| Show 1 pARTiCULARS OF TAKING utters Letters from Rebel Leaders Fell Pell into Ameri American tan can Hands Ordered d Men j Sent to Him Funston and Party Went 2 aeo Frederick Fre March arch II March 3rd captured scho on t t when Inter Ag by the of ot l dY press Pre made tho follow tollow t b e eI I tho tile capture I r g leailer i f th h FIlIPino nM gout agent ot o I Ibe L at arrived 1 ot of N va north la In the th pr province w Iu letters January Jl nl These rhese lotters wore Ht ht and anil directed fm tro to take tU command of oC central Luzon SUp up P Gen also ordered or ored that t OO mot as DB possible saying oon icon joon w Ii lie Le cn et M h of at Q the iha tb letters would wouldN bearer barr IlISt tb whore horo JUl guide e i N PLANS d the G Ga n ag agent nt and laId hi Le ol 01 ir IY a Hom m months pre pro proe captured the camp of ot othI oft t e t d Lacuna Oell Oca th t hI Lacuna Lacunas out selLI his d o of ot signed d cones TS i J u VC a this material two tWI p nce i J From elected constructed oto ostensiblY Wire One of ot La LEun m una j to information as os to the kte C The other aj ns war of the to orders s received pursuant naldo Lacuna trum company pany to Pres best beL sending hll hI Val AgUinaldo PUNS PLANS COMPLETED COMPLETE and approved completed plans to Manila and Lilli or Funston cane canle len Gen seven boSon d hll II expedition all of oC whom lOie wore Iu ur the dross dreu pent nt nd the others or ct laborers company any armed ormed Thi lIth jtb ft y ns was com coin commanded In fl t ten of ot Suid T F Hazzard a by br C Capt pt volunteer Eleventh United States the With him bun was WU his Wi brother TI a alrY t oliver P M Hazzard of ot tl tile 5 W VT New Now Newton Newlon Harry regIment t Capt H n Infantry was Willi taken ton toe tout Thirty of his hit familiarity with Cast Cas bay ba and IJ ut Burton J Mil MIt Gen Infantry went as ns II Fortieth Fun di cb ton side aide ide These were the he only Americans accompanying the leader of ot Ike i With the were four tour ex Insurgent one being a 8 Spaniard and the other three whom Gen Oen trusted Implicitly OUTFIT pen Q Gen n and the officers wore oro fl pain aln blue biu shIrts and sad khaki trousers Each h a h hilt half lf blanket but wore no as n of ot rank The were ere carefully Instructed to obey the orders of the four tour ent officers On Ot the t e night of March Mth the party Part lJ embarked ed on the United Elates Slat B gunboat If k It was IU originally Intend Intended ed to take e from the Island of ot oto r o 1111 0 and drift to the mainland mal I 11 but buta a norm torm Brass arose and three of at the t we were lost TIlls plan was las abandoned aban n LANDED A At As 2 a m rn March nth the e T 1 0 k kIr I luil kig Ir put her lights out o and d ran In slots miles l south u at of Casi Casire fins province of C Principe I TIlt The party and march marc ed d to as pei guran The Tho had neTe garrisoned this re lct ind end the Inhabitants n s are strone m U sympathizers Hiving HIring there the pit t officers ostensibly commanding U ti party that they were on C the say wiy to Join Aguinaldo between b tween all and aril Haier that they hit hid 1 red an p surveying party part S 11 Jd the they had bad killed a II number EYe he They exhibited Gen Oen and an the other Americans as utu Ii CONCOCTED LETTERS M S n presidente of ot Cast Casl ruu ru the tile Two of ot tho the Lma letters rj previously y concocted ce to Aguinaldo at nt Iila Pala ie provInce ot f lIa Gen Pun Kun Ila lid the tte others were kept tied td fur three days thys gl br orders at a night Ci the e of March i tak ler the 4 I of oC crack cracked d corn e tony party em a 0 tl h Ii Th Is i eri th and aI d und and d rt DOl be e urell The Tho I rt lite IIIi but lut I t t were almost in itt rivers ee 1 m n lint aull P pene rating the hr marched au i J seven lays days fl on n had Ul a pInt pom eight right miles milts from Pala Pula liy fre now HO weak that It was larr 10 t sen l I to A fd Af camp 1 sup BUP LOO ll di p I 11 Ih it the hl American 4 L I be rc but not to lo d to 10 ent r th the town AN On r Ti p I mornIng DC f March Murch the tho U at as r The Tho column p by a raff of Apul Aut t 1 ti ot t Aguinaldo ta hal nard rL W 11 h Was vis to ot f ii Am f cans tt ot till tt toa atile an kr 1111 sent u n courier co to Jill Funston nail ond the rest who ho r Ma ab w lere ore about nn on UJ c Gen received this na Ci avoided Wed Agut Agol t Lc Ull joined n the col I 0 l ra raTho Ir J c b ft he ration The Tho Toga e r ua to t and eon L l alan fOllowell arriving A n a Dado t at a U fifty ur d ot o blue and white CWi ce hats e naw lined up to re Cn ci orner ii h Z Ot hi a sed the tho rIver I on the hank I t ti I a In rIght Rd and then en In Tim r fl Kr The Th d tI LII the ea house where here h re Agul Agut t 01 o TIlE nt h ha in i noticing tbt th I AIll nib wal wa Watching Or ana I iJ lr gO g for tor them The 54 lire r i n bu their aim tIe ti 5 and only three era tiled The th I ft rebels re b tf pal Irh firing guI tt Cit hi III men l o who w