and on that day, arthur macarthur in the field commanding the second division, sent a message back to headquarters. so this is november 23rd, 1899, and said the so-called philippine republic is destroyed, the congress is dissolved. the president of the so-called republic is a fugitive. the generals are separated without any means of conference or concerted action. the authority under which an army has was kept in the field no longer exists. the army itself, as an organization, has disappeared. but as we saw from article on the front page of the virginian pilot, this assessment of aguinaldo and the philippine fight independence, those proved more resilient than, was anticipated at the time. and from november of 1899. recall that at point again, all those slip through a cordon. there was an american pincer movement that was closing in. it didn't on time. and again, all those slipped through. and since then since november of 1899, no american. who knew where he was? but that changed on february 9th of 1901. there was a 24th infantry detachment at remote outpost. and there seven instructo