Then there is the Governor of Bataan, Brigidier-General Antonio Cordola, another of Spain's proudest sonsand.a man of ability and long service. He was unable to converse with me either from indisposition or inability, resulting from wounds inflicted in an effort to commit suicide when he was captured by the insurgents. He is a member of a very wealthy family, -and it is reported that an offer has already been. made to the insurgents to release him for a large ransom of cash, to be paid on delivery of his person. I might enumerate w list of colonels, captains, and other officers captured, but these are sufficient to show what the insurgents are doing. One of the Captains of the American fleet ssid to me that the rebels had made a record in prisoners that any army could be proud of. I have seen General Aguinaldo and interviewed him several times, but he indulges in no boasts, makes -no prophecies, and in every way seems to be acting the part of a successful leader. These stories that have reached Hongkong about trouble between him and other rebels are not true. He now has nearly "5,000. men in the field, of whom 3,500 are well-armed. If he had the rifles he could put ten times as many into service, as there are volunteers without
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