Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-09
BAN REBELS
Yield THEIR ARMS
Of Disarming viii Soon
be Accomplished
skN FLAG is srILL WAVING

orklna FOR the Cuban aepeblie
81 That Banner vii Ply as Long
se is In the palaoN
Havana, Oct. s-While the disaF-
Dent Of the rebels Will not be com.
tlod Saturday night. ittia now con-
dantly expected that the entire oper.
lloa Will be Hnished BY Monday, With
81 exception Of Puerto Prlhcipe prov
aoe. which has been less Affected
fhan any other province BY the rebel.
Hon, but which Is now n fav0rite re-
Nlon for maranding bands, which
should more correctly be called ban
hits than rebels
Although the surrender OF guns has
not been made compulsory. either by
che provisional government or the
disarming commission the rebel com
msnders have all given their follows
ers TO understood that It was expect
ed and that the laying down o. their
arms was a matter Of duty The ~
suit OF this has been that the number
OF rifles surrendered Is larger IA pro
portion to che number OF men die
banded than the government expected
For instance. 800 rebels dlsbanded IN
Plnar del Rio province up 70 Friday
have turned IN COO guns.
Governor Taft regards this proper.
tion rather better than the average.
but reports from Santa Clara indicate
That nearly Ell the guns OF General
0uEmans commands haso bean sur
rendered. .@ 80
A great majority Of the rebel rifles
arc old aud poor and many diiapl.
dated weapons have been turned in
Ia Pinhr del Rio practically al the
sfbels have been disarned, and have
returned 10 their homes IA western
ana southern Havana tho work OF dis.
banding d golng on steadily, and prob.
ebly Win bo completed by Saturday
Assistant Secretary OF state Bacon
AND Captain MCCOY visited eastern
Havana Saturday. and hope 10 com.
pleie Disarmament there without losa
20 time
General Montefo. commander Of The
forces II eastern Havana, Waited the
palace Friday and agreed 20 the dis.
armament conditions
MaiAnnas province has no iusurg.
epta. with The exception OF q Few OF
ARoniero'a followers.
n santa Clara province dlsarma
mont d going on vigorously. and the
disarmament commissioners aud the
provisional government are received
mllh every evidence of good viii.
Disarmament has been completed Ia
Rantiago province. with the exception
81 small forces Ia The vicinity OF Man.
sanllio. who viii dlshand SATURDAY
Governor Tar said ne believed THAI
she paiy region where there VAS a
potslbiilly Of trOaals 10 30 Camaguay
Cattle llttinr and Expectations 70 9th.
80 pfopegts u going on IN this seC,ioh.
The dlsafmlAe operations conducted
fudeS IN western Havana b. Major
kassae y iaad % the dlsarFAameni
conmiealon vas no, "a smooth salh
ins AMER the dissrmlnE % 0eaefal
Oe cafli,loe personal escort. which
pfo1eced 90 guns. Maiey iadd pro.
ceeaaa g dlsarm ne men a. Del Ca
tiiiee brigade commanders Upoa
meellne Afeneida a, Santiago ae las
Nessn. Major ladd was tola tAat Ne
ferce q seo lad already dlapsgsea.
but ,hai isp tuas Nopia Be- garaed
ever saturday sftefaoon when Sc
sof laad returned hosevsr Gals to
Suns were foFihcomlnE IRON ne "a.
berdlaase onrefs len q charge ga.
~ Lsti suspected ihe rabordlnales
- coaeeaiine seapoos. sat ihrea,se.
90 60 ltke lhe matter 40 via Gov,
sraor Tan The suhoFalaales ~ naes
promised 90 pfoteos iaa Ftmaiaaer %
a. 9uns later
fhs torres sn5sr OeaeFai Cnas nAs
tisafmef hy Maiaf faai a. sat Az
taao 90 ief l1aRes
in frsFnte 81 she crlsrs na9s
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