New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11
GEN. CHAFFEE TALKS ABOUT CUBA
ARRIVES HERE on HIS WAY TO THE BEEF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAssEN-
crps az THE ORIZABA

$1,000 tho arrival. on the Ward Line steamer
or,zaba from Havana yesterday morn'ns' w.
pr,ood,er-General A. r. Chaffee. OeneraI ploon.
ohtef NJ staff: General Greedy, MAJORS D. W. ~
1orb,ch and J. Mcclellan. Captains H. = r""o.
W Neal c. II. Townsend and G. . ra'"s"o'."
,ha Pev A. p Doyle and DR.. Worden. "e n',@
craolv went on to Washington. but Genera
10 % accompa MED by his wife and daugn'e'
roined in the city. Tie will go 10 Whs"'e
to-day and s to testify before the beei 100
,,on Committee. lie expects TO fe'u'" ~
on Saturday. ,,o-r,rg General
Ivhon seen on the pier yesterday rnorhns , T.,
Chaffee spoke at length vi wv
Cuba He said: - 90 Give my
81 ho,,o baen ordered to Washington 10 give my
r,ews regarding the beef which the uoVe'-
Furnished TO the soldiers during the i"'e 49,,
-, as 7 am ncrsonally concerned. conslder '"''
nrchualigned refrigerator beef very Boou 49,
-, oldtors NOW stationed in Cuba have IL reg
,,,. and IN no instance have seen any III ei
Zoe, resulting from It's use / consider II much oe'
- 49,, hoof On the hoof The soldiers also pre-
o.. ,ho refrigerated beef. and there Is vast ueni
Of grumbling and complaining II they get Deei III
any Other FORM til, s
THE health Of the soldiers Is remarkably boou
and both volunteers and Regulars are doing ec'eh.
work: but with the exception OF occas'o"a'
brushes with bushwhackers and bandns the'
have little 10 do at the present time. This ques-
ono and | look for trouble with them before they
arc finally suppressed. ! think that TOO many
so,d,ers are being removed from Cuba. The time
&c mot vet ripe for the wholesale withdrawal OF
,roops The regiments that have been ordered
homo are Of course volunteers. The Government
however should replace them with regulars as
soon as possible
speaking Of the dissolution OF the Cuban Assem-
blv and its effects on the Cuban army the General
added.
Now that the Assembly has disbanded things
should cool down In Havana. The Assembly was at
all times an uncertain body; no one could tell what
Il would do next The disbandlng OF the Assembly
Is also a step nearer the dispensing OF the Cuban
army There are still. however, number OF ques-
lions TO be settled before this disntegration Is
finally contaminated In the first place there seems
10 be a general feeling among the Cuban soldiery
againsI accepting the 100000 which this Govern
ment sent down 10 them. As | can calcu-
late each cuban soldier shoud receive about SiOo
accept such a paliry sum. They want full pay Tor
their years service They declare that II they
do receive what they ask they Will no, &C.
cept anything II they persist In this stand me
81 90 will simply be brought back TO this coun-
Try They will dispense. however. whether they re-
ceive this money OF not. We have good assurance
TO that effect They will do peaceaby. too
There will be no trouble. The Cubans are not Tools.
THE city OF Havana IL In fairly good CONDITION;
The sanitary conditions are being improved anu
order is well preserved -,
The revenues OF the Havana Custom rouse
average about 10000 month The rsven nas oi
the island amount to something over 100000
think the highest receipts have now been reacneo'
and from now will probably begin 70 decrease,
The island full OF imports and there sh0uIu
be a falling off during the ensuing months Inc
free import ton OF Cuban sugar ana tobacco i".o
this country would probably be an incen'iH,e ~
However I am not thoroughly conversant win the
business affairs Of the Island.