MACHADO 



GERARDO MACHADO Y MORALES 



Business man; official. 



Gerardo Machado y Morales was 

 born in Santa Clara, Cuba, on the twenty- 

 ninth of September, 187 1, and was educated 

 in the same province, receiving the Bachel- 

 or's degree in 1884. 



He then joined his father in agricultural 

 pursuits and together they enlisted in the 

 Revolutionary force organized by Casallas, 

 young Machado receiving the rank of 

 Second Lieutenant. He soon joined the 

 guard of General Suarez and later, pro- 

 moted to a captaincy, was assigned to the 

 guard of Gen. Juan B. Zayas. At the close 

 of the war he was in command of the Santa 

 Clara brigade with the rank of Brigadier 

 General. 



Upon the organization of the Rural 

 Guard he was appointed Chief of the Dis- 



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