DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS IN ILOILO



La Revolucion Filipina: Reseña Sintetica
by Teodoro M. Kalaw, published 1924

(below, an endnote to one of the pages)

2. Habia un cordon militar de Molo a La Paz, que era la primera avanzada, con siete mil soldados al mando de Roque Lopez; otro cordon de Pavia y Santa Barbara, Kabatuan, Janiway, Mina y Pototan, con cinco mil hombres al mando de Pascual Magbanua; otro cordon que comprendia los pueblos de Lucena, Zarraga y Leganes, con tres mil hombres al mando de Monico Puentebella; otro cordon que abrazaba los pueblos de Dingle, Dueñas, San Enrique y Kalinog, con dos mil hombres al mando de Adriano Hernandez; otro cordon que comprendia los pueblos de Dumangas y Barotak Nuevo, con seiscientos hombres al mando de Julio Buenaflor; otro cordon que comprendia los pueblos de Maasin, Alimodian y Leon, con cuatro mil hombres al mando de Ubaldo Robles; otro cordon que abrazaba los pueblos de Anilaw, Banate y Barotak Viejo, con tres mil hombres al mando de Angel Tupas. Habia, ademas, otro cordon en el distrito de Concepcion, al mando de Quintin Salas, y en la parte sur de la provincia se habian establecido otros dos cordones al mando de Perfecto Poblador y Fermin Rivas.


(rough translation)

2. There was a military cordon from Molo to La Paz, that was the first outpost, with seven thousand soldiers to the control of Roque Lopez; another cordon of Pavia and Santa Barbara, Kabatuan, Janiway, Mina and Pototan, with five thousand men to the control of Pascual Magbanua; another cordon that comprise the towns of Lucena, Zarraga and Leganes, with three thousand men to the control of Monico Puentebella; another cordon that embraced the towns of Dingle, Dueñas, San Enrique and Kalinog, with two thousand men to the control of Adriano Hernandez; another cordon that comprise the towns of Dumangas and Barotak Nuevo, with six hundred men to the control of Julio Buenaflor; another cordon that comprise the towns of Maasin, Alimodian and Leon, with four thousand men to the control of Ubaldo Robles; another cordon that embraced the towns of Anilaw, Banate and Barotak Viejo, with three thousand men to the control of Angel Tupas. There was, in addition, another cordon in the district of Concepcion, to the control of Quintin Salas, and in the south part of the province there was established other two cordons to the control of Perfecto Poblador and Fermin Rivas.