The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-28
CCDANS WILL COMPLAIN,
But Will Accept Our Governments
Loan Of S3,000,000.
GENERAL LEES PROPOSITION.

ie " Ill fecolliiiehu the FORMATION Oh
| a Regiment of One Thousand Picked
Cuban Soldiers to BE Used as Pro-
| vincial Constabulary.
Havana, Jan. 2S.-The chiefs of the
Cuban army will learn in a day or two
from the members Of the returning
Cuban commission of the impossibility
!! of obtaining from the United States
government the sum of $4,000, 900, or
any amount approaching that, to pay
the Cuban army. Consequently it will
rest with the army to dsband or to
continue to hold together until the
sum of $3,0O0,o00, which has heretofore
been regarded as trivial. is received
The military administration has had
no communication with the Cuban
commanders regarding the question of
pay, but Governor General Brooke Is in
position to learn quickly the pr
poses of any considerable ~,,ao, "a
the army. The expect <,,, /. th.t ~,
Cubans will acc. tha situoiion aftar
tuiiipia'h.ng little or good deal, ami
''.~n disintegrate.
Generals Wilson, Davis, Bates and
Lee, department governors, having
been in communication with the gov
ernor general regarding the possibility
of the discontented taking to brEand-
age, they will know what to do in
such On event. That a few small
groups Will take to the woods Is quite
probable, but that the numerous large
hands will fnllpw thic is Ia
unlikely. Outlaws would not have the
friendship of the country people. and
would be unable to exist long, while
the United States would have 10000
ex-volunteers from among whom to
choose auxiliarles and guides.
Major General Lee proposes to rec
ommend to Washington. as one step in
fastening pacification and the restora-
tion of order in the province, the for
lneiion Cf a regiment of 1000 picked
Cuban soldiers to be used as a provin-
cial constabulary. As second step he
VIII recommend the establishment by
the military government of banks that
would loan at a moderate rate OF In
terest on land security, so as to enable
land owners, for themselves or their
tenants, to get yoke of oxen, 20
chickens, a couple of pigs and about
so cents day until a crop could be
raised.
It is reported that quantity Of
dressed beef brought here by the Uni
ted States transport Michigan and
hung up on the docks Thursday night
was found in slimy condition yester-
day morning. 1t Is also reported that
quantity of canned beef which had
been issued to Cuban sufferers was cam
ned for the japanese army in the
Japan-China war.
Colonel s. S. Dunwoodie, chief signal |
officer on the staff of the governor gen.
eral Is expected to complete the over
land telegraph to Santiago before the
end of March. Holguin is practically
connected with Santiago and Sancti
Spiritus Is connected with Havana.
Lieutenant Mitchell, Of the signal
corps, is engaged in stringing wires
over the intervening $50 miles of rough
country. The lines in the province of
Santa Clara are operating we'll The
proper establishment of land lines has
hitherto not been attained. and the new
system will probably mean loss of Il
good deal of business to the submarine
line. Colonel Dunwoodie has been ex-
pecting the active opposition of the lat
ter. but thus far his fears have not
been realized.
The commemorative tablet that Is to
mark the house in which Marti, the
famous Cuban patriot and first presi-
lent of the revolutionary government
was born, has arrived and will be put
n place tomorrow. with an elaborate
ceremonial. All the Cuban civic and
political clubs Will participate In the
festival.