Military officers will not interfere in any manner with the public press, unless, in their judgment, such action shall be absolutely necessary in order to prevent the continued publication of matter which tends to provoke serious and dangerous disturbance of the public peace, or which is of such obscene character as to be a serious menace to the public morals. The action of the military authorities in such cases shall be limited to the suspension of the offending publication pending the action of the judicial authorities. It is believed that the law will be found to provide ample means for the vindication of private wrongs inflicted by such publications. Such suspension will be at once reported by telegraph and letter for the action of the military governor.

XI. Military commanders are charged with the capture of bandits and organized bands of marauders in the rural districts of the various departments. Such offenders shall be safely taken to the nearest prison or other place of safe-keeping and there securely held, subject to the disposition of the judge of inquest (instrucción) of the district in which they are confined, to whom shall be delivered at the same time, by the officer making the arrest, a statement in writing of the circumstances of the offenses charged, the names of all witnesses whose testimony may be required, and any other information which may be deemed of value to the judge in the conduct of his inquiry into the case. Duty of this nature should be done entirely by the rural guard.

XII. Whenever the services of a detachment of the rural guard are required by the civil governor or judges of the various courts they should be promptly rendered whenever practicable. The municipal police in the various towns is directly under the local civil authorities.

XIII. Each department commander will cause to be made, by an officer of the United States Army, at least one inspection each quarter of the year, of every public school in his department, and submit a report which shall be general in character and relate to the general condition and conduct of the school, attendance, etc. (independent of the report to be submitted by the local school board), which report will be sent, with such recommendations as he may deem necessary, to the military governor.

XIV. The chief of public works and military engineers in each department will be associated (two officials-the military engineer officer of the department or district, as the case may be, and the chief of public works) for the purpose of instructing the chief of public works in the methods employed in the Engineer Department of the Army of the United States in estimating, contracting, construction, and general conduct of public works.

XV. On and after the 1st day of April, 1900, all public works will be placed under the direct supervision of the provincial chief of public works, the military engineer officer continuing in the office as an inspector, reporting upon the character of the work, method of construction, necessity of expenditure called for, etc. In short, he will directly represent the military governor of the island and act, through the department commander, as his personal inspector in all matters pertaining to the expenditure of the funds of the island for public works. All details of the conduct of public works will be vested in the chief of public works, under the general supervision of the secretary of public works. This plan will result in the chiefs of public works becoming thoroughly familiar with the records of the military officers who have, up to date, had almost entire charge of public works in the island of Cuba, and when the time comes for the complete separation of the two officials, the chiefs of public works will be in possession of all the data necessary to successfully continue the administration of their office.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 30.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba,
Habana, January 19, 1900.

By virtue of the authority vested in him, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, the military governor of Cuba directs:

I. Full pardon of the unexpired time of sentence in the following cases: (1) Enrique Valdes, (2) Jose de la Rosa y Mesa, (3) Camilo de Cepida Echemendia, (4) Jose Manuel Hernandez Gonzalez, (5) Manuel Marino Rodriguez, (6) Hermenegildo Ferano, (7) Alberto Martinez Betancourt, (8) Ramon Hernandez y Hernandez, (9) Lucas Carballo, (10) Agustin Clement y Estevez, (11) Bernardo Figuerra Alfonso,

(12) Juan Ajon Valdes, (13) Miguel de las Heras Salinas, (14) Justo Pastor Burdeos Garcia, (15) Luis Estoraci Palomino, (16) Ramon Alvarez y Lopez, (17) Jose Mercedes Perez Vazquez, (18) Adolfo Febles y Valdes, (19) Rafael Boyer Moreira, (20) Juan Miguel Barber, and (21) Jose Huerta Diaz. The secretary of justice will institute measures to set the aforementioned at liberty at once.

II. Partial pardon is hereby granted the following-named prisoners, reducing their sentences as hereinafter stated: (1) Luis Perez Estrada will be set at liberty December 31, 1901; (2) Pedro Rios Palomino will be set at liberty December 31, 1900; (3) Jose Perez Avalos will be set at liberty December 31, 1903.

