The Meeker herald., 1899-01-07
HAVANA SURRENDERS
WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
Starr and stripes Now Wave Over the
Palacs-Cubans Are Excluded From
the Palace, bot Their Generais Attend
Not . ID .eordsnt Note Heard

Havana, Jan. 1.-The sovereignty OF
Cuba passed from Spuin TO the United
States ut noon to-day.
The form Of the transfer was SIM
pie, consisting Of. only an exchange OF
, speeches In the saloon of the palace,
the hauling down Of the Spanish nag
and the raising In Its stead Of the dag
of the United States on the Flagstaff Of
the palace roof. Salutes were fired
from the heavy guns of the forts and
the warships before and after the
change of flags. The raising Of the
stars and stripes was greeted with
cheers by the people who covered the
roofs of the buildings around the pal
ace and the plaza.
I With the guard was the band Of the
Second Illinois regiment. which had
been selected for the occasion As the
best band in the Seventh Army corps.
With the band We're the buglers of the
Eighth and Tenth infantry.
1 The weather was warm. the sun
bursting at intervals through the light
clouds and the soldiers in blue who
We're forced to stand in the sun found
the heat oppressive a'he troops were
formed In extended order around the
square, three PAGES apart, and the
band was massed in front of the pal
ace entrance across the street, at the
edge of the park.
I Brigadier General Clous. the master
Of ceremonies Of the day, at 1920
o'clock issued Instructions to the OFF,
GERS who were to take charge of the
various departments of the govern
ment OF the government at II O'Clock.
Colonel Dudley was assigned to the
Department OF Justice, Office of the
secretary Of the captain general; Major
l.. W. V. kennOn. adjutant general of
the department, to the Department of
Commerce and Agriculture; Colonel 4.
Y. Bliss of the commissnry department,
TO the treasury; Captain Frank r.
Hanna, assistant adjutant general, to
the Department of Public instruction,
and Colonel Dunwoody of the signal
corps, to the Public Works Depart
ment. Each OF these officers was in
structed thus:
'On the firing of the last gun Of the
4, first 21 at noon. you are to go to the
place assigned You and demand pos
session Of office in the name of the
United States"
| These orders We're given under the
arcade of the palace Each officer had
with him Cuban Interpreter, a group
OF whom stood clad in dark clothes
and wearing silk hats. In n carriage
near by We're the American flags which
were to be raised AT various points.
| At II 30 Major General Wade and
Major General Butler. OF the American
evacuation committee, arrived from FL
Nedalo on horseback. accompanied by
their STATS. They were met by Briga-
dier General Clous and Major Mot OF
General Ludlow's staff. About the
same moment Lucien J. Jerome, Brit
ish vice coOsul. arrived He was
warmly greeted by the American Off
GERS.
Major General John II. Brooke. gov
ernor of Cuba. and Major General Lud-
low, governor OF the city Of Havana,
accompanied by their staffs. arrived at
11:30 In carriages. General Brooke and
General Adnn X. Chaffee. General
Brooke's chief OF staf. being in the
first carriage. In each of the other car
riages rode Il Cuban general with
American officers. The Cubans were
Generals Lacret. Mario Menocal. May
ria Rodriguez. Serafin Sanchez, Jose
Miguel Gomez. Nodarte. Rafael, De
'ardcnas. Agramente and Viday. and
Colonel Naliente. AS the carriages
drove np. the second company of the
Spanish infantry, under command OF
Colonel Rafael Salamanca. presented
arms. and the American band started
up with The Stars and Stripes For
ever" the Spanish colonel saluting.
AT 11:45 General Lee. the military
governor of the province of Havana
with his staff, Joined General Brooke.
The latter then crossed the street to
the palace. General Lee on one side of
him and General Chaffec on the other
followed by the other American gen.
erals, and the Cuban officers. The Gu
bans wore blue uniforms, brown felt
hats and gray gloves and they carried
machetes.
The American and Cuban officers
were shown into the grand saloon of
the palace. where General Castellanos
appeared just before - o'clock.
Upon the booming of cannon at the
noon hour General Castellanos arose
and said:
\ "Gentlemen-1n compliance with the
treaty of Paris, the agreement of the
military commissioners of the island
and orders of my king at this moment,
of noon, January 1, 1899, there ceases
in Cuba Spanish sovereignty and be-
gins that of the United States. In con-
sequence. declare you in command Of
the island. with the object that you
may exercise 1t. declaring to you that
will be first in respecting 1t. Peace
having been established between our
respective governments. l promise you
! to give all due respect to the United
States government, and hope that the
good relations already existing be-
tween our countries will continue I'M
til the termination of the evacuation
Of those under my orders In this ter
rittry."
: After Captain Hart had translated
the address, General Wade said to
General Brooke:
| II transfer this command to yOu.'
! Major General Brooke said:
I II accept this great trust in behalf
Of the government and President Of
tho United States. and addressing