THE CUBA REVIEW 



, . , A visit to Camp Colum- 



LiiUas ^-^^ j^g^ month showed 

 Permanent j^^ United States Army 

 Army. (Juha's military instruction 

 officers progressing favorably. There 

 are about 3,(K)U men organized, consisting 

 of two regiments of infantry, two bat- 

 teries of held artillery, with two more to 

 be formed, two companies with machine 

 guns, and six companies of coast artil- 

 lery. There is no friction between the 

 U. S. instructors and the Cubans. The 

 former were in Cuba during the inter- 

 ventions, and made friends among the 

 Cuban officers and men. From the be- 

 ginning the Cubans recognized the great 

 benefits to them of scientific schooling 

 and showed a willingness to learn and 

 cheerfulness under discipline in the last 

 degree most gratifying. Results already 

 achieved show the effects of arduous 

 training, continued dailv, except Sunday, 

 from 6 A.M. to 5 P-M. 



There were examinations recently, pur- 

 posely made most rigorous to exclude 

 incompetents, with the result that five 

 efficient men were secured out of a to- 

 tal of 54 who took the examination. Of 

 thio number there w^cre perhaps seven or 

 eight negroes, but none of these passed 

 successfully. The rank and file show a 

 fine spirit; arc amenable to the severest 

 discipline, do not drink, and as a conse- 

 quence the guard house remains empty. 

 Captain Gatley, U. S. A., the instructor, 

 soon leaves for France to inspect the 

 arms recently purchased. The camp is 

 in splendid condition in every way, as 

 it was during the second intervention. 

 There are two fine bands organized, 

 which are a credit to the army; one the 

 General Stafif l)and, consisting of 86 

 pieces, and the 1st Regimental band of 

 28 pieces. 



The 

 Tnnnei. 



r, , The instructor of the 



15'"'''' Rural Guard Cavalry is 

 Uuard Captain Frank Parker, 11th 

 tavalry. ^ 5 Cavalry. There are 

 now 400 men under instruction and the 

 results thus far achieved are encouraging. 

 There was always a cavalry contingent 

 in the Guards, but untrained. They were 

 mounted, but unskilled and uninstructed. 

 This has been all changed, and hard 

 work is the order of the day, 

 hard riding, in all kinds of field 

 cises, to lectures on the care of 

 mounts, first aid to the injured, etc. 

 men have taken kindly to tlie severe 

 course of instruction, which is continu- 

 ous and the benefits are already manifest. 

 A report wmII be issued some time during 

 July, which will show the fine work of 

 the American officers of instruction at 

 Camp Columbia. 



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The tunnel through Ca- 

 banas Hill, which is to carry 

 ... the sewage from Havana to 



ofc».t;(/gc ^i^g gp^^ ^N2i?^ opened on Jan- 

 uary 15, the two crews which had been 

 working from each end meeting in the 

 center of the hill. This tunnel is 4.410 

 feet long, and is 8^ feet high and 9J/2 

 feet wide. On the following Tuesday 

 the cf)ntractors, the Cuban Engineering 

 and Construction Co., had as their guests 

 President Gomez, Vice-President Zayas, 

 and several cabinet officers and prominent 

 officials of the government. President 

 Hough, of the Construction Company, 

 and Vice-President Zaj-as. made ad- 

 dresses, the latter proposing a toast "To 

 the American Nation, Cuba's ally and 

 faithful friend." He remarked that the 

 contractors, engineers and constructors 

 were all Americans, and all Cubans had 

 a right to be glad of their support and 

 fricndshi]). 



SENATOR MANUEL SANGUILY. 



He was appointed Secretary of State for Cuba 

 by President Gomez on January 22d last. 



Lincoln's 

 I'iclnrc 

 in Cuba. 



Cuba's Vice - President, 

 Alfredo Zayas, was the 

 guest of honor at the Lin- 

 coln dinner of the Repub- 

 lican Club in Xew York City on Febru- 

 ary 12. In the course of his address, which 

 followed that of Governor Fort of New 

 Jerse}', Dr. Zayas held up a small photo- 

 graph of Abraham Lincoln, "the pride 

 of his countrv and the glorv of the uni- 



