Warren sheaf., 1901-07-18
ROW He GOT AGU|NALp0.
Gen. Funston Makes a Report CT
the Capture of the Filipino
Insurgent Chief.
GIVES GREAT CREDIT TO LIEUT.. TAYLOR
Also Relates the Use Made Of Some
Friendly Natives and Forged Let
ters-Praise. for All Who Shared I'm
the, Expedition-Gen. Macarthur
Says War Is Over.

Washington, July 1s.-The war de-
Partment has made public Brig. Gen
Funston's report of the capture OF
Aguinaldo, written under date of May
6. This report presents in detail all
the facts relating to the capture OF
Aguinaldo which were made public at
that time.
Gen. Funston shows that his plan
was submitted to the commanding
general of the department of north
ern LuZon, and then was sent to Gen.
Macarthur. by whom it was approved.
Gen. Funston goes into details con-
cerning the captured correspondence
of Aguinaldo and the use he, made of
Cecilio Bigismundo, who had present
ed himself to Lieut.. J. D. Taylor with
letters of Aguinaldo that he was to de-
liver to various insurgent chiefs. Gen.
Funston gives the following account
of the forged letters which were used
to deceive Aguinaldo:
Captured Letterheads.
ION October "a. 1900 while scouting in the
vicinity of Gapan. Nueva ECija, had sur
prised the insurgent chief. Lacuna, in his
camp, and had captured, among other
things. some writing paper which bore
his headquarters seal On this paper two
letters We're written to Aguinaldo over the
carefully forged signature of Lacuna.
ION of these letters was dated Febru-
airy "a. 1901. at Bulac In it Lacuna ac-
knowledged the receipt of Aguinaldo's let
ters of January 13 and IA, and thanked
him for the confirmation of his Uacuna's)
appointment as brigader general, made
some time previously by Alejandrino
1T will be remembered that the letters
of AguinaldO referred to had fallen into
our hands. Our letter indulged in the
usual rhetoric employed by the insurgent
chiefs in their correspondence. and gave
glowing account of the progress of the
campaign from the standpoint of Lacuna.
Another Letter Forged.
"Another letter, supposedly from the
same place, but dated February %. was
prepared, stating that the writer had just
received communication from Baldomero
Aguinado ordering him to send one of
his best companies under reliable chief
to Emilio Aguinaldo in Isabella.
''In accordance with these orders he was
sending this force under Lieut.. Col. Hilario
Placido. The letter. he stated, had been
captured by the Americans a year ago,
and after his release he had lived in Jaen,
but recently had taken to the field again
when ordered to do so by Lacuna.
'These two letters were dictated by me,
but were written by Segovia. We were in
possession Of number of samples of La
cuna's signature. and had previously sue
ceeded in executing a neat forgery of his
autograph at the end of each one Of the
two Sheets.
Capture of Aguinaldo.
Gen. Funston gives an account of
the capture of Aguinaldo, relating
how the Macabebes became demoral-
lied and fired wildly before the Amer
leans came up. Only two of the insur-
gents were killed. Segovia opened
fire on the officers near Aguinaldo and
wounded two of them, Six of the Off
GERS escaped by jumping from win
dows and swimming the river.
Praise for All.
In conclusion, Gen. Funston deals
out praise generously to all who had
share in the expedition, men ntioning
Capt. Hazard, Capt. Newton, Lieut..
Hazard and Lieut.. Mitchell, while es-
pecially praising Lieut.. Taylor for the
discretion he showed after obtaining
the ..guinaldo letters He also speaks
in high praise of Commander Barry,
of the Vicksburg, and the assistance
the navy rendered him.
Says War Is Over.
Kobe, July 13.-Maj. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur, recently in command of
the United States troops in the Philip
pines, arrived here yesterday. In an
interview he said he was satisfied the
disturbances in the islands are at last
at an end. Gen. Macarthur will sail
on the Sheridan for the United States
two weeks hence