07 January, 1901

TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Major General Arthur MacArthur Jr. ordered the deportation to the island of Guam a number of politicians and leaders of the Revolution led by Filipino hero Apolinario Mabini.

Mabini, the “Brains of the Revolution” who served as chief adviser of General Emilio Aguinaldo, was exiled for aiding and supporting the guerrilla war against the Americans and the cause of the Philippine Independence. He wrote the True Decalogue when Filipino-American war broke out which inspired the Filipinos to fight and die for freedom.

Mabini and 31 others sailed for Guam on January 16 among them were Pablo Ocampo, Julian Gerona, General Artemio Ricarte, Maximino Hizon, Pio del Pilar and Mariano Llanera.

(Ref: Philippine News Agency archives, The New York Times, February 5, 1901; Photo from alchetron.com/Arthur-MacArthur,-Jr-1178653-W)