The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-02

the transfer was elfnpie, cOnsistluS on-
ly of an exchange of speeches in the sa-
Ion of the palace. the hauling down OF
the Spanish flag and raising in its stead
the gag of the United States on the
fagstaff on the palace roof. Salutas
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-
mitted to gather in the streets in the
vicinity of the palace to witness the
epoch making function. At o'clock a
| guard composed Of the End battalion of
| the 10th infantry marched into the
Plaza de Armas 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
were stationed at all the streets ap-
preaching the plaza. No one was al
lowed to enter without a 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
| DalcOn1es OF houses III tut ntlBnDoT-
| hood saw what was going on before
the palace. With the guard was the
band of the End Illinois regiment. which
| had 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 i'm blue who were forced to
stand in the sun. found the heat oppres-
sive. The troops were 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.
| Brigadier General Clous, the master CT
ceremonies of the day, at 10:30 O'Clock
issued instructions 10 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 T. u. Bliss of the commissa-y
department, 10 the treasury; Captain
Frank b. Hanna. assistant adjutant
general, to the department or public
instruction, and Colonel Dinwoody of
the signal corps. to the public works de-
instructed thus:
ION the firing of the last gun Of the
first 81, 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 offcer mad
with him a Cuban interpreter. group
of who mstood clad in dark clothes and
wearing silk hats. In a carriage near
by were the American flags, which
were to be raised at various points.
Cubans and Americans.
At 10: 30 o'clock Major General Wade
and Major General Butler OF the Amer
ican evacuation commission arrived
from FL Vedado on horseback, accom-
panied by their STATS. They were met
by Brigadier General Clous and Major
T. Bradley Mott of General Ludlow's
staff. About the same moment Lucier
]. Jerome, British vice-consul, arrived
He wsS warmly greeted by the Amer
ican officers Major General John X
Brooke. governor of Cuba, and Major
General Ludlow, governor OF the city ol
Havana, accompanied by their STATS
arrived at 1880 o'clock in carriages
General Brooke and General Adna X
Chaffee, General Brooke's chief of stan
) in the. first carriage. In each OF th'
other carriages rode a Cuban genera
with American officers. The Cuoani
8 were Generals Lacret, Mario Menocal
Mayia Rodriguez, Serafin Sanchez, JOS
Miguel Gomez, Nodarte, Rafael de Car
dens.s. Agramonte and Vidal, and Col
oneI Valiente. AS the carriages drovl
up, the second company of Spanish IN
Z fantry, under command of Colonel Dol
s Rafael Salamanca, presented arms AM
, the American band started up VIII
Z The Stars and Stripes Forever, IN
{ Spanish colonel saluting.
) At 11:45 o'clock Major General Lee
} | military governor of the province O
Z Havana, with his stan. Joined Genera
s Brooke. The latter then crossed. tn
; street to the palace. General Lee o
! one side of him and General Chaffee o
s the other, followed by the other amer,
can generals and the Cuban Officers
The Cubans wore dark uniforms. brow
felt hats and gray gloves and they cal
( ried machetes. A flourish OF trumpet
gree ted the procession and the span
, ish troops presented arms as the Amer
cans entered the palace. The Cuban
( remained outside until escorted in D
s members Of General Brooke's stan. IN
Spanish soldiery remaining all the Will
at present arms"
81 AS soon as all were in. the SPANS
troops formed a column OF fours an
marched around the right side OF IN
( plaza to the docks, while the band
the I'd Illinois volunteers played n
Spanish royal march. On entering n
! palace, the American generals wei
to the salon facing the plaza, which
s on the second floor. 1t is a lofty chan
, beY decorated with mirrors of deep q
: frame, while satin draperies and II
scarlet arms of Spain are over eac
door and window. Here were gathere
: the members OF the captain general
STAFF, Colonel Gelpi Lieutenant CO
oneis Belid. Guatara and Buenito
) Major Priego, Captains Ritene, Adolf
z and Ramon Castellanos. sons OF u
s cap tain general.
Captain General Castellanos was
! this time in a private room on Il
Z throne room. He had given a farewt