New-York tribune., 1903-02-09
COMMEND 7. III. {. Il. WORK
General Wood and General Greene
at Carnegie Hail.

There was a meeting for men yesterday
afternoon at Carnegie Hall under the auspices OF
the West Side Branch Of the Young Mems Chris
tian association to raise fund for the establish
rnent of a Y NJ c. A. branch at Havana, Cuba
General Francis vinton Greene Police Conmis-
sioner presided and the two speakers were Luther
D. Wishard and Brigadier General Leonard Wood
General Greene said in opening the meeting:
1t gives me p peTuEaI bnp aSesent = tbree Years ago
at meeting of the international committee when
ports presented and the scope of the work accom-
pllshed We have seen ~ 6ee t Sor6 natu m
raj in view of relations with Cuba, that sta
Of oG9 th Rerican People with regard has
sds sDs sS Fae0BS s o, dnG ree and @5 oe
return asked than such slight control over their
and Five aas Heaas as T have gone by
within which we have redeemed every pledge
tives and they accept our friendship Ii is there e.
extended to Havana
He then introduced Mr.. wishard the head Of
the movement for establishing branches, who said
that s1250OO year was needed to tell the benefits
Of the Y NJ. c. A to the two hundred million
young Of the world who were IN ignorance
He said however. that he believed in giving peo-
ple a definite piece OF work TO accomplish, so he
should ask help eventually for the young men of
the world Immediately for the young of
Cuba"
General Greene then rose again and said:
the adminstration OF Cuba was because we have
had the right I'm charge. The army was
fortunate enough to have SUCH q man, and Pres
ident Mckinley was wise enough to use him and
put bim in charge AS Governor Of Santiago his
success was brilliant. 1t VIII forever redound 10
our credit that we redeemed every pledge of leaV-
ing the Cubans free to administer theI own af1airS
General Wood is about to start for service IN
Mindanao. He has spared few hours TO attend
We Wood r'ee''HS '"'' A''Si -'''''
The entire audience. filling the hall to the top
gallery rose and waved handkerchiefs as General
Wood stepped forward He said:
I've seen your work in the army-at the different
posts They're doing a splendid work They
give soldiers place for healthy aIusenleht mem @ aIe
Your plan for Havana Is most e&eeIiIehL one,
In Havana and all through Cuba you VIII hnd
sympathetic and highly educated T5 Gass oI p9ople,
singularly lacking In places where young men I can
assemble Havana is a city where there are always
about TWO thousand youths iron nsn Empoy
only your agents from here, ano oeSeiop your las as
sistants among the people themselves; nope
you'll establish branches in the otneI ~ ~ -.
fuegos. Santiago and the cities OF from soy 70
90 90 Inhabitants You will carry not only IDEAS
Of morality but ideas Of repuoiicSiIIsL nope
when ! come back from the Fh.Hppihes ln4t
Mozarts Gloria" chorus. Handlers Haneiu1ah
chorus and Gadsby's anthem. BLESSED be the
name Of the Lord" were rendered by the New
York Festival Chorus, with Tall Esen Morgan
conducting. Giuseppe Vitale gave ploIln SOLOS. :,
Pledge cards were distributed among the auul-
ence while Mr.. Wishard urged the peopIe 10 give
not for billion heathen. but TOT brahch III
Havana" .,., - r,...,,z4
Next Sunday Charles Emory Smith. ex-Postmast-
er General, viii speak on ABRAHAM Lincoln In ~
Carnegie Hail. Postmaster CoTneliu5 van Cott VIII VII
preside. and the New-York FestlVal Ihorus alo Ile
rofu la will