The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-04
REBELS LAY DOWN
ARMS WITH
ALACR|TY
DiSARMlNG AND DtSBANDMENT
OF INSURGENTS is NOW
WELL UNDER WAY.
COCKS do THE FIGHT INC
The Greater Part OF the Time Says
Rough Rider Who Was With Cur
ra--Reot Says Intervention
Means independence.

Havana. oct 8 The alacrity with
which The rebels are laying down tfeii
arms is the greatet surprise the pro.
yisiona government has yet en-
countcrcd in its smooth working pro
gram This operation is now well un,
der way in the vicinity of Havana, 70J
oi Gurras men with their horses hay-
ing already been enrtained for Pinar
del Rio while ole brigade marched to
Guanajay today without a sign Of dis
order
Hundreds Of persons from Havana
went out to view the disarmament.
They were disappointed at not seeing
the rebel actually surrender their
guns, but nevertheless they Wit
messed an interostgsieht
As a con ces ion 10 the men, Gen.
Funston and Mai Ladd permitted
them to take their arms to Pinar del
Rio where most of the men joined the
insurgent army The rifles, however
were first counted by the Offices of
the marines and the men will be re-
qured 10 surrender mem before leav
ing the train at Pinar del Rio.
Cocks Did The Fighting.
Accord M to the testimony Of a.
American named Harvey, formerly a
Roo eyelt rough rider. wao has beer
with the insurgents the am9agt Of ac
tQal iighting ing this revolution
was really very small Harvey says
that most Of the fighting has had seea
.vas bcr~~-rsvr s7nrue caestt~ About ~.
per cent Of Gtura men carry fighting
cocks tied 10 their saddle
II Is reported that some of Cas-
gillo'e followers were reluctant to
disarm but all hriadee commanders
have informed Major Ladd that al OF
their men will dsarm and disband
when ordered to do . by Castillo
This afternoon Castillo gave Ladd an
order directed to all his subordinate
commanders and tedtng them 10 com
ply with every request made by the
American officer
The disarming tommi ion sent
Santa Clara province ctnered Cianfue
gos district this afternoon 4 dis
patch from an Associated Press cor
respondent who IS with the commits
sion, filed at Cruces. reports that tho
commission received an ovati n or
the way from San a Clara Revolution
lists encamped at various places along
tae line were all willing to disarm
and dsband, believing thoroughly in /
the honorable intentions Of President |
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
Marauders Bu.cner Cattle.
Since ccssati-n o. hosUIities ma
raudiug bands have olon or destroy. /
ed more or less property in Santa /
Clara province. This week a band at /
tackled the San NtchOias plantation. |
owned by captain of the rural /
guard and hutchered 2oD head Of cat ,
tie The motive t. SAID to have been /
a personal spite. In addition to the [
American marines at Cienfucg S here +
are delachm nts in other Santa Clara
towns as follows: Cruces. SO; Esper
an2o, -; Santo Domingo. %; Sagula
Grande 30; Palmyra, %; HormigJer
plantation, r. Othcr Gcachments are
guarding American properties in
the manicara qua district
Tho officials Of the Cuban Central |.
railroad estima that tba insurge1t 4
damaged the road 10 the extent of /,
$t900A0.
Taft has received di.patch that
the threatened disturbance IN Glen +
fuegas has been 0hlit4ra by the
Of the insurgents from
that city