Valeriano_Weyler

Valeriano Weyler General Valeriano Weyler was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He was also educated there. Weyler followed his father’s footsteps. His father was a military doctor, so he started a military career. Weyler graduated from the Infantry school in Toledo and by age 20 he had attained the rank of lieutenant. He served in Cuba and organized a group of volunteers for some sort of reason. In 1878 Weyler was made a general. In 1895 he was given the Grand Cross-of Maria Cristina (') for his command of troops in the Philippines. In 1896 when rebellion was very popular at the time for in Cuba, Weyler was named governor with full powers to suppress the insurgency and return the island to political order and the sugar industry to greater profitability. First, Weyler was greatly frustrated by the same reasons that had made victory difficult for all weyler, troops, general, died, cuba, areas, spanish, spain, same, rebellion, people, military, made, insurgency, win, while, war, volunteers, victory, very, vast, valeriano, traditional, toledo, time, thousands, though, think, tactics, suppress, supplies, sugar, successful, starvation, started