Gregorio H. Del Pilar - The boy

Abstract

Who would ever think that one of the bravest generals of our revolutions , the man who led 60 men to fight against 300 American sharpshooters in the "Battle of the Clouds," learned his marskmanship by practising on a sumpit or a blowgun? Or who could imagine Gregorio H. del Pilar, the Filipino Leonidas, selling empanadas (pies) in the neighboring barrios of Bulacan, Bulacan, particularly in San Nicolas where Marcelo, his uncle, was residing?

Yet Goyo (Goyong), as he was known to his intimates, did both of the things mentioned above and more - he played practical jokes on his friends and was just as mischievous as any other boy.