Chapter 1- Encounter
Chapter 1 June 6, 1897. It was a damp Saturday afternoon when we finally landed in a place called Milagros, it was a small town west of the island called Masbate, a place only God knows where. My boots were wet while I walked along the black muddy beach, I was thirsty but all I can think about was the creeping sweat under my uniform. "Single file line! Sargent Carbajal behind me! When we enter the forest, I want you to keep your eyes open, stay alert." Lieutenant Maximo, was a man we could trust from what I know he was transferred to this forsaken part of the empire to at least bolster the ranks of the officers, I heard most have been beheaded by Aguinaldo's men in mainland Luzon. But I wouldn't know, this is my first assignment anyway. I'm just glad I'm not there. The short guy who followed him around was Sargeant Antonio Carbajal, he stood like a statue, chest up trying to make himself look taller, he always looked angry like a small bull waiting to charge t...