THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



CAMP COLUMBIA, the headiiiiarters of the American Army of Pafifieation in Cuba, near Havana. 



CAMPAMENTO COLUMBIA. El Cuartel General del Ejercito Americano de Paclflcaclon en Cuba. 

 Estii muy cerca & la Habaua. 



Havana, April i8. — The condition of the 

 Army of Occupation regarding its enlisted 

 personnel is steadily becoming more seri- 

 ous. The men are going home upon the 

 expiration of their enlistments, declining to 

 re-enter the service to serve in Cubi. No 

 reasons are given for this marked disincli- 

 nation to serve in Cuba. 



Monument to the First U. S. Volun- 

 teer Cavalry. — A granite monument to the 

 dead of the ist U. S. volunteer cavalry, 

 or Rough Riders, which was President 

 Roosevelt's regiment in the Spanish-Amer- 

 ican war, was unveiled with ceremony at 

 the Arlington National Cemetery, Wash- 

 ington, on April 12. The President attend- 

 ed the exercises and made the principal 

 address. The monument is a simple rough- 

 hewn shaft of gray granite, about 20 feet 

 in height. Over 100 names are inscribed 

 on the monument, which was designed by 

 Mrs. Allyn Capron, wife of Captain Ca- 

 pron, of the Rough Riders, who was killed 

 at Las Guasimas. A bronze tablet with the 

 names of the battles of Guasimas, San Juan 

 and Santiago, the three battles in which 

 the Rough Riders participated, is the only 

 decoration on the shaft. The inscription on 

 the monument reads : "In Memory of the 

 Deceased Members of the First Volunteer 

 Cavalry, Spanish- American War. Erected 

 by Members and Friends of the Regiment." 

 The monument occupies a commanding lo- 

 cation in the 'lew '^art of the ceme ery, over- 

 looking the city of Washington. — Army and 

 Navy Register. 



to keep army posts in CUBA. 



American military supervision of Cuba 

 will not end with evacuation by the army 

 of occupation, following the re-establish- 

 ment of the republic. The American 

 Government intends to establish military 

 posts on the American reservations at 

 Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. From 

 these points the troops will be in close 

 touch with all parts of the island, es- 

 pecially when the recently adopted sys- 

 tem of roads is carried' out. 



It is hoped to re-establish the republic 

 in the summer of 1908, and the army 

 will withdraw a few months afterward. 

 Washington, it is understood, will make 

 everv efifort to bring about the evacua- 

 tion before January i, 1909. 



The retention .of the troops would 

 would not be an infringement on Cuba's 

 sovereignity, as both leservations were 

 acquired from Cuba after the S'panish 

 war and are American territory. 



Regarding the maintenance of army posts 

 in Cuba, Washington, D.C., officials com- 

 ment as follows : 



There has been talk about maintainincr 

 United States troops at Camo Columbia, 

 near Havana, and at Bahia Honda, and 

 of course the permanent naval station at 

 Guantanamo, near Santiago, will be gar- 

 risoned; but it is said tha.t whether 

 troops will be kept at the two places 

 first named or not will depend nn the 

 attitude of the Cuban Government. 



