LUKBAN
Lukban ’ s deputies Gen . Claro Guevarra and Col . Francisco Rafael in their uniforms just before the surrender rites in Catbalogan , April 27 , 1902 ( Source : https :// s-mediacache-ak0 . pinimg . com / 736x / 3a / 95 / f9 / 3a95f962a7564b76ac224a7a2d814de9 . jpg )
May 11 . In Tacloban on May 13 , a Lieut . Ignacio Alar , with 3 officers and 35 others gave themselves up with 12 Krag rifles , a Springfield rifle , 3 shotguns , and 1,000 rounds ammunition . According to Captain Penn ’ s official report , this last surrender accounted for every insurgent officer known to them in Samar . 4
Restoration of peace in the towns
The transition from war to peace in Samar was not going to be easy , the new colonial administrators had to admit . First , the population even in towns garrisoned by the Americans had to be completely won over . Their being ‘ timid and primitive ’, with little or no understanding of government , and their previous unpleasant experiences with the soldiers and the police , made this task doubly difficult . No doubt , there was much hostility , the same hostility shown by the troops of Guevarra who at first refused to surrender . But the Americans saw it urgent to immediately organize a civilian government in every pueblo and establish a semblance of normality that was deprived of the population in the past few years .
In this task , the services of the surrendered officers , particularly Francisco Rafael , Narciso Abuke and Eugenio Daza , former officers of Lukban , would be useful . The three would not taste prison but were instead utilized for peace keeping functions . Each was given a district
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