New-York tribune., 1906-10-08
TROOPS LAND In CUBA.
TROUBLE NOT YET OYER.
DIR. Taft. HosceUer, Hopes to Start
Back on Saturdau.

oolulcIS III the present Occupation oI tuud Ndo
accomplished to-day with great promptness. and
tonight 500 men of the 9TH United States In
fantry and $50 men of the I'd Battalion of En-
gineers are under canvas in Camp Columbia
The cruiser Brooklyn arrived here this afternoon
with 400 men board who will be sent to the
camp early tomorrow morning. General Fun
ston established his headquarters at Marianao,
convenient to his command to-day. Colonel l..
w. T. Waller commanding the marines. has
been ordered report TO General Funston and
the entire force of regulars and marines will be
under Funstons command until the arrival here
on next Tuesday of General j. Franklin Bell.
who will direct the distribution of the forces
throughout the island.
Within an hour from the time that the trans
port Summer came alongside the railroad wharf
the disembarking had been completed and the
$50 men had been transported on thirty street.
cars direct to the camp. Their equipage and
supplies were taken on freight cars by another
route. The movement was so skfully handled
that the prepared their midday meal from
their rations. The men are in good condi-
ton, and are pleased with their healthful camp
and it's pleasant surroundings.
DIsARMING GOES ON.
The disarming of former insurgents went on
much better to-day. Reports from members of
the disarmament commission in various prov
inces indicate that the trouble which was
threatened yesterday may be avoided, although
ex-rebels and volunteers in few towns in Santa
Clara province are each disincllned to be the
first to disarm, and it is feared that American
soldiers will have to be sent to back up the de-
mands of the disarmament commission. Ha-
vana, Santiago, Pinar del Rio Matanzas and
Puerto Principe provinces are practically clear
of rebels and show signs of trouble. Cover
nor Taft, Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
and General Funston gratified at the situa-
tion and believe that the difficulties in Santa
Clara province will be overcome in a few days.
So confident are they that Governor Taft and
Mr.. Bacon say they believe they will be able
to start for home next Saturday Governor
Taft will spend the time after Tuesday in ia
miIiarizing his successor Charles E. Magoon.
with the situation. Mr.. MagoOn is expected
here on that day. 1t is believed that after the
arrival in Havana of the wives of Governor
Taft and Mr.. Bacon the Provisional Governor
will give a public reception at the palace to
introduce Mr.. Magoon to the people
The Moderates and ex-rebels in Pinar del Rio
are preparing a love feast. Senor Gaines.
wealthy Independent is to give a dinner TO the
leaders of the two forces recently at Gen
eral Pine Guerra, who arrived in Santa Clara
City last night to disperse his men, was met by
Governor Sobrado. a Moderate, and together the
two men drove through the city. They are
working in harmony in inducing the ex-insur-
gents to return to their homes. The rebels on
the north coast however. are reported still to be
rather active. Havana province is fully pacifed.
with the exception of two commands of about
one hundred men each, under two brothers of
General del Castillo, who encamped near
Guiria. These men however. will be disarmed
to, rba Matan ms aOtS bO
had been operating in eastern Havana. and who
disbanded yesterday. to-day reported
TO have reached their homes.
TROUBLE AT GUANTANAMO.
Commander Culver of the cruiser Des Moines.
which is stationed at Santiago. reported to-day
that both the volunteers and ex-rebels at Banes
and Manzaniilo had been disbanded and that as
far as he knew the entire province was quiet.
Governor Taft, however, learned of slight trouble
at Guantanamo occasioned by the demands of
Liberals that the Mayor of that place be re-
moved This Governor Taft declined to do de-
claring that he would not set precedent which
might compel him to consider similar demands
from all parts of the island. General ReciO. of
the disarmament commission. telegraphed to-
day from Camasuey that he believed all the
rebels there would be dsarmed by this evening
Dispatches received from Sancti spiritus.
where the Santa Clara commission is working.
Indicate that the ex-rebels in that province are
not yet entirely reconciled to disarmament ana
General Machado has reported that volunteers
fired on a rebel camp, causing serious draw
back to the operations. The usual difficulty is
encountered in that the ex-rebels seek to evade
surrendering their guns while the volunteers
still carry theirs. The situation there is espe-
cially irritating. groups of volunteers with
guns march up and down the streets and taunt
the dispersed and disaTmed rebels. In a fight
to-day ex-rebel killed a comrade and fled 10
the mountains. The people of Sancti Spriritus
are greatly dissatisfied with the Mayor and po-
lice and have petitioned for their immediate re-
moval.
Governor Nunez and Consul General Stein
hart were sent by Governor Taft to AIquizar,
Havana province. to-day to settle a difficulty
arising from two men claiming the post of
Mayor of that town. Senior Moineda Liberal.
was elected to the office. but he took to the
woods at the beginning of the revolution. and
Governor Nunez appointed man named Bazan
to be military Mayor. Moineda returned to-day
and claimed the office Governor Taft and Gov
ernor Nunez held a conference and decided 10
recognize Moneda's claim. Bazan viii be re-
moved.
The battleships Indiana and Kentucky will
leave here tomorrow for New England.
PRO-AMERICAN ORGANIZATION
Plans for an organization to be called the
Good Government League of Cuba made
this afternoon at a meeting of Americans. Gu
bans and others, at which resolutions were
passed to the effect that the purpose of the,
association should be promoting by all le
gitimate means the establishment and mainte-
nance of a permanent, stable and lawful gov
eminent competent 20 administer justice. in
s,,r:c domestic trannuillltX nromote the generaI