HERNANDEZ 



Early in May, 1898,, he was commis- 

 sioned by General Calixto Garcia to accom- 

 pany Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Rown 

 of the American Army to Washington and 

 to set forth to the Secretary of War the 

 situation of the Cuban Army in the eastern 

 end of the island; after which he returned, 

 at the request of General Garcia, to assist 

 in taking the city of Santiago de Cuba. 

 At the siege of this city he won the rank 

 of Colonel. 



At the close of the war he turned enthu- 

 siastically to the task of organizing the 

 Republic, laboring first in developing the 

 national police, and later in the postal 

 service where he continues to serve as 

 Director General of Communications. 



AND MONOGRAPHS 



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