Salt Lake Herald | 1899-05-19 | Page 2 | Brooke Disregards Orders

BROOKE DISREGARDS ORDERS His Actions Create Consternation In War Department New York May 19A special to the World from Washington says General Brooke was instructed by the president to insist that the arms of the Cubans be turned over to officers of the United States army Instead General Brooke agreed with General Gomez that the arms should besurrendered to the mayors of the Cuban cities General Corbin left for Hot Springs tonight to learn from the president whether or not he will insist upon his original order to General Brooke being carried out Officials of the war department regard re-gard General Brookes disregard of the presidents instructions as a moral victory vic-tory for General Gomez and the dissatisfied dissat-isfied Cubans Secretary Alger is highly indignant over General Brookes surprising disregard disre-gard of the presidents strict orders Htl has telegraphed to the president full details I is generally conceded that these developments de-velopments in Cuba will greatly delay Cuban the distribution army 1 of the J3000000 to the I