Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-04
MAGOON AND BELL
GO TO CUBA
At Once---Latter to
Make But Short
Stay.
REBELS D|sBAMO IN PEACE
General Funston Hears That
Arms Are Surrendered
Without Trouble.

Washington, D. C., Oct. 4.--Gover
nor General Charles E. Magoon ant
General Franklin E. Bell, chief of tn,
staff of the United States Army, viii
arrive in Havana next Tuesday, leav
ing Washington Saturday and board
ing steamer at Tampa, Florida, OF
Sunday night General Bell does no
expect to make long sojourn on the
island.
General Funston Hears That All is
Well.
Havana, Oct. 4.-General Funstor
received kilograms today from all Il
the members of the disarmament com
mission in various parts of the islam
reporting that all is quiet and that
the laying down of arms is progress
ing rapidly
Officers Pleased at Way Rebels Dis
band.
The alacrity with which the rebels
are laying down their arms to the
commission appointed to superintend
that important phase of the revo
luton is the greatest surprise the pro
visional government has yet encoun
tered with its smooth working pro
gram. This operation is now well un
der way in the vicinity of Havana
700 of Guerras men, with their horses
having already been entrained for
Jinar del Rio, while one brigade
marched to Guanajay today without a
sign of disorder.
Hundreds of persons from Havana
went out to Santiago de Las Vegas
and Rincon yesterday to view the disar.
mament. They were disappointed at
not seeing the rebels actually surren.
der their guns, but nevertheless they
witnessed an interesting sight. As a
concession to the men, General Funs-
ton and Major Ladd permitted them
to take their arms to Pinar del Rio,
where most of them joined the insur.
gent army. The rifles were first
counted by officers of marines under
the direction of Major Ladd and the
men will be required to surrender
them before leaving the train at Pi-
mar del Rio.
Marines at Pinar del Rio Mean
Business.
The marines sent to Pinar del Rio
were prepared to enforce orders and
see that the disbanded rebels dis.
persed quietly to their homes. General
Guerra had promised that 1000 men
would oe ready for entertainment yes
terday, but the preparation of the
muster rolls required so much time, as
each contains a minute description Of
every mans horse in order to prevent
substitution en- route or after arrival
that another special conveying 400
men and horses will leave Rincon for
Pinar del Rio later. The remainder of
Guerra's men will be marched to
Guanajay, and other nearby points in
Pima" del Rio province, as rapidly as
the muster rolls are prepared
According to the testimony OF an
American named Harvey, formerly a
Roosevelt Rough Rider, who has been
with the insurgents, the amount of
actual fighting during this revolution
was really very small. Harvey says
that most of the fighting he had seen
was between game cocks. About ten
per cent of Guerra's men carried
fighting cocks tied to their saddles.
1t is said that some of Del Castillos'
followers were reluctant to disarm,
but all the brigade commanders have
informed Major Ladd that all their
men will disarm and disband when
ordered to do SO by General Castillo.
Yesterday afternoon General del
Castillo gave Major Ladd an order
directed to all his subordinate COM
manders and telling them to comply
with every request made by the
American officer. Major Ladd will
work tonight to carry out the disband-
ing arrangements.
The disarming commission which
was sent to Santa Clara province en-
tered the Cienfuegos district yester-
day A dispatch received here from
the Associated Press correspondent
who is with the commission, filed at
Cruces, reports that the commission
received an ovation on the way from
Santa Clara.
The revolutionists encamped at
various points along the line were all
willing to iisarm and disband, believ-
ing thoroughly in the honorable in.
tentions of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft. The speech delivered
by Governor Taft before the Univer-
sity of Havana has been received with
great satisfaction by both the revO-
lutionists and the government party
in Santa Clara province.