Cavite Mutiny

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Intoduction
One hundred and forty years ago, on January 20, 1872, about 200
Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe Arsenal in Cavite, Philippines,
staged a mutiny which in a way led to the Philippine Revolution in 1896.
The 1872 Cavite Mutiny was precipitated by the removal of long-standing
personal benefits to the workers such as tax (tribute) and forced labor
exemptions on order from the Governor General Rafael de Izquierdo.
Izquierdo replaced Governor General Carlos Maria de la Torre some
months before in 1871 and immediately rescinded Torre’s liberal measures
and imposed his iron-fist rule. He was opposed to any hint of reformist or
nationalistic movements in the Philippines. He was in office for less than
two years, but he will be remembered for his cruelty to the Filipinos and the
barbaric execution of the three martyr-priests blamed for the mutiny:
Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, later
collectively called “Gomburza.”
Evidence
Cavite Mutiny, (January 20, 1872), brief uprising of 200 Filipino troops and
workers at the Cavite arsenal, which became the excuse for Spanish
repression of the embryonic Philippine nationalist movement. Ironically, the
harsh reaction of the Spanish authorities served ultimately to promote the
nationalist cause.
Stand
Positive Side
Mutiny was regarded as a most serious offense, especially aboard ships at
sea. Because the safety of the ship was thought to depend upon the
submission of all persons on board to the will of the captain, wide
disciplinary powers were given to the commanding officer, including the
power to inflict the death penalty without a court-martial. With the
development of radio communications, however, such stringent penalties
have become less necessary, and, under many current military codes,
sentences for mutiny can be passed only by court-martial.

Negative Side
A number of Filipino intellectuals were seized and accused of complicity
with the mutineers. After a brief trial, three priests José Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora, and Mariano Gómez—were publicly executed. The three
subsequently became martyrs to the cause of Philippine independence.
Final Stand
In the immediate aftermath of the mutiny, some Filipino soldiers were
disarmed and later sent into exile on the southern island of Mindanao.
Those suspected of directly supporting the mutineers were arrested and
executed. The mutiny was used by thecolonial government and Spanish
friars to implicate three secular priests,Mariano Gómez,José Burgos, and
Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as Gomburza. They were executed by
garrote on the unetafield, also known in theTagalog languageas
Bagumbayan, on 17th February 1872. These executions, particularly those
of the Gomburza, were to have a significant effect on people because of
the shadowy natureof the trials.José Rizal, whose brother Paciano was a
close friend of Burgos, dedicated his work,El filibusterismo, to these three
priests.On January 27, 1872, Governor-General Rafael Izquierdo approved
the death sentences on forty-one of the mutineers.

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