Show GEN WOOD EXPLAINS tells senate cc committee m why h cuba M needs heeds soldiers washington jan leonard wood told the senate committee on military tary affairs today that his big estimate a to ot of soldiers as necessary to be kret in cuba was so large because the climate caused so much malara nta larla L and other vick that not over 35 to 45 tier pr cent of the force may be capable ble of effectual aggressive action halt hla his present torce force was no nol L now ailt tor for effective service in the cuban army GO CO per cent ot of the army acre ere disabled it was as yet too early to say whether hether our troops in the laland island would become so BO acclimated that they would bo be able to resist disease this was waa an important point anti and it if decided in the negative would require the frequent change of 0 troops lie he was hopeful that I 1 by an elabu elaborate ritte system of 0 sanitation in the island improved conditions might be secured sec urcil just as great britain had I 1 produced art an improvement lit in Ja jamaica malea still it might prove as it had in india that cuba was not a white man mans L country A year or two at least would be necessary to decide this problem Re replying prying to a question from senator proctor procter gen wood said that it was feasible to construct a ra railroad line bi be noon Sant liRO and havana and that a santiago aint m had agreed to to guarantee the funds for the cn enterprise 1 raath rs I 1 19 ath ile ho spoke nt at consides con considerable je length in tills this connection in regard to a the resources of 0 cuba saying that it t could bo be made the market garden of 0 the world ile he thought that tilts this government should grow their vegetables used by the army in cuba and said ho he meant to confer with tho the secretary of agriculture on this question HELD WITHOUT TRTAT TRIAL a after ton ten years confinement they are to bo be released havana jan 13 11 the american board of pardons yesterday yeste day iday becom landed the release from jail of 0 seven men who have been confined without trial since 1897 for the alleged robbery from a safe of oc funds belonging to the navy paymaster tor for sari san juan de dc porto rico the prisoners declare and information from san juan tends lends to sustain them that the alleged robbery was a plot upon the part of spanish officials to cover up their delinquencies and to obtain scapegoats for the sp spanish an paymaster at san juan alio it la is further asserted was probably it a party to the dishonesty in appropriating tile tho funds following the disappearance or of the money at san juan some two hundred suspects were ur reSted and theo they y acro acro all released except seven ev w who acie tortured for the th purpose ot of obtain obtaining inq a confession and were shipped to havana lit in march they now show the effects of 0 the torture upon them church clini ch property lu ill porto rico sari san juan de porto rico jan 19 the noman catholic clergy and teaching 0 aders are arc convening con fening with archbishop chapelle apostolic delegate to the west indies concerning the title to certain property claimed by the military and insular authorities they ns fig set seit t that under article 8 of the peace e treaty between tile the united states stated leae anil 1 spain church and school prope property arty Is protected recently however one oc at the roman catholic teaching leaching orders w was as ejected from a building in san juan |