The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04
NOT A,B,xT oF INDEPENDENCE.
'.SoYereignty Of Cuba Passes to the
United States"

OnlteQ St8leS III HOOu totlaN. iAe
form of the transfer was simple, con-
sisting only ii al exchange Of speech
es in the salon Of the palace, the
hauling down of the Spanish flag and
the raising in its stead the flag OF tho
United States on tie flagstaff on the
palace roof. Salutes were fred from
the heavy guns of the forts and the
warships before and after the change
Of Tags. The raising OF the Stars and
Stripes were greeted with cheers by
the people, who covered the roots OF
the buildings around the palace and
the plaza.
No crowd was permitted to gather
in the streets in the vicinity OF the
palace to witness the epoch-maklnS
function. At 8 o'clock guard com
posed of the I'd battalion Of the 10th
Infantry. marched iuto the Plaza De
Armas. under command of Capt. Van
Eliet and formed around the square.
Captain General Castellanos watched
them with interest from the balcony
of his apartments as they entered the
square and were stationed at all the
streets approaching the plaza. No
one was allowed to enter without a
pass, and all the doors OF the palace
facing the square were ordered to be
closed. Only those who could get Oh
the roots and balconies OF houses in
the neighborbood saw what was 60
ing on before the palace.
With the guard was the band OF
the I'd Illinois regiment, which had
been selected for the occasion as the
bes; band Of the 7th army corps.
With the band were the buglers OF
the Sth and the 18th infantry.
The weather was warm, the sun
bursting at intervals through the
light clouds, and the soldiers in blue
who were forced to stand IN the sun
found the heat oppressive. The
troops were formed in extended or
der around the square, three PAGES
apart, and the band was massed II
front of the palace entrance across the
street at the edge OF the park.
Brig. Gen. Clous, the master OF
ceremonies of the day, at 1870 o'clock
issued instructions to the officers who
were to take charge of the various de-
partments OF the government at y
O'Clock. Col. Dudley was assigned
to the department of justice, Office
OF the secretary of the Captain Gen
eral; Major L. ". Y. hennon, adju-
tant general of the department, to the
department of commerce and agricul-
ture; Col. T. Z. Bliss, of the commits
sary department, to the treasury;
Cap. Frank B. Hanna, assistant adju.
tant general, to the department OF
public instruction, and Col. Dun
woody, OF the signal corps, to the pub
lie works department. Each Of these
officers were instructed thus: "On the
firing of the last gun Of the first
twenty-one at noon, you are to go to
the place assigned you and demand
possession of the Office in the name
of the Uuited States"
These orders were given under the
arcade of the palace. Each officer
had with him a Cuban interpreter, a
group OF whom stood by clad 10 dark
clothes and wearing silk hats. In a
carriage nearby were the American
flags which were to be raised al va
rious points.
At lilo Major Gen. Wade and
Major Gen. Butler, of the American
commission, arrived from
El Vedado, accompanied by their
stats. They were met by Brig. Gen.
Clous and Major T. Bentley Mott, OF
Caa. Ludlow's staff. About the same
moment Lucien J. Jerome, British
vice consul, arrived. He was warmly
greeted BY the American officers.
Major Gen. John R. Brooke, Gov
ernor of Cuba, and Major Gen. Lud-
low, Governor OF TIE city of Havana,
accompanied by their stats, arrived
at half-past II in carriages, Gen.
Brooke and Gen. Adna R. Chafee,
Gen. Brooke's chief of staff, in the
first carriage. In each of the other
carriages rode a Cuban general with
American officers. The Cubans were
Gems. Lacret, Mario Menocal, Mayia
Rodriguez, Sera6n Sanches, Jose Mig
uel Gomez, Nodarte, Rafael De Car
aenas, Agrameute and Vidal and Col.
Valiente. As the carriages drove up
the I'd company of the 3Sth Spanish
under command Of Col. Don
Rafael Salamanca, presented arms,
and the American band started up
with 'sThe Stars and Stripes Forever, :"
the Spanish colonel saluting.
At 11::45 Major Gen. Lee, Military
Governor Of the Province Of Havana,
with his staff, joined Gen. Brooke.
The latter then crossed the street to
The palace, Gen. Lee on one side of
him and Gen Chafee on the other,
followed by other American generals
and The Cuban officers The Cubans
wore dark blue uniforms, brown felt
hats and gray gloves, and they car
red machetes.
A flourish of trumpets greeted the
procession and the Spanish troops
presented arms as the Americans en-
:ered the palace. The Cubans re-
NAMED outside until escorted in by
members of Gen. Brooke's staff, the
Spanish soldiery remaining all the
while at present arms" AS soon as
all were within the Spanish troops
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