The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
OF Government in Havana Assured by Ener-
getic Action of Our Officers.
NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
Four More Created in the Island Distribution of Our Troops in the Dill
ferent Provinces Organizing a Police and Detective Force for
Havana..More Troops to be Sent to the Island-General
Brooke's Proclamation to the Cubans..Spanish
Warships SaiI-Our Troops in Possession
of the Forts.
of the Forts.

of the
Washington, December 31.-The pros
pect for a peaceful change OF admins
tration in Havana have frightened
very much as a result of the energetic
measures taken by the war department
and the army officers in charge at Ha-
vana to prevent trouble. Advices to
this effect appear in a cablegram receiv-
ed today by Assistant Secretary Nickel
john from General Brooke, military gov
ernor of Cuba, in which, after referring
to some routine matters he says:
There will be no breach of order; Of
that | am assured. You may rest as
sured that there has been othing be-
yond the usual in a city of this size"
The war department is also informed
that General Ludlow, in charge of Ha-
Vana city, is proceeding with vigor to
organize the police force there to re-
place the dismissed Spanish force
known as the orden publico. After ex-
aiming a number Of applicants for p
Dointments on the force he has selected
and appointed 1000 Cubans. He is be-
ing assisted in his task of electing the pc
lice force by Captain Mccullough, late
superintendent of the New York Police
force, who is serving him in a good
capacity. Captain Ludlow discovered,
to his surprise, that there never was a
detective force in Havana; so he has
called in an expert member OF the New
York detective bureau to organize d
corps for Havana Immediately.
OUR FORCES IN CUBA.
The wal department is confident that
there will be an adequate force of
troops on the island to carry out it's
plans and to maintain order. Adjutant
General Corbin has prepared a state
ment, showing that tomorrow when the
Spanish flag m down there will be
an army in Cuba numbering 1914 men,
made up of BASS enlisted en- and 1,456
officers. They are distributed among
the existing provinces as follows: In
Havana province, 1914, Pinar del Rio,
2,1O0, Matanzas 1854, Santa Clara 2,436,
Puerto Principe, 1,045, Santiago, 7,405.
To simplify the administration of
military affairs and prevent possible
conflict of authority, the war depart
ment today issued an order creating
four military departments in Cuba,
namely, Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santa
Clara, and Puerto Principe, bounded
by the provincial boundaries of the
same name. The other departments
have been hitherto established-Santi-
ago, Havana, and the city of Havana
so that the island now stands divided
into seven distinct military depart
ments, each under the command of an
army officer independent of the others
and all responsible to General Brooke,
the military governor of the entire is
land. General Lee already commands
the department of Havana province,
General Wood, the department of Santi-
6 and General Ludlow, the depart
ment of the city of Havana. Today's
order assigns officers to command the
remaining departments. The order is
addressed to General Brooke at Havana
and states that Brigadier General Geo.
w. Davis is assigned to the command
to the department of Pinar del Rio.
Major General James H. Wilson the
department Of Matanzas, Major General
J. C. Bates the department of Santa
Clara, Brigadier General L. H. Carpen-
ter the department of Puerto Principe.
The war department has come to the
conclusion that it would be necessary
to afford General Brooke the assistance
of a special cabinet, approaching in
functions the late autonomous cabinet
of Cuba. in the administration of civil
affairs of the island. 1t has not been
decided whether the cabinet appointed
shall be made up of army officers spe-
cially detailed, or other assistance shall
be called in.
ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR CUBA.
Orders have been issued for the dis
patch of additional troops to Cuba to
assist in the maintenance of good gov
eminent there. The orders are address,
ed to Major General J. H. Wilson, COM
manding the First army corps, with
headquarters at Macon, Ga. The sec
rotary of war directs that the headquar-
ters of that corps, originally at Glen
fuegos, be changed to Matanzas and
that General Wilson, with his head
quarters and the Eighth Massachusetts.
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana and
the Third Kentucky volunteer infantry
bS put III lCduA1CSS 1Ol lIduSpOl IdIIOli
To Cuba, fully armed and equipped for
field service and supplied with thirty
days Tations and forage in addition to
that required for the journey.
In a subsequent order General Will
o as directed to proceed with his
headquarters and equipment from
Macon TO Savannah in time to embark
on the transport Panama. The Eighth
nr-aaI,,-1 --I Tl..a -.rI
embark from Savannah on transports
to be provided and the One Hundred
and sixtieth Indiana will proceed to
Charleston, n battalion at a time and
embark on the Saratoga which ship
will convey the regiment to Cuba in
three trips.
PROCLAMATION BY GENERAL
BROOKE.
Havanas December 31.-A proclama-
ton by Major General Brooke, governor