The age-herald., 1899-01-01
:N. BROOKE SENDS REPORT
d Promises There Mill be No Serious
 Breach of Order.
LUDLOW PROCEEDING VIGOROUSLY
Toward Organizing Police Force to Take the Place of the Present One in the City of
 Havana.

Washington, December 31.-The prospects for peaceful change of administration in Havana have brightened much as a result Of the energetic measures taken by the war department and the army officers in charge at Havana to prevent trouble. Advices to this effect appear in cablegram received today by Assistant Secretary Meikleiohn from General Brooke, military governor of Cuba, in which affairs, referring to some routine matter, he says:
 There will be no breach of order; of that l am assured. You may rest easy, there has been nothing beyond the usual occur ring here in city of this size"
 The war department is also informed that General Ludlow, in charge of Havana city. is proceeding with vigor to organize the police force there to replace the Spanish forces known as ordern pubico After ex- amining number of applicants for ap- pointment on the force he has selected and appointed one thousand Cubans. He Is be- ing assisted in his task of selecting the police force by Captain McCullagh, late superintendent of the New York police force, who is serving him in a purely ad- visory capacity. General Ludlow has dis covered to his surprise that there never was detective force in Havana so he has called in an expert member of the New York detective bureau to organize a corps for Havana immediately.
 Troops Will be Adequate
 The war department is confident that there will be an adequate force of troops in the island to carry out it's plans and to maintain order. Adjutant-General Corbin has prepared statement showing that tomorrow when the Spanish flag comes down there will be an American army in, Cuba numbering 33,9l4 men, made up of 32,los enlisted men and 1,456 officers These were distributed among the existing provinces as follows
 In Havana province, 16,914; Pinar Del Rio. 2,l0O; Matanzas, 3654; Santa Clara. 2.4ss: Puerto Principe, ,405; Santiago 7,400
 TO simplify the administration of military affairs and prevent possible conflict of au- fhority,5 the war department today issued ar order creating four new military de- partments in Cuba, namely: Pinar Del Rio Matanzas, Santa Clara and Puerto Princ.pe, bounded by the provincial boundaries of the same name. Three departments have heretofore been established, Santiago Ha- vana and the city of Havana, so that the island now stands divided into seven dis tinct military departments, each under the command of an army officer independent of the other, but all responsible to General Brooke, the military governor of the entire island.
 The Commanding Generals
 General Lee already commands the de- partment of Havana province; General Wood, the department of Santiago and General Ludlow, the department of the city of Havana. Todays order assigns officers to command the remaining departments. The order is addressed to General Brooke at Havana, and states that by the drec- tion of the president of the geographical military department are established the de- partment of Pinar Del Rio the depa rtment