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Juan Cailles

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Juan Cailles
Governor of Laguna
In office
1945–1945
Preceded byMarcelo Zorilla
Succeeded byAugusto de Castro
In office
1932–1938
Preceded byTomas Dizon
Succeeded byArsenio Bonifacio
In office
1916–1925
Preceded byMarcos Paulino
Succeeded byFeliciano Gomez
In office
1902–1910
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byPotenciano Malvar
In office
1899–1901
Appointed byEmilio Aguinaldo
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHimself
Member of the House of Representatives from Mountain Province's at-large district
In office
October 1925 – June 2, 1931
Appointed byLeonard Wood (1925)
Henry L. Stimson (1928)
Preceded byMiguel Cornejo
Succeeded byJuan Gaerlan
Personal details
Born
Juan Cailles y Kauppama

(1871-11-10)November 10, 1871
Nasugbu, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedJune 28, 1951(1951-06-28) (aged 79)
Mabitac, Laguna, Philippines
Resting placeLibingan ng mga Bayani
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (1945)
Other political
affiliations
Nacionalista (1935–1945)
Democrata (1917–1935)
Progresista (1907–1917)
Federalista (1900–1907)
Independent (1899–1900)
SpouseEmilia Trinidad Prudente
Domestic partners
  1. Jacinta Vallejo Zaera
  2. Pelagia Vallejo
  3. María Ballesteros
  4. Zosima Mariano
  5. Paz Pagkatipunan
  6. Cornelia Manongsong
  7. María Consolacion Sunga
Children12
Military service
Allegiance First Philippine Republic
Republic of Biak-na-Bato
Katipunan (Magdiwang)
Branch/service Philippine Revolutionary Army
Years of service1896–1901
RankMajor General
Battles/warsPhilippine Revolution

Philippine–American War

Juan Cailles y Kauppama (November 10, 1871 – June 28, 1951) was a Filipino general and politician. A member of the revolutionary movement Katipunan,[1] he was a commanding officer of the Philippine Revolutionary Army who served during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War. He later served as a provincial governor of Laguna and a representative from Mountain Province.

Early life

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Historical marker installed in 1989 inside the Amaya Elementary School

Cailles was born in Nasugbu, Batangas, to Hippolyte Cailles, from Lyon, France and María Kauppama of Kerala in what was then British India. He was the fifth of seven children together with siblings León, Julia, Isidoro, Julio, Victoria and Cecilia.[2]

His early education was at the house of Olvidio Caballero and he graduated from the Jesuit-run Escuela Normal in Manila (now Ateneo de Manila University).[3]

He became a teacher and taught for five years in the public schools of Amaya, Tanza and Rosario, Cavite.[3]

Philippine Revolution

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When the premature discovery of the Katipunan in Manila forced its Supremo, Andrés Bonifacio to start the Philippine Revolution, Cailles organized a force composed of his pupils' fathers. To them, he remained Maestrong Cailles despite his successive promotions in military rank.

He took part in many encounters with the Spaniards, particularly in engagements resulting in the deaths of his superior officers, such General Candido Tria Tirona, Edilberto Evangelista, and Crispulo Aguinaldo, which caused his rapid promotion. With the Pact of Biak-na-Bato in 1897, hostilities ceased.

Philippine–American War

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At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, American forces arrived in the Philippines, defeating the Spanish at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, subsequently seizing the capital during the Battle of Manila of 1898. The Philippine–American War broke out in February 1899 with the 1899 Battle of Manila.[3]

Cailles succeeded General Paciano Rizal as Laguna's military commander in July 1900 at the height of incisive attacks by the American forces.[4] Cailles formed six military columns led by Lt. Col. Regino Diaz Relova (Pila, Bay, Calauan and Los Baños), General Severino Taino (San Pedro, Biñan, Santa Rosa, Cabuyao and Calamba), Lt. Canuto Aritao (Lumbang, Longos, San Antonio, Paete, Pakil and Pangil), Major Roman Dimayuga/Lt. Col. Pedro Caballes (Santa Cruz, Pagsanjan, Cavinti, Luisiana and Majayjay), Col. Julio Infante (Magdalena, Liliw, Rizal, Nagcarlan and San Pablo), and Lt. Col. Fidel Angeles (who died in the Battle of Mabitac) in Siniloan, Mabitac and Santa Maria.

On September 17, 1900, Cailles' troops outmaneuvered and routed a strong American contingent led by a Colonel Cheetham during the Battle of Mabitac in Laguna Province. Magnanimous in victory, Cailles allowed Cheetham to recover the bodies of eight slain Americans from the field, together with all their personal belongings.

After serving as acting chief of operations in the first zone of Manila during the War, Cailles was appointed by Emilio Aguinaldo as military governor of Laguna and half of Tayabas (now Quezon Province). Aguinaldo's capture in Palanan, Isabela on March 23, 1901, convinced Cailles that the war was lost, leading to his own surrender to American troops on June 20.

Postwar

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Cailles then directed his efforts toward rebuilding the country. He served as governor of Laguna[5]: 507  from 1901 to 1910 and again from 1916 to 1925. After his second term, he was appointed representative of the Mountain Province in the Philippine Legislature in 1925 and reappointed in 1928. In 1931, Cailles was again selected governor of Laguna and reelected in 1934.[6]

It was during his term as governor that the Sakdal uprising flared up on May 2, 1935, in Santa Rosa and Cabuyao, Laguna. The revolt was suppressed in record time, thanks to Cailles’ firm administration and revolutionary experience. Cailles had also a hand in the capture of Teodoro Asedillo, the "Terror of the Sierra".

Death

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2013 historical marker installed at Cailles' monument at the Old Laguna Provincial Capital

Cailles died on June 28, 1951, from a heart attack. His body was interred at the Old Cemetery of Santa Cruz, Laguna. On January 11, 2014, his remains were transferred to Libingan ng mga Bayani.

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References

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  1. ^ "Celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Juan Cailles". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Collapse, 1901 | Critics Rant". criticsrant.com. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Almario, V. "Cailles, Juan". CulturEd: Philippine Cultural Education Online. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ^ "San Francisco Call 28 April 1901 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. No. 149. San Francisco Call. San Francisco Call. April 28, 1901. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ Foreman, J., 1906, The Philippine Islands: A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  6. ^ Mar 25, Justin Umali. "Meet the Foreign Revolutionaries Who Fought for the Philippines". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved 2 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Gleeck, Lewis, Jr. Laguna in American Times: Coconuts and Revolucionarios. Manila: Historical Conservation Society, 1981, pp. 1–12.
  • National Historical Institute; Historical Markers: Regions I–IV and CAR. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1993.