Capture of Emilio Aguinaldo
Part of the Philippine-American war

Aguinaldo boarding USS Vicksburg following his capture in 1901.
Date23 March 1901
Location
Result

American victory:

Belligerents
 United States First Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Frederick N. Funston Emilio Aguinaldo (POW)
Santiago Barcelona (POW)
Simeon Villa (POW)
Units involved

Company D, 1st Battalion

Emilio Aguinaldo's bodyguards
Strength
80+ 50 (American estimate)
Casualties and losses
not defined 2
Capture of Emilio Aguinaldo
Part of the Philippine-American war
Aguinaldo boarding USS Vicksburg following his capture in 1901.
Location
Commanded by Frederick N. Funston
Date13 December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-13)
Executed byCompany D, 1st Battalion Task Force 121
OutcomeOperational success
Casualties2 confirmed dead, few wounded


President Emilio Aguinaldo, was captured by the American forces under Gen. Frederick Funston with the help of the Macabebe scouts in Palanan, Isabela Philippines, on 23 March 1901. Despite the capture the war did not stop end until 1902.

Background edit

On Nov. 12, 1899, with his conventional forces shattered, Emilio Aguinaldo ordered a shift to guerilla warfare. Since then, the Americans found it frustrating to crush an enemy who appeared from nowhere, struck at will and slinked back into the shadows. They concluded that the resistance would never be broken until Aquinaldo was killed or captured. However, they did not know his whereabouts.

On Feb. 8, 1901, Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston was at San Isidro, Nueva Ecija Province on Luzon Island when six tired and famished guerillas surrendered at Pantabangan town to 1Lt. James D. Taylor, Jr., commander of Company C, 24th Infantry Regiment of U.S. Volunteers. The town mayor, Francisco Villajuan, had convinced the worn-out men to give up. The group was led by Cecilio Segismundo, an Ilocano and Aguinaldo’s messenger, who carried some important dispatches. He was a native of Ilocos Norte Province who had moved to Bulacan Province at age 12; he used to be a member of the municipal police (Guardia Civil Veterana) of Manila under the Spanish. He defected to the Katipunan when the Revolution broke out in August 1896. In 1899, he became a corporal in the Philippine army under Major Nazario Alhambra.

Aguinaldo's odyssey and Funston's route Aguinaldo's bodyguard at Palanan Original caption: “AGUINALDO’S BODY-GUARD. This was regarded as the finest regiment in the Filipino service, and it was accordingly selected as the body-guard of the commander. The buildings on the hill at the right were occupied by Aguinaldo as his headquarters at the time of his capture.” Palanan Isabela

Segismundo pinpointed the village of Palanan, in mountainous Isabela Province, as Aguinaldos headquarters. He told Funston that there was no more than fifty guards at Palanan (Aguinaldo later charged that Segismundo did not talk until after he had been given the water cure twice, but American officers insisted that he gave his cooperation voluntarily).[1]

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Collected editions edit

Title Publisher Issue Date of publication
Bayan Knights Indie Exclusive: Task Force TronIX Sacred Mountain Publishing #1 Vol. 1 2011
Pintura; Panimulang Yugto Sacred Mountain Publishing #1 Vol. 1 2014