The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-02

Havana, Jan. 1.-The sovereignty of
Cuba passed from Spain to the United
States at noon today. The form of the
transfer was simple, consisting only Of
an exchange of speeches in the salon
of the palace and the hauling down Of
the Spanish flag and the raising In its
stead of the flag of the United States
on the Flagstaff on the palace roof
Statutes were fired from the heavy
guns of the forts and the warships,
before and after the change of flags,
and the raising Of the stars and stripes
was greeted with cheers by the people
who covered the roofs of the buildings
around the palace and the plaza.
No crowd was permitted to gather in
the streets in the vicinity of the palace
to witness the epoch making function.
At 9 o'clock a guard composed of the
second battalion of the Tenth infantry
marched into the Plaza de Armas, un-
der command of Capt. Van Vliot and
formed around the square.
Capt. Cen Castellanos watched them
with interest from the balcony of his
apartments as they entered the square
and were stationed at all the streets
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lowed to enter without a pass. and all
the doors of the palace facing the
square We're ordered closed.
Only those who could get on the roofs
and balconies of houses in the neigh
borhood saw what was going on before
the palace With the guard was the
band OF the Second Illinois regiment,
Whlch NAG neen selecIeo LOT the occa-
SION as the pest pand IN me foeYel aILl
army CORDS WIN the nseilo We're .ne
ousiers OF the bishth ana Iehth m
tantry. Inc weather was warm the
sun bursting az Intervals through the
light clouds, ana the soidlefs IN olue
VINO were forced TO stahu III the sun
round the neat oppressive
me troops were FORMED IN eNIenoeu
oroer around the square' Three PAGES
apart ana the oand was masseu IN
'front.' OF the psel1oe entrance across the
street at pile euse OF Uhe park.
Brig Gen; Clous, the MASTER OF cere-
MONIES OF the DAY, at Io'9V Q. CLOCK, Is
sued INSTRUCTIONS TO the oncers VINO
were 10 take cifarge OF the various de-
partments OF uhe government at tWeiVe
o'cIock. colonel Dudiey was assigned
70 the department OF Justlce' ONCE os
the secretary OF the captain general;
Major L. w. V. KEENAN,, aoJutaut gen
eral OF the department to the depart
mem OF commerce ana agriculture;
Col. I. U. Bliss, OK the colnmlssary de-
partment, TO the treasury; Captain
Il frank Is. Eahna. assistant adlutant
general, to the department OF public In
structlon; and Colonel Ounwoody, OF
the signal corps, to the public works
department.
H2eh OF these officers were instruct
ed mus: ON the firing OF the last gun
OF une mist IWehty-ohe, az noon, you
are 10 go TO the place assigned you and
demand possession or the ONCE in the
name Oh the United States.
Ihese orders were given under the
aIcaue Oh Uhe palace. fSach otlleer mad
with nm a Cupan interpreter, group
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anu wearing SIX mats. IN 2 carriage
near py were the lags which were to
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