Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-24
COMING INTO CAMP
M. n. Danielson Reports There
Are Many important Surren-
ders in the Philippines.
AFTER AGUINALD0s SUCCESSOR
American Authorities Bitter To-
ward Gen. Calls, Who Has
Been Very Troublesome.

Pila Laguna. P. l., April IL,
1901.-Many changes have occurred
since l wrote my last letter. Emilio
Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader has
been captured and another insurgent,
who refuses to sign his name to his
proclamation, has taken his place, but
he'll not last as long as Aggy did.
Many very important leaders have
surrendered, with troops and arms in
good condition and in full uniform. l
have never seen a soldier of the in
surgent army in uniform while out in
the hostile parts. They are smooth
enough to wear clothes like amigoes
in order to deceive the United States
troops, which they have done many
times. But our commanding officer
at Pila Laguna is putting that trick
on the shelf also. Aguinaldo has
taken the oath of allegiance to the
United States of America.
Gen. Calls is about the most
troublesome leader in the Philippine
islands today. We've been after him
pretty often lately. We have had a
few engage % ents with him and his
troops, and men in our COM
pany have been wounded in the
attempt to capture him. Calls sent
the American authorities word that he
would surrender if they would give
him his freedom. He was rejected in
the first degree. He has about four
teen cold blooded crimes to his
credit and the United States laws
will not permit him to be set
free. When he received his answer
from the United States authorities he
began to get worse than ever. We
are stationed in Laguna province and
that is where this man is doing his
work. Thus far we have been unable
to capture him, having been on
marches about four days Of u week
and at nights.
Woman Spy at work.
A few days ago lady, supposed to
be an amigo. but who proved to be q
spy, received a note from lieutenant
colonel advising her and friends to
'.get out of Pila, as the town is to be
attacked and burned with all the
Americans and their friends this very
night" The note was written by her
Gen. Calls. She is a cousin of the
mayors wife and, of course, she took
the news to her cousin, who told her
husband, the mayor. and he broke
the news to the Americans. We con-
fiscated the colonel's house and his
fathers also. The colonel had not
been seen by his wife or people for
more than fourteen months Some
way or other he heard that his wife
was prisoner and he came to town
in plain white clothing to hunt for
her. One of Americas friends recog-
nized him and he soon was our pris-
oner. He will be sent to Billibid
prison soon.
Soldiers on the Hike.
Well, that made things still worse
around our town, so we have now
been on the hike the last five days,
burning every house within seven
miles of Pila; also burning rice, which
is stored up like haystacks in the
United States. This will compel the
people to come into towns, where
American troops are, and not help
support Gen. Calls and his 5000
men. The insurgents even cut tele-
graph wires. Last night they did
worse by cutting down and carrying
away three poles. Our cavalry has
gone to repair it and burn everything
that will burn. know that some of
the owners of these houses must be
innocent, but we can't say who they
are, so they are all served alike. We
captured pack train with about half
a ton of fish yesterday, which was in
tended for the insurgents. 1 ate part
of one fish for dinner and it was good.
Such is the war in the Philippines to-
day. But still it's very tame COM
pared with what it was on my previ-
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