In a tJ 11 P were merely menly tl IL tv ot of I reinforce Ih Sap p antI ani liCIt n Quit 0 T J t tr an One lne or of three 1 a ra Io a major iut In the lung by tho the fire Ore of ot tho the a regiment at the tho bat battle battie tie tle of threw his hIe arms around You are a 0 as prisoner s ot of the tin Americans Col Cot ohM of ot staff MaJ AlaID ra and aneS others at attacked tacked th the men who w were Vera ro holding Agu Au AguInaldo u Inaldo Placido shot Villia In the boul shoulder boulder houlder der Jumped out of ot the window window win window dow and Ind attempted att m ted to cross th the river It II is II supposed BUll pOled that he was Will drowned Five other insurgent nt fought tot for fora tota a Con ow minutes and then lied lid making their escape FUNSTON FLINTON TAXES TAKES COMMAND I When Wilen the tha Urine began Gen Oen unlined command oM directed the at attack attack tack lack on the Iho house personally assisting In tho the capture of at Th Tue In III urgent bodyguard fled l aln twenty twenty ty ritts rilles Santiago Barcelona the tha In Insurgent Insurgent insurgent treasurer rd without r When O d was tre excited but Jul h he calmed down under Gen flea that he be would l ho bo o wall wull treated tr Gan inn Fun Funston ston stan It all of ot corr COrtil correspondence owing allowing that he ho had In close touch with the of ot the Insurrection In all parts of ot the lie archipelago go goIt It was also nUo discovered that on oil January had luul proclaimed him himself himself self dictator lIe He had been living at for tor seven saven months month undisturbed except when n u detachment of ot the tho Six Sixteenth Sixteenth Infantry visited the town On that occasion tho the entire population took to the mountains and remained there thero until the troops retired AQUINALDO AGUINALDO DECEIVED Aguinaldo admitted admit tell that he had hurl come corne near being captured before but hu I hr he assorted that he ht hail had never nevor been heen wounded adding I 1 should never neer have U been n taken except by strategy I was completely deceived by h Lacunas forged signature He feared he might be PHI rent Hilt to Guam Quain and he wits wets quite glad to come cOlne to Manila was guarded by numerous outposts and signal stations station During DurIn the none of ot the were wounded ON TIm THE The expedition rented rested March 2 th and then sixteen en miles the tho following day liar to bay whore where Gen Gell Funston found the which brought him to Manila Com Corn Commander mender mander harry Barry of ot the ren non rendered dered Oen Gen Funston splendid assist assistance assistance ance who ho talked freely treely of ot past JJ t events said sall he ho supposed Oen Ceo would proclaim himself elt dictator not nol even knowing that Trims TrInH had Kurren surrendered dered Ho lie behaved courteously and grave gave no trouble Gen Con Funston says Hays Aguinaldo Is U above the average In Intelligence and has hu prepossessing manners JOB JOp FUNSTON New Ne York March 2 Dl cu the capture of ot Aguinaldo by Gen Funston Gen aen Joseph Wheeler said saidI id idI I regard len Oen Funston as ns a brave brav bravand and Intrepid general I knew know him Inti Intimately both on and off ort the tito field He Ifs Is IB the man fondest of ot adventure that I 1 have over ever known I regard re ard his capture of ot AguInaldo as one of ot the bravest bra vest acts since the tho pres prea present present ent eat war or began b an anFor For months the hostile force torce In the lie Philippines hue has been lie tho fragments of ot he tle broken up army together with the With the aid of ot the natives we can hunt down this thle lawless lawle s people and then I believe the Islands will be comparatively peaceful I am confident Americans Americana will wili find excellent opportunity opportunities In their nOw nw possessions and I think the time Is la not far tur distant when our force of ot American troop can bo ho reduced very cry materially down to men muon menI I mention this number with regard to o the necessities In the Philippine alone but the conditions may make It advisable for tor us to hold hohl n cm larg larger er force Corce In the far east and ond In iii that event Manila and vicinity would be a convenient place for tor them to be eta sta stationed COMPANIONS Kaneas City elt March 28 Bur lJur Burton ton tun J Mitchell and Admire mem members members members bers of ot Gen expedition are both Kansas Jansa mum men by birth Mitchell lInd Funston I are arc cousins and lived on adjoining faring farina near lola Iota while white Ad Admire Admire d mire was born and raised in Topeka Mitchell enlisted In company I Twentieth i as us a private He lie was de detailed detailed I tailed as all a clerk In tIll the th adjutants of ot office flee fice and later was promoted to quarter Hl m Ills was one of ot the early anly appointments made in the Uie field fi hl hla receiving a his hili commission cOIn mission as aa Second lieutenant while the regiment was wa at After his hll mu nt lit San Son Francisco he lie was wall In Inthe Inthe inthe the Fortieth United States Infantry and assigned as aide ol on the stat staff of ot Gen len Funston Young Youn Admire was raised In City CIt where here he ho worked corked on his lila fathers Cathers paper the Osage o City Free Pree Press Iress Ho lie moved to Oklahoma nine yearn ago lie He enlisted at for tor service In Cuba and afterward procured an In appoint appointment ment as II second lieutenant for tor the tho Philippine service WHO THE AIm AHE Tacoma Wash March Capt T 1 Hazzard and amid Oliver Ollor are Tacoma Taroma boys bOYR They Thoy enlisted In company compan M 1 of ot the First Washington volunteers Capt Hazzard Rain going TO I tie with the tho company as lJ I N H V lieutenant and Hazzard as asa a private Company M was originally n a company but trouble in hi tho the organization resulted In disbanding dl the company and it was wag recruited fit at i Tacoma When the Washington regiment was ordered d home both remained In tho the service joining the Eleventh l cavalry Since that time Capt Hazzard has once been b en home hom on a furlough carry carryIng carrying Ing at ot the time same some time valuable papers and Information to the department nl ot Washington Both men mon were popular both In the tho Washington Wa regiment anti and with the cavalry service They The have seen hard service in the south Houth end of ot Luzon Island during the past two years and are seasoned lighters lI Capt Hazzard was chief of ot on long march around the time lake hike and Hazzard was van with the this scouts GEN OEN ACCOUNT Washington March Much 28 A cablegram received at the time war department late lato this tim afternoon from Gen Gee MacArthur tolls tells In ft n succinct way the history of ot capture gives nil all the tho credit for the time brilliant exploit to Gen len Fun ston stan whose reward It suggests should be that of ot a nl in the regular army and ana finally closes whit vim viman 1111 an nil expression of ot confidence in the thet t speedy cessation of ot hostilities through throughout out the time Philippine archipelago as n a 11 re result suit sult of ot the couture Except that it makes no ito reference to 10 the tho disposition to be made of the dispatch dl patch covers the whole field of ot gossip and speculation excited In Washington by bythe bythe bythe the news that adventurous expedition had hall been crowned with com coin complete complete piete success The Tho cablegram follow i DETAILS OF CAPTURE Manila March 23 Washington Important messages fell tell into the hands of ot len Gen Funston February February ary nr 23 S 8 from r nt which A was waB lo Ia located at Isabella province Ex Expedition petition organized consisting of ot Aguin aIdes captured messenger four tour exIn officers and Mac who soho spoke poke armed with and and dr dressed a ed to represent Insurgents COMPANIONS CO Funston commanded accompanied by Cap Capt Russell T 1 Hazzard lazzari Eleventh cavalry cavary Capt Copt Harry Harr W 1 Newton infantry Lieu Oliver OliverI P I Eleventh If nth V LT h 8 S volunteer cavalry c II ut J S Mitchell For Jor Fortieth U S volunteers volunteer Officers Officer dressed as American privates represented pris uris prisoners oner from Manila Ith land nl II 1 March h 14 U east en lit coast coant Luzon twenty Fv seven ven n miles Inne south nf ot Reached marching there after atter afternoon afternoon noon of ot March NATIVES MISLED Natives completely complete I misled Supposed detachment of Insurgent reinforcements for tor which supple furnished Aguinaldo also sent supplies anti and had his escort forty fort men paraded to extend proper honor Short distance A quarters dl RUe use discarded dIB combat followed toll In two Insurgents killed eighteen rifles 1000 rounds of ot ammunition captured CAptUre toc together th r with vitlo and two principal staff starr o om ni nicer cers and moon men Vicksburg to success Funston loudly praises navy naV Entire army onny Joins In thanks to s ua sea i ser eer service service vice vloe A CONCEPTION The transaction was fUS brilliant In Iii con conception conception conception and JIll faultless In execution All Alt credit must go fO to who under the supervision of oC lea OCIl Wheaton or organized organized organized and conducted the time expedition from start to finish His reward should houleS be signal and Immediate with Gen lea Wheaton who recommends retention In iii until lie ho can be appointed of regulars I hops hope Uy cessation ceM of hostilities lIeB throughout tho archipelago aa as time tie con consequence sequence of ot thle this stroke As AI a 0 result remit ot of the conference now nolY hi in probable progress l Aguinaldo will Issue an address lug luff general delivery of ot arms arnie acceptance of ot American supremacy Time The conferences In probable pro tees rens referred to In the dispatch is bo be bl lined at the war to mean conferences with other insurgent In lead leaders ers cre by army or the thu Taft com coin commission mission minion |
