to the duties of their offices; (3) more civic interest will be aroused.

All officers are subject to removal at any time by vote of a certain

proportion of the people.

The Cuban government was organized in the spring of 1902. On May 20 of

that year, Governor-General Wood for the United States turned over the

government house at Havana to President Tomaso Estrada y Palma.

The ceremonies attending the transfer were impressive. A letter from

President Roosevelt addressed to the President and the Congress of the

Republic of Cuba was handed to President Palma. This declared the

occupation of Cuba by the United States to be at an end and tendered the