Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1898 — BIG FORCE JOB CUBA. [ARTICLE]

BIG FORCE JOB CUBA.

PREPARING FOR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND. - t - • ■»- Three Thousand Troops Are to fall October 30, and' ’Other Detachments Will Follow from Time to Time—Re* enforcement* for Dewey. The. War and Navy departments are perfecting plans for a demonstration in force at and the powerful re-en-forcementsof Admiral Dewey. In Cuba a strong miliary demonstration is to be made to any disturbances that may follow the evacuation of the island, and the re-enforcements for Admiral Dewey arejnade as a precaution against any trouble in the Philippines with Germany. Three brigades are under orders to be ready Oct. 20 to sail for Cuba. The intention of Gen. Miles is to make the first detachment 3,000. His plans are that the three brigades shall compose the First division of the army of occupation. The brigades designated are made up as follows: The Seventh and Eighth United States cavalry, to be commanded by Brig. Gen. L. H. Carpenter; the Fifteenth United States infantry and the Fourth United States volunteer infantry, to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Snyder; the First United States infantry, by Brig. Gen. E. B. Wllliston. These will be followed from time to time by detachments to fill out the 50,000 intended for the garrison of the island. This early announcement of the destination of troops for Cuba is due to the fact, not heretofore stated, that the President has sent the Spanish commission an ultimatum that the authorities in Washington would not tolerate a delay in evacuating the island , to Feb.. 28, as had been contemplated by the Spaniards. Tlie Presconsiders Oct. 20 a reasonable time and will begin the peaceable occupation then, and will occupy it by force if he is resisted.

COMMISSION BEGINS WORK. Men Who Will Investigate the Conduct of the War. The commission that is to investigate the conduct of the war hits organized, received its instructions and started upon its work. As finally made up the commission is composed of the following men: GeD. Granville M. Dodge of New Y'ork, president, one of the major generals of the Union army in the civil war. Col. James A. Sexton, business man of Chicago and the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Charles Denby of Indiana, appointed minister to China in 1885, for thirteen years served the country in that capacity. Capt. Evan P. Howell of Atlanta, Ga., a Confederate soldier in the civil war and one of the leading Democrats of the South since the war. His connection with the Atlanta Constitution has given him a reputation throughout the country. Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers of the United States army. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook of New York, one of the famous “fighting McCooks” of the civil war, and a New York business man. James A. Beaver of Pennsylvania, the one-legged veteran who was Governor of the Keystone State at the time of the Johnstown flood and investigated the complaints in reference to the distribution of the relief fund contributed by the whole world. Ex-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury of Vermont, Yankee business man. Dr. Pbineas S. Cromer of Cincinnati, prominent physician of the Buckeye State.

. CLEARING MANILA HARBOR. United States Officers Removing the Wrecks of Spanish Ships. The work of setting the wheels of business in the harbor of Manila in motion has been intrusted to Capt. Henry Glass of the United States cruiser Charleston. One of his first duties was that of taking an inventory of all the shipping that fell into Admiral Dewey’s hands at the time of the surrender. This includes everything afloat, either on the bay or river, which means a radius of forty miles, and its value is about $1,500,000. To aid Capt. Glass and Lieut. Braunersrettther in the work, five officers were detailed from Admiral Dewey’s fleet. Ensign Moffet has been busy with gun cotton and dynamite blowing up the wrecks that were sunk in the Pasig river and the outer harbor, and of the twenty or thirty wrecks in the river nearly all have been destroyed, so that 'ships drawing fifteen feet of water may now enter and go to the wharves.

MUST HOLD THE PHILIPPINES. Spain Instructs Commissioners to Resist Any Severe Demands. Duke Almodovar De Rio, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, states that the Spanish peace commissioners have been instructed to contend strongly for the integrity of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines, oir the ground that the protocol between Spain and the United States was signed before Manila capitulated, and also to make a firm stand regarding the Cuban debt and the Philippine loan of 1896, if Luzon is ceded to America. They are instructed to resist to the utmost any attempt of the United States to claim the right of preference over other powers should Spain desire to sell or cede'the remainder of the islands. Columbus’ Dust. Exhumed. Gen. Blanco’s order for the disinterment Of tho ashes of Columbus has been carried out at Havana. The captain general’s almost invariable military escort, band and flag were conspicuously absent, but there were many guards in the approaches to the cathedral. The work was done with the doors closed. Refuse to Live Under Atnerlcan Plgg. It is announced in Madrid that 10,000 Spaniards, residing in the Island of Pofto Rico, have refused to live in the island under the American flag, ,