Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-30
Those Who Enlisted After the
structiOn Of the Maine viii
Get Nothing.
HAVANA POLICEMEN
ARE NOT SATISFIL
The Salaries Are too Small Com
10 Expense Of Living In the Ci.y.
Many Spanlards Leaving
the Island.

4f'M Ahihf AlAll ~ n AlHIltA Il
The Tribune from Havana says
The efforts Of the American miii'
authorities 10 reduce Just AMI r's'-
enable proportions Of the swollen ..
ban army lists promises % h. su r-
tial fruit After many conference u.-
tween the committee Of generals repre-
-enting the insurgent forces and q %.
Ernest. the governor generals chiei u
staff. II has been decided 10 prepare t'so
new experimental lists one Of the SOLE
diers actually under arms Feb ~. 1898,
the day the Maine was blown up. anl
one OF those enrolled on April /. 1895.
the day Governor General Blanco under
instructions from Madrid proclaimed a
truce with the Cubans Generals Brooke
and Gomez can then decide which list
more equitably represents the real fight
ing strength Of the insurgent army II
Is calculated that no more than 5000
names will be carried on the two rolls
finally selected as a basis for the distri-
button Of the 5000. 900 fund now loc':-
ed mp on the Burnside
The disbursement Of this fund viii
release FOR general circulation In Cuba
a welcome supply Of minor American
coins. now much needed TO replace ihs
deprecated Spanish silver and COPPER
pieces There are on the Burnsiis
2, 500. 900 ten cent pieces and 700 go
nickelS No effort has been made >,
far 70 bring American one cent pieces
into popular use, the big copper CEN
tavos Of Spanish coinage still holding
the field
Commenting on the fact that the de-
cree abolishing bull fighting and cock
fighting are just appearing in the OH
cial Gazette la Lucha indulges in some
good naturcd, banter aimed at the insn-
lar cabinets repuied program Of further
social and domestic reforms Il hinfs
that before May is over the gambling
which has been customary In Havana
clubs will be interdictsd and that, 'le
favorite Cuban dissipation Of officials
will be subjected 10 many novel re-
straints. It is also suggested that ihe
cabinet might well undertake to sup
press the pawnshops as incentives 20 inn
providence.
To travel on this route Is soon 70
reach heaven" exclaims La Lucha. in
It's puzzeled amazement at these thickly
crowding inovations Bull fighting. IA.
deed. ceased several months ago on tie
departure Of the spaniards Cooking
mains are still conducted. but with
great secrecy. In Santiago all gamb.
ling in the social clubs was stopped last
winter by General Woods orders
The mustered out American soldiers
who have been taken on the Havana po-
lice force are disposed 10 complain OF the
meagrc salaries padi the guarlia rs ot
the peace. and Of the long hours of re-.
ular duty. The local policemen ro'-
only $50 a month which in an expensi,e
city like Havana is scarcely enough 10
make ends meet, and the force i 80 lin.
tied that according to complaints ms =
a patrolman has often 10 be on Dos. ls
hours out of2t
Mistaken economy has perhaps been
shown in civil departments here In ~.
adopting the scale Of salaries paid uni 7
the Spanish administrations F,y
Spanish officials cared what nominal
salaries they drew as public commi,.
sion Of any sort was looked upon ns a
license 70 line ones pockets literally a,
the expense Of the Cuban public -f-ry
Spanish subohicials with nominal ai
aries Of less than $1,000 had regular b.
comes Of $4,000 and Sl2. 900 WI 4
rigid honesty Of administration the COZ.
pensation offered In the civil service
now in many cases adequate and f.l
more inducive TO either efficiency or en-
thusiasm.
To offset the gloomy predictions base
ON the departure Of 80 many Of IN,
Spaniards from the islands. one Of th,
newspapers published table shown,
~ the total Of cfnirrntion una i,,,,s,,..