The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-25
(IlATEGEMS OF WAR.
Used by Funston to Capture
AguinaldO.
|,spv IS SAID TO BE INVOLVED
v.ooedy Calls Attention to the Arti-
3. n War, as We'll as international
r,w Applicable to Such a Case.

! 4sss r,shngton Post
&C. I'm POST: AS the laws of war arc
Z. Il the law of nations and the con
u I, our armies In the field is OF inter
: .toual as well as of national Interest
pine, i concern We need not be surprised II
vine m,nper Of Agulnaldo's capture is dis
were III ssrd and criticised abroad even more
IA At home
M newspapers of the country published
eeic ,.pateh from Manila, dated March ~,
,lps tbe circumstances of the capture as
iees "a br General Funston to an agent of
,se 4. Associated Press. The two features
No. aIalr which deserve and shohli
utire attention are % the forgery and
he he:,s. rpsmlssion of two letters purportlng to
A to,., written by the insurgcnt general, La
es,,l cus TO his commandcr-in-chief, Agunal-
and ~ the disguise of the soldiers who
ks,rted the capture.
The circumstances and tho fact of the
esyery are stated in the Associated Press
yer 81 Apatch as follows:
you VI, THE confidential agent of Aguinaldo ar
; ba III Iied February % at pantabangan. in the
differs, rryace of Nueya Eclia, northern Luzon
rhA letters dated January II, l. and H.
these letters were from Emilio Agulnado
~, I'D directed Baldemero Agunaldo to take
.I,'-e rnnahd Of the province of Central Luzon
y ns y agpantlng General Alejandrino Emilio
'ii'a ~ unlnaldo also ordered that 100 men he
eat him as soon possible. saying that
be bearer OF the letters would guide these
ern p,., na to where Aguinaldo was
50 s Of AennSidos agent ' and Gdori i2id bs
III md lals accordingly, Some months previously
moon eaal Ia"nno nciden %, ,ne lnsurgent
LsCulas seal, official papers, and quun.
th \. ip 81 signed correspondence From this
seasa, etrsOly. from lacuna to Agulnado. - Wv
- soui pne Of these contained information as
> avn lae progress OF the war. The other as
K1ed lM, pursuant to orders received
non Baldemero Agunado Laeuna was
Emilio Aguinado
These forged letters purportInr to cn,re
lNn one OF MS subordinate generals, then
1s,o oNT an pe bs Were ',g Intended TO put Asun
Fa tne arrival OF Iacuna's best com.
nR AT Ills headquarters. How well the
.rvls slsfy succeeded is told In the same dis
Agllnaldos own words:
sa9u ud never have been taken except
erred IIy y Laenno,s ora was completely de
the aF mus the question is raised whether such
obaby sniasa9gs Is s,,o Que Of the deceptons or
,v II ,sS TbeISo aiiUWed by the laws of war
ny w %iam wmst i qn act that is criminal ana
III, t,s, %smols IN civil life can he regarded n
I IL sSap IN 1n tSe an officer and gen
s,r, n me sixteenth article of tbn ..,nar,
:. n s a, iG hr Inc Goyernment of the United
Is naiat Armies IN the Field declares that
Five h aiscI, Necessity admits Of deception.
,.o.i,s as, p,ssa.ns acts of parfdy.
's0'sa MI IN hl ~ war, says General Hal
aania Sre s ~ ns W9rk on international law.
ali 4, Nh. s no5 Eid for an enemy or dpceu.
nea ' ssa pfactlced on him-wlthott pcrffV
o @ sSH s0ns sxtId win good faith Ths Of
neu ysaeh Of good faitll. NAV ic y v,o,S,,o,,
no "a rsi 49, Wy or general Understanding, MS
srrles In mtutce, ii captulatlon or other
nv I'D toone Davis In his olo,,o,,.,., .,
i.d sny s5 - Ia use at the West Point acad
nay sr No measures can be resorted to when
mss s''eye breach Of good faith. ; -.
&C. -, ~ ane form of circulating false in
u * Ssndl IN order that 1t may faii fnfo
einf, fsnss ~ OF an enemy, is Unsuitable no
!, 4. Sg M Y Is THE enemy's duty 10 Vein co,c.
ant IL hlelEgence." "'''u "c receives
s,st NJ SI s, you must not corrupt and falsify
Af sources themselves. There nre some
scu'1 Il rn. ~ wmch enemies in war may safe
it'd II iii eat General ,,s Dewet must keep sharp
- III . " y. When nc takes prisoner bpar- |
e ~ ~, p mt{er from the British commander
" I'D MI. british general i'm regard TO n certain
" NJ hs GELS gS' s :. ne rnse de gnerrc, bnt
!: ~ sps Na :, ieei,lng him that hc has sent him |
M hsr y r,a MS hest companies, he need not |
4 lid y "1A Ro, lord Kitchener may have gor
tsr 'esnou M butha seal and some of his cor
III ~ p nn. and perpetratcd forgery for
',r q, pa s' OF entTappng him
Hp'' AL iN''' ti'h' bcDNrlt l.OngStFpn t'S |
ID M c cna some Of his letters had fallen |
g mn ueaeral Grants hands when he was
wsceye 20 % capture General Lee, can we
- GU. aS officers (say General Thomas or |
A. S'f W.. Howard to these materials for
faF H., y OF letter from General Long |
h mirht General Lee. informing him that |
m.gnt expect the arrival Of some plcked
,h'x aem W nodyguard and then Disgusting
rtsi hns % Confederatcs to capture Of XIII
70 Az pw come To Thc second element in
ai,S ug nv,tne disguise which was prac
AID NJ the forgery
tm "a - part Of the stratagem is described
hss associated Press dispatch as fol
y ii, rs F1Ppl plans completed and approved. Ge@
~; Ms a,u uaSt9n came to Manila aud orsnnlhti
III aEshsaIp e1inrn' selecting seventy eight Mac.
4 isso.y al Of whom spoke TaGalog tuently.
TN tbsr, Wore 'nSurgeH, uniforms and tn"
,.us ~ w the Macabcbes were -four ex-insur-
~ sher ', tbs one being spanIard and tine
~ nSted implicitly"
81 NM NE party TINS disguised reached the
sissd H. Caslgnran, where they we're r.
Is ass,.W the insufgeut presldente," VINO
& ssr r'ssted In the Dispatch ''beheyed their
III ds.n, iiefe they remained three DAYS,
n Aness1saMnh when General Funston and his four
r mr. 'is VI companions, VINO played the
@ I'M I'M vi " prisoners were kept confined and
!, hss ca NY under the stiIctest suryeil-
Il s.s sed letters were forwarded to Agui-
ts'aslado, being completely deceived bY
NJ. vYiEed letters, sent out his stan Ia
Az l-acuna's ''hest compeI,y,' and escort
~ lo headquarters. Being apprlsed ot
u d ,nulroach of those officers and afraid
D nas un me risk of detection General Fun
M Win his four American companions
sr'eIen Macahchos. separated from the
X tste, and approached headqunrfers by 4
1 sseshohhruom another direction. While the
n grrH opened FIRE outside on the hniS-
y htm VINO were drawn up to welcome
arpin,ls. friends. the Tagals went into
fe NnlntmpmfS Rlnfnrp0 M.
. efh5led IN the dispatch:
( - arc Placido, one Of the TaGalog ofl-
ssy ,s anu a former insurgent major, who ,
k.hssso un1ed In the lung by the IRE Of the
J / ~-s REGIMENT at the battle of Caioocan,