THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEW ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES 



PUBLIC WORKS 



A sum of $3,000 will be expended in re- 

 pairs of the Gibara hospital, Oriente Prov- 

 ince. 



The Secretarj- of Public Works has or- 

 dered the continuance of the dredging work 

 in the Zanja Canal at Nuevitas. 



Messrs. Fernando Alernelos and Co. of 

 Sancti Spiritus have been informed by the 

 Secretary of Public Works that their plan 

 for an aqueduct at Ciego de Airla, Cama- 

 guey Province, is now under examination, 

 after which it will be sent to the Governor 

 of the province. 



Sr. Antonio Altamira, formerly in the 

 Cuban consul's office at New York, has 

 been appointed Cuban consul at Newport 

 News, Virginia. 



The Cuban government has established a 

 quarantine against all ships arriving at Cu- 

 ban ports from Uruguay. It is reported 

 that the bubonic plague is very prevalent in 

 the South American country. 



The immigration authorities recently ar- 

 rested 88 Haitians who attempted to land 

 in on the south coast of Oriente province 

 from a schooner. The Haitians say they 

 were sent to Cuba by an employment 

 agency to work as dock hands. 



Sr. Jose T. Pimental has been super- 

 ceded as_ Chancellor of the Cuban legation 

 at Washington by Sr. Jose A. Acosta. 



Henry Jones, N. Partridge and G. D. 

 Campbell, have been named honorary con- 

 suls for Cuba at Sheffield, Great Britain, 

 Fernandina, Fla., and Weymuth, Canada, 

 who will serve at the cities named in 

 their order. 



The governor of Oriente Province has 

 suspended in part the 1913-14 budget of 

 San Luis, which had been approved by the 

 city council, because of its not complying 

 with certain legal requirements. 



The President has created a new depart- 

 ment called the "Infantile Hygienic Ser- 

 vice." As its name indicates it will en- 

 deavor to safeguard Cuba's children from 

 unhealthful conditions and will be entirely 

 under the jurisdiction of the sanitary de- 

 partment. 



L. O. Boorem has been appointed Hon- 

 orary Consul for Cuba at Kansas City, Mo. 



General Eugenio Sanchez Agramonte 

 has been appointed Chief of the National 

 Police. 



The new United States instructors in the 

 Cuban army are Major Whittenmeyer and 

 Captain Hyde. 



Kl, CUKRO DK Mf.NOCAI, 



L\bori'/- Al(jinia tec habia de lltf/ar el ilia de que se acabara en Cuba la r/iuipcria. 

 Hasta el tio, que es hombre serio y formal quiere que sitene el cucro Menocall 



The "Note" hcl'l out by Uncle Sam in tlie above ))ietiire (Irom I.a I'olitica Comica) says in 



tourist Spanish: "Mcnocal. you're all right; crack the whip, I'll back you up." The coils in 



the lash of Mcnocal's whip spell "f.ey," the .Spanish word for Law." 



