The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-29

bas and the Hon. Felipe de Pazos
SAM.
They were accompanied BY Mariana
Rocafort the cuban consul-general
and were extended welcome on be-
half OF the National Maine Monument
committee by William Randolph
Hearst.
Il want to express to you as a mem
Der of the Maine Monument commit
tee" said Mr.. Hearst. the pleasure
and the honor that we feel that all
the citizens of the United States must
feel at the notable way in which the
republic of Cuba has recognized this
occasion OF the unwilling OF the Maine
monument
we are complimented that the re-
public has sent SO distinguished a
commission and such impressive naval
and military contingents. and we
certainly all hope as good Americans
that this will be only one of the many
OCCASIONS and occurrences tina. will
tend TO bind the republic OF Cuba and
the republic OF the United States in
closer friendship and fraternity"
r. a. e. Smith. commissioner OF
docks and ferries. representing the
city Of lew York, made a brief adj
dress in Spanish, expressing the same
sentiments. Responding for the Gu
ban Congress and the people OF Cuba,
DR.. Torralbas said:
We feel proud to como here repre-
senting the Cuban Congress. re feel
that a great honor has, therefore.
been conferred upon us. express
faithfully tile feeling OF all the Cuban
people when l state that they Will al
ways feel a deep gratitude to the
American nation. Their feeling Is
likewise one of Indebtedness to this
country, for they consider that the
catastrophe that befell the battleship
Maine was the beginning of the first
page OF Cuba's history. II was. in
fact, only by the help of America that
Cuba became free, and all Cubans re-
member and are grateful in the re-
membrance."
The ENJOYS expressed pleasure at the
arrangements made for the comfort and
entertainment of the military and naval
delegations which VIII arrive on the
Cuba to take part In Fridays event.
In response to a telegram from Secre-
tary OF State Bryan. quarters OH Gov
ernors Island were rendered TO the
Cuban soldiers during their stay in the
city AT the suggestion of DR.. Torral-
has. II was decided TO place one OF the
armories OF the city at their disposal.
and they will probably camp there In
stead. None of them has ever been in
the United States before.
Famous Cuban Band Comes.
On board the Cuba also is the ia
nous Cuban military band of eighty
pieces. which will march In the pageant
and also be heard in concerts before it
leaves the city. The band is one of
the notable institutions of the Cuban
capital, and is heard nightly during the
season on the Malecon or Esplanada
opposite the famous Moro Castle. 1t is
under the direction Of Major Luis More
V del Solar, and is making it's first visit
to this country.
a picturesque event OF Fridays cere-
monies will he the launching and sink
ink OF n floral representation of the old
battleship Maine. The miniature bat
tlcship viii sail into the Hudson off
Ninety-seventh Street, and at the mo-
ment of the unwilling, when each of
the battleships is firing its salute OF
twenty-one guns, the sinking of the
Maine Will be enacted
Among the many floral tributes to he
laid at the base OF the monument will
be a mammoth reproduction of the seal
of the State of Maine, eight by twelve
feet in dimension. which has been or
dered by Governor William T. HAYNES
Owing to illness Of Ruth Gaynor
Marion Gaynor, another daughter OF
the Mayor. will place the wreath CON
tributed by the city. Among the other
wreaths will be one from the State Of
American Nurses Association OF the
Spanish American War and the United
Spanish War Veterans.
Among the distinguished visitors
from the United Spanish War Veterans
at the unwilling Will be Commander-in-
Chief Oscar It. Taylor. of Pittsburgh.
and Captain T. l.. Huston, of Havana,
Cuba. Chaplain Alfred A Pruden.
United States Army, stationed at Homo
lulu, Will also attend.
A dispatch from Washington tonight
stated that Secretary of the NAVY
Daniels had left for this city TO take
part in the unveiling ceremonies