THE CUBA RE r IE W 



American Legion Names New Commander: At the regular monthly meeting 

 held at the American Club on May 15th, Commander Hackbarth tendered his resignation 

 owing to his leaving Havana for an indefinite period, and Mr. S. J. Dyer, a well known 

 business man of the city, was named to fill his unexpired term. During the meeting 

 the Memorial Day exercises were decided upon. 



Wedding of Well Known Havana Couple: The wedding of ^Nliss Mabel Justine 

 Robinson and Mr. Frank De Wolff was one of the largest weddings ever held here 

 among the English speaking colony. The wedding took place in the Holy Trinity 

 Church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The ceremony being 

 performed by the Rev. Dr. Houlder. Following the wedding a reception was held 

 at the Country Club. Mr. Frank Ellis, popular clubman of Havana, acted as best 

 man, and Mr. Charles E. Walton, Mr. Tilton White, Mr. Harry Chemedlin, Mr. A. L. 

 Cone and Mr. Henry Nix acted as ushers. The bridesmaids were Miss Annie Marie Abel 

 of Philadelphia, and Miss Alice Leslie Shaw of this City. The happy couple left the 

 following day for an extended tour of the United States. 



Automobile Races Furnish Exciting Finish: The auto races, promoted by 

 the Heraldo de Cuba, which were run on May 20th, Cuba's Independence Day, over 

 a course from Havana to Guanajay, furnished considerable excitement and resulted 

 in the death of one of the drivers and the injuring of four other participants. One 

 of the cars turned turtle while rounding a curve, causing serious injury to the driver. 

 The race was won by Manuel Rivero, driving a Gasset Special. 



Military School for Cuba 



Colonel Eugenio Silva of the Cuban 

 Army proposes to establish a boys' military 

 training school. 



Colonel Silva will confer with officials of 

 the U. S. War Department in an effort 

 to arrange for an American Army instruc- 

 tor in his school. He also will discuss his 

 project with other officials, a number of 

 whom already have expressed themselves 

 in hearty sympathy with his idea. 



General Crowder, American Ambassador 

 in Havana; Dr. Cospedos, Cuban Secre- 

 tary of State, and many American and 

 Cuban business men have given Colonel 

 Silva letters of commendation for his effort. 



Another purpose of the school. Colonel 

 Silva said, is to bring about closer relations 

 between Cuba and the United States, and a 

 better understanding of each other by the 

 peoples of the two countries. With this 

 object the school will be open to boys 

 from the United States, who, through 

 scholarships, exchange of students and di- 

 rect admission will go to Cuba to take a 

 course of one, two or more years there. 



Spanish and English will be used in the 

 school, so that boys from the United States 

 can gain a mastery of Spanish and the 

 Cubans may learn English. 



$500,000 Club for Cubans 



A monument, a home for children and 

 old people and a combined clubhouse and 

 library are to be erected in New York 

 by the people of Cuba within the next 

 two years, according to Leoncio Serpa of 

 the Comite Pro Cuba. 



The monument will be erected to the 

 memory of Jose Marti, the father of Cu- 

 ban independence, at a cost of $60,000. 

 The site has not yet been selected, but 

 will probably be at Riverside Drive and 

 156th Street. The home for children and 

 aged will be for all nationalities and will 

 be situated somewhere on the outskirts 

 of New York. The clubhouse and library 

 is to be located in uptown Manhattan and 

 will be built at a cost of $500,000. In 

 the library will be the works of Cuban 

 authors dating back 400 years. 



According to Sefior Serpa, all will be 

 built by popular subscription, the funds 

 being collected in Cuba, to cement the 

 relationships between the island republic 

 and the United States. It is understood 

 that the Comite Pro Cuba, which is backed 

 by the leading citizens of that country, in- 

 cluding President .\lfredo Zayas, has be- 

 gun raising the money. 



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