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CUBA REVIEW 
“ALL ABOUT CUBA” 
Copyright, 1921, by the Munson Steamship Line 
Votume XIX 
JUNE, 1921 
NuMBER 7 
Cuban Government Matters 
New Italian Minister 
Count Naselli, director general of the 
foreign ministry of Italy, has been ap- 
pointed minister to Cuba. 
Fund for Public Works 
By presidential decree, the sum of 
$441,100 has been placed to the credit 
of the Department of Public Works as an 
amplification of the appropriation already 
available for street-cleaning purposes, 
during the months of April, May and June. 
Treasury Payments During February 
During the month of February, the sum 
of $12,596,300 was paid from the Cuban 
Treasury for different accounts, the larger 
part being expended on public works. 
Reorganization of Cuban Army 
Reorganization of the Cuban army is one 
of the tasks facing the new administration 
of Dr. Alfredo. Zayas. The Menocal 
government took a preliminary step by 
abolishing the custom of promotion of 
officers by selection. The presidential 
decree effecting this reform will become 
operative on July 1 
The motive for army reorganization is 
economy. 
_ While the army itself numbers only 
about 11,000, the high salaries paid and the 
cost of supplies have run the total cost of 
this branch of the national defense to more 
than $6,000,000, a figure considered ex- 
cessive. 
New Army Chief 
Colonel Rogerio Caballero has assumed 
the post of chief of staff of the Cuban army, 
to which he was appointed by President 
Zayas. Colonel Caballero rose to his pres- 
ent rank from sergeant in the rural 
guards, formed during the period of 
American intervention, and his appoint- 
ment is considered the first step in the 
proposed reorganization of the army. 
New Appointments in Cuban Army 
Two well-known Cuban army officers 
recently received appointment to im- 
portant posts of high command. 
Colonel Alberto Herrera y Franchi has 
been appointed assistant chief of staff, and 
Colonel Matias Betancourt has been 
appointed quartermaster-general. 
Customs Receipts 
The Treasury of the Republic of Cuba 
received $250,000 in customs receipts 
for February from Santiago de Cuba; and 
$250,000 from Isabela de Sagua. Habana’s 
customs receipts for that month were 
$4,988,940. 
Regulation of Taxes on Mines 
In March President Menocal issued a 
decree modifying the existing laws govern- 
ing the taxes on minerals and mines. 
The fee paid to the treasury yearly on 
mining concessions will be 20 centavos 
per hectare, and mining property must pay 
a tax of 6 per cent of its profits. 
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