The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
SENEGAL NO LONGER CHIEF.
RrsIGNED BECAAsE HE WAS NOT
POPULAR ENOUGH.

c,hau ARMY Rolls Were Cut Down
law Only 2,242 Names-Looks Now
asIf Cuban soldiers Will Get Only
About $50 EaeT-NO Provision for
the officers SO ear as Can BE Seen.
Mon want TO he Mustered
Out.
Havana. April lS.-Alejandro Rodriguez
has been appointed chief of police of Ha-
vana to succeed Mario MenocaE, who re-
signed to-day.
Rodriguez holds the rank of major gen
eral in he Cuban army and is chief of staff
to Ger. Gomez. He is considered, more
over second to Gen. Gomez alone in the
affections of the Cuban soldiery. He is not
related to Gen. Maya Rodriguez. The new
nomiaation is approved by Cubans and
SpaGiards alike.
ON Menocal retires because he feels ne
ba, not accomplished with the people of
Havana what the American authorities
rad expected of him.
The Cuban army fists are being examined
bv name by a large staff of clerks. Out of
a total Of u. 172 privates and non-commis-
stoned officers, 2,242 have been eliminated
/ 573 of these as persons who have enlisted
since The surrender of Santiago, and 669 as
government employees at present. OF the
remainder SO, $780, Capt. Forest, Cuban,
who directed the preparation of the rolls
informs the administration that all or near
" all can be relied upon to appear for
share of the 100000.
Will Cut Down Their Pay.
This. the American officers are reluct-
ant to believe. Nevertheless, if Gomez and
his associates wish to take the rolls with
only the above subtractions of payment,
the Americans will consent.
In that case the individual share may be
about S75 with nothing left for the officers.
The inquiry as TO the number of former
soldiers in the government service shows
four officers and one private. About $500
officers are in The islands service.
Many of the officers are as poor as the
privates. and several suggestions have
been put forward for their relief, though
none is considered available, except the
proposal to employ as many as possible in
rural police duty.
Gomez's, Statement.
To-day Gen. Gomez issued statement
briefly reviewing the circumstances of has
removal by the recently dissolved military
assembly from the post of commander-in-
chief, together with the conditions OF his
reinstatement, and his reasons for 'ac-
ceptfng the delicate charge of assisting in
the distribution of the $1,000 900 offered by
the United States government"
The statement continues in part on these
lines: with the assistance and good will
of all we can count upon this (the Amerl-
can Offer to work for peace and to initi-
ate a true reconstruction, that will reclaim
our beloved country, and all that con-
science imposes upon the nation can be ac-
complished, thus realizing our exalted as
pirations to be a republic of fraternity and
good order. The combined efforts of all
are needed to place us upon the highway
to this achievement and to promote the
taking of measures indispensable for
crowning a grand work in Cuba"
Want to BE Mustered Out.
Twelve hundred men, enlisted for the
war. out of LOO in the Second Artillery,
wish to be mustered out; 500 out of 1880
in the Eighth Infantry, and 1870 out of $50
in the squadron of the Seventh Cavalry
Regiment at Ell Vedado. Beside these
100 men out of 1876 in Company H, Sec
ond Artillery, have applied for their dis
charge.
Maj. Gen. Wilson of the Matanzas de-
partment has accepted the resignation of
DIR. Eduardo Diaz, the civil governor, and
has appointed Gen. Pedro Betancourt,
who is. approved by the governor general.
Gen. Wilson has received valuable advice
and information from Gen. Betancourt
Discussing brigandage to-day, Gen. Go
mez said "All men are not angels, and
hungry men will feed
Heavy rain is falling to-day. which is
regarded as being the beginning of the
rainy season and as stopping the grinding
of sugar cane.
The American troops which were camp
ed in the city parks were moved into bar
racks yesterday, The Seventh Cavalry
and the Second Artillery, respectively, at
Vedado and Marianao, are still in tents
Their barracks will not be ready for two
weeks. Some of the troops at Matan-
Eas, Guanajay, Cienfuegos and Pinar del
Rio are still in tents.