| Show I IN H 11111 li lli N u n F 1U 11 BIA R Z 441114 Spa tS Great Army of 100000 Men Who Must Leave the Pearl of he Antilles Wzthout Firing a Shot o J ICopyrlntit UM The Branlrh pence commli loneri whore who-re Arranging for the transfer of Cuba 10 the United Hinted and who nr now liolJInc lllr sessions at Havana hav I bein H Iun orders by the repreienla lives of tills country tu have Sign troops non ociurrlnir the fortified rill t 10 then aeulctst at once Th mandat wait la Iud I-ud by She American commission lo iamply with ore or file artklea In I the I to oU Mch was timed a short lime Haled that the tcu and In which It was naeuatlon of the Island l > y F pan Ph troops hould to begun Immediately Th Spaniards seem to have paid no attention lo this rlaune and It li I a well known tail Shut Prentice Hannta had Instructed the Hpanlih representative lu delay Iht procetdlnti ai Ion II aa pui rllle I for no other reaion II U I believed than lo annoy the American commit alonen Their ram hap like mot things don by the dons proved a fall lire and they have not only been re flute I fit to let little troops away but a demand hai been mad to remove Shows frafted Intel Y FO that III e American got 1 illcra who ore la da duly there may be tared I In I charge of the fortlJcatloni There Inn boost l no trouble t with the Split n1oh troops In Iurto lllrn They hat been brought to the seacoast loan from ho I Interior and mool of them niv now on transports on th elf war lo the homo country In Cuba I tIt t-It is been different for with the eicen tion of the troop that aurrendered at Santiago none of the others line been i rent home and II Inlnht be ald her that the troop were tent from Snnllaio at the expense of the tnltp Staten government while those that are itlll on the Iflard will hav lo be lent ben nt Iho IIl prnio of Spain When the Inltrd States commission era started for Havana where they were In meet list Spanish represent gives they expected trouble hy delays They were however prepared lo meet every move that might be I mad by this dons and no Purptire was IIcclonrd when list order i In remove the troops was handed Tearful Gonialea Parent do President of the Hpanlili commli Plan of capllulallon It li f not to be wondered at that the Iroopi and pope daily I Ibo In Havana are reluctant to leave I ai the majority of them have endured all manner of hardihlc and with the exception of a few iklrmUhei outild l the city with Ih Innurcent force have not fired a hot durlnc the war There are now more than 1000 roldlerf I both regulars and volunteer In Hatana Their poilllon U I almost Imprecnabl It would t < well nigh Im Pootible for an enemy to conquer the plar I by fore of arma and there U I no fleet of worship In any of the navies of the world that could raui the city to lurrrnder by bombardment Havana Ha-vana too I no of the beat fortified clllei In the world l and It 1 U I not to be wondered at that the Spanish delay In evacuating 11 It li I Indeed a very Miter pill for them to wallow Day after day the men havo watthed file fleet of American Ameri-can nanhlpt from Sierra Caitlo without with-out getting a telllnic thol at them They have ieen nothing of the land force and while It 1 has been laid they were willing and anxious to Slight they will be obllced lo leave I the country ntthuut having had even to much aa a skirmish nllh our troop We had less l than iOMO troops at Ran tlaaa whtn that stronghold fell In fact t here veto nr mote than that number of American i soldiers on the in land at any Ham Very nearly Jt000 Hpanlih Iroopt were urrndrod when than four cipilijlAteil tlmtiSUial number and now will more b compelled lo move out nf the Intend de rented < I It III be nneiury lo have head troops evacuate the liland before the American soldlera can take charge and aa they will begin to leave I the United ftlatei very shortly for that pro lion of Uncle Pama new territory the Hpanlanla will have to do rinikierabl hunting ai then U a good deal of work Ahead of them Never In the history of Ilia world has all ch a thing taken plan ai the removal of to tarn > a body omen o-men from one place While theta are more than 1JOOOD men now lervlnx the Arm of Spain not all ct them will Iw transferred la the home country Horn of them are volunteers and with few esreptlunit rcald I In Cuba The volunteer volun-teer crepe will be disbanded and they willi be mustered out of the service as wire torn of the national guard ml mont of our own country which trrved during the war In all there will probably prob-ably IM I about IWtoo Scoops to hi Irani ported lo rain and II will lake con lderabl time and money lo arcom pllih II I According la the terms of the protocol proto-col they will have la bo ihlpped bark to trip horn country In