The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-22

| sion to get under way, and no one
| knew except the flagship and a vessel
| or two near us that the vessels IRA
leigh and Concord had moved from
their berths. 1t was not known until
| next morning that we had gone out Of
sight of our fleet. At this very time
the so-called gunboat of Aguinaldo was
anchored at Cavite, and did not learn
of our departure until next day about
noon. We captured Grande Island
about 1890 a. m, July Z, and no Fill
pino boat Of any description appeared
| about Subig bay until that evening
about O'Clock. when the boat we
had left at Cavite came in and ex-
pressed the greatest surprise at our
capture. telling us they had hoped to
take part in the attack. SO far as
Aguinaldo's people having anything to
do with the capture, after it had been
done / instructed their chief at Along
apo, about five miles up the bay, that
| his people must in no way bother with
the island,and to prevent them I moved
the Raleigh out into the bay. where
the searchlights We're used all night to
see that no insurgent went near the
island. In my opinion. those on the
island could have held out indefinitely,
as they were well provided with every
thing. and the Aguinaldoites had no
artillery-one small gun only on their
so-called gunboat. the rest of her
armament CD consisting of pieces of
three-inch pipe stuck through chocks
ana holes in her sides to simulate guns,
There may not be much glory ars-
ing from that capture, but on behalf
of my naval comrades, who did 1t
alone. l object to having any of II
taken away by anyone attempting to
falsely assign us help.
Yours very truly,
Captain, Y. S. ~"
Mr.. Lodge directed attention to the
fact that Aguinaldo's boat was not
conveyed, and did not go to Subig bay
with our vessels, and had no part in
the capture. As a means of establish
ing the more firmly his contention that
the officers of this government had not
'recognized' AguinaldO or his gov
eminent he quoted from a proclama-
ton issued by Aguinaldo on Jan. 5,
1889, in which he stated he had been
ignored entirely" as to the stipula-
tions for the capitulation of Manila,
and that the American officers had
utterly declined" to recognize" his
"co-operation."
This feature of Mr.. Lodges speech
was developed with elaborate detail.
every point being covered by citations
from official documents.
.Aguinaldo in Hiding.
After reviewing briefly the two cam
paigns of the American forces against
the insurgents, Mr. Lodge, referring to
the time the United States troops last
took the field. said:
Since that time northern LuzOn has
been cleared and its ports opened The
same work has been nearly, IL not
quite, accomplished in southern Lu-
zon. The insurgent forces have been
scattered, the insurgent government
has been broken up, and nothing now
remains but guerrilla fighting and
brigandage. AguinaldO, the titular
mead OF the insurrection, after some
weeks OF rapid flight, is in hiding. His
cabinet, or advisers, are nearly all
military prisoners. There is no longer
any semblance of government there
to be recognized. The government
which Aguinaldo personally established
and which some people In this country
We're so anxious to recognize. has
ceased to exist. There never was any,
thing really TO be recognized eXcept
Aguinaldo himself and the adventure
ers who surrounded him, and now his
counsellors are In prison and he cam
not be found. He, with his govern
mont concealed about his person. is lost
somewhere in the jungle.
Mr. Lodge detailed at length the
methods employed by Dictator"
Agujnaldo's army-how 1t burned the
villages, plundered the inhabitants and
laid waste the country. He instanced
the efforts that have been made to
burn Manila and massacre the foreign