The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-02

Manila, March 29.-General Frederic
Funston, who on March 23d captured
General Emilio Aguinaldo, in an inter
view gave the following description of
the capture:
His plans completed and approved
General Funston came to Manila and
organized his expedition, selecting sew
enty-eight Macabebes, all of whom
spoke Tagalog tluently. Twenty wore
insurgent uniforms and the others the
dress of Filipino laborers. The Maca-
bebe company, armed with fifty Maus-
ers, eight Remingtons and ten Krag-
Jorgensens. was commanded by Cap
tain Russell II. Hazard of the Elev-
enth cavalry. With him was his
brother. Lieutenant Oliver p. NJ Haz-
Zard of the same regiment. Captain
Harry w. Newton. Thirty fourth in
fantry, went as General Funston's
aide. These We're the only Americans
accompanying the leader of the expedi-
ton.
With the Macabebes were four ex-
insurgent officers, one being n Span
lard and the other three Tagalogs
whom General Funston trusted implc-
itly
General Funston and the officers
wore plain blue shirts and khaki trous-
ers. Each carried half blanket but
wore no insignia of rank. The Maca-
bebes We're carefully instructed to obey
the orders of the four insurgent off,
GERS.
On the night of March Sth the party
embarked on the United States gun
boat Nicksburg. 1t was originally in
tended to take cascoes from the island
of Polillo and drift to the mainland,
but storm arose and three of the cas-
Goes We're lost. This plan was aban-
doned AT . n. M. March 18th. the
Vicksburg put her lights ont and ran
inshore twenty-five miles south of Cast
gunan, province of Principe. The
party landed and marched to Casigu-
nan. The Americans had never garri-
soned this place and the inhabitants
are strong insurgent sympathiZers,
Having arrived there the eX-insur-
gent officers ostensbly commanding
the party announced that they We're on
the way to join Agulinaldo between
Pautobank and Baler; that they had
surprised an American surveying par
ty and that they hah killed n number,
capturing five. They exhibited Gen
eral Funston and the other Americans
as their prisoners.
The insurgent pTesidente OF Casigu-
nan believed the story. Two of the
lacu1a letters previously cOncOCteal
were forwarded TO Agunaldo at Pala-
nan, province Of Isabella. General
Funston and the hers were kept i'm
prisoned for three days, surreptitiously
giving orders mt night. The morning
of March 18th, taking small quanti-
ty of cracked corn, the party started
on n ninety-mile march to Palanan
The country is rough and uninhabited
and provisions could not be secured
The party ate small she'll fish, but were
: almost starved. Wading swift rivers
climbing precipitous mountains and
penetrating dense jungles. they march
ed seven days and nights, and March
22nd had reached point eight miles
from Palanan.
They We're now so weak that it was
necessary to send to Aguinaldo's camp
for food. Aguinaldo dispatched sup
plies and directed that the American
prisoners be kindly treated, burt not al
lowed to enter the town.
On the morning of March 23rd the
advance was resumed. The column
was met by the staff officers of Aguin-
aldo and n detachment of Aguinaldo s
bodyguard. which was ordered to take
charge of the Americans.
While one of the eN-insurgeht officers
conversed with Agufnaldo's aide, an
other, n Spaniard, sent courier to
warn General Funston and the rest,
who, with eleven Macabebes, were
about an hour behind. Having receiv-
ed this warning, General Funston
avoided Aguinaldo's detachment and