The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-31
REPORT OF
THE TRIP
Burt Mitchell Writes a Most
Interesting
Description of the Expedi-
ton and Capture of En-
lilo AguinaldO
MOST COMPLETE PUBLISHED
He Lost Twenty Pounds
While he was Gone
The Party Suffered Severe
Hardships and PrivatiOns
on the March
MOST COMPLETE PUBLISHED
He Lost Twenty Pounds
While he was Gone

Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Mitchell are in
receipt of a letter from their son, Bur-
ton j Mitchell who was with General
Funston on the Aguinaldo expedition.
1t is the most exhaustive and there
fore the most interesting account
which has been printed. Some idea of
the hardships undergone may be had
from the fact that helost nearly twenty
has regained the most Of it, however.
His description in full follows:
About the middle OF January Gen.
eral Emilio Aguinaldo, Ell Dictator OF
the Filipino Republic, sent messen-
ger out of his place OF hiding with
letters to all OF his commanding gen.
erals in different parts of Duzon.
This correspondence was presented TO
Lieut.. Taylor, Of the "A Infantry at
Pantabangan, Province of Nueva
Ecija about month later; thelmessen-
ger giving as his his reason that he
had been one of Aguinaldo's body
guards for two yeors, had received no
money for his services and had been
chased from place to place time and
time again and he was tired of the
whole affa and wanted to live under
American rule and see peace estab-
lished in the Islands
These facts was Immediately report
ed to General Funston and the man
with his correspondence forwarded
to San Isidro. He seemed very
bright and sincere fellow and the Cen
eral began consulting him as to the
best methods to pursue to effect
Aguinaldo's capture. A number of
the different plans were gone over
until finally this one was decided
on:
zone of the letters ordered General
Lacuna of Nueva Ecija to send him
reinforcements. General Funston de-
cided to send him these reinforce
ments, taking few Of US to go along
as prisoners and capture him. The
details we're gone over very carefully
and it finally resulted in General
Funston selecting myself of his
staff and Captain Hazard who
had command of company of Mac
abebes and Captain Newton of the
Bath Infantry, U. S. ", who haC
knowledge OF the Bay of Casigurar
where we we're to land. We were OF
course glad to have been selected from
among so many and from this time or
worked night and day for the success
of the expedition Captain Hazard
Immediately selected eighty men GU
of his ompany who could talk Ia
gallo and could make the most likely
insurgent soldiers. The general Sc
lected as insurgent officers HilariC
Talplacide, former insurgent MAJ or
and gave him the rank of Lieutenan
Colonel; Lazario Sagovia, a full
blooded Spaniard, who had been ;
first sergeant in the Spanish army
who had passed the examination for |
commission but never received it oil
account OF the confusion resulting
from the late unpleasantness we hat
with Spain, became dissatisfied whel
his regiment was ordered back t,
Spain, left it, joined the Insurgent
and was made first Lieutenant Abou
year ago he was taken sick AM
came into San Isidro and surrender
cd. He was made Captain and wa
second in command OF our party
Gregorio Cadhita, Tagalo, and for
mer Lieutenant OF Insurgents wa
made Lieutenant as was also Diona
clio Batea, former Insurgent Ser
geant and tax collector. These, wit
Cecilio Sagisarundo, the llocane VIII
had presented the correspondence
completed our party. Our Macabe
bes were armed and equipped with In
surgent rifles and uniforms, and tn
disguise was complete, the resu
showing that it was impos ,ible to te
them from Insurgent soldiers.
We proceeded TO Manila and board
ed the small battleship "Vicksburg,
a gallant little ship, commanded by
brave and gentlemanly set of officer
and men. On March 9th we set sal
around the southern end of Luzon an
on the morning OF the l4th In a rail-
storm landed from the ships boats
the Bay OF Casiguran, twenty mile
below the town of the same name. A