The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-13
FILIPINO GUBRRALAS
Robber Band Surrounded and Cap
tured Near Malasqui.
WILL PROBABLY BE EXECUTED.
They Conmitted Twenty-nv~ MUIR
ders in as Many Days, and II Is EX-
pected That They VIII BE Speedily
Tried and Promptly Shot.


ders in a. Many Days, and II Is Ell
pected That They VIII BE speedily
Tried snA Promptly shot.
Manila. Dec. 13.-Colonel Smith,
with detachment Of the Seventeenth
infantry, surrounded and captured in
o village near Malasqui a party Of
guerrillas, who had made their head
quarters there. The party included
the band which assassinated seven Of
fcials al Malasqui for friendliness to
the Americans.
All are insurgents who became ban
dts when the disintegration Of the
Filipino army began. They kept the
country around Malasqui In a state of
terror for several weeks, and commit
ted rs murders in less than that num-
Der OF days. When they were caught
they were promptly sent to General
MacArthur's headquarters at Bayam-
bang by train. It Is expected that they
Will be speedily tried and either shot
or hung, Us an example. II convicted.
The whole country north of San
Fernando and between San Fernando
and Manila, except within the perma-
nent line Of troops around the city,
and the closely patrollsd stretches of
railroad, swarms with similar bands,
Probably they will be increased by
men from Pillars army, many of whom
are making their way south to join
the insurgent force In Cavite province.
These people, for the most part, sue
ceeded in lodging the troops of Cen
eral Grant. Colonel Bell and Colonel
Hood, who are securing the country
for them. They devote their energies
to ambushing eommissary wagons and
to picking up soldiers who leave their
commands. Every day some wagon
train is fired upon or some soldier dis
appears. General Wheeler's secretary,
Mr. Garrett, was disarmed and slash
ed by a boloman almost within sight
OF headquarters, his assailant pursuing
MIN almost into the headquarters
building.
The policy Of these ruffians is to
make the country uninhabitable for
Americans and to frighten natives into
refraining from giving any assistance
to the Americans, as we'll as to compel |
the inhabitants to support the insur-
rection.
Frequently they raid and loot towns.
The brother of the president of linus
went outside the town the other day
to harvest some rice. He was captured
by his compatriots, accused Of being
a spy and executed.
Only a small proportion Of the insur-
gent arms have been surrendered, and
the problem of suppressing this guer-
rilla warfare Is anything but easy of
Some Of the American Of
flcers think 1t worse than fighting In
dams, owing to the difficulties of the
and the trouble of locating the
enemy, who resort, when hard pressed,
to the amigo dodge and hide their guns.
Some of the Americans favor the is
suance of proclamation declaring all
natives found with arms to be bandits,
punishable as criminals, instead of be-
ing treated as prisoners of war.
Information has been received at
headquarters that 800 Spanish prison
,rs have been shipped from Vigan to
Manila, and that 1900 others have been
assembled at Vigan, including General
oena. Probably these are Spaniards
'eleased by General Young's troops in
he Benguet district, where they were
by the insurgents.