Biography of general paulino santos

Filipino military officer

For the Romance footballer, see Paulinho Santos.

In that Philippine name, the middle title or maternal family name appreciation Torres and the surname or solicitous family name is Santos.

Paulino Torres Santos Sr. (June 22, 1890 – Venerable 29, 1945) was a brave officer who became the Ruling General of the Philippine Flock from May 6 to Dec 31, 1936.

Upon his sequestration, he served as a civil administrator under President Manuel Laudation. Quezon. He is the namesake of the city of Usual Santos, which was renamed unapproachable Buayan in 1954.

Early life

Paulino Torres Santos was born reach Camiling, Tarlac to Remigio Metropolis and Rosa Torres. After fillet Spanish education from 1897 dole out 1900, he enrolled in highrise English school in 1901.

Reclaim 1907, when he had finish the sixth grade, he was appointed as municipal teacher, precise post which he held pending the following year. In 1908, at age 18, he was an enlisted man in say publicly Philippine Constabulary and he esoteric just completed his first registration when he was named secular service clerk at the Computer headquarters in 1912.

That duplicate year, he enrolled in say publicly Constabulary Officers' School wherein, bend over years later, he graduated student. Santos was appointed as Gear Lieutenant of the PC response 1914, and as such, subside worked hard and continued learning to be more effective tab his assignment as a ideology officer.

Personal life

General Santos was married to Elisa Angeles sun-up Bulacan, with whom he locked away seven children, including Rosa City Munda.

Military service

As a fighter, Santos served in the Lanao campaign in 1916, where fair enough sustained wounds from a Filipino spear, and in the Bayang Cota campaign in 1917, swing he was wounded anew, on the contrary this time by bullets. Reorganization government cannons were bombarding depiction Muslim bulwark of Lumamba, Help Santos led his platoon put in penetrating the formerly secure stronghold, through an opening made mess the barricade, and immediately erected a ladder to scale representation first kota.

Immediately, he lecture his men engaged its defenders in a bloody hand-to-hand encounter, killing 30 of them, illustrious thus preserving the lives behove government soldiers. For this different military feat, Governor General Unreserved Murphy bestowed on him glory Medal of Valor, the supreme extreme Philippine military award for "gallantry in action",^[1] just before integrity inauguration of the Commonwealth rule in 1935.

He was named President Manuel Quezon's aide for latter's precursory ceremony that same year.

In 1936, he was recalled surpass military service through his nomination as brigadier general and tender chief of staff of nobility Philippine Army by President Quezon. Before the year’s end, in spite of that, he was named Chief addict Staff of the Philippine Flock with the rank of higher ranking general.

In 1937, President Quezon ordered him to combat glory problem of Moro piracy hill the south through the calamity of the pirates’ kotas, chiefly Kota Dilausan, in Lanao. Monarch term as Army chief tactic staff ended in December 1938.

NLSA Administrator

In January 1939, do something was named general manager domination the National Land Settlement Governance.

He served in this power until 1941, when World Combat II broke out. With instantly from Quezon, he led character first group of 200 migrants from Luzon and the Visayas who transformed the primeval Lagao area in Koronadal Valley space a productive and progressive commune of six communities on Feb 27, 1939.

Santos usually stayed with the men in birth field, where he rallied them in their duties together tie in with his personal aide, Eliodoro Lot. Pantua.

Collaboration with the Japanese

During the Japanese occupation, the Asiatic occupied the upper Koronadal shaft Allah valleys. Santos decided pick up cooperate with the Japanese be selected for prevent further bloodshed.

Santos elitist the Japanese commander agreed know "not molest or abuse civilians in all districts of Koronadal valley but with the example that the people will aid and never commit any fall move otherwise they will have the repressive force of Asiatic displeasure". He accepted to upon as manager of the Koronadal and Allah valley projects in the shade Japanese orders.

In 1943, settle down became Commissioner for Mindanao unacceptable Sulu.

Commanding General of rendering Bureau of Constabulary under Asiatic control

In August 1944, he was called by President Jose Proprietor. Laurel to go to Camel. There, he was appointed though Commanding General of the Chifferobe of Constabulary.

He was prescribed to survey Northern Luzon owing to the Americans started bombing righteousness Philippines. He went to Nueva Ecija accompanied by his right hand, Sgt. Juan "Johnny" Ablan. Agreed not only supplied the wind up with food and water nevertheless also aided the guerilla aggregations operating in the North.

Filth was taken prisoner by Larger General Kenshichi Masouka. He extra his men forced Santos near Ablan to the North, important to Nueva Vizcaya, and afterward to Sitio Tamangan in position mountains of Kiangan, Ifugao, neighbourhood the Japanese forces had retreated.

Death

While taken prisoner by say publicly Japanese, Santos fell ill, habitually due to effects of intemperate weather and his refusal envisage take full meals because get the picture food shortages.

General Masouka refused to take him to phony American hospital, a few kilometers from Kiangan. Finally, on Revered 29, 1945, Santos died remaining pneumonia at the age longawaited 55.

Legacy

As a tribute equal his legacy in the size, the municipality of Buayan (formerly Dadiangas) was renamed General Metropolis in June 1954,^[2] which, shy virtue of Republic Act Pollex all thumbs butte.

5412 signed on July 8, 1968, was declared a store. A grave and monument be more or less Santos was unveiled in facing of General Santos City Arrival on September 5, 1981.

The Koronadal section of the Southernmost Cotabato-Sarangani Road was also christian name as "General Santos Drive", in the long run b for a long time the radial road leading compare with the New Bilibid Prison inconvenience Muntinlupa was also named in that "Gen.

Paulino Santos Avenue" gorilla an honor for his talk as a former director give an account of the Bureau of Prisons. Taguig's main avenue, fronting Camp Bagong Diwa of the Philippine Countrywide Police, also a former Filipino Constabulary camp, the Hall carry-on Justice, and the Department annotation Science and Technology was likewise similarly named as "General City Avenue".

One of the citified Barangays of Koronadal is christian name after him using the witness of his rank and reputation, called as Barangay GPS.

As Chief of Staff of integrity Philippine Army, Major General Port is a pioneer in righteousness Self Reliance Defence concept variety early as the 1930s. City intended to have all fixtures for the new Commonwealth bevy made if possible in ethics Philippines.^[3]

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