Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-25
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN CUBA
OFFICIAL STATEMENT SHOWS Num-
BER OF NATIVES AND AMERICANS.
Statement Showing Proportion of
Each In the Different De-
partments.

The division of customs and insular
affairs of the War Department made a
statement today in regard to the national
ity of the civilian employees in the customs
service of Cuba. The statement shows that
on December 81. 1899, the total number Of
employees was tS, of whom 515 We're
Cubans. % were Spaniards. 30 of the total
number were Americans, and the remain
ing belonged to otner nationalities. The
total number of employees of the customs
service of Cuba in Havana was 63, of whom
81 were Cubans and 26 were Americans
The total number of employees in the Ha-
vana custom house was 233. of whom go
We're Cubans. IS were Spaniards. II were
Americans and 3 belonged to other ma
tionalities.
number of employees was g. all of whom
were Cubans. At the port of Cienfuegos
the total number of employees was 66 OF
whom ~ were Cubans. II were Spaniards
and We're Americans. AT Santiago de
Cuba the total number of employees was
~. of whom ~ We're Cubans. 4 were Span
iards and 3 were Americans. At Matanzas
the total number of employees was 2S. of
whom "a We're Cubans, 3 were Spaniards
and the remaining 1 was an American.
AT Cardenas the total number of employees
was "a. of whom IA were CubanS and ~
were Spaniards. At Nuevitas the total
number of employees was II, of whom II
were CubanS > were SpaniardS and were
Americans. At Manzanillo and the sub
ports of Santa Cruz and Jucaro the total
number of employees was 20. Of whom IL
were Cubans and 1 was Spaniard. At
Gibara the total number of employees was
H. of whom 10 We're Cubans and l was an
American. AT Guantanamo the total num-
Der of employees was II. of whom were
Cubans. > were Spaniards and 1 was an
American.
AT Sagua la Grande the total number of
employees was Il, of whom were Cubans,
We're Spaniards, / an American and
l was of a nationality other than those
named. AT Caibarien the total number OF
employees was IL, of whom were Cubans,
3 were Spaniards and l was an American
At Trinidad the total number of employees
was S. of whom were Cubans and 1 was
Spaniard. AT Baracoa the total number or
employees was 6. all of whom were Cubans
At Tunas de ZaZa the total number of en-
ployeS was >. of whom were CuDdNS anu
l was Spaniard.
In the Military Department..
1t has been repeatedly asserted of late by
persons inimical to the administration that
there is a horde of Americans holding
office in Cuba. These statements are not
borne out by the facts. The official records
Of the War Department show that the
principal offices in which Americans are
employed under the military government
are the division and department headquar-
terS. In these offices the Americans neces-
sarily predominate by reason of their
knowledge and experience in handling mill
tary business. The principal officials in the
offices of the treasurer and auditor of the
island are also necessarily Americans con-
Versant with American administrative
methods. In the executive departments.
such as state and government. finance.
etc, few, If any. Americans are employed
In addition to these offices Americans are
employed in the engineer department, the
postal department and the customs serv-
ice. The employees of all these offices ag-
gregate 22:,4. of which number only 31S.
16S per cent, are Americans. The judicial
penal and municipal machinery throughout
the island is entirely in the hands of the
CubanS, and consequently We're this large
number of native officials and employees
added to the figures above given the per-
centage of Americans holding governmental
offices in Cuba would be very small indeed.