The secretary of justice will see that due entry is made on the prison records of the aforementioned mitigation of sentences and report execution of same to these headquarters.

III. Penal action is hereby declared ended in the matters of crime that caused the imprisonment of the following-named prisoners: (1) Esteban Martinez Calderon, (2) Jose Martinez Diaz, (3) Pardo Pantaleon Barroso y Gil, (4) Jose Fernandez Plaza, (5) Antonio Faz Hernandez, (6) Vicente Paula Valdes, (7) Isidoro Herrera y Mesa, (8) Pedro Ballesteros Beruff, (9) Felix Moreno Soria, (10) Patricio Lopez Martinez, (11) Lazaro Fernandez, (12) Louis Wellinghausen, (13) Jose Portuondo Echavarria, (14) Miguel Ramonet de la Rosa, (15) Jose Trelles Lopez, (16) Jose Ferreiro, (17) Antonio Rodriguez Figuerra, (18) Pedro Mas y Miliano, (19) Manuel Tamango y Bueno, (20) Nicolas Lopez Rivero, (21) Juan Gonzalez Gutierrez, (22) Antonio Espier o Aizpier Galay, (23) Luis Valdes, (24) Ramon Setien Gomez, (25) Luis Herrera y Fabre, (26) Severiano Castaneda Bolado, (27) Emilio Salas Camboy, (28) Adolfo Carvalle y Blanco, (29) Guillermo Gonzalez Frias, (30) Teodoro Amaro, (31) Candido Dominguez Santana, (32) Agustin Vidal Delgado, (33) Manuel Quesada Morales, (34) Faustino García Fruy, (35) Gustavo Gonzalez Lafargue, (36) Mauricio Jauregui Legorburo, and (37) Jose Bonet Valdes.

The secretary of justice will at once instruct the officers of public prosecution to discontinue criminal action and proceedings against these men for the offenses with which they now stand charged and will institute measures to set them at liberty at

once.

Without any appeal therefrom the department of justice will decide all matters of doubt that may arise in the enforcement of this order.

The above-named persons are all in the presidio or carcel of Habana.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 31.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 22, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of state and government, directs the publication of the following order:

I. The municipal district of Pipian, belonging to the judicial circuit of Guines, province of Habana, is hereby abolished and the whole territory within the administrative jurisdiction of the municipality of Pipian, namely, the Pueblo, Naranjito, Jobo, Zaldivar, and Corral wards, is transferred to the municipal district of San Nicolas, of the circuit of Guines, province of Habana.

II. The archives and other property of the former municipality of Pipian shall be transferred to the ayuntamiento of San Nicolas, which shall hereafter assume all obligations and rights that pertained to Pipián.

III. The abolition of the said municipal district of Pipian shall not interfere in any way with existing rights of property, or with existing public and private easements. IV. Upon the publication of this order, the ayuntamiento of San Nicolas will report to the civil governor the total number of inhabitants comprised within that district and the territory added thereto, in order that said authority may complete the number of aldermen which, in accordance with the provisions of articles 34 and 35 of the existing municipal law, the new ayuntamiento shall be entitled to, and care shall be exercised that the inhabitants of the abolished municipal district of Pipian have due representation in the newly created municipality.

V. For the rest of the present fiscal year the ayuntamiento of San Nicolas shall draw up an extraordinary budget, in the same manner as the ordinary ones, which shall set forth the additional expenses and income involved in its acquisition of territory by virtue of the present order.

VI. The ayuntamiento of San Nicolas, in accordance with the provisions of the municipal law, shall proceed to make a new division of its municipal territory into suburbs and wards.

