July 14th, 2011
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War-date Autograph Letter Signed, “W.B. Nage Co. H 8th Inf. Manila, P.I.” 5p. quarto, October 5, 1906, addressed to Senator Jno. Daniel, and reads in part: “...I am writing this letter to the Senator with the approval of my company commander 1st Lieut. W.H. Johnson. My former company commander being up for retirement Capt. E.S. Walker. I wrote the Senator on leaving Guimaras Island the day before taking the Battle Field. I will first state the main object of this letter - Viz - Due to being in the Field chasing the Pulajaues through swamps and out of their hiding places in the mountains, both night and day, I am unable to pay any attention to my studies, and I want the Senator to bring my name before the Secy of War or the President which would be better. I want to be ordered to Leavenworth to take the final exam...and if possible would like not to take the prelim exam...because I am out here running down these Insurrectors...” More. VG. After the close of the Phillipean-American War, however, Governor General Taft preferred to rely on the Philippine Constabulary and to treat the Irreconcibiles as a law enforcement concern rather than a military concern requiring the involvement of the American army. He was, in fact, criticized for this. On September 25, 1903 in Bicol, Simeon Ola of Guinobatan, Albay surrendered in place of Malvar, becoming arguably the last Filipino general to surrender. In 1902 Macario Sakay a veteran Katipunan member formed another Tagalog Republic, called Katagalugan after Bonifacio's, in southern Luzon. The republic ended in 1906 when Sakay and his top followers were arrested and executed the following year by the American authorities as bandits, after they had accepted an amnesty offer Quasi-religious armed groups also fought Americans in assorted provinces. These groups included the pulajanes, so called because of their red garments; the colorum, from a corruption of the Latin in saecula saeculorum part of the Glory Be to the Father prayer; and Dios-Dios, literally "God-God". They were mostly composed of farmers and other poor people, led by messianic leaders such as Dionisio Seguela, a.k.a. Papa Isio ("Isio the Pope"), and subscribed to a blend of Roman Catholic and folk belief. For example, they believed amulets, called agimat or anting-anting, would make them bulletproof. These movements were all dismissed by the American government as bandits, fanatics or cattle rustlers. The last of these groups were defeated or had surrendered by 1913
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