The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22
CUBAN ARMY HAS DWINDLED.
MILITARY ADMINISTRATION CAN
FIND ONLY 1870 MEN.

Cen. wood Reports There Are No
Cubans Under Arms in Santiago
Province-The Figure Stated In
cIudes All But Commissioned OH
cers-The Assembly Has Come
Down a PeE-Each Cuban Soldier
May BE Given 500.
Havana. March H-The Cuban army has
u 21s men, all told. This number includes
corporals and sergeants, but excludes COM
nlissioned officers.
These figures are the result of the Of
fcial inquiry instituted under the direc-
ton of the department commanders for
the use of the military administration.
The reports of the governors of the
provinces are as follows:
Santiago, none; Puerto Principe, 300; San
"a Clara, 4.769; Matanzas, 2,2OO; Havana
province. $780, which includes S75 in the
city of Havana; in Pinar del Rio, $780,
Gen. Gomez originally reported that
there were 1900 prlvates and non-com-
mgsioned officers. Gen. Roloff, inspector
general of the Cuban army, was to have
presented an accurate muster roll to Gov.
Gen. Brooke, but he has not done so. AS
creature of the Cuban military assem-
bly. he has Joined with it against Gen.
Gomez. His muster rolls, in whatever
form they may be, have been given to
senor Rafael Pertuendo, president of the
executive committee of the assembly, but
the Governor General has assurances that
they will soon be turned over to him.
To Distribute the $3,OO0,OOO.
Brig Gen. Ernst win assist the military
administration in distributing the $,0O0,
CO. 1t has not yet been determined wheth-
er the whole amount is to be distributed
pro rata or 500 given to each man, and
the balance retained by the United
States.
The statement that there are no Cuban
soldiers in the province of Santiago has
caused considerable surprise here as it
was Supposed that there were many Gu
bans still under arms there. Nevertheless
this is the report of Maj. Gen. Wood, the
military governor.
AT to-day's session of the Cuban assem-
bly, a motion was made in favor of dis
banding the Cuban army and dissolVing
the assembly, with permission to the Gu
ban soldiers to accept gifts of money from
the United States if they so desired Af-
Ter CUHStuGIdDAG argument, the BlSt Oh
which was that the assembly could not
discuss matters of such Importance with
out previous consideration on the part of
individual members, ID was decided 70 post
pone the public discussion of the matter
until Friday.
Another motion was introduced in favor
of changes and Improvements in the organ
ization of the Cuban army, but the dis
cussion of this was. postponed until to-
morrow AS matter OF fact to-day's ses-
sion was devoted almost entirely to ques-
lions of order arising out of the various
motions made.
Mora Defends His Course.
Senior FREDERICK Mora, civil governor Of
Havana, has issued a document in which
he summarizes the laws regulating public
gatherings and parades, and attempts to
show that he acted within the law in the
course he took regarding the parade of
March y, in honor of Gen. Gomez, a course
which was primarily responsible for the i'll
ieehng between the police and the peo-
PIE that eliminated in the bloody ARRAYS
oil last Sunday and yesterday. Senior Mora
says that if the law is bad, it should be
repealed but that so long as 1t is in force
II should be observed.
Mag. f. Martinez, of the Cuban forces.
VINO was shot last evening at the Hotel
Ihglaterra by Police Lieut.. Emil Cassin,
the former trumpeter of the Rough Riders.
Is not expected to live. Cassin has been
paced In Jail. His action is generally con-
uelhhed as unwarranted and as due to his
cXcitable' temDeran n1epf