Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-19

AFFAIRS in CUBA.
'ANA%A'S NEW CHIEF OF POLICE,
--STATEMENT OF GOMEZ.
By Telegraph to Nirginian-pnot.)

Wy ieicSIdpn 10 NlrSinian- PtlOt.)
Havana, April 1S.-Alejandro Rodri-
suez has been appointer Chief of Police
Oh Havana TO succeed Mario Menocal.
who resigned to-day. Rodriguez holds
the rank of major general in the Cuban
army and is chief of staff to General
Gomez. lie is considered. moreover,
second to General Gomez alone in the
affections of the Cuban soIdicry. lie is
not related 10 General Maria Rodriguez.
ne new nomination is approved by
Cubans and Spaniards alike.
General Menocal retircs because h.
reels he has not accomplished what the
peopic OF Havana and the American
authorities had expected of him.
Inc cuban army lists are being OK
amned by name by IL large stan of
clerks.
Out of a total OF 42,l52 prlvates nnd
commissioned officers. 22i2 have
been eliminated. 1913 of these as per-
sons which have enlisted since The sur
render of Santiago and COT as Govern
ment employees ut present. OF the re-
nlainder $3.50. Captain Forrest. ca
ban, who directed the preparation III:
the rolls. Informs the Administration
that all, or nearly oil. can bc relied
upon to appear for IA share OF The So
600 600.
ti'9 we american OiliCplS arc TclllC-
tant 20 believe. Nevertheless if Cen
eral Gomez and his; associates wish to
take the rolls with only the above. sub
fractions OF payment the Americans
VIII consent. In that case. the indl-
Nidual share may lie about So. with
nothing LETT for the officers. The in
! curry as to the number Of former SOL
dier5 in The Government tervice shows
four officers and ono private. About
$500 Officers are ia the island service.
Many of the officers are rs poor as
tho nrivAtes and several suggestions
have been put Forward inr their relief
though mons IL consi d"rol available cX-
cept the proposal to employ rs many as
possible IN rural police iNtv.
GOMEZ ISSUES STATEMENT.
To-day General Gomez issued a state
nlent hrleuV roy icwiug tnr Vtrcumstan-
ccs' ut his removal by the recently dis
solved military assembly from the post
ui c0taii.atder- IN chief. together with
the Conditions OF his; Reinstatement and
his reasons for accepting the delicate
chhrEr vi ASSISTING; IN the distribution
| ot The Sa.uoo.ucO Offered by the United
! states Government"
'ihe- statement continues In mart on
| these lines:
with the assistance ana good will Of
all we can count upon this Ohe Amcri-
can oncD 10 work Tor peace and to In
| itiate II true reconstruction. that Will
~ 'ilil bAiI ltlUNttl country, ana all
that conscience imposes upon the ma
ilou can he accomplished. thus realizing
our exalted aspirations to be Il rcpub-
he OF fraternity ana good order The
combined efforts al all are needed TO
place us upon the highway To this
achievement ana to promote the takint;
OF measures Indispensable for crown!nC
Il grand work I'm Cuba
Twelve hundred incn. enlisted for the
war out or 400 IA the Second Artillery.
wish TO be- mustered out; live hundred
ont NC one thousand ci- ut hundred i'm
the Eighth Infantry: and one hundred
and thirty out OF two hundred aud nf-
~ in the squadron Of the Seventh cav
airy Regiment at lei Vcdado. Beside
thcsc one hundred men out of ono hun
dred and thirty-nve in Company II.
Second Artillery. have applied for their
discharge.
Major General Wilson. OF the Matan-
%as Department. has accepted the res
!snation or DR.. Eduardo Diaz the Civ
II Governor. ana has appointed General
i'edro Betancourt. who is approved by
the Governor General General Wilson
has received valuable advice and infor-
nation from General Bctancourt.
Discussing Brigondage to-day. Cen
cr1l Gomez said
AN men are not angels. and hungry
men will feed"
Heavy rain is falling to-day. which
Is regarded as being the beginning of
the rainy season and as stopping the
grinding Of sugar cane.
The American troops which were
oamred In the city parks were moved
into barracks Yesterday. The Seventh
cavalry and the Second Artillery re-
speciiveiy at Ncdado and Marianne. are
stu IN tents. Their barracks will not
be ready for two weeks Some of the
troops at Matanzns. Guanaiay. Glen
fncEos and pInar del Rio are sun in
tents.