Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-01

RANK h;lt not b,tll Noli III NY ~ -
ana apparently had been d"nnrd III
honor Of their meeting with Cen. Fun
Stru The landing Of 4 rartN Of ma
iinrs ana hIucjack"tS from tl"niurGn@
was made up of dttaChncntS from IN"
Louisiana. New Jersey, Newark and
Minneapolis. Tie men Wcr" landed III
heavy marching order. They were
slnt by rail to Cicmfucgo& T"mtaE"
w;ls carried for tie battalion anh ais"
three Colt guns. TIL" battalion at
tractcl little attention. Fer til" pres
rut the Distribution Of marines Will DC
rs follows:
At s;agua La Grand". so; ut Ci"nfu"-
cus ID from the Dixie i'll addition To
those on their way there. The battle
ship Kentucky arrived here tonight
bringing 500 NOR" marines.
COY. Taft has Informed all the MEM
herS of tn" Palma cabinet that h"
! would appoint his ministers in about
10 days, in tn" meanwhile I'll" sub
secretaries are acting. II is believed
that some of tile cX-mc'nbcrS of the
cabinet viii hc 1rinr;tltcd. Secretary
IF the Interior Mnutivclln is now act
ing as warden Of the pcnit"ntiary. the
post h" had before he was appointed
TO the ministry.
GOV Taft has s"nt q cablcGram to
Senior QucsadH. the cuban minister at
Washington. requesting him not to
press his resignation. Tho diearm-
ncnt of III" government volunteers be-
san her" today, when tn" Estrada
Palma battalion Of city militia was dis
charged.
Mcss:s. Taft and Bacon this after
noon visited tha CabaiIs forlrr:@ and
Moro castle. They mot In" officers in
churG" At these points, nnd were much
Interested i'll their inspection Of the
historic dcfrncrs.
Colonel Burnett, tn" ranking marine
officer is il command Of the battalion
sent t. Ci"ntu"gn@. With him are
Major Theodore l.. Kan" and Major
WillIims.
TN" f1"t landing of the force to ear
riS"n Camp Columbia will be at 80
O'Clock tomorrow. The coming ashore
Of In" men, rs well n the arrival of
som" 5000 soldiers from the United
states is rut regarded locally to init
mntc any hosriiti"S. Governor Taft
said tonight that h" did not anticip2t"
any tr,ilhI, ANA tine bringing Of these
forces was chiefly e. Restore confidence
in hu"in"sS cirrtc% ami particularly
among foreigners. Tie American troops
viii not hr I,arad"d ana their move
m"rts VIII j." as transformations a% pos
Sihl". They will he uuart"rci in p,rma-
ncni barracks in the same manner that
they ar" distributed at homo in time of
IC1cc.
f)ntt tors Finl,y ana Jarrett. the Chief
health officers. Of cuba, and DR.. Lopez,
the health officer Of Havana confcrr, 4
tonight with Gov. Tart for tn" purpose
of guarding Against yellow fever.
Governor Taft has received kilograms
from provincial and municipal auth"r
tics Throughout tho island. declaring
aIi"Gianc" 10 the provisional govern
mont. Many If these communications
We're couchcd in CxtrdVaCant terms of
fcaIty. Governor AlcnHna of Santa
Clara province. tcl"crlplS that hs had
already resigned t" tn" Palma adminiS-
trnt ion. but had received no answer. He
now resigns again To GOV. Taft. and
says if this resignation Is not promptly
accented h, wants to know the reason
why.
Gen. Funston tonight intimatcd that
from IL 600 to % 600 horses not belong
hands.