Bnanlih veaitli 1 and It li helKvM It will be dmicull la find enough vesolho 1 flying the Hi > nlh colon that will be all liable for the wotk required of them To gain some Idea of the coat of transportation and th number num-ber of vessels 1 requlml II li I only ntcri vary la mall the price paid by the United Mimics government for the transportation of Senegal Torala troops lo Hpaln Th turn paid par man wii about IU and taking this ai a fair rat for what It will cost Hpaln to net her soldiers hOmo she will spend < In transportation trans-portation alone IUOOOM It would take nearly M ships of the Lie tranaatlanlle type such ai the American line train en Ht Iouli and BU Pool to carry them all At one time Three are not enough transport In I the United < States and Hpanlih navies lo accomplish the work at car lime and It would take more than a week to got the nun on I V board the vessels Then there are many of the troop that tire Irk either from fiver or woundi received JuMng en gatelgionts fPtfM 7r will have lo he l taken of them and larger quartira afforde l The City of lion which vet tel was chartered hy I Admiral Clever to carry his editors hack to Ppaln li Ion I-on of Ih lateral transatlantic itenm en and accordln lo rejocli WAS mm ilderably crowded when the loo men went nn hoard Hut the order hn been I given and the f4pinfish trootm will hay M evacuate their former atronghoMi In order la make room for Ilia American Smelts Th work of go Sting them Away will be watched with considerable In t > rrat by the natloni ni It will be the only lime In the history of the world Ihil such a glgantlo matter hn been undertaken And the work li I ta be don by a badly < crippled power It took but about Mooo men In conquer con-quer the Spaniards In Cuba and now that the war hn In l > brought to an end and the vltlotloui country li I setting set-ting ready la occupy her now UO salons s-alons It will tike According la the report re-port of the war department 40000 men or about twice ai many troop aa were necessary to bring the enemy to term ta rrloon the island They will Sit sent la Cuba and ai fait ai the Hpanlardi evacuate the clllei and fortification forti-fication the United Htate Iroopi will iircupy them Most of Ihe Iroopi that will be rent there for duly will be from the Infantry branch of the tervlre Them will too aeveml reclmenli nf Infantry In-fantry and cavalry and < a few batterle of artillery Th bitter will be placed In the fortification along list coast while YAN its a I J7 a eale 1 r J I e TO QM 41 RX 7T THE SPANIARDS ARE EVACUATING CUBA he cavalry will be placed In the moun talni and Interior town Tile cavalry will lie I uied more for the purpose a f letting rid of the guerrlllai who even In I time of peace roam through the country committing deedi such ni the deepradoe of the well did In the early I days of the frontier The Infantry will be placed mmily In the large rltim where they will 11 garrlKin duly and police work until the government lien Milled Ita attain ant 1 mailer run imoothly Ai the penpla become nrcuilomed to the new government the troops will ha withdrawn until there will probably remain re-main only alnut half the number that were originally tent lo occupy the wall out town and clllei While She evacuation of lurrendered Itlandi by the Hpanlih win IM I n very Interesting feature of the timing of hmlimiei there Pro teveral others which will add to Hit I Intern of the war These however life of a personal l o tIC tI-C 1fJltr nature and concern > torn ot the I men who will command the force that are la lie I tent la the new poiieiiloni Two df then men have nerved the country In many color ties and hurt won fame Then men are Major leneral Joseph Wheeler and Major lenenl riliIluih Iff No men who terved In the war are better known or were more ronipleuoui than time two and U may be truly tald Ill t neneral Wheeler was ono of the m1 unique naurei in the affair II In I aa everybody know a veteran of two won Now long pail the age when men are tuppoied to lake an active ac-tive 1 Hirl In I the battle of file nation lighting Joe Wheeler the dashing cavalry commander of the outh wee not only one of the first to lie given a command when war wo declared but with him went his two eon and three daughter and lip was one of the first ta get to the scene ot action One ton li I a lieutenant In the regular army while Joseph Wheeler Jr a cadet at the Novel adm wnt through the Santiago campaign with hla father and was drowned near Camp Vlkoff at Stontauk Iolnt The three gifts spent their time In mining the tick and wounded and many of the toldler who were suffering from fiver or the efforts of being struck by Mouser bullet and piece ot firing Sheila have received comfort at their hands lentral Wheeler will have