VII. The mayor of San Nicolas shall appoint such "mayors of the suburbs" (alcaldes de barrio) as may be necessary.

VIII. The civil governor of Habana is charged with the enforcement of this order, and he will take such steps as may be necessary for the prompt fulfillment of its provisions.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 32.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 22, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba directs me to announce the following appointment: To be associate superintendent of schools, Lincoln de Zayas, said appointment to date from January 2, 1900.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 33.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba,
Habana, January 22, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, directs the publication of the following order:

The municipal court of San Miguel, province of Puerto Principe, is hereby abolished, and its territory, for all judicial purposes, is added to the territory over which the municipal court of Nuevitas, same province, exercises jurisdiction.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 34.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,

Habana, January 22, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following: The herein-named persons are hereby designated as members of a commission to consider the general subject of taxation in all its aspects in the island of Cuba, to wit: Enrique Jose de Varona, Pablo Desvernine, Leopoldo Cancio, Horatio Rubens, James E. Runcie. The commission is requested to meet in the office of the military governor on Wednesday, January 24, 1900, at 3 p. m., for organization.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 35.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 22, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following: The herein-named persons are hereby designated as members of a commission whose purpose is to consider certain modifications in the existing law and procedure, to wit: Luis Estevez y Romero, Juan Bautista Hernandez Barreiro, Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, Horatio Rubens, and James E. Runcie. The commission is requested to meet in the office of the military governor on Wednesday, January 24, 1900, at 2 p. m., for organization.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 36.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba,
Habana, January 23, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of state and government, directs me to announce the following appointments and resignation:

I.

Province of Habana-Quivican: To be mayor, Juan Beiro Acebedo, vice Jose de Zuniga Barrera, resigned. Catalina: To be first assistant mayor, Jose Maria Fundora y Mesa, vice Fernando Lopez Muro, resigned.

Province of Santa Clara-Placetas: To be first assistant mayor, Francisco Camejo Hernandez; to be second assistant mayor, Gabriel Tarrau Perez; to be third assistant mayor, Ladislao Monteagudo Consuegra; to be fourth assistant mayor, Enrique Oliver Vargas.

II.

The resignation of Fernando Mendez Capote as mayor of Cardenas, province of Matanzas, having been submitted, is hereby accepted.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 37.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 24, 1900.

By virtue of the authority vested in him, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, the military governor of Cuba directs

I. Full pardon of the unexpired time of sentence in the following cases:

(1) Inocente Garcia Menendez, (2) Jose Mendez Serro, (3) Secundino Oliva Fernandez, (4) Jose Estevez Blanco (Vega), (5) Marcelino Gonzalez Rodriquez, (6) Francisco Sarrain y Sarrain o Felipe Pinillos, (7) Tomas Carrillo Ramirez, (8) Eligio Diaz Penalver, (9) Paulino Torres, (10) Juan Perez Argudin, (11) Enrique Fulla Gonzalez, (12) John Graham, (13) Rafael Jimenez Concepcion, (14) Eduardo Le Riveren Marin, (15) Julian Fernandez Sotolongo Garcia, (16) Antonio Reyes Perez, (17) Emilio Rincon Reina, (18) Casimiro Trigo Perez, (19) Jose Rosalio Pujadas, (20) Wade Garvin, (21) James Doyle, (22) Marcelino Aguiar Diaz, and (23) Eduardo Gonzalez Vasconcellos.

The secretary of justice will institute measures to set the aforementioned at liberty at once.

II. Partial pardon is hereby granted the following-named prisoners, reducing their sentences as hereinafter stated: (1) Jose del Pino Gonzalez will be set at liberty December 31, 1902. (2) Catalino Gonzalez Lacalle will be set at liberty July 31, 1900. (3) Carlos Blanco Leiva will be set at liberty December 31, 1900. (4) Jose Garcia Oña will be set at liberty December 31, 1900.

The secretary of justice will see that due entry is made on the prison records of the aforementioned mitigation of sentences, and report execution of same to these headquarters.

