The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-02
THE STARS AND STRIPES
WAVE OVER MORRO CASTLE
Ihe Of Cuba Has Passed Into the Hands Of the
United States as Great Trust Cubans Pledge Their
Aid Amid Cheers - A Simple Ceremony.


Cuba passed from Spain to the United
states at noon to-day. The form O.
the transfer was simple, consisting on.
/ ly of an exchange of speeches in the sa
| ION OF the palace, the hauling down o1
the Spanish flag and raising in it's stead
the flag of the United States on the
flagstaff on the palace roof. Salutes
were fired from the heavy guns of the
forts and the warships before and after
the change of flags. The raising of the
Stars and Stripes was greeted with
| cheers by the people who covered the
| roofs OF the buildings around the pal
| ace and plaza No crowd was per-
mltted to gather in the streets in the
| vicinity of the palace to witness the
| epoch making function. At 8 O'Clock a
guard composed of the End battalion of
the 10th infantry marched into the
Plaza de Ar1nas under command Of
Captain Van Vleet and formed around
the squares. Captain General Castel-
lanos watched them with IN
terest from the balcony of his apart
ments as they entered the square and
We're stationed at all the streets ar
preaching the plaza. No one was ali
lowed to enter without pass and all
the doors of the palace facing the
square were ordered to be closed. Only
those who could get on the roofs and
balconies of houses in the neighbor-
hood saw what was going on before
the palace. With the guard was the
band of the End Illinois regiment, which
mad been selected for the occasion as
the best band in the End army corps,
With the band Were the buglers of the
Sth and 10th infantry. The weather
was warm. the sun bursting at inter-
walls through the light clouds, and the
soldiers in blue who We're forced to
stand in the sum- found the heat oppres-
sive The troops We're formed in ex-
tended order around the square, three
PAGES apart and the band was massed
IN front of the palace entrance across
the street at the edge of the park.
Brigadfer General Clous, the master Of
ceremonies of the day, at 10:3O o'clock
issued instructions to the officers who
were to take charge of the various de-
partments of the government at IL
O'Clock. Colonel Dudley was assigned
to the department of justice, office Of
the secretary of the captain general;
Major l.. W. v. Kennon, adjutant gen.
eral of the department, to the depart
ment of commerce and agriculture;
Colonel 7. u. Bliss of the commissa.y
department, to the treasury; Captain
Frank B. Hanna, assistant adiutant
general, to the department of public
instruction, and Colonel Dinwoody of
the signal corps, to the public works de-
partment. Each of these officers were
instructed thus:
"On the firing of the last gun of the
nrst Il, at noon, you are to go to the
place assigned to you and demand pos
session of the office in the name of the
United States"
THESE orders were given under the
arcade of the palace. Each officer had
with him Cuban interpreter a group
of who mstood clad in dark clothes and
wearing silk hats. In carriage near
by We're the American flags, which
were to be raised at various points.
Cubans and Americans.
AT 1890 o'clock Major General Wade
and Major General Butler of the Amer
icaa evacuation commission arrived
from Ell Vedado on horseback accom-
panied by their staffs. They were met
by Brigadier General Clous and Major
T. Bradley Mott of General Ludlow's
staff About the same moment Lucien
J. Jerome, British vice-consul, arrived
He was warmly greeted by the Amer
lean officers. Major General John r.
Brooke, governor of Cuba, and Major
General Ludlow, governor of the city Of
accompanied by their staffs,
arrived at 1880 o'clock in carriages,
General Brooke and General Adna r.
Chaffee, General BroolSe's chief of staff,
in the first carriage. In each of the
other carriages rode a Cuban general
with American officers. The Cubans
were Generals Lacret Mario Menocal, |
Mayia Rodriguez, Serafin Sanchez, Jose |
Miguel Gomez, Nodarte, Rafael de Car |
denas, Agramonte and Vidal, and Col !
onel Valiente AS the carriages drove |
up. the second company of Spanish in
fantry, under command of Colonel Don |
Rafael Salamanca, presented arms and |
the American band started up with |
The Stars and Stripes Forever" the |
Spanish colonel saluting
At 11:45 O'clock 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 |
me side of him and General Chaffee ON |
he other, followed by the other Ameri- |
Che Cubans wore dark uniforms, brown
elt hats and gray gloves and they car
led machetes. A flourish of trumpets |
greeted the procession and the Span
sh troops presented arms as the Amer
'ans entered the palace. The Cubans
'eildlneQ= OUTSIDE u1llll escorted in by
members of General Brooke's staff the
spanish soldiery remaining all the while
It present arms
AS soon as all We're in, the Spanish
roops formed a column of fours and
marched around the right side of the
'laza to the docks. while the band of
he I'd Illinois volunteers played the
spanish royal march. On entering the
'alace, the American generals went
o the salon facing the plaza, which is
N the second floor. 1t is lofty cham
'e1, decorated with mirrors of deep gilt
rame, while satin draperies and the
carlet arms of Spain are over each
oor and window. Here We're gathered
he members of the captain generals
taft. Colonel Gelpi Lieutenant Col
nels Belid, Guatara and Buenitos,
ia1or Priego, Captains Ritene. Adolfo
nd Ramon Castellanos, sons of the
aptain general
Captain General Castellanos was at
his time in private room off the
hrone room. He had given farewell