Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-06
Most Of Rebels Give Up Arms,
Though It Is Not Required.
Last Of 6uerra's Force Sent 10 Their Homes
in the Province Of San Luis.

Havana. oct 5-While the diSarma-
nrlt III the rebels will not be rnmpi-t
-. il is no" confidently expected that
the entire opera ion will be finished by
Monday. with the exception Of Puerto
Principe province, which has been less
than any other province by the
rebellion, but which iS now faN0rite
region fCr marauding bands which
should more correctly be called bandits
than rebels.
Although the surrender of guns has
not been made compulsory either by
the provisional government or the dis
arming commission. the rebel COM
manders have all given their followers
to understand that il was expected and
that the laying down Of their arms was
/, matter of duty. The result of this has
been that the number Of rifles surrend-
cred is larger. in proportion to the NUM-
Der of men diSbanded. than the govern
ment expected. For instance 800 rebels
disbanded in Pirar rel Rio province
~ to today have turned in 600 guns
Gov Taft regards this proportion rath-
er better than the average, but reports
from Santa Clara state that nearly all
cf the guns Of Cen. GuZeman COM
nand have been surrendered. great
ma jOrity of the rebels arms are oio
and poor and many antiquated weapons
have been turned in. The general dis
armament situation in various prov
inces is as follows:
In Pinar Del Rio practirally all the
rebels have been disarmed. and nave
returned to their homes. In western ana
southern Havana the work of disband-
ing is going on steadily and probably
will be completed by Saturday. Assist
ant Secretary of State Bacon and Capt.
NcCoy will visit eastern Havana Sat
urday and hope to complete disarma-
rnent there without loss of life. Gen.
Mon,ero. commander OF the force in
eastern Havana, visited the palace 70
day and agreed to the disarmament
conditions. MatanZas province has no
insurgents, with the exception OF Ie"
,f Nontero's followers. In Santa Clara
nroyinc. disarmament is going on Viz
orously and the disarmament commas
sjoners and the provisional government
are received With every evidence ol
good will.
disarmament has been completed IN
the Santiago province, with the eAceP-
tion of small forces in the vicinity Oh
Manzanillo. who will disband tomor-
row Governor Taft said today ne pc
Iieyed the only region where there was
q possibility of trouble to be CamaSuty'
Cattle lifting and depredatlons TO other
nronerty is going on in this section.
The disarming operation conducted
TODAY in Western Havana by MAJOR
a If he disarmament
was not all smooth saliins'
Actor the disarlning of Gen. Del Castll-
lbs ncrsonal escort. which proouced %
guns. Major Ladd proceeded 10 disarii
the men Of Del Cdstiilo's brisade CON-
mandprs. Upon meeting Gen. Arehclpa.
at Santiago Del Las Vegas MAJOR i-duu
was told that his force OF 3oo hau a.
ready dispersed, but that 30 guns woui"
bn turned over this evening. When Ma
,or I.add returned. however only !"
o,,,s wore forthcoming from the supor-
dinate officers left in charge. MAY,
,11 Susnected the subordinates OF
.-o,,.,,,ins xc,pons and threatened I"
t,l,a tho matter up with Governor Talt.
~, s,hordinates at once promised 10
nroaurc the remainder Of the guns 70
,no,row The force under Gen due'ia
n,. disarmed by Major Ladd this even
~ san Antonio Dc Los Ramos. the
last Of Pine Gucrra's force en'falhe"
a, Rincon and will be transpoi'eu ~
their homes in san LUIS.
Captains Parker. Phelan ana ~
Of the marines have reporteu y -
Waller the receipt of 4no rlnes at NJ
III, and 100 at Santiago De Las vegas.
So
rart that he has carefully looked over
the situation and that he does iio'
card II as especially serious.
Gen. Pino Guerra. accompanied y
his staff rode through Havana tooas
and attracted much attention ana ~
plause. ~,
II r.sponse to the criticism made ps
Americans the Cuban flag was nSiiis
over the palace while that building -
being occupied by an American gov
crnment, GOV. Taft today said:
II am working for the Cuban repup-
lie therefore. the Cuban flag will ny
as long as am here in that capacity.
None of x-President Palma's init
mates. save the cabinet ofrcers. MS
private secretary and Consul Geherdi
Steinhart had any knowledge OF ms
communication in September to the
government at Washington and the
greatest surprise is manifested at the
fact that Palma suggested Intervention
as solution. Vice President Mendez
Capote. as an attorney had private
ly advised certain foreign corporation
that in his opinion the necessity for IN
tervention was imminent, but that PAL
ma had asked outright for interv vention,
vas not intimated by anybody. IL was
well known that Palma was nervous
2 nd fea rful hut il not EeQecallX