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Cuba. Independent of Spain since 1898, and of the U. S. since 1901. A republic. But the U. S. retains rights of intervention and maintains a naval base at Guantanamo Bay (see MAP). Population 75% white. A 700-mile highway, bisecting Cuba, is now building by 5,000 men. Havana a superb metropolis: palaces, plazas, colonnades, tropical parks. Cigars exported annually 90,000,000. Best Corona Coronas come from the region of Vuelta Abajo in western Cuba...
...knots a record for battleships in the United States Navy. Invading Soldiers Field, 350 men strong, the battalion quickly prepared for the exercises which served the double purpose of perfecting it in the open order of drill of which it had but a slight taste recently in Guantanamo and of acquainting Naval Science students in the University with a first hand knowledge of the tactics and manocuvres of the landing force of a battleship. Intantry companies, an artillery company and a machine platoon quickly took their places awaiting the signal for firing. A Red Cross detail was stationed...
Five super-dreadnaughts of the U. S. Navy spat 18 and 20-inch shells at unseen targets 30,000 yards (17 miles) away. Every shell scored a precision hit. This target practice, directed by airplanes, took place last week off the coast of Guantanamo, Cuba...
...United States already has absorbed Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Samana Bay in Santo Domingo Mole, Saint Nicholas in Haiti, Fonseca Bay and Corn Islands in Nicaragua and now, through an alliance with Panama, may acquire the Island of Manzanilla...
...feat was all in the year's work for the twelve planes of Squadron No. 1, commanded by Lieut. E. W. Spencer. During the winter they maneuvered far and wide about their base at Guantanamo, Cuba. In the spring they flitted back to Norfolk, Va., then six of them left in-June for summer exercises at Newport...