LUKBAN
Valeriano Abanador ( Photographed by Rolando O . Borrinaga from a museum photograph .)
Eugenio Daza ( http :// www . fgil . wikipilipinas . org / index . php / File : Eugenio _ Daza _ y _ Salazar . jpeg )
town councilor . According to Duran , it was Balais who brought up the idea of attacking the Americans when they were temporarily away from their weapons . 10
Daza in his account said this fateful meeting finished at 2:00 AM . It was evidently held at some place unknown to the enemy . On the next three days , he went around the barrios of Balangiga , instructing their leaders to converge in Amanlara , a forested area near the town , armed with everything that they had – from spears to lances , bolos and clubs . 11
Duran in his account said the meeting was likewise attended by heads of clans and village chiefs of Balangiga , Quinapondan , Giporlos and Lawaan . Valeriano Abanador would be the overall commander of the assault , and Valdenor his second-in-command . Daza was designated as military adviser and representative to Lukban . 12
Daza also recounted the deployment of their men . They divided themselves into seven companies , each of them with a specific target . Pedro Abayan and Eugenio Daza would be put in charge of the first company whose role would be to form a defensive perimeter and protect the few non-combatants who would still be in the town and would gather at a designated location . The second company was put under the leadership of tax collector Benito Canillas and Artemio Belaez . The third company was under Pedro Abite , the teniente del barrio of Giporlos and Bartolome Ayjon . The fourth company was under Lope Angorin and Pelagio Acosta . The fifth company was headed by Pedro Avila and
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