Menocal
MARIA GARCIA, President of Cuba from 1912. He graduated from Cornell University in 1890 as a civil engineer, which has been his work nearly all of his lifetime. During the years of the Cuban revolt against Spain, 1895-1898, he served in the Cuban army, but upon the conclusion of peace returned to civil life and became the managing director of the Cuban-American Sugar Company. In 1912 he was elected President on the Conservative ticket. One of the main desires and purposes of his administration has been to maintain very close and friendly relations with the United States. This policy, together with the fact that he was allied with the big business men of the island, brought considerable opposition from the Liberal party. His election for the second term was marked by considerable disorder, and the United States warned the Liberal leaders of its intention to intervene if the riots continued. When the United States entered the war against Germany Menocal showed his friendship by advocating similar action to the Cuban Congress. いい GENERAL CHARLES T. MENOHER made brigadier-general Aug. 5, 1917, and major-general Dec. 1, 1917.