| Show LIVING IN L CUBA Military Officers Find It Difficult to toMake toMae Make Both oth Ends Mae Meet Washington W Star Str When General Gener Leonard LOfa Wood Wo was in Washington he talked very v r freely about rh the the conditions in Cuba and save ve a great et 1 deal of interesting Information One ORe of the interesting points pInt he made was wa the expense which army ar officers are ae under pointing out that very v ry few f w officers care cre creto to serve in hi Cuba Cb simply because baus the te ex were so s great get It I was wa of course cur known kown that all aU of the army officers un tier der del Spanish regime had various ways of sneering money other than thai their t h reg ular salary allowance it I was w stated Jg on good authority before etore the Spanish go tre f war ar that every army officer from the th CP cap tain tan tam general gerl down to first frt lieutenant had a way of securing certain bribes and perquisites which Amer iran ican Ic officers never had never neter n er win will wi take and a which would not no be compatible with service in the Ute United States army Although General Wood receives a double salary that is as major general gener l of volunteers and p ilke amount from the Cuban revenues as governor of Cuba Cu h he says y that it is more difficult for him to maintain himself in the big rambling r J i lace ace at Havana than it would be it Ii the Unite Un States with a much small allowance The governor general ts ta to entertain the captain of every ship that comes into bite Cuba Cube and anil an alt all of the commercial delegations del delegations that come from South America and elsewhere are generally his guests guest when they arrive Some of his best beet of officers officers he says sa s have ba vc asked to be trans transferred transferred erred to other service because they limb find their expenses so high that they are un unable unable unable able to meet them They Pey say ay that they just cant stand it and aJI are getting poorer every month they y remain said General Wood and I know from front per personal personal experience ce that such su h is 13 the case ca e eOn On this account if It no n other the officers eels cers of the United States army will wUl be glad when they the are ar no io o Jo r serving In Cuba They are all aU anxious us how however however however ever to make a good record while they are there and so far lar they have been able to do so According to General Wood Tood Cuba Culm has not been left Jett out in the prosperity that teat has come over the United States T I seems seem to be enough of ot it to go around arund to our ear island possessions po In the synopsis of ot his report which deh has boa been publish published ed he be points out how hw the c have hae improved Speaking more gen generally generally orally he sold said Jd Cuba Cub is a good place for or any energetic young man with a afew af few fw f dollars in his pocket ket Peace Pea has been restored re There is now no danger of ot property being destroyed de troyed Those Tho e who have hare ha e made purchases of real estate are doing well w 1 with the lands lamle There is no particular difficulty about titles an II it ft has been found that a clear title can be had to most mo t of the Che property JU that Is for fors fora s a le be W WP We no longer 10 fear yellow fever feer and it is not dangerous as typhoid fever feer in tn some sections of the United d States outside of the city eit of Hat Havana ana there is isDO BO no difficulty whatever and nd It I to be hoped that in time yellow fer r will wilt he te hevery l lvery very nearly suppressed ed in That city eft Cuba is going to l be e a great and grow growIng growIng Ing tog country notwithstanding the dill difficulties difficulties she his h JR undergone and nd it has become e lyd ev v d nt that peace meant pios pros prosperity to that island nd I |
