The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-26
GEN. WOOD FINISHES HIS REPORT.
His Important Work In Cuba Highly COM
mended by the President.

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WASHINGTON. March rs. - Brig. Gen.
Leonard Wood, having completed his fna
report on the work Of the military govern.
ment Of Cuba, was to-day relieved from fur.
Their duty in connection with the affairs OF
the island. The order. which Ii signed by
Secretary Root and issued by direction OF
the President, highly commends Gen.
Wood for his services and concludes q
follows:
The War Department, by direction OF the
President, thanks Gen Wood aud the officials.
civil and military. serving hinder him, upon
portant and so we'll done
Tes q Gsn both
ernor. was highly ueditsble The civil
govern fnent was managed with an eye single
e the ssns Of ~ ,ae Cbs1 people hinder
Governor the Cuban people had an oppor-
tunity To carry on their own government TO
Cuba assumed Independence she started
Of an utterly PROSTATE colony. A free. re-
With such signal ability integrity and sue
cess that the new nation started under more
favorable conditions than has ever before
been the case IN any single instance among
hers fellow spanish American republics
This record stands alone In history. and the
Of Cuba was no greater than the honor con-
ferred upon the people OF the United States
Gen. Wood to-day left Washington for
Boston, where he will take the steamer
Commonwealth on Saturday for Gibraltar,
under orders from the War Department
TO proceed 10 the Philippines.
TO Secretary Root before his departure.
consists u ten large volumes Of printed
matter. He discusses economic. social
and administrative questions Affecting the
Islands future and frankly admits that his
efforts 10 convinoe Congress Of the neces-
sity for aareduction IN the tariff on sugar
cost siS.a3a He charactsrize- a. thought
les~ the talk la Cuba about making
loans % aid axrsoulturi.ts, and ds-olAres
that the island l. - rich that her planter.
can ss-ous. capital On easy terms when
ever there y s~asonablo surety u . good
market for suGaT.
lie rcpllss % the statoments u foreign
Con-,ils that neciprocity would he ~ no
i@D.fi "a Cuba by saying that tho countries
they represent VA tho establishment
of r-cpfOdiy the lo-~ of q large PARTON of
thsif trade With tubs aI,d ms transfer Ca
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