. The Cuba review. T H E C U B A RE V I E W 11 Training CuIki's Rural (iuard Capt. Frank Parker of the Eleventh United States Cavalry, and in charge, un- der authority of the War Department, of the training of Cuba's Rural Guard, is en- thusiastic over his work and its results and expects within a short time to have as ex- cellently disciplined and efficient a body of men as can be found anywhere in the world. In fact, the guard, although only a few years old, is now in excellent shape and well officered. The life for the officers is stiff and there are no idle moments during the day for them
. The Cuba review. T H E C U B A RE V I E W 11 Training CuIki's Rural (iuard Capt. Frank Parker of the Eleventh United States Cavalry, and in charge, un- der authority of the War Department, of the training of Cuba's Rural Guard, is en- thusiastic over his work and its results and expects within a short time to have as ex- cellently disciplined and efficient a body of men as can be found anywhere in the world. In fact, the guard, although only a few years old, is now in excellent shape and well officered. The life for the officers is stiff and there are no idle moments during the day for them in either winter or summer, but, al- though the Cubans are naturally supposed to be of a lazy disposition, the^- attend to their duties uncomplainingly. Captain Parker tinds them a straight, honorable crowd of men, to whom military life means much. They quickly develop into excellent horsemen and are also good behind the rifle and revolver sights. They are fearless and their pride will carry them through anything, death being pre- ferred to disgrace. On the shooting range during the past year some excellent records were made on the targets, which were con- structed at the instance of the United States officer from the useless little forts which abounded in the island at the close of the last revolution. These forts were so constructed that a shell would pass through them and explode, thus killing ever}- one in them and making them more dangerous than an open field. The officers are all chosen from the ranks, as there is not yet any military school for making officers, but the ranks are made up of veterans of the war who have good records'and no one is allowed to enlist who is not known to have a satisfactory record behind him. The pay of the privates is about $25 per month, which is better than that of the United States soldier, but the Cuban hasn't the increase from enlistment to enlistment or the provision made for his retirement. The pay of the uncommissioned officers is the
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