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Castillo, the scene of his activities being 

 the Province of Havana, where he obtained 

 his promotion to the rank of Colonel on the 

 24th of August, 1898. 



With the close of the war he turned his 

 attention to politics. His first office was that 

 of Chief ot Municipal Police for Giiines. 

 At the same time he served also as Secre- 

 tary of the Liquidating Commissions (Com- 

 mission for settling soldiers' claims) of the 

 Fifth Corps of the Army. In 1904 Col. 

 Asbert was elected Member of the Council 

 for the Province of Havana, and in 1908 he 

 was elected Governor of the Province of 

 Havana, in which post he was active in 

 improving roads, bridges, and all means of 

 communication so as to increase the traffic 

 and add to the resources of all parts of the 

 province. 



Some years ago the Congress of Cuba 

 passed a special act of amnesty designed, 

 it was said, to clear Gen. Asbert 's name 

 and exculpate him from the charge of 

 manslaughter on which he had been tried. 



Gen. Asbert has interested himself in 

 publications: he was the founder of the 



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