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which reached the coast of Cuba on the 

 ship Dauntless and disembarked there 

 under the command of Major Luis Rodolfo 

 Miranda. His services in the war gained 

 him the rank of Major. 



At the close of the war he continued in 

 government service and on the third of 

 January, 1899, was appointed Secretary 

 of the Board of Education for Havana. 

 His duties began with the organizat ; on of 

 education in Cuba, and he had a share in 

 all the early stages, being entrusted with 

 special duties of importance. This post he 

 held until the eighth of October, 1908, when 

 he was appointed Secretary of the Govern- 

 ment of the Province of Havana under 

 Governor Asbert, and filled the duties of 

 this office until the sixth of April, 1913. 

 Meantime in the elections of the first of 

 November, 191 2, he had been chosen Repre- 

 sentative from the Province of Havana 

 and he entered upon the duties of his new 

 office on the seventh of April, 19 13. In the 

 House of Representatives he was elected 

 Secretary of the House and held this posi- 

 tion until the twenty-ninth of July, 19 14, 



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