THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 



Messrs. Luis Mendoza, Antonio Rodriguez 

 Morey and Juan Garcia Ensenat and Mrs. 

 Dulce Maria Morrcro have been api)ointed 

 by the Secretary of Public Instruction to form 

 paitof the commi.'-sion that will pass on the 

 historic material to be used in the decoration 

 of the new Presidential Palace. 



PUBLIC WORKS 



President Menocal has ])laccd his official 

 signature on the following bills: authorizing 

 the expenditure of $5,000 for the extension 

 and improvement of the park ia Consolacion 

 del Sur; authorizing the ex-penditure of S50,- 

 000 for the construction of a road between 

 Gayajabos and Cabanas in the Province of 

 Pinar del Rio; authorizing the exjienditure of 

 $20,000 for the construction of a road be- 

 tween Corral Falso and Agramonte; $£0,000 

 for a road between Ceiba Mocha and Cabezas, 

 and $10,000 for a road between Corral Falso 

 and Torriente. 



SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE 



In view of the higher price of food stuffs, 

 President Alenocal has signed a decree in- 

 creasing the subsistence allowance for soldiers 

 and sailors. 



Under the terms of the new decree, the 

 maximum allowance set at sixty cents per 

 day wall be permitted to detachments and 

 crews numbering less than twenty-five, ^^^len 

 the detachment or crew niunbers twenty-five 

 or more the allowance drops to fifty-five 

 cents. 



In both the above cases the allowance is for 

 delivery in food; in cases where the allowance 

 is drawn in cash it is set at forty cents. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIRS 



Orders have been issued by the Secretary of 

 the Department of Public Works to the pro- 

 vincial branch of the same department in 

 Pinar del Rio authorizing the immediate re- 

 pair of the road between the city of Pinar del 

 Rio and Vinales and Puente Esperanza for the 

 section including the first 18 kilometers. 



The repair of the bridge over the Caonoa 

 river on the road from Camarones to Cruces 

 in the Province of Santa Clara has also been 

 ordered. 



FRENCH INSTRUCTORS 



The Department of Public Instruction re- 

 ports that Professor Georges Turck of the 

 BouUe School, Paris, is expected in Havana 

 some time in September. 



Professor Turck will be accompanied by 

 four of the instructors of the same school. All 

 of these gentlemen are to be employed at the 

 ^Manuel Training High School. 



The Department of Public Instruction ia 

 also making efforts through the Cuban consular 

 officer in Barcelona to engage the services of 

 Mme. Montessori, the inventor of the Mont- 

 essori method of instruction for backward 

 children. 



CIRCULATING LIBRARY 



At the instance of the Secretary of Public 

 Instruction and Fine Arts, President Menocal 

 has authorized a decree amending Decree 418 

 of the 25th of May, 1910, referring to the crea- 

 tion of a circulating library for teachers. 



Under the new decree the library, instead of 

 being installed in Havana only, wUl be es- 

 tablished in six branches, one in each province 

 in the offices of the superintendents of in- 

 struction and will cover three fields, litera- 

 ture, science and pedagogy. 



FREE MARKETS 



As a result of a conference between Dr. 

 Lopez del Valle, head of the local health de- 

 partment, and Major Armando Andre, direc- 

 tor of subsistence, the free markets located 

 in Jesus Maria Park, Jesus del IVIonte and 

 the Cerro have been ordered closed. The 

 markets are no longer necessary. 



CATTLE CENSUS 



A circular notice has been sent out by the 

 Food Control Board to the mayors of all the 

 municipalities throughout Cuba requesting 

 them to take a census of all the cattle within 

 their respective districts. Complete reports 

 are to be filed in Havana befoie Oct. 21. 



ENEMY TRADING LIST 



The War Trade Board announces the fol- 

 lowing addition in Cuba to the Enemy Trad- 

 ing List as of date of September 6, 1918: i 



Quintana & Co., 24 St. Isidro Street, 

 Habana. 



