The age-herald., 1899-02-22
GOMEZ AT MANTANZAS.
The Cuban Chieftain Rendered an Elab-
 crate Banquet.

Havana, February 21-General Gomez ar rived last night at Matanzas from Car denas.
 He was met by Major-Gen. Wilson, mili- tary governor of the department of Matan- gas; General Sanger, military governor of the city of MatanZas and the Cuban gen. eral, Belancourt, who is in command of the Cuban forces in Matanzas province. From the railway station he was escorted by the Second United States cavalry and several local clubs to the palace, where he
 is the guest of the civil governor. A re- ception was given in his honor soon after
 his arrival, but he did not deliver an ad3
 dress. This evening he was rendered an
 elaborate banquet
 Governor General Brooke has determined
 General Ludlow to receive the Cuban com
 mander-in-chief on his arrival here with
 appropriate military honor General Brooke
 Is bound to show Gomez all possible cour-
 tesy.
 Gvernor General Brooke has determined
 to modify the military control of Cuba by
 putting the government force into the hands
 of the Cubans. themselves. The subject has
 been fully considered by the governor gen.
 eral and his cabinet and he has addressed
 to each department letter directing that
 the administration of the department be
 put in operation as soon as practicable. The
 letter asserts that military control is not
 relaxed. but the governor general relies on
 the altered condition of affairs to expedite
 the new movement.
 General Brooke will give the secretaries
 as much independence as the secretaries in
 the United States exercise though he will
 be considered In the matter of appoint
 ments
 As Gomez approaches Havana the recep-
 tions increase in fervor. At Matanzas, the
 last stop before Havana Is reached, an
 11o1 At~-
 road station. When the general alighted
 from the train he spent twenty minutes
 in embracing old and new friends and then mounted a horse and proceeded to the
 city. The streets leading from the station
 to the principal square were lined on both sides with soldiers of the Eighth Massa- chusetts regiment A procession was formed as follows: American band, troops of the Second cavalry, Cuban cavalry, fire men with band; Generals Wilson, Gomez and Sanger, with their staffs; General Maximo Gomez, with an escort carrying his flag; junta clubs and citizens. The procession passed under many trf- umphal arches with patriotic inscriptions and numberless flags and banners waved from the houses. Women in the balconies of the houses threw flowers at General Gomez, who gallantly kissed his hand to them
 From the palace where General Gomez was entertained he reviewed the American troops who defiled in the plaza, and after ward dned with the city dignitaries and attended a ball in his honor.
 Today General Gomez received the well coming committee from the Cuban national assembly and talked with them for two l hours. Later in the day he called on Gen eral Wilson of the United States army. | Tonight he was the guest of Junta Patri- | ota. General Gomez is expected to leave | Matanzas on Thursday. He has tele- 1 graphed to Editor San Miguel of La Lucha l that he would go first to Mariana to meet | the assembly and enter Havana on Friday, | Eebruary A. which is the third anniversary l of the beginning of the revolution. General Brooke today made the following appointments: Director of public instruc- ton, Nicholas Herdia y Mota; chief of mo- taries, Juan Lliteras.