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THE OCCUPATION 1 OF CUBA.
The Views of Generals Nifes and Shatter
as to the Best Method of Safe
ouardino Our Troops.
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of the army there was perfectly who>-
■ome after. It reached the north at the
end of many weeks.
"A* to the trouble to be encountered
from the people In Cube. I feci certain
that the Spaniard* will not inuke any
trouble. The Cuban* ought to be on
good term* with Americana, becauae
they have, everything to gain by It. of
course In a country that haa been at
war for a number of years, a lawless
element springs up. Such an element
exists in Cuba and will be disposed to
make some disturbances, but It can be
controlled with the greatest ease.
•'Naturally th? Cubans themselves are
suspicious toward every one on account
of the manner In which they have been
treated by the Spaniards. It la difficult
for them to trust In the good Intentions
of the Untied States. Personally I be
lieve the solution of thF question is an
nexation. All men having Interests on
the Island. Cuhans and others, heartily
desire this fib be the eventual result
"I apprehend that thete la very little
prospect of any more lighting In Cuba.
The troops which the government is to
send there will number 40.000 to 45.000
men or more.
‘•lf call'd upon to take an army to
Cuba at this time of the yeur. 1 would
try to get i't upon high ground, with the
camps-as, $/ar as possible from, the
towns I "would not have the camps
large, and 1 would have them well po>,
heed. and;.believe in this , way a large
elckllat .(jin be gvolded, at least tor
title'winter. What may happen next
summer we cannot tell. The matter of
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VANGUARD’OF THE A! MY OF OCJUPATION ON TH3 WAY TO CUBA.
camps In Minnesota and also 1n ArUto
-1 na. fc.uoo feet above the set, Since there
| Will lx* no danger of an atlfick upon the
1 American troops, there will be no ne
cessity for crowding them together In
large camps. I would favor putting
i the men in temporary wooden hurrnoks.
| With legardAO the volunteers, who.-e
i sanitary habits have been severely
] criticised. 1 believe that they hove been
i long enough In service to have learned
better than to be careless in this mat
ter. 11 is now six months since they
| were recruited, and the experience of
j the various camps will not be forgot
ten.
i “Smallpox makes headway in Cuba
once It gets a hold, because the Cubans
Ido not vaccinate. All of our soldiers,
whether regulars or volunteers, are
vaccinated upon enlistment and as fre
! qucntly thereafter as may be deemed
j necessary Vaccination is compulsory
| In the army, und it can be made so
arqonh the people of Cuba. It was nnt
i ura.l that intense excitement resulted
! from the condition of the Fifth corps at
Santiago.’ but our experience there Is
not ■! parallel to alarm the country
at present. At least TT. per cent of the
command with me had been, down with
the malarial 1 fever, from which they fit
' covered very slowly, before the attack
of yeilow fever and other complaints
came on .toward the end of July, and
really what put, try command in tlje
terrible condition in which it was >it
the time the generak united, hi asking
that it ba removed was the 10 days of
campaign w)teh they had nothing but
meat, bread and coffee, without change
THE .A.TJO-XJBTA. SUNDAY HERALD.
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I Reel ltd afikt Seventh criiTs to move their
I troops to the chief strategic pointr in
I Cuba und establish garrisons In winter
1 quarters. The stations named are Ha
-1 vana. Matanraa., Martel, KuovUas and
Cardenrn on the north coast ttndCien
riiego* ,m the south coast, with pasts at
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the scenes of Important operations by
the insurgents of the several uprisings
for freedom, either as points of at
tack. lend ngs for filibusters or places
of refuge for patriot armies Four ->f
the seven divisions ordered to Cuba will
go to Havana, two of the Second corps
and two of the Seventh. Two light hat
terles will he included in the force to
Harris n Havana. The Havana garri
son v I not he quartered in the perma
nent buildings of the city, but will go
inlo camp at Mariano, eight miles dis
tant ut'on a plateau 200 feet above the
level of the s>a. This site was selected
by the military board sent to Cuba by
the war department for the purpose of
local tig the garrisons. The board rec
ommends that only a small garrison be
retained in the city of Havana proper
for fear of infection In ease the soldiers
were quartered In the old buildings. The
admfcrtatratkm has decided to have now
and Mg sn quarters for the soldiers while
in Cut’:., ■ ■
At Mariano the camp will be divided
into two ssailons. soma distance apart.
The water supply will be taken from
the Havana aqueduct new dock la
bs'.n#'built to faclfttat# the quick land
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Copyright, 1698.'
