Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-22
Thirteen Thousand, Two
Hundred and Nineteen Men.
AND GOMEZ REPORTED $4,000
The Muster Roll, which Was to sfnvo
Been Turned Over tn Gen. Brooke q.
IL Withheld Method ofDistributinr
the Three Million Dollars Contrib
"ted by United stntcs-The Assem-.
bly, Trouble with tho police.
(Ey Telegraph to vlrglnian-Piioto

Wy Ie!eSraph 10 Nirgtnian-Piiot.)
Havana. March 2l.-The Cuban army
has 1929 men. all told This number
includes corporals and sergcants, but
excludes commissioned officers. The
figures are the result OF the official in
curry instituted under the direction OF
the department commanders for the
use of the military administration.
The reports of the governors of the
provinces are as follows: Santiago,
none; Puerto Principe S00 Santa
Clara. 1853; Matanzas. 1900; Havana
province, 2.l5o which includes 375 in
the city of Havana: in Plnar del Rio.
$500
MUSTER ROLL WITHHELD.
General Gomez originally reported
That there were g.. 900 privates and nom
commissioned officers. General RoIoff,
Inspector general of the Cuban army.
was to have presented an accurate
muster ro! to Governor General
Brooke. but he has not done So AS a
creature of the Cuban military assem-
bly,. lie has Joined with it against
General Gomez. His muster rolls, in
whatever form they may be- have been
given to Senior Rafael Portuendo, presi-
oent OF the executive committee of the
assembly, but the Governor General has
assurances that they will soon be
turned over to him.
QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION.
Brigadier General Ernest will assist
the military administration in distrf-
outing the three million dollars. 1t has
not been decided whether the whole
amount is to be distributed pro rata or
SlVo given To each man. and the balance
retained by the United States Govern
mcnt
NO TROOPS IN SANTIAGO.
Ihc statement that there are no Gu
ban soldiers in the province of Santi-
ago has caused considerable SUNRISE
mere. as it was supposed that there
were many Cubans still in arms there
Nevertheless this is the report of Ma
Jor General Wood. the Military Gov
ernor.
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
~, to-day's session or the Cuban AS
sembly motion was made in favor OF
disbanding the Cuban army and dis
solving the Assembly, with permission
to the Cuban soldiers to accept gifts
OF money from the United States IL
they so desired. After considerable ar
gunent the gist of which was that the
Assembly could not discuss matters OF
such importanc. without previous con-
alteration on the part of Individual
members. 1t was decided to postpone
puo'i' u'scusslon Oh the motion un-
til Friday.
-Annlher- motion was introduced In Ia
vor of changes and improvements in
the organization of the Cuban army.
but the discussion OF this was post
poned until tomorrow. AS a matter or
iact to-day's session was devoted al
most entirely to questions of order
arising out of the various motions
made.
SENIOR MORA MADE TROUBLE.
Senior Federico Mora. Civil Governor
OF Havana, has issued Il document in
winch he summarizes the laws regu-
lating public gatherings and parades
ana attempts TO show that he acted
within the law in the course he took
regarding the parade of March 18th, in
honor OF General Gomez, a course
which was primarily responsible for the
Ill feeling between the police and peo-
pie that eliminated in the bloody af.
trays of last Sunday and yesterday.