The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-22
Muster Rolls in Possession Of Cuban
Officers, but Americans Have Made
q Careful Investigation.
MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY
MOTION MADE IN FAVOR OF DIS
BANDING THE CUBAN ARMY,
Accepting the S3,OOO,OOO offered by
the United States as a "Gift" and
Dissoiving the Assembly.

HAVANA, March A.-The Cuban army
has 1929 men, all told. This number in
cludes corporais and sergeants, but excludes
commissioned of GERS. The figures are the
result of official inquiry instituted under the
direction of the department commanders or
the United States military administration.
The reports of governors of provinces are
as follows: Santiago, none; Puerto Prin-
cpe 800; Santa Clara, A. 169; Matanzas, 2,2o;
Havana province, 2,450, which includes 3io
in the city of Havana; Pinar del Rio, $500.
General Gomez originally reported that
there were 1900 privates and noncommis~
stoned officers. General Roloff, inspector
general of the Cuban army, was to have
presented an accurate muster roll to Gov
ernor General Brooke, but he has not done
so. AS a creature of the Cuban Military
Assembly he has joined with it against Cen
eral Gomez. His muster rolls, in whatever
form they may be, have been given to Senor
Rafael Portuendo, president of the execu-
tive committee of the Assembly, but the
governor general has assurances that they
will soon be turned over TO him. Brigadier
General Ernest will represent the military
administration in distributing the 100000
1t has not yet been decided whether the
whole amount is TO be distributed pro rata
or 500 given TO each man and the remain
der retained by the United States govern
ment.
The statement that there are no Cuban
soldiers in the province Of Santiago has
caused considerable surprise here, as it was
supposed there were many Cubans still In
arms there. Nevertheless, this is the report
of Major General Wood, the military gov
ernor.
a motion was made in favor of disbanding
the Cuban army and dissolving the Assem-
bly, with permission to the Cuban soldiers
to accept gifts of money from the United
States if they so desired. After consider
able argument, the Assembly decided ii
could not discuss a matter of such i'm
portance without previous consideration on
the part of individual members. 1t was de-
cided to postpone public discussion of the
motion until Friday. Another motion was
introduced in favor of improvements in the
organization of the Cuban army, but the
discussion OF this was postponed until to-
morrow. AS a matter of fact, to-day's ses-
sion was devoted almost entirely to qlies-
tions of order arising out Of the various
motions made
Senior FREDERICK Mora, civil governor of
Havana, has issued document in which he
summarizes the laws regulating public gath
erings and parades and attempts to show
that he acted within the law in the course
he took regarding the parade of March IL
in honor of General Gomez, a course which
was primarily responsible for the Ill feel
ing between police and people that ended in
the bloody affrays of last Sunday and yes
terday. Senor Mora says that if the law
is bad it should be repealed, but that SO
long as it Is in force ii should be observed.
Major f. Martinez, of the Cuban forces,
who was shot last evening at the Hotel
Inglaterra by Police Lieutenant Emil
Cassin. the former trumpeter of the Rough
Riders, is not expected to live. Cassin has
been placed in Jail. His action is generally
condemned as unwarranted and as due to
his excitable temperament.
Postmaster General Emory Smith spent
five hours to-day with the governor general
At o'clock the temperature was 67 de-
greeS.