The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-13
THE FILIPINO
GUERRIhAAS
RObber Band Surrounded and Cap
tured Near Malasqui,
WILL PROBABLY BE EXECUTED.
They Committed Twenty-Five Muir
ders in as Many Days, and II Il EN-
pected That They VIII lie Speedily
Tried and Promptly shot.

ders In as Many Days, and II Is EN-
pected THAT They VIII lie Speedily
Tried and Promptly shot.
Manila. Dec. 13.-Colonel Smith,
with a detachment OF the Seventeenth
infantry. surrounded and captured in
a village near Malasqui a party OF
guerrilas, who had made their head
quarters there. The party included
the band which assassinated seven Of
ficials at 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 25 murders in less than that num-
Der of days. When they we're caught
they we're promptly sent to General
MacArthr's headquarters at Bayam-
bang by train. It is expected that they
will be speedily tried and either shot
or hung, as 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 patrolled 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 commissary 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
him 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-
Tection.
Frequently they raid and loot towns.
hN bAONAAtl VI AllC DlNolutnN VI lllu6
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 small proportion of the insur-
gent arms have been surrendered, and
the problem of suppressing this guer-
rilla warfare Is anything but easy of
solution. Some Of the American Of
flcers think it worse than fighting In
dians, owing to the difficulties of the
country 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 a 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 500 Spanish prison
ers have been shipped from Vigan to
Manila, and that 800 others have been
assembled al Vigan, including General
Pena. Probably these are Spaniards
released by General Young's troops In
the Benguet district, where they were
concentrated by the insurgents.