Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-05
started up with the "stars and Stripes
Forever" the Spanish COLONEL shifting.
On thi, NEay tn tho Palace

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On thu Way to the Palace.
| At HAS n. NJ. Major General Lee,
military governor of the province of
Havana, with his staff, joined General
Brooke. The latter then crossed the
street to the palace, General Lee on
one side of him and General Chafree
on the other, followed by the other
| American generals and the Cuban off
GERS. The Cubans wore dark blue uni
forms, brown felt hats and grey
gloves. and they carried machetes. i
flourish OF trumpets greeted the pro.
cession, and the Spanish troops pre-
sented arms us the Americans entered
the palace. The Cubnns remained out
side until escorted in lily members OF
General Broolic's staff, the Spanish
soldierN remaining all the while at
present arms" AS soon as all were
within the Spanish troops formed in
column tours and marched around the
right side of the plaza to the docks.
while the band of the Second Illinois
volunteers played the Spanish Royal
| March,
On entering the palace the American
generals went to the saloon, facing
the plaza, which is On the second floor.
1t is lofty chamber decorated with
mirrors of deep gilt frames. with satin
drapcries and the scarlet. arms Of
Spain over each door and window.
Here were gathered the members of
the captain generals stal1. Colonel
Gclpi, Lieutenant Colonies Bclled. Gil
rauta and Bonitas. Major priego, Cap
tain Ritine and Captains Adolfo and
Ramon Castellanos, sons OF the cap
tain general.
Captain General Castcllanos wns Mt
this time In /, private room off the
| throne room. He had given farewell
breakfast at 10 o'clock to the members
/, of his staff and had spent the rest of
the morning virtually alone, looking
at the Americans from the balcony.
The Americans now grouped them
selves near Il large mirror between the
two central windows. the Spanish staff
being on the right, while on the left
were the American stats, thu Cuban
generals and the correspondents.
Suddenly Captain General Castcl-
lanos entered the saloon without ccre-
imony from the left and greeted Cen
| eral Brooke and others.
/ After shaking hands, General Brooke
sat down upon sofa, while General
! Castellanos moved towards the groui,
of Cuban generals. British Vice Con
sui jerome introduced him to General
Naval Rodriguez. Shaking both hands
of the Cuban officer in the usual
| Spanish fashion, General CastellanoE
said;
''NNc have been enemies, but re-
spect you for your correct attitude and
opinion. have pleasure in shaking
your hand"
General Rodriguez replied: II thank
you, general. ] feel sorry for the
Spanish army, which has defended the
banner they We're sworn 10 defend. l
also have pleasure in shaking your
hands,
Captain General Castcllanos then
took his position near Major General
Brooke. The buzz of conversation on
the American side Of the chamber
contrasted with the silence on The
Spanish side.
Old Glory Goes Up.
There was marked difference, too,
between Americans and Spanards.
the former tall, heavy and wearing
much gold cord, the latter small and
slight, in blue striped cambrc uni
forms. The Spaniards were depressed,
the Americans correspondence buoy
ant.
AT the last stroke of IL the boom OF
gun brought all eyes to The point in
the room where stood the captain gen
eral, who was talking with an Ameri-
can officer. Immediately all was ST.
lcnce. The captain general stepped to
the left, taking his position directly in
front of his staff
On his right stood Captain j. S. Hart,
Interpreter to the United States mill
tary commission. Next TO Captain
Hart, in the order named, were Cen
erals Chalfee, Brooke, Ludlow, Lee,
Wade, Butler and Clous. Immediately
behind General Chatfcc was Senator
John w. Daniel. of Virginia.
AT this moment the band on the
plaza was playing the Spanish royal
hymn. AS the guns of Cabanas fortress
ceased firing there was a breathing
pause in the saloon. livery body knew
tbnt the American flag was being
raised on the staff on the roof OF the
palace by Major Butler, son OF General
Butler, and that the stars and stripes
were going up on all the other official
staffs i'm Havana. After tho second of
| silence the band on the plaza played
"Ihc Star Spanglcd Banner" while
the guns of the fleet and fortresscs be-
gan to roar out the national salute of
twenty-one guns.
Formal Transfer of Sovereignty.
Immediately Captain General Cas-
tcllanos handed the manuscript of his
speech to Captain Hart and began to
speak. Amid the strains of the band
and the noise of the guns il was impos-
siblc to hear him. Close the win