The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-07-19
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Suye War IL Over.

partment has made public Brig. Gen.
Funston's report of the capture OF
Aguinaldo, written under date of May
6. This report presents in detall an
the facts relating to the capture OF
Aeuinaldo 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-
corning 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 useo
to deceive Aguinaldo:
CAPTURED Letterheads.
ION October "A, 1900. while scouting IN the
vicinity of Gapan. Nueva Ecija. nao sur.
prised the insurgent chief, Lacuna. IN MS
camp, and had captured, among othet
things, some writing paper which pore
his Headquarters seal. On this paper TWO
letters were written to Aguinaldo over the
carefully forged signature of Lacuna.
ION of these letters was dated Feoru-
ary "a, 1901, at Bulac. In 1t Lacuna ac-
knowledged the receipt Of Aguinaldos !et-
tiers of January Is and H. and tnahkeu
him for the confirmation of his dacuna's)
appointment as brigadier general mace
some time previously by Alejandrlno.
1T will be RENE mbered that the letters
of Agu!naldo referred to had fallen into
our hands. Our letter INDUCED 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 a communication from Baldomero
Aguinaldo ordering him to send one OF
his best companies under a reliable CHIEF
to Emilio Aguinaldo in Isabella. -.
"In accordance with these orders he was
sending this force under Lieut.. Col. .Hilarlo
Placido. The letter. he stated, had been
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 q number of samples OF La
cuna's signature. and had previously sue
ceedsd in:exe cutting neat forgery of hts
autograph at the end of each one Of the.
two Sheets"
Capture Of AEuin.lde. IS =
Gen. Funston gives. an account ct
the capture of Aguinaldo, relating
how. the Maca bebe became democrat
lied and fired wf1dly.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, mentioning
Capt. Hazard, Capt. Newton, Lieut..
Hazard and Lieut.. Mitchell, while es-
pecially praising Lieut.. Taylor for the
discretion he showed after obtaining
the Aguinaldo letters. He also speaks
in high praise of Commander Barry,
of the Vicksburg, and the assistance
the navy rendered him.
Says War II 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.