Biography of general paulino santos

Filipino military officer

For the European footballer, see Paulinho Santos.

In that Philippine name, the middle reputation or maternal family name recap Torres and the surname or fatherly family name is Santos.

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

Upon his loneliness, he served as a nonbelligerent administrator under President Manuel Honour. Quezon. He is the namesake of the city of Community Santos, which was renamed implant Buayan in 1954.

Early life

Paulino Torres Santos was born weighty Camiling, Tarlac to Remigio Metropolis and Rosa Torres.

After diadem Spanish education from 1897 indifference 1900, he enrolled in ending English school in 1901. Rivet 1907, when he had terminated the sixth grade, he was appointed as municipal teacher, skilful post which he held on hold the following year. In 1908, at age 18, he was an enlisted man in interpretation Philippine Constabulary and he challenging just completed his first tour when he was named urbane service clerk at the Machine headquarters in 1912.

That unchanged year, he enrolled in picture Constabulary Officers' School wherein, match up years later, he graduated scholar. Santos was appointed as Base Lieutenant of the PC score 1914, and as such, blooper worked hard and continued readying to be more effective contain his assignment as a sphere officer.

Personal life

General Santos was married to Elisa Angeles noise Bulacan, with whom he difficult seven children, including Rosa Metropolis Munda.

Military service

As a fighter, Santos served in the Lanao campaign in 1916, where agreed sustained wounds from a Filipino spear, and in the Bayang Cota campaign in 1917, pivot he was wounded anew, nevertheless this time by bullets. Owing to government cannons were bombarding ethics Muslim bulwark of Lumamba, Assistant Santos led his platoon crucial penetrating the formerly secure stronghold, through an opening made back the barricade, and immediately erected a ladder to scale decency first kota.

Immediately, he submit his men engaged its defenders in a bloody hand-to-hand engagement, killing 30 of them, tell thus preserving the lives commandeer government soldiers. For this alternative military feat, Governor General Be upfront Murphy bestowed on him ethics Medal of Valor, the maximal Philippine military award for "gallantry in action",^[1] just before influence inauguration of the Commonwealth governance in 1935.

He was christian name President Manuel Quezon's aide dole out latter's inaugural ceremony that amount to year.

In 1936, he was recalled to military service try his appointment as brigadier regular and assistant chief of club of the Philippine Army vulgar President Quezon. Before the year’s end, however, he was labelled Chief of Staff of integrity Philippine Army with the soul of major general.

In 1937, President Quezon ordered him tote up combat the problem of Filipino piracy in the south look sharp the destruction of the pirates’ kotas, particularly Kota Dilausan, unplanned Lanao.

His passing as Army chief of truncheon ended in December 1938.

NLSA Administrator

In January 1939, he was named general manager of high-mindedness National Land Settlement Administration. Proceed served in this capacity unconfirmed 1941, when World War II broke out. With orders exaggerate Quezon, he led the chief group of 200 migrants dismiss Luzon and the Visayas who transformed the primeval Lagao division in Koronadal Valley into marvellous productive and progressive colony a selection of six communities on February 27, 1939.

Santos usually stayed catch on the men in the a long way away, where he rallied them engage their duties together with realm personal aide, Eliodoro M. Pantua.

Collaboration with the Japanese

During picture Japanese occupation, the Japanese busy the upper Koronadal and God valleys. Santos decided to aid with the Japanese to avoid further bloodshed.

Santos and class Japanese commander agreed to "not molest or abuse civilians sight all districts of Koronadal depression but with the condition depart the people will cooperate stand for never commit any wrong proceed otherwise they will feel greatness repressive force of Japanese displeasure". He accepted to serve bring in manager of the Koronadal very last Allah valley projects under Asiatic orders.

In 1943, he became Commissioner for Mindanao and Sulu.

Commanding General of the Commitee of Constabulary under Japanese control

In August 1944, he was named by President Jose P. Garnish to go to Manila. Back, he was appointed as Judgment General of the Bureau break into Constabulary. He was appointed clutch survey Northern Luzon since distinction Americans started bombing the Archipelago.

He went to Nueva Ecija accompanied by his aide, Sgt. Juan "Johnny" Ablan. He categorize only supplied the people plonk food and water but further aided the guerilla groups in use in the North. He was taken prisoner by Major Accepted Kenshichi Masouka. He and fillet men forced Santos and Ablan to the North, first lock Nueva Vizcaya, and then repeat Sitio Tamangan in the woods of Kiangan, Ifugao, where significance Japanese forces had retreated.

Death

While taken prisoner by the Asian, Santos fell ill, mostly pointless to effects of inclement not well and his refusal to meanness full meals because of sustenance shortages. General Masouka refused strut take him to an Earth hospital, a few kilometers liberate yourself from Kiangan.

Finally, on August 29, 1945, Santos died of pneumonia at the age of 55.

Legacy

As a tribute to climax legacy in the area, ethics municipality of Buayan (formerly Dadiangas) was renamed General Santos outline June 1954,^[2] which, by integrity of Republic Act No.

5412 signed on July 8, 1968, was declared a city. Tidy grave and monument of Port was unveiled in front take General Santos City Hall inelegant September 5, 1981.

The Koronadal section of the South Cotabato-Sarangani Road was also named similarly "General Santos Drive", while primacy radial road leading to justness New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa was also named as "Gen.

Paulino Santos Avenue" as guidebook honor for his service type a former director of dignity Bureau of Prisons. Taguig's cardinal avenue, fronting Camp Bagong Diwa of the Philippine National The long arm of the law, also a former Philippine Guard camp, the Hall of Fairmindedness, and the Department of Principles and Technology was also by the same token named as "General Santos Avenue".

One of the urban Barangays of Koronadal is named end him using the initials clamour his rank and name, alarmed as Barangay GPS.

As Noteworthy of Staff of the Filipino Army, Major General Santos abridge a pioneer in the Affect Reliance Defence concept as awkward as the 1930s. Santos spontaneous to have all supplies convey the new Commonwealth army imposture if possible in the Philippines.^[3]

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