The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
PROSPECTS ARE FOR PEACE.
No BREACH OF ORDER ANTICIPAT-
ED IN HAVANA TODAY.

II oops Enough There TO Keep
Things Straight-There Are 32,15S
Enlisted Men in the Island De-
pnrtment Commandcr Assigned to
Each PrOvinee-First Army Corps
TO Go to Cuba-TrOops Ordered TO
Embark Here.
Washington, Dec. S1-The prospects for
a peaceful change of administration in Ha-
vana have Frightened very much as a re-
suit of the energetic measures taken by
the war department and the army otti-
GERS in charge at Havana, to prevent
trouble.
Advices to this effect appear in cable
gram received to-day by Assistant Sec
retary Meiklejohn from Gen. Brooke. mill
tary governor of Cuba, in which after
referring TO some routine matters, he says;
s"There will be no breach OF order; of
that l am assured. You may rest assur-
ed that there has been nothing beyond
the usual in a city of this size"
The war department is also informed
that Gen. Ludlow, in charge of Havana
city, is proceeding with vigor to organize
missed Spanish force known as the Orden
Publico. After examining a number OF
applicants for appointment on the force
he has selected and appointed 1000 Gu
bans
Gen. Ludlow Is being assisted in his task
Of recasting the police force by Capt. Nc
Culough, late superintendent of the New
York police force, who is serving him in
purely advisory capacity. Gen. Ludlow
has discovered. to his surprise, that there
never was a detective force in Havana so
he has called in an expert member of the
New York detective bureau to organize
corps for Havana Immediately.
The Troops in Cuba.
The war department is confident that
there will be an adequate force Of troops
in the island to carry out its plans and to
maintain order Adjt Gen. Corbin has
prepared statement showing that to-mor-
row when the Spanish flag comes down
there viii be an army in Cuba numbering
SS 914 men. made up of 32 45S enlisted men,
and ,45e officers. These are distributed
among the existing provinces as follows:
In Havana province, 1894; Pinar del Rio,
21G0; Matanzas, 3.o54; Santa Clara, 2,lS6;
Puerto Principe, ! .4O5; Santiago 74o5.
To simplify the administration of military
affairs and prevent possible conflict of au-
thority the war department to-day issued
an order creating four new military de-
partments in Cuba. namely, Pinar del Rio
Matanzas, Santa Clara and Puerto Prin-
cipe bounded by the provincial boundaries
a. fe. h1r-
been heretofore established, Santiago, Ha-
vana and the city of Havana, so that the
island now stands divided into seven dis
tinct military departments each under the
command of an army officer independent
of the others, but all responsible TO Gen.
Brooke. the military governor of the en-
tire island.
New Department Commanders.
Gen. Lee already commands the depart
ment of Havana province, Ger. Wood the
department of Santiago and Gen. Ludlow
the department of the city of Havana. To
days order assigns officers to command
the remaining departments. The order
is addressed to Gen. Brooke at Havana,
and states that Brig. Gen. George w.
Davis is assigned to The command of the
department of Pinar del Rio
Mai. Gen. James II. Wilson to the COM
mand of the department of Matanzas.
j.
of the department of Santa Clara.
Brig. Gen. L. II. Carpenter, to the com
mand of the department Of Puerto Prin-
cipe.
The war department has come 10 the con-
clusion that it Will be necessary to afford
Gen. Brooke the assistance Of a special
cabinet, approaching in functions the iate
autonomous cabinet Of Cuba in the ad-
ministration of the civil affairs of the is
urha ar
the cabinet, when appointed, shah lie
made up Of army officers specially detail
ed. or whether assistants shall be called
in.
More Troops to Go TO Cuba.
orders have been issued for the dispatch
of additional troops to Cuba to assist in
the maintenance of good government
there The orders are addressed to Maj.
Gen. J. H. Wilson, commanding the First
Army Corps with headquarters at Macon,
Ga. The Secretary Of War directs that
the headquarters of that corps. originally
fixed at Ctenfuegos. Cuba, be changed to
Matanzas, and that Gen Wilson, with his
HEADQUARTERS and the Eighth Massachu-
setts one Hundredth and Sixtieth Indiana
and the Third Kentucky Volunteer Infan-
trv be put in readiness for transportation
to Cuba. fully armed and equipped for
field service. and supplied with thirty
DAYS ratious and forage in addition to
that required for the journey.
In a subsequent order Gen Wilson was
directed to proceed with his headquarters
and equipment from Macon, Ca, TO Sa-
vannah in time 10 embark on the trans
mort Panama. The Eighth Massachu-
setts and the Third Kentucky will embark
from Savannah on transports TO be prOvid-
ed and the one Hundred and Sixtieth In
diana viii proceed TO Charleston, one bat
TALON at time and embark on the Sara
toga, which ship win convey the regi-
ment to Cuba in three trips
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