THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



"The extraordinary ex- 

 Cost of the penditures of the pay depart- 

 Army of ment chargeable to Cuban 

 Pacification, pacification have been, in 

 gross, for the seven months 

 beginning with October, 1906, and ended 

 with February, 1907, $204,000.16, or an 

 average monthly expenditure of about $30,- 

 000," says the annual report of C. C. Snif- 

 fen, paymaster-general of the U. S. Army. 

 "Ihe three largest items for the period are: 

 $40,i28.zi4 for 10 per cent, increase of pay 

 to officers for foreign service; $112,302.08 

 for 20 per cent, increase of pay for foreign 

 service to enlisted men, and $32,584.23 for 

 mileage to officers and contract surgeons. 



"Calculating the yearly expeditures on 

 the basis of the month's actual expendi- 

 ture, we may conclude that $360,000 will be 

 the pay department's share of the annual 

 cost of the maintenance of the armj' of 

 pacification, provided that army shall be 

 neither increased nor decreased." 



The new Cuban Revenue 

 The Nezv Cutter "Baire" was recently 

 Cuban accepted by the government. 

 Revenue At the trial trip the "Baire" 

 Cutter. made 15.3 knots per hour and 

 her engines worked evenly. At 

 present she is being repainted and refur- 

 nished. The new cuttei was built at Dan- 

 zig, Germany, at the shipyards of J. W. 

 Klawitter, under a contract with Messrs. 

 Hampel & Co., of Havana, who had the 

 contract with the Cuban government. Her 

 cost is about $116,000. Her engines are 

 double and develop 1160 horsepower, and 

 her coal bins have a capacity of 120 tons ; 

 her tonnage being 200. The "Baire's" 

 armament consists of two 2^-inch Krupp 

 rapid fire guns mounted on both sides un- 

 der the bridge and at her bow she has a 

 revolving machine gun. She is also fur- 

 nished with 10.000 candle-power searchlight. 



At present Captain Luis Florez Castellanos 

 has been assigned to her command. 



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The new Cuban revenue flag. The white star is in 

 a red field and the stripes are blue and white. 



Praised 



for 

 Public 

 Works. 



The programme of pubhc 

 works inaugurated by the pro- 

 visional government greatly 

 pleases the Cuban Press. The 

 leaders recognize that the 

 best work can only be done 

 without precipitation. La Lucha says that 

 since the intervention the work during one 

 year has been wonderful. More than two 

 hundred kilometres of roads have been fin- 

 ished and five hundred kilometres are un- 

 der construction. Many bridges have been 

 built and the harbors improved, which is 

 miore than was done by prior governments 

 during one century. 



El Diario de la Marina, said that in Pinar 

 del Rio province alone 5,000 men are em- 

 ployed on the public roads. 



La Discusion, El Liberal, El Comercio, 

 La Union, La Espafiola, La Avisador and 

 La Comerciale use the same language, in- 

 sisting that the provisional government is 

 meeting with general approval. 



MATANZAS parents are subject to 

 heavy fines by the National Sanitary 

 Department if they send children to 

 the public schools who have not been vac- 

 cinated. This is a precaution required by 



The new Cuban revenue cutter "Baire. 



