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 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Oopvrioht, 1918, by the Siunaon Sieamthiv Lin* 



Volume XVI 



OCTOBER, 1918 



Number 11 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN IN CUBA 



Cuba's total suhscriiitions to the P'ourth 

 Liberty Loan are estimated at more than 

 $10,000,()()(), or $4,000,000 more than the 

 quota allotted to her. Great enthusiasm for 

 the Liberty Loan was manifested in Havana. 



President Menocal requested all sugar mill 

 owners to allot ten cents for each bag of 

 the last crop of sugar turned out by their 

 mills, to be used for the purchase of Liberty 

 bonds. This request was met with a general 

 response. 



On Saturday, October 19th, the final day 

 of the drive, a cable dispatch was received 

 from the Liberty Loan Committee of the 

 New York district, saying that it had ob- 

 tained from Washington, in recognition of 

 Cuba's progress in the loan, the right for 

 Cuba to name a ship and a tank under such 

 conditions or rules as Cuba might make. 

 This announcement in the Havana news- 

 papers added to the day's enthusiasm. 



DR. ANTONIO SANCHEZ BUSTAMENTE 



Piesident IMenocal has appointed Dr. 

 Antonio Sanchez Bustamente as custodian 

 and administrator of property owned by 

 alien enemies lesident in the Republic of 

 Cuba. 



HOSPITAL FOR PINAR DEL RIO 



President Menocal has signed a decree 

 authorizing the Treasxu-y Department to buy 

 a parcel of ground in Pinar del Rio measuring 

 10,000 square meters at a price of $4,000. 



The land was selected by the National 

 Department of Sanitation as the site for a 

 mothers' and infants' hospital. Construction 

 wall begin in the near future. 



REGISTRATION OF CUBAN CITIZENS 



Drafting of Cuban citizens between the 

 ages of 21 and 28, under the Compulsory 

 Military Service Law, commenced on [Sep- 

 tember 16th and will continue until the 4th 

 day of May, 1919, when the conscripts will 

 enter the service. 



On that same day, May 4th, 1919, the 

 registration of citizens between the ages of 

 28 and 45 will begin. The conscripts taken 

 from this latter cla.ss will form the country's 

 reserve forces. 



Reports show a total of eligibles to military 

 service from the standpoint of age, amounting 

 to 112,000 throughout the Island. 



The complete regulations consist of more 

 than 250 separate articles, permanent and 

 transitory, as well as several statistical tables 

 regarding physical requirements. 



GIFT OF CUBAN TOBACCO. 



The government of Cuba has sent to the 

 American Red Cross in Europe 240,000 

 cigarettes and 3,500 packages of smoking 

 tobacco, for distribution to American wound- 

 ed. 



This is a gift from the Cuban people in 

 recognition of the work of the American 

 army and a token of the sincere friendship 

 between Cuba and the United States. 



CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES 



Sun Fze Yee, the charge d'affaires of the 

 Chinese legation in Havana, who had gone 

 north for medical treatment, died on Septem- 

 ber 17. Until the Chinese Government 

 designates his successor, the post will be 

 filled by Mr. Clarence S. Chown, the .secretary 

 of the legation. 



