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It contains instructions for General Pío del Pilar, General P. Garcia and General Noriel or Colonel Cailles. Their purpose is hardly open to doubt. General Pío del Pilar was directed:
They were suspicious of the intentions of the Americans, and trouble soon began. On July 16 General Noriel telegraphed Aguinaldo as follows: "An American has come here who says that he is a Colonel of the Army whom we should obey; and that it is your desire. We did not listen to him, awaiting your order." On the back of the telegram is written the following: "Reply. You should not obey.
Certainly this seems to have been the case in the present instance, for on the same day General Noriel reported as follows: "President R. G., Bacoor, from Gen. Noriel, Pineda, July 30, 12.10 P.M.: I inform your excellency that some commissioners of the American admiral are making investigations in the region around Pasay as to the wishes and opinion of the people as to the government.
On receipt of this and as soon as you learn its contents, proceed secretly to determine the most suitable places to post detachments and immediately post our troops and have intrenchments made employing day and night in this work. Beg this of our soldiers." The instructions to Noriel or Cailles read as follows:
Anderson, we sent through his telegraph station to your excellency." "It is impossible to order General Noriel to fall back because if we order it they will ask the same thing from General Pío and we shall get nothing ourselves.
I believe that they are playing us until the arrival of their reinforcements, but I shall send an ultimatum and remain always on the alert. E. A. Jan. 10, 1899." On this same day Aguinaldo commissioned Feliciano Cruz and Severino Quitiongco to assassinate General Otis. On January 13 Noriel and Cailles telegraphed Aguinaldo as follows:
General Pantaleon Garcia was the only one who at such a critical moment was at his post in Maypajo, north of Manila, Generals Noriel, Rizal and Ricarte and Colonels San Miguel, Cailles and others being away enjoying their leave. General Otis, according to trustworthy information, telegraphed to Washington stating that the Filipinos had attacked the American Army.
"I comprehend that without the destruction of the Spanish squadron the Philippine revolution would not have advanced so rapidily. Blount, p. 59. On July 15 General Noriel telegraphed Aguinaldo as follows: "Urgent. Received a telegram from the captain adjutant, who is in Parañaque, of the following tenor: 'I inform your excellency that two cascos of armed Americans have arrived at this point.
General Noriel was opposed to this restitution, alleging that the arms did not belong to the Americans since the Filipino troops captured them from the Spaniards. But I paid no attention to the reasonable opposition of my General and gave imperative instructions that they be returned to the Americans, showing thereby clearly and positively the good-will of the Filipinos.
The following telegram was addressed to the President or the Secretary of War by Sulpicio at Bacoor, on August 8, 1898: "Last night I received a telegram from General Noriel, asking for 100 cavanes of rice which he needs immediately, since he has ordered to send him all the troops here on account of the landing of Americans in Parañaque. General Mascardo will send him the troops which are here.
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