HERRYMAN 



MANUEL HERRYMAN GIL 



Soldier; official. 



Manuel Herryman Gil was born in the 

 city of Manzanillo, in the Province of 

 Oriente, on the fifteenth of April, 1879. In 

 March, 1895, although he was only fifteen 

 years old, he took part in the revolution that 

 had its center at his native place, and he 

 first operated in the Eastern Province, un- 

 der the direction of Generals Bartolome 

 Maso and Amador Guerra. Later he acted 

 under the orders of Lieutenant General 

 Antonio Maceo, during the invasion of this 

 province and he became Aide-de-Camp of 

 Maceo. He was a member of the Sixth 

 Corps of the Army of Liberation, having 

 gained distinctive honors, and was a mem- 

 ber of the Staffs of Generals Vidal Ducase 

 and Pedro Diaz. At the end of the revolu- 

 tion he had obtained the rank of Major. 



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