The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-05-29
WANT NO CASH
Not a Man of the Cuban Army at
Havana Appeared For His
Money
When the Paymaster Opened His
Disbursement Office at
La Punta.
Cuban Officers Gathered About
the Place and Exchanged
I.told-you-so's."
Paymasters in Other Depart.
ments May Have Better
Success.

HAVANA, May 29-Not a soldier has
ihus far appeared at La Punta to re-
ceive the honorarium Of SO 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 o'clock. the
hour set to begin the payment of the
troops, Major Francis S. Dodge of the
paymaster'e department. drove up in
four-mule team with $50, 600 in gold and
$4,000 in silver
Six guards accompanied him and de-
tails of men from the Eighth infantry
Were under arms to preserve order
among the mob which it was supposed
would gather. Colonel George NJ Ran
dali of the E yhth infantry was present
as commissioner Of the United States.
General Ruis Rivera. who was indicted
into the Office of civil governor of Ha-
vana, was there to receive the arms,
with representative Of General Gomez,
four or FIVE officials and fifteen report
ers Half dozen American clerks
with the rolls Of the Cuban army sat at
long table at the headquarters Of the
Eighth regiment. \ bag of gold was
displayed. but there We're
| No Applicants for a share of It,
The spectators spent the time IN dis
cussing why no Cubans appeared. Gen
eral Rivera said that though there We're
39l enrolled privates and non-commis-
stoned officers in the Fourth corps, few
Of them lived in Havana. iIe explained
that they were outside the city and
would probably appear at other places
in the province and get their apportion-
ment. 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 General Brooke, took a
gloomy view of the affairs. He said the
Americans had made a mistake in stipu-
lating that the Cubans must give up
their arms. as this had caused bad i'm.
preston among the Cubans.
Cuban Onicers Jeered Quietly.
A group Of Cuban officers. who proved
to be some of General Mayes Rodriguez
staff had in the meanwhile assembled.
They smiled at each other, twisted their
moustaches and grew confident as the
quarter hours passed and no soldiers
appeared Finally they jeered in quiet
way at the whole proceeding.
Towards II o'clock an unarmed col
orel man in Cuban uniform came
across the dusty square. attended by al
the American spectators. He was shown
to the paymaster, but turned out to b,
an assistant" or camp follower.
The American military men consulted
together, and as it was thought he was
not entitled to share Of the $3,OOO,O ,OO'
and his name not being on the rolls, b,
was dismissed.
One VIII He Paid Anyway.
Major Scott, General Ludlow's at
tendant, sent word that man names
Hardie. a Cuban-American, serving
sentence in the penitentiyry, would b
sent under guard to get his $75, SO a
, least one man was sure to take the gra
tuity. About 400 men had been ex
, pected and possibly many Of those viii
come later. But the scheme of pay
ment, SO far as Havana is concerned
looks like failure. Quite different n
suits are expected in the country dis
tricts where the Cuban military assem-
} bly, and anti.Gomez influence is not
strong. !,
!. At noon General Rivera left, remark
, Ing that it was wasting time to sta
there, and Major Dodge went to tn
8 Hotel Trocha to inform Governor Ger
: eral Brooke Of the state Of affairs.
Four professed pavstes appeared .
about II 80 without arms, but as thel
names were not on the rolls. they wei
not paid. -
r Disband but Accept Ne Pay.
!. SAc,nLA GEANDE, Province Of SAINT
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