Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-03-29
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half blanket, but wore no insignia of
rank The Macabebes were carefully
instructed to obey orders of the four
ex-insurgent officers.
On the night OF March the party
embarked on the United States gun
boat vicksburg. It was originally in
tended to take cascoes from the ISL
and OF Polillo and to drift to the main
land; but storm arose and three OF
the cascoes were lost, This plan
was abandoned. At a. m, March IA
the Vicksburg put her lights out and
ran in shore % miles south OF Cast
guran. The Americans had never
garrisoned this place and the inhabi
tants are strong insurgent sympathiz-
ers. Having arrived there the ex-in-
| surgent officers, ostensibly command
ing the party, announced that they
We're on the way to join Aguinaldo
between Pautobagan and Baler. that
they had surprised an American sur
veying party and that they had killed
number capturing five. They ex-
hibitcd General Funston and the
other Americans as their prisoners.
lnsurgent Official lncreduIous.
The insurgent presidente of CAST
guran believed the story. Two of the
Lacuna letters previously eoncoeted,
were forwarded to Againalde at Pala.
nan, province of Isabella. General
Funston and the others were kept
| imprisoned for three days. surrepti-
! tiously giving orders at night. On
| the morning of March II. taking a
small quantity of cracked corn, the
party started on 80 mile march to
| Palanan. The country is rough and
uninhabited, and provisions could not
! be secured. The party ate small
/ shell fish, but were almost starved.
! Wading swift rivers, climbing precipi.
| tous mountains and penetrating dense
| jungles they marched seven days and
nights and on March % had reached
point eight miles from Palanan.
| They were now so weak that it was
necessary to send to Aguinaldo's
camp for food. Aguinaldo dispatched
| supplies and directed that the Ameri-
can prisoners be kindly treated. but
/ not be allowed to enter the town.
| On the morning of March % the
| advance was resumed. The column
was met by the staff officers of Aguin-
| aldo and a detachment of Aguinaldo's
! body guard, which was ordered to
take charge of the Americans.
While one of the ex-insurgent Off
GERS conversed with Aguinaldo's aide.
another, Spaniard, sent a courier to
warn General Funston and the rest
who, with II Maeabebes. were about
| an hour behind. Having received
this warning General Funston avoided
| Agninaldo's detachment and Joined
the column, avoiding observation.
| The Tagalos went ahead to greet
/ Aguinaldo and the column slowly fol.
lowed, finally arriving at Palanan.
To Receive New Corners.
Aguinaldo's household troops. 50
men in neat uniforms of blue AMI
| white and wearing straw hats. lined
up to receive the new corners Gen
eral Funston's men crossed the river
in small boats, formed on the bank
and marched to the right and then
in front of the insurgent grenadiers.
The Tagalos entered the house where
Aguinaldo was.
Suddenly the Spanish officer, motto
ing that Aguinaldo's aide was watch
! ing the Americans suspieiously. ex-
CLAIMED.
Nov, Macabebes, 20 for them"
| The Maeabebes opened fire. but
| their aim was rather ineffective. and
only three insurgents were killed
The rebels returned the fire. On
hearing the firing Aguinaldo, who
evidetly thought his men were merely
| celebrating the arrival of reinforce
ments. ran to the window and shouted
| stop that foolishness. Quit wasting
ammunition"
Pacido Seized AguinaIdo.
Hilario Placido, one of the Tagalog
| officers and a former insurgent ma
| 1or, who was wounded in the lung by
the fire of the Kansas regiment at the
battle OF Caloocan, threw his arms
around Aguinaldo exclaiming lyon
are a prisoner of the Americans"
Colonel Simeon Villa. Aguinaldo's
chief Of staff, Major Alabra and others
attacked the men who were holding
Aguinaldo. Placidoi shot Villa in the
| shoulder. Alambra jumped out of
| the window and attempted to cross
the river 1t is supposed that he was
drowned. Five other officers fought
! for few minutes and then fed. max
| ing their escape.
When the hrlnS began Gen. Funston
assumed command and directed the
| attack on the house. personally as.
sisting in the capture of Aguinaldo.
The insurgent body guard fed. leav-
| ing 20 rifles Santiago Barcelona. the
insurgent treasurer. surrendered with
out resistance.
Aguinaldo Tremendously Excited.
When captured Aguinaldo was tire.
mendously excited, but he Gained
down under General Funston's assur.
aDce that he would be we'll treated.
General Funston secured all of Aguin-
aldo's correspondence. showing that
he had kept in close touch with the
sub-chiefs of the instruction in all
parts of the archipelago 1t was also
discovered that Aguinaldo. Jan 2S.
had proclaimed himself dictator. He
had been living in Palanan for seven
months. undisturbed except when a
detachment of the Sixteenth infantry
visited the town. On that occasion
the entire population took to the
mountains and remained there until
the troops retired.