Mar. 9 Sec’y of War Root having requested a report on the schools of Cuba, I sent this day, from Havana, the following: “Hon. Elihu Root, – Sec’y of War, Washington, D.C. Sir: I have the honor to make the following report: - Your orders were: Make the Cubans your friends; lead them; do not try to drive them; get the schools open. …… Every Cuban is my friend; absolute liberty given to teachers to use their own methods of teaching (see p. iii of manual); to date 3025 schools with 113,900 pupils of record; today’s report indicates 125,000. I have the honor to be. - - Respectfully Yours, Alexis E. Frye, Supt. schools of Cuba.”