MUNICIPALITY OF CALBAYOG[7]
(Calderon’s List of Barrios Burned, continued)
| Ylo | August 17 |
| Napuro | August 17 |
| Balud | August 17 |
MUNICIPALITY OF WRIGHT
(Calderon’s List of Barrios Burned, continued)
| Guinica-an | July 25 |
| Calapi | July 28 |
| Bonga | August 4 |
| Tutubigan | August 19 |
| Motiong | September 1 |
| Lau-an | October 10 |
| Sao Jose | (date not given) |
A sample of the distressing communications I was getting as these massacres progressed is the notification of the Motiong affair of September 1st set forth below, which I give as a type of the methodical stoicism of those bloody times. Motiong was seven miles down the coast road from Catbalogan:
In the district of Motiong, municipality of Wright, province of Samar, Philippine Islands, September 1, 1904.
In the presence of the undersigned Peregrin Albano, member of the village council, there being also present the president of the Municipal Board of Health, Mr. Tomas San Pablo, and the principal men of the place, there has this day occurred the burial of the corpses, victims of the Pulajans, in the cemetery of this place, to wit: The officer of volunteers, Rafael Rosales, and the following volunteers, viz., Gualberto Gabane, Juan Pacle, Dionisio Daisno, Pedro Damtanan, Carmelo Lagbo; also the two women, Eustaquia Sapiten and Apolinaria N., also one unknown Pulajan. This in fulfilment of the official letter of instructions No. 136, from the office of the presidente of the town of Wright dated to-day. Said burial ceremonies were conducted by the Reverend Father Marcos Gomez, and were attended by the whole volunteer force of this place because of the death of their officer Rosales.
Tomas San Pablo,
President of the Board of Health.