The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-02-03
SIXTY MILLIONS DEMANDED.
ABSURD CLAIMS OF THE SOCIAL.
ED "CUBAN ARMY.v
GOMEZ REFUSES THREE MILLIONS.
Cuban General Declares He VIII Not Dis.
band "Army" Until Demand IL
Granted.

A special of Tuesday to The New
York Tribune from Washington says:
Maxine Gomez, the Cuban com
manding general, has demanded near
ly $50, 900, 600 from the United States
and refuses to disband his "army" un-
til the money is paid. He has repudi-
ated the arrangement made by Galixto
Garcia, who came to Washington with
authority from Gomez to provide for
the return of the Cubans to their
peaceful pursuits. and whose work was
barely accomplished before his sudden
death on December 11th 1t was then
agreed that the United States. in or
der to secure the prompt resumption
of labor on the plantations of the
islands, with II view to promoting the
speedy revival of prosperity and set
tied conditions, should distribute
about S3.000,O 900 among the 80, 900
men said TO be still under arms. in the
ratio of 800 man. the officers in
proportion to their rank to receive a
greater amount, the ordinary enlisted
men to be discharged with sums less
than 800, depending on the length of
service and other considerations.
For over month tho pay corps of
the army has been making ready to
carry out this arrangement =
!hoo""ate lists of the Cuban soldiers
entitled to compensas,~~ b,a =, ha
prepared and other formalifies gone
through. 1t was intended that the
Cubans at the proper time should
apply at established American garri-
sons in the various provinces, where,
on throwing down their arms and pre-
senting the proper credentials they
were to receive their quota of the
allotment from the pay officers at the
stations. In the meantime General
Brooke and his chief subordinates
have been endeavoring to give employ
ter. to large numbers of Cubans, in
order t" reduce the number requiring
n bounty.
Gomez has come out against this
scheme, which was operating salts
factorily to most Cnbans and has
struck for greater stakes.
1t is officially known here that he is
endeavoring to dissuade Cubans from
accepting Offices under the American
occupation and is urging all the ma
tives of every grade to stay with him
III the field until the United States is
compelled to accede to his "terms of
disbandment."
Gomez alleges that his army con-
sists of 10000 men, and he insists
that most of them shall be paid for
three years service mt the rates which
prevail in the United States army. He
fixes the date of the Cuban declaration
of independence February "a, 1896, as
the beginning of the period for which
himself and his forces are TO be re-
mnnerated and for himself, with the
rank of Lieutenant General, he will be
satisfied with 81 200 annually, the
American rate for that grade.
Gomez also has about twenty major
generals, for each of whom he wants
81. 800 annually and his a.my" is
equipped with nearly 200 brigadier
generals. each rated according to the
United States army pay table Mt SIS, 500
annually. His aggregate amounts to
the little sum of S3, 7S3, 600 for gener-
ais alone; then there are colonels, lieu
tenant colonels and majors whose
numbers run into the thousands. The
privates do not amount to much, for
they are comparatively few, but each
OF them will require $84s and the
army pay masters who figured out the
total have reported that over $57, ,0OO,-
600 will be required to crafty all the
demands Gomez has made, which is
an average of 81 .425 a man.
1t is to meet these demands and to
show Gomez their absurdity that Con
Zalo Qncsada, who for the last three
years has been the representative of
the Cnbans in Washington, started
for Cuba last week, after reaching a
thorough understanding with the war
department authorities. Robert p.
Porter went along with Mr. Quesada
as the official representative of the
United States i'm the matter