tion to the fact that there
are at this place ten prisoners of war either now
or recently officers in the insurgent forces. With
one or two exceptions these officers have
voluntarily surrendered one at a time and have
been induced to do so with a distinct
understanding that they would not be closely
confined or otherwise molested so long as they
refrained from all conduct which might be
construed as hostile to the United States.

It is understood that most of these have severed
their connections with the insurgent forces and
have thrown up their appointments as officers.

You will please assemble these men, give them
strict, but fair limits of arrest, extending in no
case beyond the limits of the town of Cagayan de
Misamis and inform them that any violation of
their obligations as prisoners of war, however
slight, will be followed by immediate arrest and
deportation from the Philippine Islands to Guam;
also that they are to report daily in a body at a
stated hour to the Provost Marshal.

The Department Commander further directs that you
assemble all the more prominent citizens of this
and adjoining towns who are known or suspected of
being in sympathy with the insurgents and inform
them that they must refrain absolutely from giving
aid or comfort to them and without communicating
with the insurgent forces in any manner under
penalty of immediate arrest and deportation.

In carrying out the terms of this order you are
directed to exercise considerable vigilance and
the most drastic vigor.

Very respectfully,
J. J. PERSHING,
Assistant Adjutant General.

CHAPTER VIII

SUBJECTING THE MOROS

THE first period of General Pershing's service in the Philippine Islands
lasted until 1903. He then was recalled to the United States and became
a member of the General Staff Corps. This position he held until 1906.

Within that time, however, he was appointed the military attache at
Tokio, Japan, and was with General Kuroki in the latter's campaign in
the war between Japan and Russia. It is said that his rep