The times., 1899-10-14
GENERAL LEES REPORT.
Conditions iu Havana and Pfnar del
Rio as seen by Him.

1>tt ~ seen ny AANA*ts
The Secretary of War made public yes
terday the annual reports OF Maj. Gen
John r. Brooke. commanding the Division
OF Cuba, Gen. James Il Wilson, Depart
nent OF MataEzas and Santa Clara Cen
Fitzhugh Lee, Department of she province
OF Havana and Pinar del Rio; Gen VIII
hani Ludlow, Department o. Havana; Gen
Leonard Wood. Departmeut of Santiago
and Puerto Principe. and Gen Louis II.
Carpenter, Department OF PuertS Prineipe-
Each Of these reports. with tie exception
OF General Lees. has already been pub
lished in The Times. General Lee SAYS
The administration Of all stan Depart
ments. with the exception OF the quar-
termaster's department. has bsen sattsfac-
tory The rations furnished troops have
been mainly good in quality and ample In
quantity. The refrigerated bsef furnished
from the United States has been quite sat
isfaetory, much more so than that sIaugh-
tered here This is largely due to the fact
that cattle shipped here are siaugateFed
before they ara in proper condition There
has been some complaint regarding ths
-four, but il is thought TO have been now
remedied- Medical supplies have been am
pie for all purposes. Regarding the quar-
that from the beginning I have had no
control over supplies. public funds and
construction work"
General Lee then complains that ID has
been necessary for his chief quarternaster
to refer the most trivial reqgisiticn
through military channels 10 the division
chief quartermaster- He gives a detailed
description OF the barracks in his deparS
ment and then speaks Of the civil govern
uhich ha axrlIafua haa ff-r,frt
istered by officials appointed by the Mt
Hary Governor of the island. He recon-
mends that some action be taken 10 securt
prompt trial OF men arrested and held Ia
confinement and says: Cases have On diff
ferent occasions been reported to ME Of
men, American citizens. arrested and held
for several months without a trial CT any
kind so far as they knew. The whole sys-
TEN Of Jurisprudence now in operation in
my opinion, needs general revision" Re
garding Havana province, he says: 1T Is
generally in a fair condition. The popuIa-
tion has been greatly reduced probably On
an average OF 80 per cent. owing to the
war. The towns On the railroad have tel
egraphic connections and all the towns
have more or less imperfect mail service"
General Lees report is very much like
the enc sent by him 20 the War Depart
ment several months ago in response TO a
circular calling for reports from Depart
ment commanders on the conditions in
Cuba He inserts in his annual report the
same recommendation male by him be-
fore that census of the island be taken
as soon as possible; that decision be
reached ON the question OF suffrage; that A
modern system of Jurisprudence be intro
dueed. and that a general election be or
dered fer President and other civil officers.
Regarding the election. he adds: I'm this
way the pledged faith of the Government
of the United States to Cuba can be kept"
General Brooke also transmits the re-
ports of his staff officers on the administra-
ton Of the different branches Of the mil
itary service