. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW The National Maine Monu- The Maine ment, erected to commemo- Monument rate the martyrdom of the Unveiling officers and men of the bat- tleship "Maine," who went to their deaths when the warship sunk in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, was unveiled May 30th in New York City with an impressive ceremony. The Maine dedication ceremonies stiarted May 29th with the arrival in the Hudson of the gunboat "Cuba," bearing the Cuban representatives for the unveiling. It was the first time that a warship flying the flag of Cuba visited New York, and
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW The National Maine Monu- The Maine ment, erected to commemo- Monument rate the martyrdom of the Unveiling officers and men of the bat- tleship "Maine," who went to their deaths when the warship sunk in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, was unveiled May 30th in New York City with an impressive ceremony. The Maine dedication ceremonies stiarted May 29th with the arrival in the Hudson of the gunboat "Cuba," bearing the Cuban representatives for the unveiling. It was the first time that a warship flying the flag of Cuba visited New York, and when she arrived at her anchorage, under escort of the "Yankton," the "Wyoming" and the other flagships fired a national salute of twenty-one guns in her honor. The "Cuba" saluted the American flag as she passed Governors Island. The Cuban government had sent to New York its famous military band of eighty pieces and this band marched in the parade. This is the first time it has visited x\merica. The Cuban commissioners at the cere- mony were Manuel de la Vega Calderon, charge d'aff'aires at Washington; Colonel Jose Marti, representing the army; Com- mander Quevedo, representing the navy; Consul General Mariano Rocafort, Luis More y del Solar, commander in chief of Cuba's artillery; Felipe Pazos and Jvaquin Torrabas. In the course of an address at the un- veiling. Ex-President William Howard Taft had the following to say about Cuba: "Out of the Spanish war came the Re- public of Cuba. Prophecies of impending danger to it if a change of administration in the United States were to come had be?n freely made, but in the last year one President of the United States had peace- fully given over his office to his successor and the Cuban people had successfully met the test. "Cuba is our foster child. As she errs in the childhood and youth of her national life we must bear with her and aid her. Again and again it has been said, and without a thoug
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