Richardson, Jim. "Roster of Katipuneros at Balintawak, August 1896." 2005.
Amidst all the debate about precisely when and where the revolution started, historians have often neglected to ask exactly who gathered in Balintawak or thereabouts in August 1896. In the absence of a complete roster – clearly an impossibility at this distance in time – the fullest listing is to be found in an interview given by the KKK veteran Guillermo Masangkay to the Manila newspaper Bagong Buhay in 1952.1 In this interview, Masangkay recalled the names of 56 men who had met in Balintawak prior to the first encounters with Spanish forces. In the great majority of cases, he also recalled their occupations, and it is fascinating to note that nearly half the patriots on his list worked in some capacity or other for branches of the Spanish administration. The three 'government secret agents', it is presumed, had in the preceding months been supplying useful information to the Katipunan and misinformation to the Spaniards.
Masangkay’s list is reproduced below; the occupational descriptions have been translated into English from the original mix of Tagalog and Spanish, and in a few cases have been amplified. Since the list was reconstructed from memory more than fifty years after the event, erroneous inclusions are likely and omissions are inevitable. Any corrections or other comments will be most welcome.
1"Unang sigaw, unang labanan sa paglaya," Bagong Buhay (25 August 1952).
Amidst all the debate about precisely when and where the revolution started, historians have often neglected to ask exactly who gathered in Balintawak or thereabouts in August 1896. In the absence of a complete roster – clearly an impossibility at this distance in time – the fullest listing is to be found in an interview given by the KKK veteran Guillermo Masangkay to the Manila newspaper Bagong Buhay in 1952.1 In this interview, Masangkay recalled the names of 56 men who had met in Balintawak prior to the first encounters with Spanish forces. In the great majority of cases, he also recalled their occupations, and it is fascinating to note that nearly half the patriots on his list worked in some capacity or other for branches of the Spanish administration. The three 'government secret agents', it is presumed, had in the preceding months been supplying useful information to the Katipunan and misinformation to the Spaniards.
Masangkay’s list is reproduced below; the occupational descriptions have been translated into English from the original mix of Tagalog and Spanish, and in a few cases have been amplified. Since the list was reconstructed from memory more than fifty years after the event, erroneous inclusions are likely and omissions are inevitable. Any corrections or other comments will be most welcome.
Aguedo del Rosario
Apolonio Cruz Alejandro Santiago Deogracias Fajardo Juan Fajardo Tomas Alegre Pio H. Santos Patricio Belen Crispulo Chacon Lorenzo Martinez Tomas Villanueva Procopio Bonifacio Rogelio Borja Isaac del Carmen Hilario Sayo Melecio Ruestra Pastor Santos Guillermo Masangkay Pedro Zabala Macario Sakay Salustiano Cruz Juan de la Cruz Emilio Jacinto Andres Bonifacio Nicomedes Carreon Miguel Resurreccion Vicente Leyva Cipriano Pacheco Briccio Pantas Teodoro Plata Jose Trinidad Hermogenes Plata Tomas Remigio Pantaleon Torres Vicente Molina Enrique Pacheco Faustino Manalac Calixto Santiago Restituto Javier Hermenegildo Reyes Valentin Lagasca Eugenio Santos Francisco Carreon Sarhento Marcelo Roman Ramos Tito Miguel Julio Navarro Alejandro Andaya Marcelo Badell Geronimo Cristobal Cosme Taguyod Rafael Gutierrez Estanislao Vargas Apolonio Samson Pio Valenzuela Ramon Bernardo |
Printer at the Diario de Manila
Printer at the Diario de Manila Printer at El Resumen Printer Printer Master cigar maker Master tobacco worker Tobacco worker Tobacco worker Tobacco worker Tobacco worker Railway baggage-master Mechanic Mechanic Mechanic Draftsman Draftsman Kuridor [meaning unknown] Kuridor [meaning unknown] Sales agent [personero] Master tailor Barber; playwright Student Warehouse employee at Fressel & Co. Salesman at Casa Chupre Grass (fodder) cutter Milkman Clerk Assistant to Court of First Instance judge Clerk, Mindoro Court of First Instance Clerk, Tondo Court of First Instance Court clerk Government treasury clerk Government treasury clerk Government treasury caretaker Manila city government clerk Manila port administration clerk Customs official Customs official Customs official Customs guard sergeant Customs guard sergeant Customs guard Customs guard Government arsenal employee Government arsenal employee Government secret agent Government secret agent Government secret agent Army corporal Fire Department lieutenant Fire Department captain Property owner Property owner Physician Municipal captain of Pandacan |
1"Unang sigaw, unang labanan sa paglaya," Bagong Buhay (25 August 1952).
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