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{{Philippine name|Kauppama|Cailles}}
{{short description|Filipino general and educator}}
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| name = Juán Cailles
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| caption = "Major General Juán Cailles, leading officer in Laguna"
| office = [[Governor of Laguna]]
| term_start = 1932
| term_end = 1938
| predecessor = Tomas Dizon
| successor = Arsenio Bonifacio
| term_start1 = 1916
| term_end1 = 1925
| predecessor1 = Marcos Paulino
| successor1 = Feliciano Gomez
| term_start2 = 1902
| term_end2 = 1910
| predecessor2 = ''Vacant''
| successor2 = Potenciano Malvar
| term_start3 = 1899
| term_end3 = 1901
| appointer3 = [[Emilio Aguinaldo]]
| predecessor3 = ''Post established''
| successor3 = ''Vacant''

| office4 = Member of the [[Philippine Legislature]] from [[Mountain Province]]'s [[Legislative districts of Mountain Province|Lone District]]
| term_start4 = October 1925
| term_end4 = 1931
| appointer4 = [[Leonard Wood]] (1925)<br>[[Henry L. Stimson]] (1928)
| predecessor4 = [[Miguel Cornejo]]
| successor4 = Juan Gaerlan

| birth_name = Juan Cailles y Kauppama
| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|11|10}}
| birth_place = [[Nasugbu, Batangas]], [[Captaincy General of the Philippines]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|06|28|1871|11|10}}
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| serviceyears = 1899-1901
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'''Juan Kauppama Cailles''' (born '''Juan Cailles y Kauppama'''; November 10, 1871 – June 28, 1951) was a [[Philippines|Filipino]] of French-Indian descent. A member of the revolutionary movement [[Katipunan]], he was a commanding officer of the [[Philippine Revolutionary Army]] who served during the [[Philippine Revolution]] and [[Philippine–American War]]. He later served as a provincial [[Governor of Laguna]] and a member of the [[Philippine Legislature]] from [[Mountain Province]].

==Early life==
Cailles was born in [[Nasugbu, Batangas]], to Hippolyte Cailles, from [[Lyon]], [[Second French Empire|France]] and María Kauppama of [[Kerala]] in what was then [[British India]]. He was the fifth of seven children together with siblings León, Julia, Isidoro, Julio, Victoria and Cecilia.

His early education was at the house of Olvidio Caballero and he graduated from the [[Jesuit]]-run [[Escuela Normal]] in [[Manila]] (now [[Ateneo de Manila University]]).

He became a teacher and taught for five years in the public schools of Amaya, [[Tanza, Cavite|Tanza]] and [[Rosario, Cavite]].

==Philippine Revolution==
When the premature discovery of the [[Katipunan]] in Manila forced its ''Supremo'', [[Andrés Bonifacio]] to start the [[Philippine Revolution]], Cailles organized a force composed of his pupils' fathers. To them, he remained ''Maestrong Cailles'' despite his successive promotions in military rank.

He took part in many encounters with the Spaniards, particularly in engagements resulting in the deaths of his superior officers, such General [[Candido Tria Tirona]], [[Edilberto Evangelista]], and [[Crispulo Aguinaldo]], which caused his rapid promotion. With the [[Pact of Biak-na-Bato]] in 1897, hostilities ceased.

==Philippine–American War==
At the outbreak of the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898, American forces arrived in the Philippines, defeating the Spanish at the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] on May 1, 1898, subsequently seizing the capital during the [[Battle of Manila (1898)|Battle of Manila of 1898]]. The [[Philippine–American War]] broke out in February 1899 with the [[Battle of Manila (1899)|1899 Battle of Manila]].

Cailles succeeded General [[Paciano Rizal]] as Laguna's military commander in July 1900 at the height of incisive attacks by the American forces. Cailles formed six military columns led by Lt. Col. [[Regino Diaz Relova]] ([[Pila, Laguna]], Bay, Calauan and Los Banos), General Severino Taino (San Pedro, Binan, Santa Rosa, Cabuyao and Calamba), Lt. Canuto Aritao (Lumbang, Longos, San Antonio, Paete, Pakil and Pangil),Major Roman Dimayuga/Lt. Col. Pedro Caballes (Santa Cruz, Pagsanjan, Cavinti, Luisiana and Majayjay) Col. Julio Infante (Magdalena, Liliw, Rizal, Nagcarlan and San Pablo), and Lt. Col. Fidel Angeles (who died in the [[Battle of Mabitac]]) in Siniloan, Mabitac and Santa Maria (Gleeck, 1981, p. 4–5).

On September 17, 1900, Cailles' troops outmanoeuvred and routed a strong American contingent led by a Colonel Cheetham during the [[Battle of Mabitac]] in [[Laguna Province]]. [[Magnanimity|Magnanimous]] in victory, Cailles allowed Cheetham to recover the bodies of eight slain Americans from the field, together with all their personal belongings.

After serving as acting chief of operations in the first zone of Manila during the War, Cailles was appointed by [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] as military governor of Laguna and half of [[Tayabas]] (now [[Quezon Province]]). Aguinaldo's capture in [[Palanan, Isabela]] on March 23, 1901 convinced Cailles that the war was lost, leading to his own surrender to American troops on June 20.

==Postwar==

Cailles then directed his efforts toward rebuilding the country. He served as governor of Laguna<ref name=Foreman>Foreman, J., 1906, ''The Philippine Islands: A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago'', New York: Charles Scribner's Sons</ref>{{rp|507}} from 1901 to 1910 and again from 1916 to 1925. After his second term, he was appointed representative of the [[Mountain Province]] in the [[Philippine Legislature]] in 1925 and reappointed in 1928. In 1931, Cailles was again selected governor of Laguna, and reelected in 1934.

It was during his term as governor that the [[Sakdalista|Sakdal uprising]] flared up on May 2, 1935, in [[Santa Rosa, Laguna|Santa Rosa]] and [[Cabuyao]], Laguna. The revolt was suppressed in record time, thanks to Cailles’ firm administration and revolutionary experience. Cailles had also a hand in the capture of [[Teodoro Asedillo]], the "Terror of the Sierra".

Cailles died on June 28, 1951 due to [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. He was interred at the Old Cemetery of [[Santa Cruz, Laguna]].

==References==
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* Gleeck, Lewis, Jr. ''Laguna in American Times: Coconuts and Revolucionarios''. Manila: Historical Conservation Society, 1981, pp. 1–12.
* [[National Historical Institute]]; ''Historical Markers: Regions I–IV and CAR''. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1993.

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