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File No. 837.001M52/15.

The Cuban Chargé d’Affaires to the Acting Secretary of State.

[Translation.]
No. 19.]
Legation of Cuba,
Washington , May 20, 1913 .

Sir: By order of my Government I have the honor of informing you that on this day Major General Mario G. Menocal and Doctor Enrique José Varona, President and Vice President elect of the Republic, respectively, have taken possession of the offices.

The Cabinet is composed of the following:

  • Doctor Cosme de la Torriente, Secretary of State;
  • Doctor Cristóbal de la Guardia, Secretary of Justice;
  • Colonel Aurelio He via, Secretary of Gobernación;
  • Doctor Leopoldo Cancio, Secretary of the Treasury;
  • Engineer José R. Villalón, Secretary of Public Works;
  • General Emilio Núñez, Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor:
  • Doctor Ezequiel Garcia Enseñat, Secretary of Public Instruction and Fine Arts;
  • Doctor Enrique Núñez, Secretary of Health and Charities; and Doctor Rafael Montoro, Secretary of the Presidency.

I avail [etc.]

Manuel de la Vega.