Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-11
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j. s. MARINES
twenty Americans Disperse
Two Hundred Cuban
Rebels
LEADER IS CAUGHT LATER
Gen. Caballero Seized and Disarwed
before eand-Insurgents Refuse to
Surrender their Guns until Militia
Have Done LIKEWISE.

Havana, Oct. IA detachment OF
200 insurgents yesterday rode into
the Carijad suburb of. the city Of
Puerto Principe, waving machetes
and threatening people. Twenty ma
rines from the detachment on duty at
Puerto Principe went to Caridid, dis
persed the insurgents and arrested
thirty-nine of them. General Cabal
Zero, the insurgent leader, with 100
men, thereupon proceeded to the
headquarters Of the commander OF
the marines and demanded the re
lease OF the captured insurgents. In
stead Of releasing them, the Ameri-
cans disarmed Caballero and all OF
his followers who could be caught
Thereupon Caballero promised that
all the insurgents under his com
mand would disarm.
The disarmament of the rebels can
not be successfully completed untfl
the volunteers organized by the Gu
ban government have been paid on,
disarmed and disbanded. That is the
position that has been taken by vari.
Gus rebel commanders scattered
throughout the island who are strong.
ly inclined to remain under arms un-
til the volunteer organizations disap-
pear. This Is the only important fac
tor now retarding the otherwise
fairly rapid dispersal Of the rebel
forces. This disposition of the pro
visional government Is to yield to this
demand. The volunteers would have
been mustered out Of service sooner
but for the necessity to have some
force in addition to the police for the
purpose Of guarding the towns. 1t Ii
related, however, that in many SEQ
lions the presence Of volunteers and
the militia only acts as an irritant to
the surrendering rebels. The con.
duct of the volunteers toward their
late opponents seems most always eS
emp'ary and what seems most needed
is that the presence Of a sufficient
force of United States soldiers and
every town that the volunteers can
be rapidly dispensed with and sue
ceeded by capable and well disci-
plined American soldiers. Until the
towns are thus garrisoned it is not
believed that qualification will be com
plete.
Havana, Oct. 1S.-The first landing
Of the American soldiers in the pres
ent occupation of Cuba was accom-
plished yesterday with promptness
and last night 500 men of the Fifth
United States infantry and $50 OF
the Second battalion Of engineers
were in Camp Columbia. Four hun.
dred other troops who arrived here
in the Brooklyn will go to the camp
today. Gen. Frederick Funston es.
tablished his headquarters at Mar.
ianao, convenient to his command.
Col L. w. L. Waller, commanding the
marines, has been ordered to report
to General Funston and the entire
force of regulars and marines win
be under Funston's command until
the arrival here Tuesday of Gen. J.
Franklin Bell, who will direct the
distribution of the forces.
An hour after the transport Sum
ner came alongside the railroad wharf
the disembarking had been completed
and the $50 men had been transported
on street cars direct to their camp.
Their equippages and supplies were
taken on freight cars by another
route. The movement was so skin.
fully handled that the men prepared
their midday meal from their own ra-
lions. The men are In good cOndt