The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-27

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question is apparently nearing Il COM
Elete and rapid settlement. The pay
ment and disposal of half of the armed
bands that have voluntarily or involun-
tarily Quartered on the country will be-
gin, according to the present pro-
gramme, next Saturday in this city.
Gov. Gen. Brooke and Gen. Gomez
had what both consider a final inter
view on the question of surrendering
the arms. The Cuban chief, on Gen.
Brooke's invitation, called at headquar:
ters in Ell Vedado and the two gen
erals, with Col. Cespedes and Maj.
Kepp, Of Gen. Brooches staff, went
over the pay order which was signed
by the governor general on Saturday
but not published. Every word and
phrase We're ~re-eXamined and nothing
was changed. At the end of two hours
and Il half devoted to the examination
Gen. Gomez said he was entirely sat
isfied and felt coayirccd that the order
met all the objections which had been
raised not only by himself, but also by
those outside his Councils. The text OF
the article d%isposing OF the arms is as
follows:
:'Ihe arms and equipments of the
Cuban soldiers will be turned over to
the civil governors or to the alcaldes
Of the municipalities either at II place
Of residence of the soldiers, or the place
Of payment, to the United States Of
ficers in charge. Said civil governors
and alcaldes are hereby charged with
the proper storage and care of the
same until they can be collected for
storage in Cuban arsenals at Havana
and Santiago. as already arranged.
Receipts will be given to soldiers for
arms turned in and civil governors
and alcaldes will forward to head
quarters a report Of the number of
arms
In Their Charge.
Where 800 are stored in one place an
ex-Cuban soldier will be employed as
an armorer and shall be paid for his
services by the general government.
The name of such person shall be sent
to headquarters to be placed on the
rolls for the proper an prompt payment
for his services"
Other parts Of the order deal with
necessary details respecting the hiring
of officers and guarding Of the money
and the giving of receipts. A supple
mentary order will be issued later af-
fecting Puerto Principe and Santiago
provinces.
Col. Acea, who was at n time a
member of the staff of Gen. Antonio
Maceo, yesterday disbanded his force
of 300 men, who had been stationed at
AlQuisar, province of Pinar del Rio.
the men going quietly to their homes
with their arms, resolved neither to &C.
cept the money of the United States
nor to await longer 'in a condition Of
suspense. A meeting Of the Cuban
chiefs in the Occident Of Western prov
inces, has been called to consider the
situation and will probably decide to
adopt the same course. The staff Of
ficers and the generals who composed
the late military assembly still say
they do not want money and will not
surrender their arms. but their asser-
tons are not regarded as especially sig
nificant. Gen. Julio Sanguilly said:
"Our officers and men realize the i'm
possibility Of resisting the Americans
if n resort to force should be had, but
they earnestly wish to retain their
arms. which are rightfully theirs. aud
it will be a source of luminosity if they
ale not allowed to do So"