Show phlim s aa W CO M released by western newspaper union aguinaldo la Is captured Capture dl I 1 POR porty TY years ago this month m anth I 1 m america had bad a new national hero he was frederick funston a native of ohio and a soldier of for tune who had aided the cubans in eggl e to throw off the yoke of spain then 0 organized the awen volunteers at the outbreak of the spanish american war and arrived in the philippines with his regi regiment mentin in tine ti tl ne to help gen wesley Merritt capture manila in november 1898 meanwhile emillo emilio aguina aguinaldo do had declared himself president of the th a revolutionary government of the A I 1 GEN ORED FRED FUNSTON philippines and s started an insurrection against the new rulers of the islands there was constant fighting throughout through out 1899 and 1900 but always aguinaldo the leader of the ansur rectos arectos eluded capture during 1900 he apparently gave up the struggle but in january 1901 he ordered the insurgent forces in southern luzon to join him at his rendezvous in the tee province of isabela however the messenger to whom he entrusted this order surrendered to the tee americans in february and upon u pon securing the information as to Aguin aldos whereat whereabouts outs funston determined upon a daring plan to capture the filipino leader taking with him captains H W newton and russell T hazzard lieutenants oliver P M hazzard and burton J mitchell and a company P any of 80 Maca bebes who spoke t the he languages he was land EMILIO AGUINALDO ed on a beach south of Casl Casi guran in the province ot of principe on march 13 1901 Aguin aldos messenger also went with the expedition and he be and the Ma cabebe scouts were to pass themselves off as ia a detachment of insurgent Taga logs who had bad c captured op the five americans and were taking them as prisoners to agul naldo after marching seven days and nights flights the party reached a point eight miles from calanan Pa lanan aguinol dos hiding place A message stamped with the seal of ge general n eral lacuma was sent forward to agenaldo Agul naldo and a prompt response was received welcoming the party the americans and their fake Taga logs hastened forward funston entrusted the actual cap ture to a spaniard lazaro segovia and a detachment of the scouts the r tory story as funston told it later follows 10 running up the bank toward the house we were met by segovia who came running out his face aglow with exultation and his clothes spattered with the blood of the men he had wounded he called out in spanish it is all right we have him we hastened into the house and I 1 introduced myself to aguinaldo telling him that we were officers of the american army that the men with us were our troops and not his bis and that he was a prisoner of war he was given assurance that he be need fear no b bad ad treatment he said in a dazed sort of way Is this not some joke I 1 assured him that it was not though as a matter of fact it was a pretty bad one on ori him 4 0 in after years aguinaldo was loud in his praise of funston for the a audacity u and skill of his plan saying that only by the 6 stratagem used could coul dhe he have been bi ce n captured th the le former leader of the insul rectos arectos lat later took the oath of alle glance to the thi united stats states and became reconciled to american rule he even sent his daughter carmen to this country to be educated and she became a student at the university of Illi illinois aguinaldo is still living at the age of 72 |