CABANA. 
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Cabana enterprise was futile, and the prodigious outlay was a waste of 
public funds; for Cabana has never fired a shot in defense of Havana, 
nor has it served any other purpose than that of barracks for Spanish 
troops and a prison house and execution ground for political offenders. 
The history of Havana is filled with references to the prisoners of 
Cabana, from the 800 Frenchmen who were shut up here in 1795 to the 
days of Weyler and the martyrs of the Laurel Ditch. As a fortification 
Cabana is worthless. Among recent projects for its utilization was a 
plan to convert it into a state prison for the convicts now confined 
in the Presidio. At present it is occupied by the Cuerpo de Artilleria. 
THE MOAT OF PRINCIPE. 
