. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. GENERAL Major H. J. Slocum, U. S. A., Commanding the Cuban Armed Forces. Barracks for the Rural Guards. Captain Dougherty, supervisor of the Rural Guards of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, has placed before Ma- jor Slocum, chief of the armed forces in Cuba, plans and specifications for tht erection of new barracks in the follow- ing cities: Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Nuevitas, Bayamo, Manzanillo, Remedios San Cristobal, Myari, Moron, Guanta- namo and Holguin. The cost of each barrack will be about $6,000. Major Slocum is arousing the interest of
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. GENERAL Major H. J. Slocum, U. S. A., Commanding the Cuban Armed Forces. Barracks for the Rural Guards. Captain Dougherty, supervisor of the Rural Guards of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, has placed before Ma- jor Slocum, chief of the armed forces in Cuba, plans and specifications for tht erection of new barracks in the follow- ing cities: Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Nuevitas, Bayamo, Manzanillo, Remedios San Cristobal, Myari, Moron, Guanta- namo and Holguin. The cost of each barrack will be about $6,000. Major Slocum is arousing the interest of the business men in localities to be favored with new Rural Guard barracks, and these donate lands for the proposed new quarters. The government is saved a great expense, for the land required for the various stations would naturally have required the outlay of considerable money. When the merchants were shown the benefits in increased trade re- sulting from the permanent presence of a camp of 50 men, spending perhaps $1,500 monthly, and the protection and security it afforded to the whole section, thev willingly donated the necessajry lands. New Buildings for the Judiciary.—Act- ing Secretary of Justice Landa is at pres- ent on a visit of inspection of all the courts throughOjUt the different prov- inces and planning with the local judges for the construction of adequate build- ings for the judiciary. In Santiago de Cuba a courthouse will be built at the expenditure of the sum of $150,000. His plans are to build at the capital of each province a Palace of Justice which will house the Audiencia and the in- structional and first instance courts. Havana and Matanzas have already ex- cellent buildings, but the rest of the provinces have lacked adequate quar- ters. Pinar del Rio Imorovements.—Post- master-General Hernandez during a trip of inspection through the Province of Pinar del Rio, accompanied by Col. Greble, adviser of the Interior De- partment, visited many to
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