The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
WHEN AGUINALDO FLED.
Az AMERiCdS SOLDfER VINO Was
UITH THE FILIPINO CHIEF.
Corporal sauisbury's Account of His Travels
while n Prison"r~Aguinnldo's Ni"ws-A
Cannibal FeRst Among D. orrOte sayngcs.

While n Observation-Disclosures Yi"ws-A
CaBnibal Feast Among " orrot- savnges.
MANILA, Feb. 20. Corporal John ID Sauls
bury Of the Signnl Service va, q prisoner among
'hs insuTgen,, for two months, and for several days
NJ travelled with Aguinnldp when IN, latter was
bring hotly pursued BY the soldiers II the Thirty.
third and Thirty fourth Infantry In the noun
talns Of the north 81 I.uhDn. Vow he has retur3'.
n Manila with an Interesting story 10 tell.
My first Impressions 81 the insurgents were not
very bad" said Salisbury. II remember recriv,
ing only the kiud,st treatment from the ~filipinos
who captured us. The doctor who dressed the
wound In my head spoke excellent English and
said he had received hs education in Paris and
London. on The way to Tarllc IA" people We
encountered were ~ kind n me- that | actually
b-gan 70 think II was a mistake for the Americans
10 b, fighting them They all seemed busy
end c%ontantcd and there was no friction b'tween
the soldl'ry and the people. II did not occur TO
ms. however tha; ! was In the hear, 81 N" Tag alog
country and all the prosptily IN" rebel govern.
m'nt had At its disposal centred there. soon
learned, when | was taken north from Tarlac into
the land Of the ~Pangainans ard lllocanos, that
the instruction was no happy dream with these
people, but q sourc" Of great injury"
Salisbury tells a story illustrative Of the Gre
dulity NJ IN" natives. As h. was being taken to
Tarl c a Filipino officer cam up to him with the
announcement that G IL obs had been captured.
Surely, soma mistake" said Salisbury.
No" said the onicer, he has Just been taken to
Tarlac under a heavy guard. Captured near
Angeles"
Al the Ramban railroad station Salisbury
tskingly mads An inquiry about Otis. Several
natives crowding about seemed highly elated
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twenty minutes ago" Salisbury began To won
DIR, II" was bundled On q train going to Tarlac
and when he alighted at the station once AZ ain
came the announcement, Gen. Otis has been
CAPTURED
I actually bogan TO believe II, said Salisbury,
'and wondered how such a misfortune could have
b'fall"n tho Americans. We were taken To the
vills As We approached headquarters We en-
countered a couple Of other American prisoners.
Just To show them that | was In possession Of the
important news u the Generals capture and TO
gain final coordination I called out 70 them
Where is o,is'' They answered Right up there
In that building we have Just come from In
this place We found seven other Americans. some
OF them soldiers and some captured sailors from
the gunboat Urlanteta. Immediately asked
about Otis. A laugh went up. There he il
FNNf 'NhH NV NthAis uAh VIZ III
to a mall grav-headed man sitting YEARLY in a
corner. And then the laugh changed to a roar.
IT had all been a practical joke suggested by the
Flipinos themselves, who at first took this man,
whose nome was HAYS, for n General. Hays was
running a restaurant In Malolos and was cap
tured near that place while buying chickens from
the country people. He was perhaps a. years
old, had sparse whiskers and carried himself
with Just enough dignity to cause the Fiipinos
TO beiieve he must b. some great parsonage. The
prisoners with whom he was taken up the railroad
saw good fun In the Joke and took every occa sion
t"introduce Hays to the curious, open mouthed ma.
hves along the line as Gen. Otis. The news Of
Otis's capture after that spread Ike Nildarp.r
SALISBURY was present at the Battle Of Tia
Pass on Dc. 2 With his guard he overlook
Zen Gregorlo p lar and a battslion OF the Bulacan
soldiers on top OF a very high mountain overlook
ing Condor. From their position the Pilipinos
could wee the long snakeIke column OF the soldiers
OF the Thirty third and Thirty-fourth Infantry
leaving Condor. Tia Pass in the hands OF
hrave men would have been almost impregnable
II rises almost 5000 feet above the sea and the
trail IL rocky and in places con be climbed only
by natural steps in the cliffs. Pillar had placed
hs men so as TO command n curve in the trail,
over which the Americans woLld have To rass in
single file. All around were deep chasms and
steep mountaI n walls up which I seemed as /, no
man could climb. To keep him from escaping or
aiding in the fight Salisbury was placed in A
hammock swung on a pole and his feet were ted
together When the Americans opened FIRE
from down below the bullets struck all around the
litter and almost shattered the pole on which
the hammock was being carried by two Filipinos.
