The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
CROWDS CHEER
GOVERNOR TAFT
Civil Executive in the
Philippines Starts
for Home.
Insurgent Chiefs in Bohol
Surrender Cannon and
Rifles.

MANILA, Dec. 24-Civil Governor Taft
left here this afternoon for San Francisco
on board the transport Grant. There was
a popular demonstration on his departure.
Governor Taft told his associates that
he was pleased with the progress of
ev4 Is in the Philippines and exceedingly
glat that General Chaffee had expressed
the opinion that he could quell the in
surrection, except on the Island Of Samar,
by next February. The health Of Gov
ernor Taft has considerably improved.
The Filipino general. Samson and all
the other insurgent chiefs on the island
Of BohoL have surrendered with twenty
eight cannon and forty-five guns.
During an engagement in Batangas
province between the insurgents and de-
tachment Of the Twenty-first Infantry
under Lieutenant Edgar T. Conley one
American private was badly wounded. A
number Of the enemy were killed.
A large number Of Filipinos captured in
Laguna and Batangas provinces have
been sent TO the re-established military
prison at Subig Bay.
The column under Colonel Dougherty
is making a clean sweep of Laguna prov
ince, burning all the insurgent barracks
that are found and a number of small
native hamlets. Colonel Dougherty has
taken many prisoners and the insurgent
losses during his operations have been
heavy.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 24-The
War Department has received from the
philippines the records Of court martial
by which three natives were tried for i'm
plcaUOn IN the murder Of five American
prisoners one of the EfliDinos was
IomOueO Dahlan- a cOmandanUe of the
1nsurgent forces, who ordered Manuel
Gonzales, a lieutenant Of insurgents, to
the -presidente Of the pueblo Of San
0Nguel &c Mayuma, province Of Bulucan.
Gonzales, IN command Of a, band Of in
surgents. successfully anbushed a detach-
nenr OF the Thirty-nfth Volunteer -Infan-
Try, taking i've Of the American soldiers
prisoners. The Americans had been act
ing as guard for the presi6ente and he,
too, passed into the hands Of the insur-
gents The Americans captured and after
ward killed were Privates John T. EIick-
man, Company B; William Smith, Com
pany Z; Hamlet Jarvis, Company c; Ell
mer Dane, Company =, and Frank H
wilson, Company Z. The presidente was
stabbed The Americans were placed in
charge OF sergeant, taken away and
killed with bolOs. There was an attempt
on the part OF each Of the three Fllipinos
10 shift the responsibility for the crimes
81 the trial IL was developed that Com
anoante Dahlan, IN ordering the am
buscaoe gave the following directions TO
Lieutenant Gonzales;
separate Jose BuencaminO (the presi-
dente) from the Americans and with
these Americans do as IN you We're to
take them 20 the general; but when you
reach The tan grass 90 with them what
we are accustomed tu 90"
he mis- iis directions for the MUIR
offh WI teA4-tHo words,
Fa-Nil receive nVe pesos for the sol
Oilers. God Keep your life many years"
ln pQaaing upon the findings IA the
case of the insurgent comandante Gem
tfal ChaHeC said;
\ Ills open appeal 20 the base instineta
- his soldiers by. promising reward for
the execution OF his inhuman command
aggravated his offense and marks the ac-
cused as one SO lost 20 the better in
stncts of his race as 20 preclude an ap-
peal Co Clemency."
In Dahlan's case and that OF Gonzales
General Chafce approved the sentence OF
death by hanging imposed by the military
commission. In that Of Clement del Cruz
the sergeant who directed the murder Of
the prisoners. he commuted the death
sentence to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor.