837.00/4355: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:55 a.m.]
442. Later and perhaps more accurate reports tend to show that a portion of the oppositionists evacuating Ambrosio and Dragones barracks last night passed through the outskirts of the city into the province of Habana. Only seven or eight hundred men joined the garrison at Atares. The total garrison there is consequently slightly over a thousand and some 1,500 oppositionists proceeded into the country. The government officers admit that all of the arms and ammunition were taken from the evacuated barracks.
The commanding officer of the destroyer at Banes reports that representatives of the A.B.C. arrived there yesterday consisting of a revolutionary force with the apparent support of the local groups.
Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba are reported to be quiet.