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CUBANS OF TO-DAY 



to be Chief of a Regiment in Manzanillo; 

 and finally to be Chief of a flying column, 

 under the orders of General Calixto Garcia, 

 with which he took part in the attack on 

 Santiago de Cuba. His conduct on this 

 occasion won him the rank of Brigadier. 



Under the First Intervention of the 

 United States he was Chief of the Presidio, 

 which position he held until the designation 

 of Sr. Estrada Palma for the Presidency of 

 the Republic. Under this administration 

 he served as Secretary of Public Works and 

 Agriculture. 



He later retired from public life to attend 

 to personal business and to develop, with 

 his company, the sugar property " Habana." 

 He has since returned to active politics, 

 and is one of the prominent members of 

 the Conservative party. 



HISPANIC NOTES 



