Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-05-25
GENERAL GOMEZ IS
ENTIRELY SATISFIED.
Cuban Commander Has Final Ia.
terview With Brooke on Dis
armament Question.
PAYMENT TO BEGIN SATURDAY
Arms Will BE Surrendered by All
but a Few Bands That Have
Dispersed, Carrying Their
Rifles Home.

Havana, May a4.--'Ihe Cuban arms
question is apparently nearing COM
plcte and rapid settlement The pay-
ment and dispersal of half of the
armed bands that have been vol,ln-
tarily or involuntarily quartered OIL
the country, will begin, according to
the present program, Saturday next
in this city.
Yesterday Go,crnor General Brooke
and General Maxine Gomez had what
both consider a final interview on the
question of surrenderng the arms.
The Cuban commander, ON General
Broole's invitation, called ut head
quarters i'm Elvedora late in the after
noon and the two generals. with COL
oncl Carlos Cespcdcs and Major Ken
non. of General Brooke's staff, went
over the payment order which was
signed by the governor general ON Sat
ur.lay. but not published. Every word
and phrase We're re-cNamined and
nothing was changed. AZ tho end OF
two hours and 4 half devoted to the
examination General Gomez said he
was entirely satisfied and felt com
WINGED that the order met all the objec-
tons which had been raised, not only
by himself but also by those outside
his councils.
The Disarmament Order.
The text of the article disposing of
the arms is as follows:
"trhc arms and equipments oil the
Cuban soldiers will he turned over to
the civil governors of the municipali-
ties either at the place of residence or
the soldiers or the place of payment to
the United States officers i'm charge.
Said civil governors and alcadcs lire
hereby charged with the proper stor-
AGE ard care of the same until they
can be collected for storage i'm Cuban
arscnals ~, Havana and Santiago, as
already arranged.
.Eeccipts will be given to soldiers
for arms turned i'm and civil governors
and alcaaas will forward to headquar-
tcrs a report of the number i'll their
charge.
"Where 500 are stored i'm ono place
ON cx-Cukan soldier will be tmp'oye"
ms an armorcr and shall be paid Tor ms
rcrvices by the general government.
','he names of such persons snail be
rent To headquarters TO be placed ON
,he rolls for the proper and prompt
navmcnt of his services.
Other parts of the order deal With
necessary details respecting the hrlng
pf officers, The guarding OF the money
and the giving of receipts. The Amef-
lean commissioners named are Lieu
tenant Colonel William c. RAFFERTY,,
First United States artillery. ON be-
Malt of the Fourth corps. i'm the prov
ince of Santa Clara; Lieutenant
Colonel George NJ Randall, Eighth
limited States infantry, on behalf OF
the Fifth corps in the provinces of ha,
,ana and Matanzas. and Lieutenant
Colonel William III. 1,isbec. First
United States infantry. on behalf oil
the Sixth corps, in the province ol
Pinar del Rio.
\ supplementary order will be is
sued later affecting Puerto Principe
and Santiago provinces.
Disband in Disgust.
Colonel Acca, who was at one time
| n member of the staff of the late Gen.
cral lntonio Macco. yesterday dis
| banded his force of 300 men. who hac
been stationed near AlqnizaI, province
| u
| ly 10 their homes with their arms, re
| lolvcd neither to accept the money oil
| the nitec States, nor To wait Longer
in condition of suspense
4 \ meeting of the Cuban chiefs i'm the
| Dcc,lent or Western provinces has beer
called TO consider he situation ant
| will probably decide to adopt the Same
| course.
The staff officers and the generals
who composed the late military assem-
| bly, still say they do not want money
and will NOT surrender their arms, bn
their assertions are not regarded Il:
specially significant. General julio
sanguilly said yesterday:
"Ollr officers and men realize Tho
impossibility of resisting the Amcri
rams. if u resort TO force should be
bad, but they earnestly wish TO retain
The arms which are rightfully their.
and it viii be Il source of animosity j
| ihcy are not allowed to do So