WEISS 



MARCELINO WEISS 



Dentist; soldier; teacher. 



Marcelino Weiss was born in the 

 ancient town of Sancti Spiritus on the 

 ninth of June, 1877. After receiving his 

 early education in his native place and ful- 

 filling the requirements for the Bachelor's 

 degree in the Institute of Santa Clara, he 

 went on in 1892 to the University of Ha- 

 vana where he won the degree of Doctor 

 of Dental Surgery in the year 1895. 



On the outbreak of the war (1895) he 

 emigrated to the United States, there 

 placing himself under the command of 

 General Emilio Nunez with whose forces 

 he disembarked at Palo Alto. Later he 

 was enrolled under the flag of Jose Miguel 

 Gomez where his brothers were fighting 

 and served as Secretary of the Army 

 Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. 



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