Rec’d telegram from Sec’y of Elihu Root, Sec’y of War, saying Gen. Brooke would like to have me go to Cuba “on business connected with public instruction.” See Sept. 22, 1899. Also Oct. 15, 1899. See Cuban Scrap Book A, p. 4, for original telegram. See Sept. 20 and Sept. 22, 1899. – See answer Sept. 29, 1899.