Show I OCCATIO OF CBA President Rae Extended Conference I Wit Age and Cor l I Washington Oct 29The prsIdent Secretary Alger and Adjutant General i Corbin had an extended conference today to-day the prncipal topic under consld i crton being the occupation of Cuba There Is no disposition to change the date Jan 1 fixed for the assumption of cntro by the United States The questions discussed today related mainly main-ly l to transportation ships equipment lndlng and camps The reports of the Cuban military commission and of the army boards to Investigate and locate sites were consIdered General Lawton Law-ton who has been for some time pat the military governor of Santiago province was present during a portion of the conference and gave the president presi-dent some Information concerning con dtons In Cuba The reports of the board to select sites gave a list of articles which would be Immediately artcles necessar and the department has directed di-rected the Issue of advertisements for them Colonel Hecler and Colonel Lee quartermaster with the board have been ordered to Washington to report more In detail and to assist In the preparations for the embarkation of troops to Cuba PRESIDENT IS GRATIFIED During his conversation with General Lawton the president expressed hIs gratification at the victorious conclusion conclu-sion Qt the campaign in Santiago province prov-Ince and at the manner in which the officers and men conducted themselves General Lawton declIned to discuss the I recommendations whIch he wlll make to Secretary Alger respecting the future fu-ture operations of the army and the government geneI In Cuba I has not been definitely determined whether General Lawton will return to the command at Santiago but the general expressed the belief that he probably I would not The command of the department de-partment of Santiago is now under General Wood It Is yet too early said I General Lawton In response to questions ques-tions on the subject to express an opinion as to the time it would be necessary for this government to main taln military supervision of the Island I of Cba This will have to be determined deter-mined entirely by the course of event I The Cubans generally speaking Gen I I eral Lawton said were a quiet tractable I trac-table people Be did not think there rdpe be any trouble nth managing I them so far as this might be necessary i pending the formation of an independent indepen-dent government on the island So far as the cities are concerned General Lawton did not believe there would be I my difficulty In maintaining discipline and order and In the country agricultural agricul-tural districts the formation of a constabulary con-stabulary composed of the natives would brIng about the desired effect After the conference Secretary Ager said that i relate to what regIments regments should be sent to Cuba as an army of occupation and to what pints He sad that the details of the movement would not be made public Secretary Iays IntervIew with the president presumably related to matters mat-ters before tile Paris peaqp commis slon but nothing isknown of the contents con-tents of dispatches which may have bten received from President Day I was intimated however that our rep resentatves In Pars probably would be prepared to take up next week and submit to the Spanish members a dis tnct proposition on the Philippine question I is faIrly assumed however how-ever that this proposItion may be subject sub-ject to a change a the negotiations progress WILL HOLD PHILIPPINES On the general subject or the Phi Ippines member of the cabinet are unusually un-usually reticent and this fact Is assumed as-sumed by some to Indicate that up to this time the adminIstration Itself has not fully determine upon what It will or wlll not demand in this connection beyond the facts heretore stated by the Associated Press that the entire archipelago must remain in the pee ssslof of the Uzjted States This de I f J I J i 1 1 termination has undoubtedly ben reached and under no circumstance will this government through Its Paris representatives consent to a treaty which doe A not Involve a complete surrender sur-render of Spanish sovereignty therein It may be further stated that this gov erment wi not assume any of the SpaIlsh debt or obligations possibly beyond thcgarante of certain munic Ipa obligations which have been Incurred In-curred In substantial municipal Improvements Im-provements The debt which Spain has Incurred In her efcrs to put down the insurrection will neIther be paid assumed I as-sumed not guaranteed by the UnIted State This fat It Is quite certain was distinctly stated to our commissioners commis-sioners before they left Washington I Whether or not this government woUld consent to the payment of any sum of money to Spain for any part of her territor taken possession of by the United States should any be found to r be due upon a financial settlement of the account cannot be stated at this time and It is believe that this particular par-ticular feature of the question has never been raised in the presIdents I cabinet conferences with the members of his |