The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-05
FUNSTON DOES HIS STUNT
PLAN TO CAPTURE AGUINALDo
SUCCEEDS.
Daring Exploit That May Make the
Plucky Kansan a Brigadier General
in the Regular Army.

MANILA, MARCH 2S.-GENERAL
FREDERICK FUNSTON'S DARING
PROJECT FOR THE CAPTURE OF
AGUINALDo IN HIS HIDING PLACE
IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELLA,
ISLAND OF LUZON, HAS PROVED
COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL. AGUI-
NALDO WAS CAPTURED THERE
ON MARCH %. THE UNITED
STATES GUNBOAT VICKSBURG,
COMMANDER e. B. BERRY, WITH
GENERAL FUNSTON AND AGUI-
NALDQ ON BOARD ARRIVED
HERE THIS MORNING.
LONDON, MARCH 2S.-A DIS
PATCH FROM MANILA SAYS THAT
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF AGUINAL-
DOS STAFF WE'RE CAPTURED
WITH HIM AND TAKEN TO MANI
LA. THE INSURGENT LEADER
AND HIS MEN WE'RE CAPTURED
NEAR CASIGURAN, NEAR BALER,
PROVINCE OF LUZON.
MANILA, March 28.-General Frede-
rick Funston, who on March % captur-
ed General Emilio Aguinaldo when in
terviewed today gave the following
details concerning the capture of the
Filipino leader:
The confidential agent of Agulnaldo
arrived February 2S at Pantobangan,
in the province of Nueva Ecija, North
ern Luzon, with letters dated January
IL, II and IA. These letters were from
Emilio Aguinaldo and directed Blado-
nero Aguinaldo to take command of
the provinces of Central LuZon, supple
menting General Alejandrino. Emilio
Aguinaldo also ordered that 400 men be
sent him as soon as possible, saying
that the bearer of the letters would
guide these men to where Aguinaldo
was.
General Funston secured the CORES
pondence of Aguinaldo's agent and laid
his plans accordingly. Some months
previously he had captured the camp
of the insurgent General Lacuna, incl
,dentally obtaining Lacuna's seal of the
papers, and a quantity of signed cores
pondence. From this material two let
ters were constructed ostensibly from
Lacuna to Guinaldo. One of these con-
tanned information as to the progress
of the war. The other asserted that
domero Aguinado, Lacuna was sending
his best company to President Emilio
Aguinaldo.
His plans completed and approved
General Funston came to Manila and
organized his expedition, selecting Sc
venty-eight Maccabebes all of whom
spoke Tagalog fluently. Twenty wore
insurgent uniforms and the others the
dress of Filipino. laborers. This Mac.
cabebe company, armed with fifty Mau
sers, eight Remingtons and ten Krag
.Jorgensens, was commanded by Cap
tain Russell T. Hazard of the Eleventh
United State Volunteer Cavalry. Will
him was his brother Lieutenant Olive
p. M. Hazard, of the same regiment
Captain Harry w. Newton, Thirty
fourth Infantry, was taken because o
his familiarity with Casgunan Bay
and Lieutenant Burton j. Mitchell, For
tieth Infantry went as General Fun
stons' aid. These were the only Anne
ricans accompanying the leader of tn
expedition.
With the Maccabebes were four ex
insurgent officers, one being a Spaniar,
and the other three Tagalogs whom
General Funston trusted implicitly.
General Funston and the officers wor
plain blue shirts and khaki trousers
Each carried a half blanket, but wor
no insignia of rank. The Maccabebe
were carefully instructed to obey tn
orders of the four insurgent officers.
On the night of March 8 the part,
embarked on the United States gunboa
Vicksburg. 1t was originally intende
to take cascos from the island of Pol
lilo and drift to the mainland, but
storm arose and three of the casco
were lost. This plan was abandoned
At a. m. March Ia, the Vicksburg pu
her lights out and ran inshore twenty
five miles south of Caslguran, provinc
of Principe. The party landed an
marcher to Casiguran. The American
had never garrisoned this place, an
the inhabitants are strong insurger
sympathizers. Having arrived ther
the ex-insurgent officers ostensibl
commanding the party announced ths
they were on the way to join Aguinald
between Pautobang and Baler; tha
they had surprised an American SUI
veying party, and that they had kille
a number, capturing five. They exh
bited General Funston and the othe
Americans as their prisoners.