Word: cubans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Ansantawie, formerly used as a scout cruiser by the Cuban Government, has been loaned to the Yale Naval Training Unit for the summer. All members of the university are eligible for the cruise, preference being given to men who are now enrolled in the Naval Training Unit. No previous training is necessary, however...
Already the well-known Krags have been brightened till they shine like the medals on von Hindenburg's chest. Cuban dirt has been dug from their cracks that has rested there since they fought with the boys in '98, and the rust scoured off the bayonets which has remained from the time of Aquinaldo's men. Scabbard and belt and rifle and uniform have been cleaned for the punctilious eyes of the reviewing officer...
That the Latin-American peoples are lovers of liberty their history shows. Bolivar, not content with liberating his own Venezuela, likewise liberated Colombia, Bolivia, Equador and Peru. More than one Porto Rican died in the Cuban "manigua" fighting for the liberties of the sister isle. And it is this very love of liberty, I honestly believe, that has caused friction and misunderstanding between the great republic of the North and the peoples south of the Rio Grande. They believe that the rights of Colombia, Santo Domingo, or Porto Rico, are every bit as sacred as the rights of Argentina...
...with the United States Geological Survey, on which he was chief geographer until 1902. He was the first secretary, and later president, of the National Geographic Society. He was geographer of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth censuses, and assistant director of the Philippine census in 1902 and of the Cuban census in 1907. He wrote numerous scientific works, chiefly on geographical subjects...
Major-General Wood has seen varied service in army affairs. He was in the Spanish-American War and won distinction in the Cuban campaign. Upon Roosevelt's becoming President; Wood was made chief-of-staff over the heads of several men who were his seniors in point of years and service. General Wood has held this post ever since, and has been active in advocating a more coherent organization of the army. He has raised the number of men in the military branch of the service to nearly full complement...