DE CASTRO 



ganized the free kitchens at which over 

 seventy-five thousand people were fed 

 each day. His work at that difficult period 

 earned him the praise of Miss Clara Barton, 

 the Spanish Government decorated him 

 with the Gran Cruz de Beneficencia for his 

 services and the Municipal Council of Ha- 

 vana presented him with a medal com- 

 memorative of the Blockade. That body 

 also desired to erect a statue in his honor 

 in the San Juan de Dios or the Paula Park, 

 both of which he had caused to be rebuilt. 

 Dr. de Castro accepted the medal, but 

 refused to allow any statue to be erected to 

 him, or to permit either of the parks to be 

 named after him. He based his objections 

 on the fact that such honors should be 

 posthumous. 



In 1899 he delivered the City of Havana 

 to General William Ludlow, coincident 

 with the delivery of the Island to General 

 Brooke by General Castellanos in com- 

 pliance with the provisions of the Treaty 

 of Paris, Dr. de Castro then retired to 

 private life. Since that time he has de- 

 voted himself to the development of the 



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