Note 11 — Chapter XVI · Governor Taft, 1903
Reading edition
The Albay insurrection was the worst one I had to deal with during Governor Taft’s administration as Governor of the Philippines. This was the insurrection headed by Simeon Ola. The first appearance of this man Ola in the official reports of the Philippine Government in connection with the Albay disturbances of 1902–3 is in the report of the colonel commanding the constabulary for the district which included Albay, Col. H. H. Bandholtz, dated June 30, 1903.11 This report contains a sort of diary of events for the year preceding the date of it. An entry for October 28, 1902, begins: