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the Eastern provinces to carry the war into 

 the western part of the Island, Dr. Roberts 

 was made Surgeon General of the invading 

 forces, a difficult and dangerous post which 

 put to the test at once his personal valor, 

 his patriotism, his energy, and his quality 

 as a man of science. In the course of duty 

 he was severely wounded in the battle of 

 San Gabriel de Lombillo; nevertheless he 

 finished the campaign, gaining promotion 

 from rank to rank solely by his personal 

 merits and ended the war with the rank of 

 Brigadier General. 



In 1898 he was delegated from the Sixth 

 Corps of the Army to the Assembly of 

 Santa Cruz del Sur, and in 1901 he served 

 as Alternate in the Constitutional Con- 

 vention which drew up the fundamental 

 code of the Republic. 



During the first American Intervention 

 Dr. Roberts was appointed Surgeon to the 

 Havana Police force; later he was made 

 first surgeon of the Port of Havana and 

 on September 1, 1902, he was named Chief 

 of the Quarantine service a post which he 

 still occupies. 



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