Soldier official, Director of Subsistence.

Armando André Alvarado was born in Key West, Florida, on the first of May, 1872. In 1892, when he was twenty years old, he joined the Cuban revolution in the Province of Matanzas, attaching himself to he staff of General Antonio Maceo. Under he orders of General Maceo he came to Havana and carried out daring projects including a visitation on General Valeriano Weyler in the very palace in the Plaza de Armas which is now occupied by the President of the Republic. He operated later in the Province of Havana with Generals Delgado and Castillo.

In 1892 he was sent to the United States under orders from General Castillo to conduct an expedition and obtain materials of war. This commission he fulfilled within a month, landing at the mouth of the River Mosquito (near Mariel) with all the members of the expedition, twenty in number, and the materials safe. At the end of the war his services had won for him the rank of Major.

He became an officer of Police in Havana and was entrusted with confidential duties in the administration of President Palma. He fought during the Revolution of August, 1906, at the head of a mobile force.

In I9II he was elected Representative on the Conservative ticket, for the term ending in I9I5. He has twice been candidate for Governor of the Province of Havana and has been President of the Conservative party in the Province and Political Editor of El Dia.

In April, I9I3, he was elected President of the Commission for the examination of the National Accounts and the verification and inspection of the National Debt.

On the entrance of Cuba into the War in I9I7 Señor André was appointed Director de Subsistencias.