III. Penal action is hereby declared ended in the matters of crime that caused the imprisonment of the following-named prisoners: (1) Jose Abella Puig, (2) Emilio Ramirez Echarre, (3) Lorenzo Cadiz Gonzalez, (4) Manuel Benito Garabal, (5) Angel Junco, (6) Angel Garcia Cueto, (7) Evaristo Figueredo Lavandera, (8) Angel Azcano Vidastegui, (9) Francisco Quesada Morales, (10) Julian Alvarez, (11) Andres Cantero, (12) Nicolas Herrera, (13) Morton Nilson, (14) Manuel Lopez Moradillo, (15) Eduardo Santos Parga, (16) Justo Piedra Diaz, (17) Alejandro Garcia y Garcia, (18) Jose Morales Alpizar, (19) Juan Capillo e Hidalgo, (20) Felipe Cardenas Mates, (21) Fernando Babin Rodriguez, (22) Calixto Diosdado Beltran, (23) Pedro Hernandez Betancourt, (24) Luciano Felipe Perez, (25) Francisco Andujar y Carrasco, (26) Luis Greenwal, (27) Jose Rito Valdes Delgado, (28) Cesar Leiva Arguelles, (29) Tomas Gonzalez, (30) Serafino Barquinero, (31) Jose Maria Taibo y Prego, (32) Pedro Mata, (33) Francisco Escobar Penalver, (34) Juan Garcia Valdes, (35) Juan Herrera Herrera, (36) Guillermo Martinez (a) Fernando Domingo, (37) Francisco Ojeda Gonzalez, (38) Jose Maria Carbajal, (39) Pedro Gonzalez Obregon, (40) Jose Plutarco Valdes, (41) Antomio Martinez Capote, (42) Elijah Thompson, (43) Julio

Garcia Barroso, (44) Jesus Lopez Bello, (45) Constantino Fernandez Rodriguez, (46) Leon Prelleso Arenal, (47) Rafael Fernandez Garcia, (48) Ramon Garcia Rodriguez, (49) Antonio Diaz Ruiz, (50) Pedro Manuel Betancourt, (51) Sixto Ferrer y Ferrer, (52) Antonio Borges Aguiar, (53) Juan Cisneros Pimentel, and (54) Antonio Hernandez Gonzalez.

The secretary of justice will at once instruct the officers of public prosecution to discontinue criminal action and proceedings against these men for the offenses with which they now stand charged and will institute measures to set them at liberty at

once.

Without any appeal therefrom the department of justice will decide all matters of doubt that may arise in the enforcement of this order.

The above-named persons are all in the presidio or cárcel of Habana, except Francisco Andujar Carrasco (No. 25., Par. III), who is at large.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 38.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 24, 1900.

By virtue of the authority vested in him, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, the military governor of Cuba directs:

I. Full pardon of the unexpired time of sentence in the following cases:

a. Felipe Hernandez, who is in the cárcel of Trinidad.

b. (1) Juan Z. Aguilar, (2) Julio Marin y Diaz, who are in the cárcel of Sancti Spiritus.

The secretary of justice will institute measures to set the aforementioned at liberty

at once.

II. Penal action is hereby declared ended in the matters of crime that caused the imprisonment of the following-named prisoners:

a. (1) F. W. Potter, (2) Aquilina Avil Diez, (3) Candido Martinez, (4) Felix Toledo, (5) Manuela Santa Cruz, (6) Jose Ines Duquesne, (7) Juan Benitez, (8) Juan Bautista Pedro, (9) Tranquilino Amaro, (10) Claudio Martinez, who are in the carcel of Marianao.

b. Pedro Pelaez y Bosque, who is in the carcel of Jaruco.

c. (1) Jose Garcia, (2) Alfredo Gonzalez Perez, (3) Estefano Diaz Morales, (4) Pedro Cartaya, (5) Jose Antonio Lezcano, (6) Quintin Alfonso, (7) Andres Morales, (8) Victor Quintana, (9) Nicolas Valdes, (10) William Mahoney, (11) Thomas Langdon, who are in the carcel of Cardenas.

d. (1) Dionisio Soria, (2) Luis Martinez, (3) Gregorio Baro, and (4) Juan Palma, who are in the carcel of Sancti Spiritus.

The secretary of justice will at once instruct the officers of public prosecution to discontinue criminal action and proceedings against these men for the offenses with which they now stand charged and will institute measures to set them at liberty at

once.

Without any appeal therefrom the department of justice will decide all matters of doubt that may arise in the enforcement of this order.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.

No. 39.

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA,
Habana, January 24, 1900.

The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of public instruction, directs the publication of the following order:

The herein-named persons are hereby appointed as the "board of superintendents of schools" in Cuba: Alexis Everett Frye, Esteban Borrero Echeverria, and Lincoln de Zayas. These appointments to date from January 1, 1900.

ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.