THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1915, hy the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XIII 



SEPTEMBER, 1915 



Number 10 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



FOREIGN COINAGE 



President !Menocal has signed a decree for- 

 bidding the importation into Cuba of any 

 foreign coins of silver, nickel or copper, ex- 

 cept those of the United States, the paper 

 money of which is likewise admitted. 



PAN AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS 



Sr. Villalon, Secretary of Public Works, has 

 been appointed Cuba's representative to at- 

 tend the Pan American Road Congress to be 

 held at Oakland, Cal., Sei3teml)er 13 to 17th. 



BATTLESHIP MAINE RELICS 



A Havana newspaper is quoted to the effect 

 that Cuba's delay in making use of the relics 

 of the battleship Maine has prompted the 

 American officials to request that the after 

 turret and two fourteen-inch guns be re- 

 turned. A Cuban commission has had the 

 Maine memorial in charge, but other than the 

 selection of a site, nothing has j'et been ac- 

 complished. 



SERGEANT DECORATED 



President Menocal has decorated with the 

 order of Military Merit Sergeant Aragon 

 Camacho of the Cuban army. The decora- 

 tion was in consideration of the fact that he 

 had served sixteen continuous jears in the 

 armv. 



LEAVE OF ABSENCE 



A decree issued by President Menocal pro- 

 vides that in the future no army officer will 

 be entitled to a leave of absence over fifteen 

 days unless it is granted by the President of 

 the republic. Fifteen-day leaves of absence 

 are only for leave within the republic. For an 

 officer to leave the republic it is necessary that 

 he ol)tain permission from the President. 



CUBA TO PURCHASE WARSHIPS 



It is reported that the Cuban Government 

 is negotiating with the United States with the 

 intention of buying one of the older ships of 

 the navy to be used as a training vessel for 

 the Cuban Navv. 



CHIEF OF RED CROSS 



President Menocal has signed a decree ap- 

 pointing General Pablo Mendieta, president 

 of the Supreme Assembly and of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the National Red Cross, 



TEACHING OF ENGLISH 



The teaching of English in the Cuban ])ublic 

 schools has been definitely abandoned. 



HAVANA FIRE DEPARTMENT 



The action of the MunicipaHtv of Havana 

 in creating a paid fire department has been 

 nullified liy the Provincial Governor who luis 

 vetoed the proposal. 



