July 12, 1938, Tuesday
July 12, 1938
Vador goes to MacArthur on the subject of travel per diems.
Fidel Segundo
(April 24, 1894–January 6, 1945), second Filipino graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. At the time of this diary, serving as assistant chief of staff of the Philippine Army.
July 17, 1938, Sunday
July 23, 1938
FOF luncheon at Moran’s in honor of Joe Garcia. Meeting of FOF. Joe Olivares directed to prepare paper for Mil. Adviser.
July 23, 1938, Saturday
July 23, 1938
(entry for this day in upper portion of page) Visited Nelly and found her to be a sad person with a certain inhibition in her
July 24, 1938, Sunday
July 24, 1938
(entry for this day is in upper portion of page) Went to racetrack. Angel and the kids except Venny went to Pansipit for Truno’s party.
July 25, 1938, Monday
July 25, 1938
(The entry for this date is on the upper portion of the page) Pd by Anti Tub. Soc. Found out L crooked me 10.00 last
July 30, 1938, Saturday
July 30, 1938
Status of ROTC in respect to discipline in connection with incident at UP with President.
August 8, 1938, Monday
August 8, 1938
Went to the Gavino’s party in connection with arrival of Lt. Gavino. Capt. Villaluz and Deang visited me in office.
August 12, 1938, Friday
August 12, 1938
(Entry for this day is on the upper portion of the page) Harrison tells me to advise Moran not to antagonize MacArthur. I told Harrison
August 15, 1938, Monday
August 15, 1938
Gen. S. congratulated Gen Staff on the orderliness of parade. He asked me to give mounted instruction to Gen. F and others. McNutt commented favorably
August 16, 1938, Tuesday
August 16, 1938
Gave talk to Vet. students on the subject of horses and riding.
August 29, 1938, Monday
August 29, 1938
Left for Cagayan Valley — stayed until Friday. Went to Malico w/ Dornaval.
September 7, 1938, Wednesday
September 7, 1938
Gen S sends for me at three pm to tell me of his morning conference with Pres. Q. Pres. told him of Valdes that MacA
September 8, 1938, Thursday
September 8, 1938
Letter re assimilated rank came to the surprise of everybody. Lim calls me up re my reaction.
September 9, 1938, Friday
September 9, 1938
Gen S calls for me. He tells me not to quit even if everybody quits. He says he did not have anything to do with
September 10, 1938, Saturday
September 10, 1938
Gen S called me and Pastor. He told us the same thing he told me. I told him that the Mil. Adv. Office used wrong
September 11, 1938, Sunday
September 11, 1938
Charity Races. Lim went to see McA. and on his return he calls for Poblete Vador & me. He starts his talk in the same
September 15, 1938, Thursday
September 15, 1938
Gen S called a conference on Ilrano travels. I explained my attitude re purchase but not adoption. He does not seem to understand them.
September 17, 1938, Saturday
September 17, 1938
Gen S calls me to tell me of the relief of Joe Garcia and the contents of Joe’s letter to Nil. Adv. Gen S also
September 19, 1938, Monday
September 19, 1938
Olivares tells me that on his visit to Gen McA. he was told that the W.D. is the one approved to the high rank of
October 3, 1938, Monday
October 3, 1938
Pres. Q called Lim to report to him. He told L that he did not understand the case properly and was surprised to know of
Tuesday, October 4, 1938
October 4, 1938
Col Garcia and myself reported to Pres Q at 10:00 AM –we did not leave until 11:30. He told us of the same thing he
October 9, 1938, Sunday
October 9, 1938
(This entry is written in the hand of the author’s daughter, Lourdes.) Pa worked in the Tuberculosis race. Panang Nena Juana and I went there
October 10, 1938, Monday
October 10, 1938
Lim calls up at my office to tell me that McA and S are now on the defensive, that the best thing for us to
October 12, 1938, Wednesday
October 12, 1938
(This entry is in the hand of the author’s daughter, Lourdes.) Daddy went to Pangasinan, later to sangrel’s with Amado. He and Amado agreed to
Wednesday March 29, 1939
March 29, 1939
President Quezon sends for us. [Vicente] Lim sends me a radio to Dau. Breakfast at Lim with Garcia. Present at meeting –Pres. Q. Sec[. Jorge
Friday April 21, 1939
April 21, 1939
Col. Eisenhower comes to see me today. He talks first about an inspection report. We then talk about our troubles. He tells me of MacArthur’s
Saturday, April 23, 1939
April 23, 1939
I decide to quit the Philippine Army today. I will write Valdez my feelings about the selection of Laconico to the FA school. I will
Wednesday, May 17, 1939
May 17, 1939
[This entry is written in the hand of Lourdes, daughter of the author, and seems to have been dictated by the author] Lim takes his
Thursday, May 18, 1939
May 18, 1939
The president calls for me to be at Camp Claudio early. I was there before he called. We inspected the horses and the stables. He