The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-01
ORGANIZING The POLICE
NEARLY THIRTY-FOUR THOUS-
AND TROOPS NOW IN CUBA.
FOUR NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
wilson With More Troops Ordered to Cuba
Brooke's Proclamation Asking Cuban
Co operation to Insure Good
Government.

prospects for a peaceful change of adj
ministration in Havana have frightened
very much as Il result of the energetic
measures taken by the War Department
and the army officers in charge at Ha'
yana to prevent trouble.
Advices to this effect appear in a
cablegram received to-day by Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn from General
Brooke, Military Governor of Cuba, i'll
which after referring to some routine
matters he says:
"There will be no breach of order; of
that I am assured You may rest as
sured that there has been nothing beyond
the usual i'll a city of this size"
The War Department is also informed
that General Ludlow. i'll charge of
Habana city. is proceeding with vigor
to organize the police force there to re-
place the dismissed Spanish force known
as the OrdeIi Publico. After examining
number of applicants for appointment
on the force he has selected and ap-
pointed 1000 Cubans. General Ludlow
has discovered to his surprise that there
never was a detective force in Havana,
so he has called III an expert member of
the New York detective bureau to or
ganize corps for Habana Immediately
The War Department is confident that
there will be an adequate force of troops
in the island to carry out its plans and
TO maintain. order. Adjutant General Cor
bin has prepared Il statement showing
that tomorrow when the Spanish flag
A. Ir A icon
army in Cuba numbering 33,914 men,
made up of 32,456 enlisted men and l.
456 officers. These are distributed
among the existing provinces as fol
lows:
In Habana province, 1911: Pinar del
Rio, 2,100; Matanzas, 3,054; Santa
Clara. 2,436; Puerto Principe, 1,400;
Santiago de Cuba, 7,405.
To simplify the administration Of mil
tary affairs and prevent possible con-
dict of authority, the War Department
to-day issued an order creating four
new military departments in Cuba.
namely, Pnar del Rio, Matanzas, Santa
Clara, and Puerto Principe, bounded by
the provincial boundaries or the same
name. Three departments have been
heretofore established, Santiago, La
bana, and the city of Habana so that
the island now stands divided into
seven distinct military departments each
under the command of an army Of
fcer independent of the others, out all
responsible to General Brooke. the Mill
tary Governor of the entire island.
The War Department has come 10 the
conclusion that it will be necessary to
afford General Brooke the assistance OF
special Cabinet, approaching i'll func-
tions the late Autonomous Cabinet of
Cuba. in the administration of the ciyil
affairs of the island. 1t has not been
decided whether the Cabinet, to be APP
pointed. shall be made UP Of army Of
ficers, specially detailed. or whether as
sistants shall be called H.
Orders have been issued for the dis
patch of additional tro5ps to Cuba to
assist in the maintenance Of good gov
ernment there. The crilefs are adj
dressed to Major General J. Ii. Will
son. commanding the First Army Corps
with headquarters ut Macon. Ga. The
Secretary of War directs that the head
quarters of that corps, originally fixed
ut Cienfuegos, Cuba, be changed to
Matanzas and that General Wilson with
his headquarters and the Eighth Massa-
chusetts, Hundred ana Sixteenth In
diana and the Third Kentucky voluntoer
infantry be put in read ness fer trans,
portation to Cuba, fully armed and
equipped for field service UnI supplied
with thirty days rations and forage in
addition to that required fer the iodr-
ney.
Havana, Dee. 31.--A proclamation by
Major General John r. Brooke, Mill
tary Governor of Cuba will be issued
tomorrow to the people of the island,
In part it is as follows:
The object of the present govern
ment is to give protection to the people
and security to property, to restore con-
tidence to encourage the people, to re-
sumo the pursuits of peace, TO build up
waste plantations, to resume CONNER
cial traffic. and to afford full protection
in the exercise of all civil and religious
rights.
ITO this end the protection of the
United States Government will be directz
ed, and every possible provision will he
made to carry out these objects through
the channels of civil administration, al
though under military control.
I'm the interest and for the benefit of
all the people of Cuba and those pos
sessed Of rights and property IN the is
land, the civil and criminal codes which
prevailed prior 10 the relinquishment of
Spanish sovereignty will remain in
force, with such notifications and
changes aS@may. from fine to time be