Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-02-01
GENERAL GOMEZ
SOMEWHAT DEFIANT.
lie Wants Ills Ohlccrs and Men 10 Re.
eel'e Full Pay Before Laying
Down Their Arms.

b""h fhtiF AIRS.
New York, Jan -. A special 10 The
Tribune from Washington SAYS:
Maxine Gomez the Cuban command.
Ing general. has demanded nearly ss0.-
100000, from the United States and re.
fuses to disband his army" until the
money Is paid. He has repudiated the
arrangement made by Calixto Garcia.
who came 10 Washington with author.
iiy from Gomez, 10 provide for the re-
turn Of the Cubans 10 their peaceful pur-
suits, and whose work was barely ac.
oomplished before his sudden death ON
Dec. II. IL was then agreed that the
United States in order 10 secure the
prompt resumption Of labor ON the plan.
tations Of the island. with view TO
promoting the speedy revival ofprosper.
iiy and settled conditions, should dis
tribute about 81. OOO. 900 among the 30.
900 men said to h. still under arms. in
the ratio Of 500 10 a man. the officers in
proportion 10 their rank 10 receive
greater amount the ordinary enlisted
man 10 b. discharged with sums less
than 800. depending on the length Of
service and other things For over
month the pay corps Of the army has
been making ready 10 carry out this ar.
rangement, a national defense fund
being available for the purpose.
Accurate lists Of the Cuban soldiers
entitled 10 compensation had 10 be pre-.
pared and other formalities gone
through. n was intended that the Gu.
bans at the proper time should apply AT
established American garrisons in the
various provinces where. on throwing
down their arms and presenting the
proper credentials. they were a. receive
their quota Of the allotment from the
pay officers at the station In the mean.
time General Brooke and his chief sub
ordinates have been endeayoring % give
employment, mostly II permanent
character b large numbers Of Cubans.
IN order 10 reduce the number requiring
q bounty and at the same time 10 give
the inhabitants an opportunity 10 begin
governing themselves Gomez has come
out against this scheme. which was Cd
Grating satisfactorily 81 most Cubaus.
and has struck for greater stakes. Its
officially known here that hr Is endeay.
oring 10 dissuade Cuhans from accent.
ing offices under the American occupa.
iion aud II urging al the natives Of III
grade 10 stay with him in the field until
the United states is compelled 10 accede
70 his terms Of DISARMAMENT. Gomez
alleges that his army consists II 40.OoG
fnen and be- insists thar most Of them
shall no paid for three years service al
the rates which prevail In the United
States lie fixes the date u the Cuban
declaration Of Independence Feb. a.
1895. ~ the beginning ~ the period for
which himself and hIs forces are 10 h,
rcmuneruted. and for himself with the
rank 81 lieutenant general he will h. sat.
isted with sll 900 annually the Amer
can rate TO- that grade
Gomez has about go major generals
for each Of whom he wants $500 AMIN.
ally and his army is equipped with
nearly aoo hrigadior generals. each rated
according 10 the United States army nav
table 40 $500 annually Thi. aggregate.
The nice little sum of s.. 1s3. O0O for gen.
ERALS alone then there are colonies.
lieutenant colonies and majors whose
numbers run into the thousands The
priyates do not amount 90 much f1r
they are comparatively few. but each II
them will require S6is and the army
paymasiers who figured out the total
have reported that over So 10000 will
Do required % crafty all the demand
Gomez ha. made which Is an average Of
: i2i q man
10 b. to meet these demands and show
Gomez their ah-urdity that Gonzale.
Que-nda who Tor the last three year.
has been The representative ~ the Gu.
bans iu Washington. started for Cuba
last week after reaching q thorough un.
iersiandiug with the war department
Robert = Porter went
along with Mr. Quesada MS the official
representative of the United States In
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