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Show General Wood Releases Prisoners. Havana, Jan. 7. General Wood has Issued an important order giving freedom free-dom to forty men in the province of Santa Clara. Some of them had been detained without trial aud others were suffering excessive punishment. All had been released ten months before by an order issued by General Bates, but they were immediately rearrested on orders from division headquarters on the ground that a department commander com-mander did not have the power to pardon. par-don. After looking carefully into iho cases, General Wood decided that the judgment of General Bates regarding their release was wise, and consequently consequent-ly the order settiug them at liberty was promulgated. Reports from other departments are daily expected, and it is believed that before the end of the month a large number will be released, especially in the province of Havana. The cases of those who have been held for a long time in detention without trial will be the first to be investigated. |