Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-29
AS Told BY funston
He Gives the Details Of the Cap
ture OF Asuinalde at
Palanon.
Tedious and Dangerous Journey
to Insurgent Chiefs Moun-
tain Stronghold.
Aguinaldo Completely Deceived
Paraded Body Guard in Honor
OF Supposed Friends.
Aguinaldo Completely Deceived

en- March % captured Gen. Emilio
iAguinaldo, when interviewed BY the
representative of the Associated Press
made the following statement concern
Ling the capture of the Filipino leader:
The confidential agent of Aguinaldo
arrived on Feb. IS at Pantabanme, in
the province of Nueva Ecija. northern
Luzon, with Letters dated Jan. II, IL.
and IA. These letters were from Emilio.
Aguinaldo and directed Badermero
| Aguinaldo 10 take command of the
provinces of central Luzon. supplanting
5.tisn Alejandrino. Emilio Aguinaldos
also ordered that 400 men be sent him.
las soon as possible, saying that the.
bearer OF the letters would guide these
men to where Aguinaldo was
Gen. Funston secured the CORE
sspondenoe of Aguinaldos agent and.
Ilaisi his plans accordingly. Some months.
previously lle had captured the camp
LEI the insuIgsnt Cen Lacuna incident
lsSlly obtaining papers and a quantity Of
ssigned correspondence. From this ma
1 terial two letters We're constructed os-
;ensibly from Laeuna to Aguinaldo
One of them contained information as
ito the progress Of the war The other
asserted that, pursuant 70 orders re-
ceived from l5aldernero Aguinaldo.
4 I9acuna was sending his best company
1 TO President Emilio Aguinaldo His
/ plans completed and approved, Gen.
F'uns non came TO SIayla and organized
/ his expenaitions selecting seventy-eight
Nfaeabebes, all@of whom spoke Tagalo
Il fiuentlS. Twenty Wore insurgent llni-
forms and the others the dress of Fill
4snino labogers. The Maeabebes armed
n with fifty Mausers, eighteen Reming-
tons and ten Krag- .Jorgensans We're
Il commanded b. Capt. Russell t. Haz-
yard, of the Eleventh United States
3 Volunteer Cavalry. With him was his
brother, Oliver p NJ Hazard. Of the
i same regiment Capt. Harry w New
ton. Thirts fourth Infantry was taken
because OF his familiarity With Casign-
ran bay ard Lieut.. Burton j. Mitchell.
4 Fortieth Infantry, went as Gen. Funs-
4 tons aid
I Thsss we're the anly Americans ac-
I comp sitFg the expedition With the
4 Mscabehes We're four eN-insurgent Off
.cers. pne being a Spaniard and the other
J. there Tagaios. whom Cen. Funston
trusted IMPLICITLY
Ger. Funston and the officers wore
!. plain blue shirts and khaki trousers.
They carried each half blanket hut
!. wore no Insignia of rank. The Maea-
sbebes were carefully instructed 10 obey
{. the orders of the four eS-insurgent offs
a GERS.
!. on the night Of March the party
/. embarked on the United States gunboat
:. Nicksburk 1t was originally INTENDED
:. ito take cascees from the island of Po-
Ilillo and TO drift to the mainland; but a
Z storm arose and three of the cascoes
;. were lost. This plan was abandoned
q AT a. m. on March IA the Vicksburg
put her lights out and ran in shore
81 TWENTY-FIVE mills south of Sasiguran
q province of Principe. The party landsl
! and marched to Gaslguran. The Amer
.Ecals had never garrisoned this place
q and the inhabitants are strong insur
!. gent synlpathizers. Having arrived
: there, the sx-insurgsnt officers ostensi-
j. bly, commanding the party, announced
!. that they We're on tho way to join Agui-
: RADIO between Pautobang and Baler
hat they had surprised an American
surveying party, and that they has
killed d number. capturing five. The,
axhbited Gen. Funston and the othe
Americans as their prisoners.
/ The insurgent presidente Of Casigural
believed the story. Two of the Lacun.
Letters. previously concocted, were for
aarded TO Aguistldo at Palanana
province of Isabella. Gen. Funston an
the others We're kept imprisoned 70
Ilthree days. surreptitiously giving order
s,t night. on the morning of March Ii
taking a small quantity of crackers an,
hlcorn, the party started on a ninety-lnil
march 10 Palanan The country I
through and uninhabited and provision
lcould not be secured. The party at
s1IsfnaH shell fish. but were alnos
VI starved Wading swift rivers, climbin
III 3recipitous mountains and penetratin
ellense jungles, they marched seven day
Il ard nights. and on March % ha
yeached point eight miles from Pala
BIran They were now so weak that
y as necessary to send to Aguinaldo'
supplies and directed that the America
| prisoners be kindly treated, but not b
isllowed to enter the town.
On the morning of March the ad
vance was resumed The column wa
iii'-L ny tiitr sian oiiitclsf <AS
end a detachment of Aguinaldo's body
y guard, which was ordered to TAX
= charge Of the Americans.
While one of the ex-insurgent officer
A eonversed with Aguinaldo's aide. ar
4 other a spaniard, sent a courier I
q warn Gen. Funston and the rest wh,
4 with eleven Macabebes. were abol
i IN hour behind. Having received TIL
\ warning Gen. Funston avoided Agu
ualdo's detachment and joined the co
umn, avoiding observation. The Taga
los went ahead to greet Aguinaldo an
the column slowly followed, finally al
irving at Palanan.
Aguinaldo's household troops, fit
men in neat uniforms of blue and WIFI
= and wearing straw hats, lined up to r,
ceive the newcomers. Gen. Funston
men crossed the river in small boat
. formed on the bank and marched to til
right and then in front of the insurgei
grenadiers. Tagalos entered the hou.
where Aguinaldo was
Suddenly the Spanish officer. noticir
that Aguinaldo's aide was watching IL
Ia Americans suspiciously, exclaimed:
y Now, Macabebes, go for them
III The Macabebes opened fire, but the
aim was rather ineffective and on
three insurgents were killed. The rebe
returned the fire. On hearing the firir