Show TO AGUINALDO general funston on a daring and Kom antio expedition general funston is now engaged in a daring project which promises to be the greatest and most romantic achieve faient of his eventful career in january from h s hiding place in the province of isabella aguinaldo wrote letters anathematizing the sub chiefs who had taken the oath of alle glance to the united states later aguinaldo ordered insurgent forces in southern luzon to join him at rendezvous in isabella province the rebel officer in trusted with these orders secretly negotiated with the ameri cans on securing necessary information general funston planned Agun aldos capture and with general macarthur s authorization general funston pro ceedee two weeks ago to make the at tempt general funston with surgeon ma a harris captain newton of the thirty fourth infantry lieutenant adaire of the twenty second infantry lieutenant Mitch ellof the fortieth in fantry six veteran scouts and a corn pany of native scouts all picked men embarked on the gunboat vicksburg and were landed on a remote beach above baler it was arranged that aguinaldo s em with the native scouts should pass themselves off as insurgent troops who having captured general funston and others were taking them as ana boners to aguinaldo at the right time when brought be fore aguinaldo general funston was to give a signal when the tables were to be turned and aguinaldo was to be seized six days march into the inter bior were contemplated treachery was considered possible but every pre caution was taken |