Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — FIFTY THOUSAND FOR CUBA. [ARTICLE]

FIFTY THOUSAND FOR CUBA.

This Force Will Occupy the Island After Peace Is Declared. The administration is contemplating the detail of an army of 50,000 men for the occupation of Cuba after peace shall have been declared. This occupation, from the present outlook, will begin in the early fall. The force of 50,000 will be selected from the volunteer army exclusively, and pains will be taken to give those regiments which have not yet gone to the front a chance to see service .In Cuba. Military government will temporarily prevail throughout the island in all probability, and Major Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will he placed in command of the garrisoning army and made military governor of the territory.