One Filipino carrier was killed, While Salisbury
was being carried on over the pass be could look
back and see the battle.
The Fnipnos had provided nicely for every.
ming but a thanking party, which they considered
could not possibly operate on their POSITION. The
cans started In round the bend and had two
men killed and several wounded before they saw
the impossibility of going M that trail They
withdrew TO cover and then MAJOR March sent a
score OF men TO the top Of the hill far to the right
another PARTY cllmbed a steep mountain directly
In front The insurgents were taken completely
by surprise by the Ore from the rear.
THE scene was strkinc,' sad Salisbury
The men in the intronchmnts became panic
stricken on receiving the fire from the fam and
they fed rell nell, Many Of Them never managed
"a ret on he narrow trall at all, bat IN thsr terror
and ANXIETY 10 get out Of range of the Amer can
bullets plunged over precipices. 70 destruction.
saw Pillar wounded twice, but fighting bravely.
lie was finally laid low By another bullet aud his
nen. did not wait to recover his body. The rem
nant of the battalion ~ 800 fed over the pa,s ami
down 10 Arguiqui where there was a rally ami a
counting of forces. One hundred and nftv Of the
force that attemp,ed 10 hold the pass never reported,
and 4 Is supposed they were either killed or fell
over the preciplcs
Pi'ar's battalion from that time devoted them.
selves to eSca' lng instead Of ii~htng Salisbury
with them, they travelled night and day nearly
fifty niles until they reached Ccrvantes At this
place Sau'sburv'S ira wells with Acu.na!do beran.
The rebel President had got so far IN his fight
and with him were his wife, the two SISTERS Of Col
ieyla and other women sey ral officers and, a
bard ol soldiers as an escorI Speaking Of his
ex "riences salisbury said.
~Agulnnldp as saw him then looked little
different from fhe ordinary Tagalog. and, indeed
not ~ bright and Intelligent as many Of them.
He appeared quite friendly 10 me, and several
times gave me money so that ! could purchase
food in the villages We raSSed through ON
more than one occasion | Ia an opportunity q
chat with him anG once he told me what his mans
had been and what he hored for in tho future
It's hrst intention when II became evident that the
FIllpnos and the Americans w"rH 10 clash, WaS
10 concentrate" his army about Manila and with
the AID Of Tie insurgents N the city, who We're 10
revolt, either drive all the Americans out ur coIlrrl
them Ia surrender 10 HIM. lie selected Malolu~
IS caN'al with not The least IDEA that the inerI-
cans would ever have even A chance 10 attack Il,
otherwise he would have chosen n better fortified
place, The plan ~ CAPTURE Manila proved a
failure, and the Nm"rCduI began To move with
CONSIDERABLE success aga, INST the Filipino capital.
Tarlac was selected as the new capltalwIIh tho
BamOan Halls aS rs defence. Then The republic
began 10 hUIe Tor intcrc"sslon by a foreign power
The leaders argued that the Americans had prom.
ised 10 release all SraniSh prisoners within K
months, and that when this period aSsed and the
prisoners We're not released he Treaty II Paris
was null and void, These plans all failed, ami
then AguinaldO looked ~ the Church for aid
The Church could Do nothing; So he therefor"
oLSteL all the 81 AIlsh frars rom their pNssr,,.uu,
ana made PRISONERS of them Just before the
Americans logan Ia advanc" RON Ang"i"> there
was a big Masonic Celebration ~ THrlEr MANY
OF the I~nsuTgent officials Hers members If tie
Masonic fraternity, and Aguinaldo saId hc hoped
through that hrl,ho-hGoI IN ,tIrct SInpihiur
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