Documents Pertaining To The Philippine Revolution
Resumen del Libro
Official communications and orders, dating from Nov. 1898 to Feb. 1899, dealing with prisoners of war held by the rebels and other military matters of the Philippine Army, such as commissions and troop discipline. Documents from Aug.-Nov. 1898 concern the investigations of crimes committed by rebel soldiers, and include an order in Tagalog, signed by Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the revolutionary government, and a communication to the general-in-chief of the army from Brigadier Gen. Pantaleón García. Four documents from Feb. 1899 concern prisoners of war: there is a list of civil prisoners being turned over to authorities at the Dept. of War, an authorization signed by Antonio Luna, director of war, for the release of prisoner Juan Llobregat, another release, signed by Baldomero Aguinaldo, secretary of war, freeing Baldomero Vasquez y Carretero, a Spanish citizen, and a list of four civil prisoners of war forwarded to President Aguinaldo by the secretary of war. On Jan. 18, 1899, Gen. García confirms the exemplary behavior of the members of the Regimiento Muerte while under his command, and Lt. Col. Arsenio Guzmán petitions the president for commissions for these patriotic soldiers in the regular army. Finally, there is an undated document in Tagalog, signed by Apolonio Sopeña, bearing the letters K.K.K., the abbreviation for the Katipunan, the Philippine revolutionary society organized in 1892.
