Show OATIO TO ENEIIAL IIUMEL CUBAN COMMANDER RECEIVES A SOYAL WELCOME Will Enter Havana Today at the Head of the Cuban Troops Banquet Ban-quet at Marianao Marianao Province of Havana Feb 23 General Maximo Gomez left Guinea at 230 this afternoon and is now at Marianao This evening he is at a banquet tendered by the town the last except that to be given in Havana of along a-long series of such entertainments Mayor La Coste of Havana Senor Frederlco Mora the civil governor of the city and the members of the Havana Ha-vana council accompanied Gomez from Guines to Marianao At Cienaga about three miles from Havana a crowd of 2000 persons had collected As the train drew m the station General Gomez Go-mez appeared on the platform Stops were made at Puntas Grande and Buena Vista At the latter point Major Ma-jor General Lee went upon the plat Term and welcomed General Gomez informally in-formally in a few hearty words The train stopped next at Quemados where crowds of American soldiers had gathered and finally reached Marianao at 515 The station was lined with Cuban Cu-ban troops The members of the Cuban Cu-ban military assembly headed by General Gen-eral Andrade and the assemblys secretaries sec-retaries were waiting to welcome the Cuban commander Amid the deafen lug yells and Vivas of the populace and the strains of the Cuban national hymn played by a Cuban band General Gen-eral Gomez emerged from the train and with no little difficulty forced his way from the station to the street Between 3000 and 4000 Cuban troops had assembled from all parts of the province of Havana The procession which escorted Gomez to the Hidalgos house was headed by the One Hundred and Sixtyfirst Indi ana regiment Major Russell Harrison provost marshal of the province of Havana Ha-vana At the residence General Gomes was embraced by the women present and welcomed by the American offl ers The Cuban troops marched past the house filling the streets of the small town and then proceeded to their various va-rious camps Major General Lee and his staff of officers Civil Governor Mora Mayor jii Coste and the secretaries are attending at-tending the banquet this evening which is to be followed by a reception ana dance The members of the assembly as-sembly are not present at the banquet ban-quet General Gomez will leave Marianao at 10 oclock tomorrow morning going by carriage to Correro where he iill mount and ride at the head of rubart troops to Havana In Havana Gomes will live at Quinto Mollinos the former summer residence of the Spanish rap ain general beautifully situated on he edge of the city I |