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Memoirs of a General by Gen. Apoy

Author’s Background ● General Apoy

● One of the military members of the
Philippine Revolutionary.
● Born in the year 1872 in Noveleta,
Cavite.
● Member of the Katipunan secret
organization who remained with
Andres Bonifacio's Magdiwang
faction.
● Cavite military rebel troops' captain
general.
● Studied at San Juan
● de Letran College and the University
of Santo Tomas.
● Resumed his studies at the law school
of the Liceo de Manila.

Date Written or Published In the year 1992 published by the Ateneo de

Manila.

Mention Places ● Tejeros Friar Estate House

● Tejeros Convention
● Parish House in Tanza
● Cavite
● San Francisco De Malabon
● Dalahican
● Salitran
● Zapote
● Imus
● Noveleta
● Tarike Fort
● Kawit
● Village of Bakaw

Key Personalities As a member of the Magdiwang group and

the Captain General of Cavite at the time,
Santiago Alvarez attended the convention as
one of the attendees. After the Tejeros
election, he was deposed by General Artemio
Ricarte. He was Pascual Lvarez's cousin and
the son of General Mariano Lvarez, both of
whom attended the conference as Katipunan
members.Moreover, Andres Bonifacio, Dr.
Pio Valenzuela, Emilio jacinto, and Mr. Lope
K. Santos was one of Santiago Alvarez’s
important ties in his memoir.
Sequencing of Events 1. To strengthen the defenses against
the Spanishes, Supremo Bonifacio,
and the other revolutionary leaders
decided to call a meeting of the
Magdalo and Magdiwang members
scheduled for 24 March 1897.
However it was declined due to the
death of one of their important
members.
2. The agenda was declared to be
discussing how to secure the
territories under Magdiwang control,
but Severino de las Alas immediately
responded that the key issue that
needed to be addressed was the
structure of the Katipunan's
government.
3. There was a discussion about whether
or not to alter the system of
government that the Katipunan had
built.
4. Antonio Montenegro and General
Apoy got into a fight, which broke up
the convention's formality.
5. The conflict was quickly overcome,
and the gathering was chaired by
Supremo Andres Bonifacio.
6. Bonifacio then proceeded with the
election of authorities, emphasizing
that whoever receives the most votes
must be acknowledged and respected
as the winner, regardless of his
personal circumstances.
7. After Andres Bonifacio was elected
Secretary of the Interior, he clashed
with Daniel Tirona. Tirona violated the
first arrangement involving majority
votes, humiliating Bonifacio.
8. The meeting's outcomes were
declared of no effect by Bonifacio,
effectively ending the first day of the
Tejeros Convention.
9. In order to revalidate the election
results and make peace with one
another, Baldomero Aguinaldo
persuaded the Magdiwang members
to call the disruptive meeting again.
10. The following day's meeting was not
attended by any Magdalo members.
Without the elected representatives
 from the Magdiwang, they called a
conference of their own, where the
Tejeros Convention leaders formally
assumed their positions.
11. Those chosen in the Tejeros
convention bowed before a priest at
the assembly in the Tanza parish
house crucifix.
12. The Spaniards captured and occupied
the town of Imus in the afternoon of 25
March 1897.However, they reached
the the San Francisco de Malabon
territory up to the village of
Bakaw Where they were intercepted
by Mardiwang troops led by Supremo
Bonifacio and General Apoy. A
pitched battle ensued.

13. On 3 April, the Supremo made a bid to

recapture Noveleta.
14. Failing to retrieve Noveleta, new
troops of Spanish started appearing
and started a brutal battle against the
defending troops.
15. In this brutal and dismal battle,
General Apoy and the Supremo
Bonifacio lost many brave soldiers.
battle.
16. Coming from Imus and Kawit, the
enemy took Noveleta without
resistance.