command OfIlle cavalry cav-alry division of the troops that will occupy oc-cupy Cuba and It 1 li I one of the most Important t of the commando aa tile I cavalry cav-alry will hay lo lubdun 10 brIgand and guerrlllai who Arm continually causing trouble to the People l living In the Interior I of Ih Island like leneral Wheeler leniral Leo li else a veteran ot the civil and Hlipano Amerlcan ware and one of the touthi famout cavalry leader There It I little that can be laid concerning him Shut la I not already known Aa consul general In Havana he made a record for hlmielf ef which anybody might he justly proud and whlln be did not how big ability ai a Aar leader In I the affair which U I being brought to a cloi it was because no opportunity WOO offered him II I Its ihowed hla worth U the government In I the way he maniged affair In Havana Ha-vana just before war woo declared and < tfE U 13 If > 1 ape 7 r after lbst billleihlp Main was de Stored In thai harbor hy Hpanlih treachery he remained In Havana until She last moment When he left I he Sold Captain Heneril nianro that he would return la relieve him of Ih rriponilbtl Ilion of the government of Cuba and re rent the lanolin lo American fit will take him command the Seventh army Carlos Into Havana when the Spanish Stools now italloned there evacuate Ih Place neneral Wheeler will Play with his troops until they have been nettled In their now quarter when It li I PoI I < h I will auk lo be relieved that he may return horn and Ilk till Mat In the two of reprvientatlvei Th now army organliallon which Is necessary to supply troops lot rente I In the new territory U I now twine arranged ar-ranged and to far ai ran bo learned will be ai followit Most of tht volunteer reglmint from the various states will be muttered Out of the tervlce as roon li Site regular hue been Increased In number The Handing army at preienl hat but 2JOOO men Under the new arrangement ar-rangement there will U 100004 and they are lo I be die I ributI In I the followIng follow-Ing manner Twenty Ihouiand will remain re-main for duly In the United Hlaie 40 004 will be Pont lo Cuba JO 000 lu Upt Ihlllpplnei and < from 000 to IOOD la Iurto Itlco Home of the troop that have been mentlone fur the rhlllpplnei will I be Hatloneil at liiim In the la drone islands There wilt be no trouble or delay In getting the Spaniards out of Mile men In fart they have already alartnt to leave n1 aa they evacuate IbO cities the American troops take Littlest of them Cuba It I the only place where there I It I likely la be any delay and while part of this delay U I rauird Purposely to ei hauit She patience of and annoy the United mate Commissioners who Have chine of the work other reasons sars given among them being that Spain cannot got the necessary ihlpi to trend port the treat ta thit home country ai quickly ai pbn would like According to the arrangement the flrat of the Hpanlih troopi now In Havana are lo embark for home early this month It la I believed U 1 willi Ix tome time liter before i be-fore they will be In reldlnnl to leave and army oillclila and military url pay that from the way tht Hpnnlardi have acted In regard ta the matter the new year will be uiherfd In before the last of the don soldiers will have left like island There are mor than 18000 of them In the hospitals tufferlng from fever itarvatlon and the effects of battle bat-tle It will lake considerable Urn lo remove bee men and there li I mile doubt that Uncle Bam will allow tome of Ihem to remain In the hospitals until their rendition li I such that they can 14 removed without fear of driiroylnc their chaneet of recovery Tho American 1 Ameri-can troops will be ready lo enter the clllei and fortification early In November Novem-ber berIt U thought however thai Ihey will not be lent Into Ihe Uland In large hod let I until a month later when the conOI Stand of the climate are such that theta will be mil risk from fever slid Ihe other diseases Then It hit Sworn cIr tested that the troops be not allowediro oorupy Iht bulldlngi used by the Frigid I lard aa U li I thought that floods germs lurk III them While nothing ties as yet twen dune In regard to housing the Iroopi that will to to Cuba it 1 u I expected Shut the government win provide pro-vide portable wooden barrack until or rantiementl have been completed and Ihe quaiteri now uitd by the Spanish tnldlera ran be land lenible When the time dot come for the Spanish to haul down their colon and P II unit the poiieiiluni they hue held for 10 many centuries efcounh Amerl an troops I will be sent not only la maintain order but lo awaken from dreama of rnnqueil any meddling power pow-er of Curop that may desire lo prom l > y Ihe victory of the 1nlted Htatei over Hpaln KIIKDnillCK A VnitllU |
