The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01
FIL|P|NOS SURRENDER
AMERICAN PRISONERS
Fourteen Were Delivered Up to General Otis By
AguinaIdO'S Commissioners Yesterday.
nsugent Troops In Mndanao Want TO Surrender and Turn
Country Over to United States.

Manila, Sept. 30-This has been an
eventful day with the northern out
posts of the American army at Angeles.
Early this morning the Filipino peace
commission appeared. The fourteen
american prisoners followed. Then a
committee of three Spaniards to nego-
tiate for the release of the Spanish
prisoners. departed up the railroad with
retinue of servants and buffalo carts
carrying their baggage. AT San Fer
nando the tram carrying the commits
sion and prisoners to Manila met a spe-
eial carrying Major General Otis and
Generals Lawton. Bates and Schwan to
Angeles on a. tour of inspection
The American prisoners are Corporal
Otto Scheu and Privates Albert Reub-
beck, Otto Wagner and Peter Rollins,
all of the Third infantry, captured near
Bal1nag. July Is; Joseph Macidrath,
James Boyle, William Miller, John
Crinshaw, Thomas Daily and Eli Drew
of the Sixteenth infantry, captured at
Caloocan in August; Paul Spillano and
Louis Ford of the Fourth infantry;
Charles Wilmider, a discharged Third
artillcryman, captured by bandits while
boating rear Malabon, and George GTa-
ham (colored), an orderly of the Six
teenth infantry. who was put off II train
near Malolos and Immediately captured
by insurgents.
The Flag of Truce.
A party Of correspondents and pho
tographers waited in The entrench
of the American outpost before the
wrecked bridge across the river separ-
ating the two armies, and at 8 o'clock
group came down the track waving
haadllerchiefs on a bamboo and halted
before the bridge.
A bugle then sounded the 'Atten-
ton" and Major Shields CT General
Wheaton's staff and five soldiers with
raised handkerehiefs picked their way
across the bridge.
The FilipinoS introduced themselves
General Alejandrius, slender. bright
looking young man Of 50, q veteran OF
the rebellion against Spain; Lieutenant
Colonel Orino and Major Ortes. the lat
ter of German blood and speaking 2
lish fiuently. There soon appeared
second party of fourteen Americans,
marching between files of insUrgent sol
diers. They looked the picture of
health and We're dressed in new Fill
pino uniforms of blue Bingham, and
were carrying monkeys and other pres
ents from their Filipino friends.
Wheeler Was Curious.
Then General Wheeler, being anxious
to see the Filipinos, forded the river
with a corporal mounted behind and
the staff horses carrying double. Cen
eral Wheeler shook hands with the
Filipinos and there was a general ex-
change of greetings, while the photo
graphers piled their vocation across the
track.
The file of barefooted Filipino soldiers
curiously surveyed the line of stalwart
American sentinels, whose physique
contrasted strongly with the little
brown men, who looked too little for
their guns General Wheeler, VINO had
no official connection with the incident,
returned to General Macarthur, and
General Wheaton appeared at the other
end of the bridge. the commissioners
and prisoners forded the river, dis
mounted and saluted.
General MacArthur's first inquiry was
for Lieutenant Gilmore's party. and
General Alejandrius replied vaguely
that they were in the north Cen
eral Macarthur asked if they would
be released, and General Alejandrius
said. Il must consult tomorrow my
government before answering"
The prisoners unanimously praised
their treatment. One man said:
Prisoners Well Treated.
1--WE have been given the best the
country afforded; fine houses for quar-
tiers. servants. good food, plenty of
wine and a money allowance. Aguin-
aldo visited US and shook hands. Threa
OF the boys refused to shake hands
with him."
Judging from the stories of the pris-
oDers they have been lionized by the
Filipinos. They report that five sailors
of Naval Cadet Woods party arrived
at Tarlac Wednesday. Though small
Importance is attached to their judg-
ment, they agree in saying that the
Filipinos all say that they ARE tired of