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Worcester, Dean C.

"The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)"

, p. 111
[273] At Carig, Isabela.
[274] Taylor, 43 AJ.
[275] See p. 731.
[276] The parsonage, or residence of the priest.
[277] Insurgent officers.
[278] Their on commander so reported. See p. 202.
[279] Shortly afterward "elected" governor.
[280] This form of torture is commonly referred to in the Philippines
as the "water cure."
[281] Major Delfin commanded the expedition which took Nueva Vizcaya.
[282] P.I.R., 246. 3.
[283] Dimas Guzman.
[284] Blount, p. 112.
[285] Blount, p. 114.
[286] Blount, p. 113
[287] Blount, p. 114.
[288] A distance of 120 miles.
[289] "The former Spanish Governor of the Province was of course a
prisoner in Villa's custody. Villa had the ex-Governor brought in,
for the travellers to see him, and remarked, in his presence to them,
'This is the man who robbed this province of twenty-five thousand
dollars during the last year of his office.'"--Blount, p. 115.
[290] _La Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas_, a very strong
commercial organization.
[291] "I call your attention to the fact that the only terms to
the surrender were to respect life, and it was for this reason that
I seized all the money they [i.e. the friars,--D.C.W.] had hidden
away, which was accomplished by applying the stick.


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