08/02/2010
07/03/2010
Mga sinulat patungkol sa digmaan sa Pilipinas
Narito ang mga batis ng disertasyon ni Dr. Vic Villan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas -- "Pintados: Mga hukbong Bisaya sa armadong ekspedisyong Espanyol sa kapuluang Pilipinas, 1565-1898".
06/19/2010
Tagumpay ng Himagsikang Pilipino
Noong 1898, naging pangkaraniwan ang eksenang ito sa buong bansa -
"At 5:00 pm on 24 December 1898, 333 years of Spanish rule in Cebu came to an end when the Spanish flag was lowered at Fort San Pedro. Montero turned over the government [to the Filipinos] ... It was an emotion-charged moment and, in a fit of despair, some Spaniards tore their own flag after it was lowered. In the dusk, the ceremonies over, the Spaniards and their dependents moved out in a lonely convoy of boats bound for Zamboanga, their way station for the final withdrawal to Spain."
Mabuhay ang Pilipino!
Ang sipi ay mula sa The War Against the Americans ni Resil Mojares. Ang mga larawan ay galing sa Univ. of Michigan.
Mga rebolusyonaryong sundalo ng Batangas
Mga sundalo ng Batangas [mula sa Batangas: Forged in Fire], noong Himagsikang Pilipino (1896-1898). Kadalasan, isa lang sa tatlo o apat ang may pistol o riple. Ganoon pa man, tinalo ng mga Pilipino ang mga kolonisador, dahil sa husay ng mga Pilipino sa digmaan.
05/26/2010
Ang Colt .45 at ang Pilipinong mandirigma
Ang simulain ng pistol na .45 M1911 ay nag-ugat sa Digmaang Filipino-Amerikano, na pumutok noong 1899.
Bago pa makalaban ng Amerikano ang mga Moro (1903 pataas), kinailangan na ang .45 laban sa mga Kristyanong sandatahanes at talibones [bolomen] ng Luzon at Kabisayaan (1899 pataas).
Kung magkagayon, and buong Kapilipinuhan ang siyang 'hilot' na nagsilang sa pinakatanyag na baril sa buong mundo.
05/24/2010
Ang katapusan ni Leonard Furlong
Mula sa Jungle Patrol: The story of the Philippine Constabulary (1938) ni Vic Hurley, mababasa natin ang simulain at katapusan ni Leonard Furlong:
"Leonard Furlong was another who piled endless years into his short span of life. He wore the Medal of Valor for the Taraca campaigns at thirty: a quick-tempered flashing fighter who was burning up inside. At fifteen Furlong was a Naval Cadet; at twenty-one he was fighting Indians in Minnesota; at twenty-two he was in the Philippines in the first American expedition to Mindanao; and at thirty-four he was dead by his own hand. He was but one of that pageant of magnificent youngsters that was the commissioned force of the Philippine Constabulary ...
"Furlong was approaching the end of a dramatic career. He had given away now, in field efforts, to Whitney and Tiffany and Crites and Cochrun. He was burned out physically and harassed by charges of his superiors in Manila. It was said that he had used unnecessary brutality in his famous Taraca expedition. Hastily Furlong returned from a short vacation to defend himself. He was indicted, tried, and vindicated, and promoted to a Captaincy.On detail as Senior Inspector m Lanao, Furlong demonstrated the old fighting genius that had made him one of the most powerful figures of the Constabulary. But his old vitality was gone, and he was gnawed by thoughts of his trial and the attendant publicity. Always a strange, sensitive figure, he broke at last under the strain of the years of jungle campaign. He was sent to Manila for observation and treatment, arriving there on June 21. 1911.On the evening prior to Furlong's death he dined with the officers at the mess, and during the meal gave no sign of depression. At nine o'clock in the evening of July 9 he passed two officers on his way to his quarters. A moment later a shot was heard; and when they entered his room, Furlong was found dying on the bed from a gunshot wound.He was certainly the most romantic, and without question one of the greatest, individual fighting men of that long line of fighting men who pacified the Philippines. In his short span of life he lived a dozen lifetimes. He was typical of an age ... a desperate fighting age when youngsters grew hurriedly to full man size. His memory will live forever in the archives of the corps he served so well."
05/16/2010
Uniporme ng mga sundalong Pilipino (1890-1910)
Ang mga litrato ay kuha sa mga eksibit ng Buhay na Kasaysayan (BNK). Ang pananaliksik ay ginawa ni Engr. Perry Javier at Nonito "Ding" Flores. Ang ibang info ay nagmula kay Bill Combs ng Estados Unidos. Salamat din kay Sumaquel Hosalla.
04/12/2010
Ang Filhistory ay nasa Facebook na
Ang "logo" ng Filhistory sa Facebook ay si Hadji Abdullah ng Jolo, Sulu.
Ang caption ng litrato ayon sa Morolandhistory.com:
"The indomitable Hadji Abdullah of Jolo with pearl-handled revolver and .30-40 Krag gifted by [William Howard] Taft".
Mayroon ding siyang sukbit na junggayan na kris (o kalis), na may puluhang hugis kakatua, na gawa sa marpil o garing (ivory).
Palagiang bisitahin din ang Filhistory sa Facebook!
09/25/2009
Another Filipino hand cannon (Phil.-Am. War)
The above is another Filipino hand cannon used during the Philippine-American War.
The Smithsonian Institute's description of the firearm is as follows:
Dimensions: 5" (12.7 cm) height x 49" (124.5 cm) width x 1.75" (4.4 cm) depth
Physical Description: Handmade Filipino gun
General History: Filipinos fighting the United State Army resorted to making their own firearms. This handmade gun harkens back to the earliest of firearms, the hand cannon. The gun was muzzle-loaded and the charge was set off by applying fire to a touch hole in the side of the barrel.
Related post: Filipino hand cannon (Phil.-Am. War)
Filipino hand cannon (Phil.-Am. War)
During the Philippine-American War, Filipino troops had a severe lack of firearms.
The American historian, Robert Fulton, estimated that only one out of four had firearms. Those without firearms fought with blades, which is not as bad as it looks given that most of the war was guerilla warfare fought in dense forest and fields.
Of those that had firearms, the weapons would mostly be Krag-Jørgensen, Springfield, and Mauser rifles. Occasionally, there were oddballs like the hand-cannon above.
The subject Filipino hand-cannon (on permanent display at the West Point Museum) was captured by the dismounted squadron of the 4th US Cavalry, on 10 April 1899 at Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Philippines.
Above are illustrations of 16th century European hand cannons. The source of the design of the 19th century Filipino hand cannon is obvious.
Related post: Another Filipino hand cannon (Phil.-Am. War)
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