The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-24
AT CAVITE.
When the Insurgents Captured
Some Spaniards


Letters written by our soldiers while
encamped at Cavite are just being pub
lished Among them is one from an III
nois man. who writes to the Chicago Rec
ord. He says:
One of the most remarkable sights I
have ever seen was presented on the
afternoon of Saturday. June {. when about
fifty officers of the Spanish army were
brought into Cavite. The insurgents had
captured force of Spaniards numbering
about 800 the day before. and only the
officers were being brought in Among
the latter was Gen Leopoldo Garcia
Pena. the governor of Cavite province.
He had been captured with all his officers
and garrison at San Francisco de Mali
bon. The insurgents. after the capture.
placed all the private soldiers under a
guard at Malibon and loaded all the Off
GERS with their personal effects. in about
thirty 'carrOmatas.' or native carriagess
and removed them to Cavite- Just a.
they reached the outer gate the process
sion halted and the insurgents searched
the possessions of their prisoners. An i'm
menSe crowd of women and children and
insurgent soldiers had swarmed out and
were watching the proceedings The
Spanish officers. some of whom were big,
handsomely uniformed men OF magnifi-
cent appearance. stood in groups talking
unconcernedly while their ragged and
motley captOrs searched their bundles
The row of vehicles extended half way
across the praya. or narrow isthmus con-
Meeting Cavite with San Rogue The gov
| ernor was one of the fnest-loOking men
| ever saw He talked with his officers
and appeared annoyed by the curious
| stares that were directed at him When
| he saw the three Americans looking at
! him from the crowd he turned his PACK
| and walked away.
| .-Tna contrast between the Spanish ON
| GERS and the insurgents was almost PAIN
| ful The former were goOdIOOkins. mill
I tary appearing men. with clean, trim uni
| forms and most of them carried little
/ canes The latter were little men. with
| every kind of costume and every style or
| veapon. Ii was as If Coxey's army had
| caDtured a regiment of Gordon highian-
| ders and were searching their possessions
| The humiliation of the Spaniards must
| have been complete, and IN Difference 10
| their sensibilities we withdrew as soon
as possible. The governor is now confined
| in a cheerful dwelling in Cavite. and must
| be rejecting how very differently an m
sureent leader would be treated if the
conditions were reversed. All the Span
| iards that have been made prisoners can
well attribute their treatment 20 the pres
ence of the American fleet. for Admiral
Dewey would not tolerate for an instant
/ any cruel methods of punishment, even
| If AguinaIdo were inclined TO resort TO
them
THE Spanish during the last revolution
solved in a different way the problem OF
caring for their prisoners All the promi-
| nent ones were shot on the Luneta at
| Manila the morning after they Were cap
| tnred In the evening the band played
and the fashionable carriages rolled along
over the spot of the early morning trag-
edy There was sentiment and no
| mercy. On one occasion force Of iEsur-
| gents were taken and were imprisoned in
a dungeon. whose floor was knee deep
| IN mud. When the morning came it was
| found that sixty had died during the
night Even now reports are coming from
| Manila to the effect that the Spaniards
| are shooting a great many citizens who
! are suspected of collision with he
| rebels"