New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
AGUINALDO ON RIS CApTTRE
A6 TELLS HOW HE WAS SURPRISED AND
TAKEN PRISONER BY GENERAL
FUNSTON
Aguinaldo, in Everybody's Maraz,ne


BE- boo and thatehed with nipa situated on ont the banks
SIX miles distant from the seashore It is in one
Sf Sss the mos Isolated places in the province Of Iss
fHommunisaon with the outside world except rough
the west. Tagan Or south to casiguran and its
e Of Of the ae of Rar dTfd os7 r
four years has desolated country. Nevertheless
0 s5s %th in MY he %on o sp
tsa ttssmoer. 1900 1 was received with enthusiasm by
s5s5 shsE eisSs;s d4soss
teen soldiers. who had followed US in all our wan
& fSsss So!,Ssfa sas asasass
rdence Of nysef and % my companone @ f aeaf' '0F the
We lived here quietly for several weeks. enjoying
band Of music and on SATURDAY and @ Sunday afters
sssds r. e
e.2sS sa5 sn Fer whsn
IVA Ms' in the a not far off
papers and other things which might reveal
our presence in the town. and then left the village
NAMED IN hiding until the Americans went away.
village d our snq " So
long after this occurrence our forces were aug
Of Msor Nasao ARabra
During al this time we received the Manila news
always MON consideraby ID si DELAYED in reaching us
ha o y own ST s nd
pe Spsnty Fl aesasd an imaginary i advent
to have narrowly escaped being captured. '-
growing aTed Of ours oar peacetul and uneventful life
ask ssked me to give him command Of forces IN the
between US and Dr.. Barcelona to make req9istion
z I1 ns ocsr Of Is our F forces in Central
m was my " intention p e put these men under the the
eomsad Of fse military a disrict ft of the 0 1aiie4
Of the cagayan which included the three provinces
same time It Was decidsd to send orders to Briga
eSme 20 Palanan TO relieve Colonel villa as chief
N F4esss "s e tbs R man an fsq 9hap
L9zon. 70 deliver several letters addressed to the
officers who were in command of our guerilla forces
wv, WE u had IN no news whatever from our messenger
pa Rh Wepe deered so me 'BS bS
man from Casguran, a town about fifty miles
q m an nd the Se
olner from Lieutenant.Colonel Hario Tai Pacido;
dressed to me. that in accordance with my orders
guerilla Companies ander eomnd of Ieaenan s
SSolonel Hilario Tai Placido and Captain Lazaro
mediate promotion in recognition Of the valiant and
The letter OF Tai Piaeido was dated in casguran
on March II In it he said that while on the
eounteIed party Of ten Americans engaged in
he oce naf e ha ID cd HEM tine and ha
succeeded in killing and wounding five of them,
wounded he had left on the eid but the pSisoners g
were now with his force The letter went on to say
that they had exhausted their supplies and ne
thought it would be necessary TO allow the men to
rest few days in Casguran and forage for more
Immediately upon receipt of this letter directed
of the circumstances IT would not be wise permit
the reason that in the event that tbeV We're set SET
free or contrived tc escape they would be able
Pacdo so 6rectd fbe t6 arf
called DinunduNgan IL
about five miles from Palanan. under guard OF
should be instructed take the prisoners TO Iagan
Of the darkness Once in Ilagan they to be
he Informed Colonel villa of his arrival with his
miles from Palanan He also said that his men
ardshps Of the march and than they had not hnd @
so much grain of rice TO eat in the last twenty
Of rice once. that could continue the march
ance with this request sent him a Quantity Of rice
that same evening by party of Negritos.
preparations for the formation of a Red Cross
League among the ladies who had come up from
Barcelona had sent them an invitation to come to
my house at o'clock in the afternoon.
About O'Clock in the afternoon 1 saw Tai Pla-
cidos men crossing the Palanan River in small
Captain Tomas MagsariIo to salute the new
comers and welcome them in my name Colonel
Villa also arranged that the soldiers of my per-
sonal guard who were not On duty should fire the
It was not long before the new troops some
eightyhve in number. entered the village of Pala-
where about twenty soldiers Of my guard We're were
drawn up waiting to receive them. 1t was about
regular uniform Of the Filipino army 5' and II were
aEmed with Magsers and one or two
Captain segovia-the latter a Peninsular spaniard
utations asked them what of journey they
had had. To this Segoyia replied that It had been
f twenty tour hours rest since February a. the
date Of their departure from S Nueva Ecija sego-
adjutant of the Spanish General Llanera, and
having se Seem is him before this occasion.
After talking with Tai Placido and Segovia for
newly arrived men be allowed to fall out and go to
rest in quarters which had been prepared for them
returned to the place where his men were drawn
gova e % IN oad Noe m oPder to wha
did not hear distinctly and did not understand.
Of my guard. taking them completely. by surprise.
When the firing began, not suspecting any plan
blank cartridges. and having this in mind. I
the window @ and cried out nut rg
that the bullets from the rifles Of the attacking
e soldiers Of y gaard or e m e
realized that the newcomers were enemies. I hur-
in the hope OF finding some means of escape, bur
at that the house as aFeay sur
defend myself. but DR.. Barcelona threw both arms
s s nee. 9% yonr TSus yas Dr
vented from carrying out my intention. Colonel
Villa ran from the house IN an attempt to break
through the lines of the enemy and rally our men,
but he was shot three times and finally taken
prisoner.
h firing ss4 a as6d PaSdG 9S
but now he got up and told us that we euess weTe
prisoners Of the Americans. who. ne said, were on
the other side of the river with four hundred
American soldiers. and would be here just
at this time several of Tai Placidos soldiers came
into the house shouting. "Hurrah for the Maca-
bebes" and surrounded Barcelona and myself A
little later five Americans, all armed with car
we
came up Us. and of them asked Which of
"a A1lrIra AID As had hear