The court-martial of Andres Bonifacio : with prefatory notes / by Teodoro M. Kalaw, tr. by Paz Policarpio-Mendez.

Naik Headquarters, April 30, 1897.
Testimony of
Gervacio Santiago
Gervacio Santiago, widower, 21 years of age, born in
Pasig, Manila, made the following statements before the
Judge and the Secretary.
He was asked if he knew that in this place there
existed a government and an army. He replied that he
knew of the existence of the government and the army.
He was asked if he knew of any powers of Andres
Bonifacio coming from the revolutionary government. He
replied that Bonifacio had no such powers.
He was asked the questions necessary in this investigation. He replied that he did not know if the government had given Bonifacio any permit to stay in Limbon
and to enlist soldiers; he knew Andres Bonifacio had 35
guns, including 2 mauser, but he could not tell from where
those guns had come. All he could say about the Wednesday
encounter was that, early Wednesday morning, he heard
shots, at the place where the Bonifacio brothers were, and
the result was the death of Ciriaco Bonifacio and of two
government soldiers, Andres himself being wounded. He
knew all this because a government soldier had related it
to him when he and his companion were called from the
place where they were. Andres Bonifacio used to send
for food from Tanza; he did not know the make of the
guns in possession of the Bonifacio brothers. There were
no meetings at the house where Bonifacio was staying,
and he did not know of any foreign faces that ever went
to that house.
The investigation was closed and the witness after
reading this record and testifying to its correctness, asked
Luis Velasco to sign because he did not know how to write.
LUIS VELASCO
GARCIA Attest: LAZARO MAKAPAGAL

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