■ them, but to protect them In their
j homes, in their employment and In their
I personal and religious rights. All por
| sons who, either by active aid or sub-
I mission, co-operate with the United
States in its efforts to give effect to this
beneficent purpose will receive the re- j
u ard of its support and protection. Our »
occupation should be as free from se- |
verity as possible."
Since the proclamation went into es- ,
feet In the province of Santiago under ,
General Shaffer’s rule the government |
hus demanded the evacuation of the
w hole Island by the Spaniards, and as ,
a result the army will garrison the
chief centers of population expressly
to protect the property and personal
and religious rights of the people until
1 a new power is created to secure the
j same ends.
Absolute and supreme powers are |
1 claimed for the occupying belligerents. I
1 still, local and municipal laws are con- i
| tinned in force unless necessity com
| pels the military governor to set them
sside In the Interests of justice and or
i der. The police and constabulary, the
| judges and other officio’* are continued
i in office during good behavior and the
j people allowed to continue in their j
usual occupations.
In stating that he would not expect 1
trouble from the Spanish element Gen-,
eral Shafter intended to restrict his \
words to tße Spanish citlxens having
property interests at stake in Cuba.
The Spanish soldiery, however, form a
dlatihet element without the patrl-.
otio spirit of the oivtUans w;hose for
tunes are bound up in the fate of the
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manipulating Insurrections egalnßt
American control whenever revenge or
political advantage can be gained by it.
The task set for lleeif by this country
is the quelling of disorder in Cuba.
In the matter of putting down or sup
pressing political uprisings either active
or incipient, the army commander ha*
the powers of a dictator and may even
expel peraon* who are dangerous to the
peace of the island.
in a practical way the military occu
pation will put to the supreme test the
profession* of the Cuban* that their de
sires are purely patriotic and that they
rebelled in order to secure civil liberty
and domestic quiet. These they may
have by co-operation with a power am
ply able to secure those blessings.
Another test of less significance to
the world, but of vital moment in view
of America's destiny, is the question of
health in the tropics for men of north
ern habit. There Is no frost in Cuba to
kill the fever, and an epidemic may
rage all winter The army under Le
Clerque. which Nnpoleon sent to Santo
Domingo, suffered throughout the whole
period and w as reduced by disease from
.10,000 to a mere handful. A similar ex
perience befell the army under Laveaux
on a previous expedition to Haiti.
The army now on the. way to Cuba
has much In Its favor—the season. )>nst
experience and little prospect of hard
campaigning. Still. Its exposure for a
tong period will demonstrate whether
the superior physique, intelligence and
hvgicnic discipline of the American sol
dier will make him proof agaipsl the
d fed demon which anjlually bias** the
fj.fr Pearl of the Antilles and never yet
sifted man nor woman, black- nor
win:*, lord nor underling. Perhaps for
allfa conqueror is to appear in the .per
son of the versatile man behind; the
Sluring a casual conversation with
General Miles on his arrival In New
York recently I elicited the following in
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w.ll hr suggested to rvrry roilghtrnrd
paraoa from tho fdrjf nature of thr
caar. "A hand thruat Into thr Art will
tartly get burned,"
, GEOROE U KIEMER
Thr r.amhtlMS ideateoaot.
Whrn thr duchy of Oadm wa* occu
pied by Brussian troopa after the In
nurrertlon of lit*, thr officer* were
warned agalnat playing at Baden-
Baden. One aummer evening King
(then Prince) Wlihelm etrolled into the
gambling room* and noticed an officer
|in civilian 1 * clothed anting at play, tie
! had won twice on the red and waa
about to pick up hta money when he
| caught night of thr prince watching
him. Terror stricken. he *»t quiet, not
daring to reach out for hla winnings.
The red turned up a third and then a
fourth time. A* the maximum waa
quickly reached the prince touched the
officer on the ihoulder and raid gently:
• Take up your money and go, !e»t oue
of your chief* finds you here ”
Of course the soldier got out Imme
diately.
Two day* later there wa* a review,
during which Trlnce Wilhelm sighted
the culprit nnd sent for him.
"lieutenant —he mild, "after you
went away thr red turned up four
times more. I prevented you from win
ning four time* the maximum, which
you would certainly have staked. Tou
will draw on me for that amount. But
take my advice, do not gamble again.”
The memoir* of an old German gen
eral who lived to nee hi* last victory at
Sedan have stated as follows: "It was
the kindness of the lesson that cured
me of gambling. For me It was better
I than a year's Imprisonment."
gas* Way to Kill Moaqolloes.
