers that they
might take it or not as they chose.
Gen. Brooke has ordered that S16-
600 be given to the insane asylum,
which is in an extremely bad financial
position The inmates are nearly starv-