Show 33EPARTHENT OF SANTA CLARA i Jtlany Spanish Troops Remain But I Everything I Quiet Cienfuegos Jan 15The entire military f tary department of Santa Clara Major I General J C Bates commanding is quiet Telt seven thousand Spaniards Span-iards still remain in the vicinity of J Cienfuegos but one transport is now loading and twelve others are expected to arrive at an early date It is improbable Im-probable however that the evacuation wi be completedmuch before the mid i die of February The Spanish troops who are thickly quartered in the warehouses l ware-houses and along the wharves swarm f through the city day and night Their i officers crowd the hotels The soldiers are poorly fed and have had no pay for months They are quiet enough but their presence makes impossible a proper clearing of the town and prevents vent activity on the part Ilf the American Amer-ican administration Six companies of the Fourth Tennessee regiment are < at Trinidad six companies at Sancti Spiritus while the Sixth Ohio regiment is stationed here A battalion of the Sixth edU I will soon be assigned to the city ofJ I J Santa Clara The Sixth Ohio men are living intents in-tents outside Cienfuegos and the general gen-eral health o the men is excellent The f Spanish barracks in town were found 4 in a wretched condition and quite unusable f un-usable but the barracks at Santa I Clara City will furnish good accommodation accommo-dation and there Is a well equipped hospital there Cuban soldiers garrison the country towns in the province a well a gad t the plantation whose owners in some C pav each soldier 6 a month The benavior of the Cuban troops in garrison garri-son capacity la highly commended They observe discipline and maintain perfect order The Cuban mayors and civil administrators trator In the Interior towns of the department f de-partment are awaiting the advent of I the American authorities In numerous CRtfifts no communications have reached them from the latter and they are pro I rfeding at their ordinary duties in default de-fault of Instructions I The customs receipts here at Cienfue lp gis are from 5000 to tfGOO a veek The telegraph service of the dl6tricHsstill 4E In the hands of Spanish employees 0 Captain Rlckard United States signal 1 L1 u 0 w I IiI I I I corps has made a requisition on Havana Ha-vana for operators and the necessary implements to establish an adequate service throughout the department and many of the present operators will be retained tGeneral Bates in mailingcivil appointments ap-pointments takes fitness into consideration con-sideration first and then gives the preference to Cubans The Spanish General Aguirro is still in charge of the Guardia Civile in Cienfuegos The plantations of the district are resuming grinding The distribution of I government rations to the poor rather tends to demoralize them and to prevent pre-vent them from seeking employment The public buildings In Cienfuegos are still in possession of the Spaniards and General Bates and his staff are crowded into inadequate quarters General Maximo Gomez is expected at Santa Clara City tomorrow |