Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27
1T LOOKS LIKE A FAILURE.
Nal. Dodge was Prepared to Pay them
-uodrigues' star Assemblies, Twist
their Mustachios aud smile.

Havana. May ~. II a. m.--Not sol
der has thus far appeared at Ia
Punta TO receive the honorarium OF
SO allotted by the United states for
the surrender u arms aud diabandmcnt
Of the men composing the Cuban army.
Al J minute. OF 10 this morning. the
hour set 10 begin the payment OF the
troops. Mai. francin \. Dodge. OF tins
paymnntcf'H department. drove up Ia
four.mule team with $4,000 10 Ho.d ard
1900 In silver. Six guards accom-
panied him ana details u men from tho
Einahth Infantry We're under arms 10
prHsryc order among the m0ba which
u was supposed would gather. Cot.
Geo. 81. Randall OF tho Eighth Infantry
was present a. commissioner OF the
United states.
Gen. lluiH rivera. who was today In
Quoted into the Office Of civil governor
~ havana, was there TO receive tho
arms with a representative OF Gen.
Gen. Gomez, four or fiNc cuban officers
and fifteen reporters. Half "a dozen
American clerks with the rolls " the
Cuban army sat about LONG table at
the headquarters OF the Eighth rygi-
mont. A hng of gold was displayed, but
there were no applicants Tor a Hharr OF
H.
The spectators spent the time In dis
y
Rivera said that though there were
4.Jia enrolled privatcs and on-cuminiH-
stoned officers la the Fourth corps FEW
of them lived Ia Havana. lie explained
they were uutald. the city ana would
probably appear at other places In the
province aud yet their superintendent
Nearly all the officers, he added, are IN
Havana. The representative of Gomez.
who has been acting for the later IN
the Interviews with Gov, Den, brooke.
took u gloomy Wow Of the affnlr, He
raid the Americans In atipulating that
the Cubanu must give ~ their arms
had caused a bad Impression among the
cubnnH.
A group u cuban officers who proved
10 b. some of Gen, Mnyai liodrlgucEa
stan, had In the meanwhile assembled.
They smiled At each other, twisted thcir
muatnehca ana grew confident as the
quarter hour. passed ard no soldier.
appeared Finally they jeered In quiet
way at the whole proceeding,
Towards n o'clock m unarincd col
orcd man IN cuban uniform, came
across the dusty square, attended by
all tff American spectators, He wa.
shown u thu pnymarior but turned out
To be an 'nrHlhtant' or camp follower,
The American military mon consulted
ana an Il was thought he was not en-.
titled TO u share of the fa,ooo,ooo and
his name not being on the rolls. he was
dismissed,
Mai. Scott. Den. i.udlow's adjntnnt.
sent word that man named Harris, a
Cuban American serving sentence VA
the penitentiary, would be sent under
guard % get his SO 10 at least one man
was sure 10 take the gratuity. About
400 men had been expected ana possibly
many OF these will come later. tut the
scheme 81 payment. ~ far rs Havana
n concerned, looks like failure.
quite different results are expected In
the country districts whore the Cuban
military assembly ana antl-uomeE In
fiucncc are not as strong
AZ noon Gen Rivera left. remarkinE
that II was wasting his time 20 stay
there and Mai. Dodge went 10 the
Hotel TrOtcha Informing Gov. Den.
HrOoke of the state 81 nnalrr.
Four protested priyatea appeared at
about 1850 without arms, but as their
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.