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CUBANS OF TO-DAY 



When the Revolution began in 1895 

 Torriente was active in the revolutionary- 

 clubs of Matanzas, and in March of that 

 year he embarked for the United States 

 to take part in the filibustering expeditions 

 there being organized. He was a partici- 

 pant in several of those which were cap- 

 tured and in consequence was imprisoned 

 at different times, at Washington, Dela- 

 ware, at Nassau in the Bahamas, and at 

 New York. Finally he joined the famous 

 expedition in the steamer Bermuda under 

 the command of General Calixto Garcia 

 which landed successfully in Baracoa, and 

 he served throughout the rest of the war 

 under Generals Maximo Gomez, Calixto 

 Garcia, Jose Maria Rodriguez, Francisco 

 Carrillo, and Jose Manuel Capote. He 

 served as Representative for Pinar del 

 Rio in the Constituent Assembly of Yaya, 

 Camaguey, returning to the field on its 

 dissolution. When the war closed he had 

 gained the rank of Colonel on the General 

 Staff ; having taken part in the attack and 

 siege of Santiago de Cuba as Chief of Staff 

 in the Division commanded by Major 



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