True Version of the Philippine Revolution

I returned to the _McCulloch_ to give directions for the landing of the luggage and _war materials_ which I brought over with me from Hongkong. On my way to the _McCulloch_ I met several of my old associates in the 1896 revolution who had come over from Bataan province. To these friends I gave two letters directing the people of that province and Zambales to rise against the Spaniards and vigorously attack them.

Before returning to the Arsenal and when near the landing place I came across several _bancas_ [large open boats] loaded with revolutionists of Kawit (my birth-place) who told me they had been looking out for me for about two weeks, the Americans having announced that I would soon return to the islands. The feeling of joy which I experienced on the occasion of this reunion with my own kith and kin -- people who had stood shoulder to shoulder with me in the desperate struggles of the 1896-97 revolution -- is simply indescribable. Words fail to express my feelings -- joy mingled with sadness and strong determination to accomplish the salvation, the emancipation, of my beloved countrymen. Hardly had I set foot in the Naval Headquarters at Cavite, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, than I availed myself of the opportunity to give these faithful adherents orders similar to those despatched to Bataan and Zambales.