Index 303Portell Vila, Herminio, 110, 260
Postal and telegraph service, 207
Prison reform, 38
Provinces, 20
Provisional Government: American
foreign policy and, 190-91; and
Army of Cuban Pacification pro
gram, 122-33, 138; executive
branch of, 151-54, 191-92;
Liberal party role in, 150-68;
limited goals of, 147-48, 204-5,
262, 264; Magoon appointed
governor, 148-57; provisions for
withdrawal, 190, 256-57; re
straints upon, 194; Taft's hopes
for, 99-100, 102; Taft's procla
mation establishing, 144, 190
—administrative policies of:
American-conservative orienta
tion of, 190; and Cuban labor,
203-4; Cuban politicos and, 191,
214; to encourage political
parties, 214; Magoon's views on,
248-51; reinforcement of colonial
patterns, 212
—finances of: and fiscal policy,
194-95; and government expen
ditures, 195-96, 202, 204; and
need of loans, 202-3
—officer-advisers of: appointments
of, 151-54, 191-93; favored re
form policy, 204-5, 213; influ
ence of Leonard Wood on, 262
63; influence of, on political
policies, 133
—reforms of: and agricultural,
202; divergent viewpoints on,
212; initial commitment to, 190,
192-94; legal, 196-201; Ma-
goon's views on, 247-48; public
works, 205
Provisional Marine Brigade, 104
Public buildings, construction of,
38, 206
Public debt, 48
Public health programs, 37, 40,
136, 138-39, 156, 208-15; ap
pointment of politicos, 212; na
tionalization of, 208, 211-12;
politics and, 208-15
Public Instruction, Department of,
207
Public Works program, 48-49,
184-85, 194-95, 201-2, 205-7,
247, 248, 251
Puerto Rico, Army administration
of, 193
Quesade, Gonzalo de, 23, 45, 48,
79, 80-81, 94, 102, 144
Race war, 177, 183, 238
Racial tensions, 22, 24
Railroads, 19, 20, 25, 39, 91-92,
104, 205; U.S. control of, 127
28
Rathbone, Estes C, 38
Rationalism, 26
Read, Capt. George W., 151, 153,
196
Rebel army, 92, 108; disbanding
of, 107; disposition of horses of,
106; number in, 94; Peace Mis
sion and, 94; reaction of, to
compromise plans, 94
Recio, Tomas, 151, 230, 253, 255
Reciprocity treaty with U.S., 48,
175, 202
Reconcentration policy, 15; Philip
pine Insurrection, 9—12
Reid, Whitlaw, 251
Republic of Cuba, 19-58
Restoration and withdrawal in
Cuba, 243-70; American-Cuban
relations, effect on, 245-54;
American supervision of Cuban
Government during, 248, 251;
plans to leave American troops
after, 247, 258
Revolt of 1906, 53
Revolutionary Committee, 150, 157
Rius Rivera, Gen. Juan, 45, 160
Roadbuilding program, 38, 125,
132-33, 202-3, 205, 226, 233,
263; need for, 206; plans and
costs, 206; use of Army Engi
neers, 206
Robau, Gen. Jose Luis, 45, 159,
172-73
Robinson, Albert G., 93
Rodgers, James L., 138, 204
Rodriguez, Gen. Alejandro, 45, 76,
94, 224, 226-27, 237-38
Roosevelt, Theodore: appeal of, to
Estrada Palma, 98-99; and