The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-09

Vigan, Luzon, June 2. via Manila,
June 4.-Maj. Marsh, with his detach-
nent Of the Thirty-third regiment,
overlook what is believed to have been
AgIinaldo and his party on May 10 at
Lagat, 100 miles north of Manila. The
Americans killed or wounded an Of
ticer supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose
body a removed by his followers.
Aguinaldo had 100 men, Maj. Marsh
$50. The American command reached
Labuso, where Aguinaldo had made
his headquarters since March 6 90
May Z. Aguinaldo had fed seven
hours before, leaving all the beaten
trails and travelling through the forest
along the banks of streams. Toward
evening May 10 Maj. Marsh struck
AguinaldO's outpost about a mile out
side of Lagat, killing four Filipinos
and capturing two. From the latter
he
Learned That Aginaldo
had been camDed there for the night.
Although exhausted and half-starved
Maj. Marsh's men entered Lagat on
the run. They saw the insurgents
scattering into the bushes Or Over the
plateau. Along the mcuntainside near
the town twenty-five Filipinos dressed
in white with their leader on a gray
horse, were The Americans
fired a volley and shot the officer from
his horse. His followers fed. carrying
the body. The Americans on reaching
the spot caught the horse. which was
richly saddled. Blood from a badly
wounded man was en- the animal and
on the ground. The saddle-bags con
tanned Aguinaldo's Giary and some
private papers and letters. One of
these was addressed "To the Civilized
Nations" 1t protested against the
American Occupation
of the Philippines. There was also
found copies of Senator Beveridge's
speech translated into Spanish and en-
titled 1.-The Death Knell of the Filipino
People" Maj. Marsh, believing that
the Filipinos had taken to Il river
which is a tributary to the Chicao.
followed it for two days. reaching
Tao, where he learned the Filipinos
the body of a dead OF wounded officer
COtC1Cus Will palm lClNCS. 11CIc A1dJ.
Marsh reviewed his tired and bruised
officers and men. picked out twenty.
four of the freshest, with whom he
secured the country for six days
longer, but without finding any trace
Of the fugitives. The Americans
pushed on and arrived at APART on
May %. The officer shot was either
Aguinaldo or His Adjutant
and as the horse was richly c%aprisoned
it is a fair presumption that it was
Aguinaldo. The soldiers Of Gen
Young, military governor of Northwest
LuZon. captured early last month ar
insurgent officer with papers reveal
ing .Aguinaldo's whereabouts. Gen
Young. i'll order to continue the pur.
suit. gave Maj, Marsh In opportuni'
ty to finish the work began in No.
vember. Maj. Marsh left Candon May
1. hurrying north, while Col. Hare
with a battalion divided into two
parties. started for Rangued. covering
the trails westward. The garrisons in
the Cagyan valley were disposed in
such a way as to guar;l the avenues
Of escape eastward. Spies heralded
the approach of Maj. Marsh with sig.
nal fires. On reaching Labdan he in.
tercepted a letter from Aguinaldo, the
ink of whiche had hardly dried, ad.
dressed to an officer
OF the Filipino Army
and saying: ''There has arrived this
morning at Labogan a hostile column
from Boki. l have set out with my
column. I have no fixed route" The
letter was signed ';;Col. David" a
sobriQuet by which Aguinaldo was
called at the preside where a banquet
was held and speeches made eulogiz.
ing Gregorio del Pho. That night Mai
Marsh's men slept in the bamboo, re.
Stunning the advance in the morning
reaching I.agat, forty miles distant, in
two days. although it was raining in
the mountains at the time. Aguinal-
dos papers r important. They show
he took refuge in Isabella province,
Where he remained until he established
himself ut Labogan, province Of .Abra,
where he resolved to direct the rainy
season operations. Until recently be
was ignorant of outside events, MAX
ing no pretence Of directing the insur-
rection, happy if indeed he might be
able to keep alive among the hostile
1gosEotes, WHO killed several of his