The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-14

remain a week he would get us some
would not deteriorate. but it was impos.
slble for us to delay for that length OF
US on the 9th and we Knew from m the Way way
the Vicksburg did things that she. would
that Il is fet t94 Long story to 20 thTseugh
unable to obtain a full supply of cracked
| corn; we left with what would be about
day, and with probably one days ration
| of dried meat We simply thought we
lasted another day not a single one of us
would eyer have got out of the country
| tination some of the Macabebes. had given
up, some of them were crawling on all
half hour for minute or two, so weak
that hat, s e9Il ID got Wal5 AM o.
TOPUS.
For the first asx days, we made this
and then we caught small snaiis and ate
them; we seraped limpets off the rocks
| the sea, and I regret to say that we also
posed to live in New York and therefore
am afraid to speak about that. This
octopus is sort Of small devil fish, and
| some and 1 don't believe 1 care for any
Seven days after leaving the town of
Casigur ,her we e. reached FAC point on the
| from there it was only eight miles to
| Aguinaldo's camp AS l have said before
/
some of them We're ten miles behind the
| column and did not get in that night I'M
much wrought up up for r. the reason that no
messenger had been sent out to meet us,
and we suspected treachery-
You we had to bring u natives as
| guides and packbearers, and the Maca-
in the way of talking. and We We're very
suspicious for fear that word had got to
bearers had disappeared and we did not
know where he had gone AS We found out
work. ana had gone back home ---e.-
HAD TO CIRCUMyENT AGUINALDO'S
ORDERS.
| When we reached this point on the coast
| where the trail turns inland met an old
| Tagalog and few Belugas. The old man
said he had been sent down there to build
a she'd, where the American prisoners
| brought into the town. He also had q
note from Simon Villa addressed to Hila-
| the town because it would not do for them
| be left there with guard of ten and
that the others the following morning
would continue the march
The situati was now very serious. We
were afraid to absolutely disobey these
orders for fear suspicion would be aroused
and we Were not sure that we were not
suspected. but finally we arranged that we
cans left behind the column would follow
and finally join,
the. day on which the capture was made
Sigismondo. Hilario Placido and the other
bebes except ten started for Palanan.
guided by the old man who had remained
leans leans were LETT behind Under the guard of
very, intelligent corporal.
in Spanish what he was to do told him
that after the column had gone a note or
habit-wou1d come back, ordering to
join the column l had given Sigismondo
his instructions, when Sigismondo got
with his column he sat down and wrote
note in Tagalog back to this Macabebe
q
Have just received orders from the
dictator to bring the American prisoners
orders being rescinded.
Tagalogs, who were building the house.
SO we showed the note and they said All
right go along, go along" So that thing
TRAP SPRUNG ON AGUINALDo.
The other americans were better
marchers than I was, l delayed the
procession. but we managed to come. up
,' the last Of tRem were
crossing the river The river probably
we had only one boat in which it could be
crossed, and this boat could carry only
Mgs had edn ferfed eight shf
at time and then formed on the other
them was being taken across we Ameri-
In the meantime Hilario PIacido and
Asuinaido They found him surrounded roan
by eight officers in the reception room of
his house; they were all armed and out
side standing at attention were the men
It was a most trying. experience for
Hlario Placido. and Sigismondo to go
ing with them for half hour. killing
time until they could see us Americans
Sigisnondo kept looking out of the
window at his right all the time until he
finally saw us; he knew then that the
time had come for action, but he confessed
to me afterward that it was d terribly
trying experience. and have no doubt it
Wen, the. Macabebes marched up, about
do walked out of the house and said to
one, of the insurgent lieutenants who was
that kind; anyhow we did Ego for them
GREAT FILTER OF THE DICTA-
The Macabebes had been instructed to
load their rifles before starting on the
understood their orders r and p loaded the
magazines instead OF loading the cham
fired that the result was, when the firing |
began. that their craftsmanship was pref
Thch a T 5ns ga s 0R Wy f hs mo-
to kill those insurgent soldiers. All we |
l wish the two men had escaped, but that |
is one of the unfortunate incidents of war. |
two fell dead; the others retreated firing |
as they ran. and | might say here that |
and enthusiasm that they dropped is rifles |
and a thousand rounds of ammunition.
pulled his revolver and told the insurgent |
OFFICERS to surrender They all threw up |
cher chief Of star he had ON one of those news
tangled Mauser .revolvers and he wanted |
to try it, But before he had the Mauser |
out of it's scabbard he shot twice; 4
Sigismondo was pretty fair marksman |
himself.
Alambra was shot in the face. He jump |
ed out of the window: the house, by the |
way. stood on the bank of the river. He |
went out of the window and went clear |
down into the river, the water. being Is |
feet below the bank. He esca ped swan |
across the river and got away, and sur |
five months afterwards
Villa shot in the shoulder, followed him |
out of the window and into the river, but |
the Macabebes saw him and down to /
the river bank and they waded in and |
hshed him out and kicked him all the way
up the bank and asked him how he liked |
it. (Laughter.)
Santiago Barcelona. Agllinaldo,s trea