. The Cuba review and bulletin. f the island of Cuba: The island was at this time divided intosix United States military departments:Santiago, under General Wood; PuertoPrincipe, under Gen. Bates ; ^Nlatanzas andSanta Clara, under Gen. Wilson, and Ha-vana and Pinar del Rio^ under Gen. Lee;Gen. Ludlow being in command of thecity of Havana and Gen. Brook command-ing the division, with headquarters atHavana. The Spanish Government had on theisland an irregular military force knownas Guardia Civil, whose duty was to sup-port the civil authorities throughout therural districts, preserving peace and
. The Cuba review and bulletin. f the island of Cuba: The island was at this time divided intosix United States military departments:Santiago, under General Wood; PuertoPrincipe, under Gen. Bates ; ^Nlatanzas andSanta Clara, under Gen. Wilson, and Ha-vana and Pinar del Rio^ under Gen. Lee;Gen. Ludlow being in command of thecity of Havana and Gen. Brook command-ing the division, with headquarters atHavana. The Spanish Government had on theisland an irregular military force knownas Guardia Civil, whose duty was to sup-port the civil authorities throughout therural districts, preserving peace and pro-tecting property. It was a semi-militaryorganization under the Spanish Governor-General. It was this force that the RuralGuard was intended to relieve of its duties;the American forces merely supporting itby the moral effect of their presencethroughout the island. Each of the United States DepartmentCommanders was authorized and directedby General Brook to organize in their prov-inces an independent force of native Rural Guards and ilunieipal Police Officer—thelatter in the center. THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. I Major. Quartermaster and Fymaster,I First Lieutenant, Aide de Camp,and fifty-seven officers and enlistedmen. the officers being divided in the fol-lowing manner: 5 Lieutenant Colonels,4 Majors,19 Captains,15 First Lieutenants,15 Second entire force was January. 1902, the Military Governorauthorized an increase of 40 men in Ma-tanzas Province for protection of the sugarplantations, and in May of the same yearthere was another order issued by the Mili-tarv Governor for an extra increase of 200 establishment consisted of a furce of 1,604men, and was so maintained until April 18,1903. when a reorganization took place inobeyance to law, there being an increaseof 1,416 men, the total strength of the corpsbeing Another change took place on March 12,1903. when a law was passed for an in-crease of three lieutenant-colonel
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