220 THE POLITICS OF INTERVENTION
- Magoon, Report, 1908-1907, pp. 46-47, 456-57. The Department
of Charities (Beneficiencia) from the Department of Government was
incorporated into the new agency. - Kean manuscript, "The Department of Sanitation," March 14,
1907; Kean to Magoon, August 10, 1908; Maj. J. R. Kean, "A Depart
ment of Public Health for Cuba," manuscript dated December (?),
1908, Kean Papers. - This attitude is clearly evident in Kean's correspondence with
Capt. J. H. Allen, his inspector in the Cienfuegos area. Kean-Allen
Correspondence, December 9, 1907—April 4, 1908, Kean Papers. The
Cuban attitude toward yellow fever control was less than enthusiastic;
after the oiling and fumigation squad left a dwelling, the owners often
sued for damages. - Kean to Ireland, July 15, 1907, Kean Papers.
- Ibid.
- Kean to Ireland, December 31, 1907, Kean Papers.
- Kean to Magoon, February 20, 1908, Kean Papers.
- Army and Navy Journal, January 12, 1907.