. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW La Gloria's Schools Dr. Garcia Kohly, secretary of public in- struction, in speaking of the La Gloria school situation, said he regretted very much that there had been the least delay or apparent hesitation in furnishing the American colony with what it required for educational purposes. He stated that he would make a thor- ough investigation of the condition and needs of the school and if he could aid the colony in any manner he would do so, for he believed that these men who went into that section and by hard and intelligent work had made a productive ga
. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW La Gloria's Schools Dr. Garcia Kohly, secretary of public in- struction, in speaking of the La Gloria school situation, said he regretted very much that there had been the least delay or apparent hesitation in furnishing the American colony with what it required for educational purposes. He stated that he would make a thor- ough investigation of the condition and needs of the school and if he could aid the colony in any manner he would do so, for he believed that these men who went into that section and by hard and intelligent work had made a productive garden out of what a few years ago was a wilderness, deserved all the help that could be given them. The vessels will be adapted fur shoal water cruising, made necessary by the nu- merous lagoons and inlets which line the entire coast of Cuba. The guns will be of the seven-inch type, with secondary bat- teries of rapid-fire guns. Because Cuba at the present time is without a navy one of the cruisers will be used as a training vessel. The bid of the Cramp Company was the lowest for the entire work, being below the figures of the Vulcan Shipyard at Stettin and Vickers Sons & Mixim, of England. Four coastal boats will be built by the Vulcan shipyard, but they will be of far smaller proportions than those which the Cramps will l^ista en la cittdad de Cainagiiey, mostrando la autigna iglcsia a la dcrecha. Tandem ox-team, Camaguey City. Old Cathedral is on the right. Later he gave the colony the required permit to have a private school for their children and for all the desks and seats they required for their school, as well as material and maps for same. Cramps Secure Cuban Contract The Cuban government awarded to the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pa., the contract for the construction of two warships, the first to be built for Cuba's proposed new navy. The two vessels will be cruisers, and one will be about 8,000 tons displ
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