FLAGS OF THE REBELS OF THE CAVITE MUTINY, JANUARY 1872. In
january 20, 1872 about two hundred peoples among soldiers and
workers of the Cavite Arsenal protested against the abolition of
some privileges like the exemption from tributes. The spanish
government considered the revolt as a mutiny and sent the troops
against the mutineers. According to some oral accounts the flag
of the rebels was red with a square field; according to someone
else the flag was white (upper stripe ) and red ( lower stripe).
The white and red flag probably was not a rebel flag , was
simply the flag of the Marictime Province of the Philippines who
flown on the spanish Arsenal de Cavite. The red color on flags
and standards of the Philippines is a typical color of war; we
can also find it on many flags and standards of the Sultanates
of Sulu and Mindanao ( Ranao Area and Maguindanao Area ) and
also on many flags and standards of the Sultanates and Kingdoms
of the Indonesian Archipelago. IMAGE OF THE ARSENAL DE CAVITE
SERGEANT FERNANDO