BETANCOURT 



ARTURO BETANCOURT MANDULEY 



Lawyer; public man. 



Arturo Betancourt Manduley was 

 born in the town of Holguin, Province of 

 Oriente, Cuba, on the third of August, 

 1870. His formal education was inter- 

 rupted in his youth and was not resumed 

 until much later. 



When the War of Independence broke 

 out in 1895 he was deported from the city 

 of Santiago and withdrew to the state of 

 Yucatan, Mexico, where he continued 

 active in the cause of the Revolution until 

 opportunity offered to return and join the 

 Cuban forces in the field. Disembarking 

 in the Province of Santa Clara he served 

 with the rank of Lieutenant under the 

 command of Major General Maximo 

 Gomez. 



Some years later he returned to his 



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