The Mexican Central Railway com
pany Is engaged In a new experiment,
which. If It Is all that Is claimed for it.
will be of Inestimable value. To show
how .arnest they are In the matter
they have created a new office—that of
mosquito commissioner—and the port
folio was awarded to Captain George C.
Sperry, superintendent of telegraphs for
the company.
Experiments In different parts of thr
fn'.ted Ptate*. and In New Jersey In
particular, have demonstrated the fact
that the extermination of the mosqu to
can be accomplished.
An exchange, in discussing the mat
ter. said: "Peientiflc Investigation has
disclosed the fact that a few grains of
permanganate of potash will destroy nil
the embryo mosquitoes in a large area
of mosquito swamp. At 2 cent* 311 ar re
all the mosquttoes can be killed oft for a
space of 30 days, and as the breeding
time is but two months 4 cents wili in*
sure protection for the entire year. This
places it within the possibility of a
state, and certainly » city, to entirely
1 rid itself of a treat nuisance."
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rn.nn np la wait nndafmioo4. Ik* 4*r.*n*
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tkn dnt* nod uard for mmat and rfcrl.
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•in' raKlpa w*rr thua ftttrd In <att as
Ihr a lav.a patttr.p loonr. tn tka oM nn*
rat war* tkr trrtn m—nt two an>pa in
art ton with ifcmr aidan toot Km* an
mas oflra ika cnan.
■ trkrst ClnK an Knrak.
Tka rk-k—t <u»d moat rmatunt** rtnb
ta tkr world ta IK. Ittam .nd rhib of
t*ondon It In a 100 na. of tka moot cart
out. Tkr motofcrra art »ko »r**t din*
mood mrrckanta of London
Tka qualifications for mrniborahlp am
not ikoso a hick Ond favor in lk* awoil
wost and ciubo of I /ndon. Blrtfc coanta
for not kin# anil drraa for loaa. In fart,
war* onr of tka nttmlaft of tho Ola*
ntond club arrn diaportmp hlmaatf tn
lk* raimanl affrrtrd by tkr yt>unp
blood* of Mayfair It la aafo to aay that
hi* follow n;rn.b*r» would mpard bum
with the prratrat auaptrton.
K%«ry randldat. for »dmla#lon I* #«•
nmined by a commtttr# on admission*,
mho Inquire minutely Into hi* p**t. *ud
no man ha* aver been admitted whoa#
.areer or reputation ha* been amlrrhed
in the smallest degree For this reua .n
Ike member* have the utmost ronfl
denea ta each other, and all are friends.
As few members have offices the club
•a not only a place of refreshment, but
of business as well. A pentleman at
tired in clothe* perhaps not worth a
sovereign, but worth his £IOO.OOO for all
that. Is discussing his dinner. Thera
enters to hub another shabby genteel
gentleman, mho whispers something In
h;s ear. whereupon the diner hande the
newcomer a paper bag. which, on being
, emptied on a table near the window at
the other end of the room, proven to
I contain diamonds of exceeding sl*e and
| luster. . ,
That the committee are able to delve
| into a man’s past Is shown by the utter
i unconcern of the owner. Hl* diamonds
are being pissed round the room. Noth
ing would be easier than for some one
to secrete a stone worth perhaps 12.500,
yet the diner proceeds with his dinner
as if he were the least interested party
in the room, for he knows that hla
stones are safe.
The club meets dally at the luncheon
hour In the dingy little case In Hatton
j Garden, occupying a private room. The
! expenses arc so slight that the mem*
; tiers, to get rid of their profits, expend
I them on the cuisine. Diamond dealers
! may not care about dress, but they
know what a good dinner should be
like. Taken altogether, the t o’cloek
repast of the Diamond club may be
pronounced on the score of quality to
be the finest In the world for the
money.
All disputes are settled by the com
mittee. A "board of arbitration” Is
formed, which hears evidence and gives
the verdict, which the loaer abides by.
Venice Getting Dry.
Venice without Its waters would he a
far less picturesque place than It actu
ally Is. And such a state of assays. w«
are led to believe, may eventrfmy come
about. The regular Increase In the delta
of the river Po has been studied by Pro
fess r Mir'nelll. Comparison of the
Austrian map of about 1523 with the
records of surveys made in 1593 shows
that the mean annual Increase during
those 70 years has been about three
tenths of a square mile, and from all
known data It appears that the total
increase during six centuries has been
135. square miles. The increase is
eontlnu ng, and the gulf of Venice is
doomed in time to disappear. No im
i mediate alarm need, however, be excit
ed. for Professor MartnoUi calculates
that between 100 and ISO centuries will
j elapse before the entire northern Adrt*
' gtk- will have become dry land.