GENERAL SANTOS ARCHIVE

BIOGRAPHY

PHILIPPINE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF

  • 936 May 4 to 1938 December 31 Major General Paulino
    Santos was the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army,
  • Then came December 1937. Extensive preparations to wipe
    out the latest flare-up of Muslim outlawry in Lanao were taken
    by the Philippine Army.
  • Major General Santos, the first Filipino station commander in
    Taraka, knew the terrain of Lanao. He therefore, ordered the
    bombing by airplanes, the first-time bombers were to be used
    in the Muslim campaign.
  • Taraka Cotta was one of the most formidable among the
    outlaw fortresses captured after a three-day siege. However,
    demolition of other cottas were temporarily suspended due to
    the danger of incurring heavy casualties should the campaign
    be continued without adequate equipment and additional
    forces