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conference hs,d nv ,h.m the pssS day In
their opinion the t,nper,sI ~tty should ~ occ'l.
T. Occupy lie lmisusI % spouna.. and in cons..
auepo~ n this dssislon feoc~Jtisd the grounds
ws. had won on tns isth plseirs Che Nln,h
our sttsok . c@a.d ''"'' " WV
tfter rsviesih . In detail tho steps th"t hsv.
been taken - plsc. !rba upon hrm ns.,, ,1 ~
hoo, SAYS.
The revenue. for tho nscal year ending
, against s1, ,Spi, iTS; Tor tho preceding sir
months. 'fho revival Of Industry contlnu".
,hc tobacco crop !. large ard me ~" ,'D1cG are"
tSo producton o, @ ri, a, n" eastern end of tho
are % in fulI Ipr opeqs,"n LAB l"bor % i in demand AZ
eighty Rss SepSrsa r"%SSn from rom the n nsd current
than 70 fsO Snnniards chioNv hardy and indus
trou. PEOPLE from the north of spain. have
come 20 the island during the year, and y il
the number will have reached 5000 They
| are useful and welcome additions 10 tho In
dustry Of the island
| tinusnce OF a market for her products retard
the influx Of capital and the development Of
Cuba's Extraordinary resource. Il IA 70. be
s,tutonsi % maj Sonven;ion % @ a'V viii % speedily resolve
these lncertalnties and eetablish the prosperity
Of Cuba upon a firm Foundation
The renort ON aYair. in porto Rico shows that
the .Snd Is steadily p,osperns under .nsSa h%s
Davis covering the situation fully II quoted
and oonourred in BY the Secretary. On tho
saws proyision has been made for emplacine
800 heavy guns 3es rapid-fre guns and s72
ar,isrv tyoop. @ at 70 y care fnp seacoost guns Is
still a reasonable cause of complaint.
The Secretary makes known in his report
his views on army REORGANIZATION which have
a Z ba
plans of the House Committee on Military
Affairs The army now CONSISTS OF 2.S35 off,
establishment and i.sts offcers and Si,O7e
enlisted men Of the Volunteer service. making
a total of los,l l6o A.,
fscal wear ending June O' 1902, aggre-
aata sis5 aoa ssi Hinder the general head
y a, ~ mt 100 ne from thu 1as
amount Estimated FOR the same objects for the
present fiscal year The amount appropriated
noates for tha, veSJ @ n and ,as eGo less than the
estimates for the fiscal YEAR 1902.
This decrease Of s2s 226 in the present estimates
under he head OF salaries of Employees In the
Several Bureaus Of tho War Department. it
being the policy Of the Department to reduce
without detri,neut 10 the best interests Of the
service
ment" which provide for the support of the
army and for the support and maintenance
of the Military Arodctny are Al OF I. tsg less
than the total amount approrriated for like
nurnoses for iyoi and sil s62 2s& less than were
HE estimates for the nresent fiscal wear Thi,
reduction il made prIncipallv in the appro-
prlations FOR pay 6c OF the ARMY and for the
yyarions it.ms undeI tie head OF "Ouariermas-
tsr's Denortmcnt Including land and water
trapsn"rto.,on '
The estimates for Public Works tincluding
river and harbor fOrtilcationa, arsen8ls.
military posts, Xc1 are iiss,24a more than the
asti,nafel and sSl 20 sii more than LIe an
nronr;ations Tor tho present tiscal year Under
er,s,in', Is1s IL IA mandotory upon The secretary
oi Var ~ submit annual es,imates for river and
barbor improvament. Last year the Depart
ment submitted an estimate for rivers and har-
hnrs incmdnU "ontinmins contract work. az
Sresatina saS'5Ie,3sT Of his amount, SIS
loo eu Was Tor the river and harbor work gen
erally included in the biennial River and Har-
bnr act as DISTINGUISHED from that class OF work
snnualiv proyided for ia the sundry civil scts
of congress, for the comTletion II which the
Ss,ratary o} War ia authorized 10 make con-
traots covering the entire work, and known as
arontln,Ins contracts"
Conrress however. did not ,ass a regular
River and 'Rarbor bin al its last session. and
lie estimates Tor public works for the ensuing
YEAR are therefore necessarily increased be-
yond tbe amonnt OF this YEARS approprstion
This net increase Of f?47io ssi Ia accounted for