The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-10-05
TROOPS BEING
RUSHED TO CUBA
THE SUMNER SAILS FORTY.ElGHT
HOURS AFTER ORDER FOR
TROOPS WAS ISSUED.
RtBaS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS
TAFT QUIETLY TAKES OVER GOV
ERNMENT-FUNST TAKES
REBEL ARMS.


Havana, Sept 30.--American inter.
vention in Cuba will be an accomplish
e6 fact to-day.
President Roosevelt's commission
ers, although clothed with the fullest
authority from him to take such &C
ton whenever 1t became obvious that
the effort of securing peace by har-
monizing the warning Cubans would
be unsuccessful, have patiently with
held their hands from this setting
aside Cuban sovereignty until the last
hope had disappeared.
| No sooner was the failure of the ad-
| journed session of congress and the
| declared intention of the government
! Secretaries Taft and Bacon than the
preparations for armed Intervention
we're put into operation.
Marines Are Landed.
A telehone wire had been quietly
laid from the American legation to the
| battleship Louisiana, and as soon as
| the order was received from Secretary
Taft thirty marines were landed and
proceeded quickly and quietly to the
| treasury building, where they went on
guard. In the meanwhile Capt. Albert
| r. Coudon, commander of the naval
| force; Capt. Seaton Schroeder of the
battleship Virginia; Brig. Gen. Funs-
ton and Maj. Ladd were in conference
! with Messrs. Taft and Bacon, complet-
! ing plans for the guarding of the city
| and arranging for the occupation.
Gen. Rodriguez, commander of all the
! Cuban forces, is acting in perfect har-
! mony with the American commission
ers, and the rural guards can be de-
provisional government in every re-
spect.
Ceremony Is Absent.
Havana, Oct. with far less osten-
tation than accompanies the accession
of new municipal administration the
government of Cuba was formally
taken over by William H. Taft, secre
tary OF war Of the United States, who,
F, in proclamation couched In a kindly
! and diplomatic tone, indicative of the
policy he would pursue, declared him
self provisional governor of the island.
The fact that the government chang
ed hands from a position of absolute
| independence to the restraint of tenn
porary protectorate was received by
| the masses with absolute indifference.
Funston Takes Rebels Arms.
The work of disposing peacefully OF
the revolutionary forces in arms
against the Cuban government is al
ready practically under way Brig.
| Gen. Frederick Funston chairman OF
the disarmament commit sion, had two
amicable conferences yesterday with
Generals Pine Guerra and Del Castillo
and arranged program perfectly sat
! isfactory to all concerned.
In fact, Gen. Funston said last even
Ing that the windup will be so smooth
| and rapid that it will take much less
time than had been anticipated.
| $50 Marines Landed.
| The first landing of any considerable
number of Americans took place last
night, when $50 marines came ashore.
This force proceeded to Cienfuegos
| last evening. 1t was explained that
| this movement was not made on ac-
count OF any actual trouble in Cienfue-
gos, but for the purpose Of exerting a
calming influence on the local situa-
tion, which contains some possibility
of q conflict by reason OF the tense
feeling existing between the govern
ment volunteers and the insurgents.
No Pay for Arms.
| The disarmament commission has
| decided that the rebels shall not re-
ceive payment for their arms, but each
man will be given transportation and
subsistence until he reaches home.
| Gen. Funston expects to remain in
Havana in general charge Of the work
| OF disarmament When this is COM
| pleted he will take command of all the
United States troops in Cuba
The battleship Kentucky arrived
here last night. bringing 500 more ma
rines. Gov. Taft has informed mem
bers of the Palma cabinet that he
would appoint ministers in about ten
days; in the meanwhile the secretaries
are acting.
Government Forces Disband.
The disarmament Of the government
volunteers began here yesterday
when the Estrada Palma battalion of
city militia was disbanded.
The story published in the United
Des Moines In Nick OF Time.
Santiago, Cuba, Oct. 3.-The arrival
here yesterday afternoon OF the Ameri-