Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-01
General Brooke's Proclama-
ton to the Cubans.
HE Will MAINTAIN oBOER
orsanlz,ps =" Police md 1e,eet've
Force Disposition OF Our Army ia
the Island special cabinet 10 BE
Appointed The People Informed
HOW they Can secure a Gooa Cow
ernment.
tBy Telegraph to vrEinlan-Pnoto

(By Telegraph to VrEiplan-PnotO
Washington, d. G., Dec. 31.-The
prospects for a peaceful change of adj
minstration III Havana have bright
ened very much as G. result Of the
energetic measures taken by the War
I Department and the army officers in
Charge at Havana to prevent trouble.
Advices to this effect appear in a cable
gram received to-day by Assistant Sec
rotary Meiklejohn from General Brooke.
military governor of Cuba, in which,
after referring to some routine matters
he says:
There will be no breach OF order;
of that ! am assured. You may rest
assured that there has been nothing be-
yond the usual in city OF this size"
ORDEN PUBLICO DISMISSED.
The War Department is also inform
cd ttiifat General Ludlow. in charge of
Havana city, is proceeding with vIgor
to organize the police force there to
replace the dismissed Spanish force
known as the Orden Publico. After eS-
amining number OF applicants for up
pointment on the force he has selected
and appointed 1000 Cubans. He is be-
ing assisted In his task of recqstihS
the police force by Captain Mccullough,
late superintendent OF the New York
police force, who is serving him in II
purely advisory capacity.
General Ludlow has discovered TO his
surprise that there never was a detec-
tive force In Havana, so he has called
In an exnert member of the New York
detective Bureau to organize q corps for
Havana Immediately.
OUR ARMY IN CUBA.
me war Department is confident
that there will be an ADEQUATE force or
troops in the Island 10 carry out III;
plans and to maintain order. Adjutapt
+ General Corbin has prepared a state
ment showing that to- morrow, when
the Spanish flag comes down, there
VIII be an American army in Cuba
numbering 1894 men, made up of 81
fbS enlisted men and 1.456 officers. These
are distributed among the existing pro-
Vinces as follows:
In Havana province. 1904: Pinar del
Rio. 200; Matanzas. 1854; Santa Clara,
7,405.
TO simplify the administration of mil
I.ary eHalrs and prevent possible con-
1iict or authority, the War Department
to-day issued an order creating four
new military department in Cuba
namely, Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santa
Clira, and Puerto Principe, bounded by
inc provincial boundaries of the same
Hitc departments nave been
heretofore established, Santiago. Ha-
nana, and the city of Habana so that
the island now stands divided into
seven distinct military departments
each under the command eof an army
oiiicer Independent of the others. but
an responsible to General Brooke. the
Mlitary Governor of the entire island
General Lee already commands the
department of Havana province: Cen
Mai Wood the Department of Snnti-
ago, and General Ludlow the Depart
nent OF the City of Havana. To-day's
oirer assigns officers to command The
remaining departments. The order 10
addressed to General Brooke, at Ha-
Vala, and states that Brigadier Gene
Taa George w. Davis, is assigned to
the command of the Department of
Pinar del Rio.
Major General James H. Wilson to
command the Department of Matanzas.
MaS1r General j. c. Bates to COM
mand\the Department of Santa Glars.
BriSadier General L. II. Carpenter
PRINCIPE. ~
SPEC1AL CABINET FOR BROOKE.
me War Department has come to
the conclusion that it will be necessary
10 aitofdGeneral Brooke the assistance
OF d speytai cabinet, approaching in
iuhctiois the late autonomous cabinet
OF luna ~ the administration of the
civil aHalk OF the island 1t has NOT
peen decided whether the cabinet when
appointed thall be made up of army
oticers spedsllly detailed, or whether
assistants sltIll be called in.
orders have been issued for the dis
Pa'cn Oh ADDITIONAL troops to Cuba TO
assist In the maintenance of good gov
eminent thetc, The orders are ad
dressed 70 Maiar General j. II. Wilson.
commanding Thy First Army Corps'
Witn headeuar!eps at Macon, Ga. The
Secretayy OF Wa directs that the
neadquarters OF Mat CORPS Originally
! liked at Cenfueg9. Cuba. be ohanraa
i % Matanzas, and Nat General yYiIson
with his headquarters and tho Eirhth
Massachusetts, One Nundret; and sly
tleth Indiana and TIN Third Kentuo,sv
volunteer Infantry, bsput in rendiness
a Ia .rasnsportatI2n 10 S.ba, fully arm
ed and equipped for h,d service and
s supplied with thirty dats'arations and
forage, in addition to tha reoui,ed for
the journey. -o'
In subsequent order Seperal vii
son was directed to prcced with hie
Headquarters and equipment from Ma
cen to savannah in time toNmbark on
the transport Panama. Tin lsiebth
massachusetts, and Third Kentucky
Will embark from Savannah IL trans
ports, to be provided. and tx One
Hundred and SiXtieth Indiana III pro-
coed to Charleston, one battalid ut n,
time, on the Saratoga, which SHY win,
convey the regiment to Cs5a inNhree
trips.
BROOkESss PR0GLAMATIoNy
Havana, Dec. al.-A proclama6onny
Major General John r. Brooke, MY
tary Governor Of cuea, VIII be isspAt