. An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results. -nte- ■^^ : 1 1. EMINENT AMERICAN CIVIL LEADERS.Secretary of State. Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War. Hon. William R. Day Hon. Stewart L. Woodford, Ex-Minister to Spain Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. DEVELOPMENT OF CUBA 105 relieving the remnant of tlie native Indians from slavery, butin developing the military defenses of the island. A greatnavy yard grew np at Havana, though in accordance withSpains short-sighted policy, it was closed in 1776 on the de-mand of the shipbuilders of Spain that
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. An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results. -nte- ■^^ : 1 1. EMINENT AMERICAN CIVIL LEADERS.Secretary of State. Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War. Hon. William R. Day Hon. Stewart L. Woodford, Ex-Minister to Spain Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. DEVELOPMENT OF CUBA 105 relieving the remnant of tlie native Indians from slavery, butin developing the military defenses of the island. A greatnavy yard grew np at Havana, though in accordance withSpains short-sighted policy, it was closed in 1776 on the de-mand of the shipbuilders of Spain that such work should bedone only in the mother country. By this time Spain hadbecome the servant of France; reforms in church and state, which stubborn Spain would not have dreamed of had shehad her own way, were introduced, and in Cuba the develop-ment was marked. In 1776 Spain was forced into a furtheralliance with France, and when the Spanish naval power wasbroken the following year at Cape St. Vincent, her communi-cation with her colonies was so interrupted and feeble thatCuba was left practicall