Academic Reaction to Balangiga Massacre
Eleseo, Kevin T. Phil. History TTH(12:00-01:30)
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Academic Reaction to Balangiga Massacre
The Balangiga massacre was an incident in 1901 in the town of the same name during the Philippine–American War. It initially referred to the killing of about 48 members of the US 9th Infantry by the townspeople allegedly augmented by guerrillasin the town of Balangiga on Samar Island during an attack on September 28 of that year. In the 1960s Filipino nationalists applied it to the retaliatory measures taken on the island. This incident was described as the United States Army's worst defeat since the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Filipinos regard the attack as one of their bravest acts in the war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangiga_massacre).
It was during Balangiga massacre wherein Filipinos showed their bravery against the Americans. In my own point of view, it is very justifiable among the Filipino people. However, if Captain Thomas W. Connell, commanding officer of the American unit in Balangiga, didn’t order the town to clean up in preparation for a visit by the U.S. Army's inspector-general and cut down vegetation with food value, in violation of Lukbán's policies regarding food security, there would no raise and attack from the people of summer. But because of that, Lukban was forced to send people to mete sanctions upon the town officials and local residents for violating his orders regarding food security. This shows that if only the Filipinos have the strong right over the Americans, they could have defeated them.
There has been much heated discussion regarding the number of Filipino casualties, for which there are no reliable documentary records. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who ordered the killing of every male over ten years old during the retaliatory campaign, was subject to court-martial for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline". Reprimanded but not formally punished, Smith was forced into retirement from
BSEd- English III
Academic Reaction to Balangiga Massacre
The Balangiga massacre was an incident in 1901 in the town of the same name during the Philippine–American War. It initially referred to the killing of about 48 members of the US 9th Infantry by the townspeople allegedly augmented by guerrillasin the town of Balangiga on Samar Island during an attack on September 28 of that year. In the 1960s Filipino nationalists applied it to the retaliatory measures taken on the island. This incident was described as the United States Army's worst defeat since the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Filipinos regard the attack as one of their bravest acts in the war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangiga_massacre).
It was during Balangiga massacre wherein Filipinos showed their bravery against the Americans. In my own point of view, it is very justifiable among the Filipino people. However, if Captain Thomas W. Connell, commanding officer of the American unit in Balangiga, didn’t order the town to clean up in preparation for a visit by the U.S. Army's inspector-general and cut down vegetation with food value, in violation of Lukbán's policies regarding food security, there would no raise and attack from the people of summer. But because of that, Lukban was forced to send people to mete sanctions upon the town officials and local residents for violating his orders regarding food security. This shows that if only the Filipinos have the strong right over the Americans, they could have defeated them.
There has been much heated discussion regarding the number of Filipino casualties, for which there are no reliable documentary records. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who ordered the killing of every male over ten years old during the retaliatory campaign, was subject to court-martial for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline". Reprimanded but not formally punished, Smith was forced into retirement from