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A u G U S T · ~ 8 9 8 I think it would be well for you to send him whatever printed matter you have at once, and write him a letter promptly telling him your desires in that direction. Yours very truly, W. H. Baldwin Jr TLS Con. 79o BTW Papers DLC. ~ Montauk Camp, at the east end of the Long Island Railroad, was an army center of the Spanish-American War. After service in Cuba the Rough Riders and other troops were stationed there. To the Editor of the Christian Register Tuskegee, Ala. fAug. 18, 1898] INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION FOR CUBAN NEGROES To the Editor of the Christian Register: I believe all will agree that it is our duty to follow the work of destruction in Cuba with that of construction. One-half of the population of Cuba is composed of mulattoes or negroes. All who have visited Cuba agree that they need to put them on their feet the strength that they can get by thorough intellectual, religious, and industrial training, such as is given at Hampton and Tuskegee. In the present depleted condition of the island, industrial education for the young men and women is a matter of the first importance. It will do for them what it is doing for our people in the South. If the funds can be secured, it is the plan of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala., to bring a number of the most promising negro young men and women to this institution to receive training, that they may return to Cuba, and start in the interest of the people industrial training on the island. Tuskegee is so near Cuba that it is conveniently located for this work. It will cost for the travelling expenses and education of each one of these Cuban students $ ~ 50 for a year's education. We are ready to begin the work as soon as funds are secured or guaranteed. In what better or more permanent way can we help Cuba than by educating a number of these people? What I have said of Cuba applies as well to Porto Rico, where over half the population are 455