The officer in command promptly ordered the Chinamen in the town of Sorsogon, who are prosperous people, to contribute to the support of his troops.

They at once gave him cloth for uniforms, provisions, and 10,000 pesos.

This was not sufficient, for on November 8 Gen.

Ignacio Paua, who seems to have been the insurgent agent in dealing with the Chinese, complained that the troops in Sorsogon were pillaging the Chinamen there.

They had killed 13, wounded 19, and ruined a number of others." [316] In January, 1899, a correspondent wrote Aguinaldo that it was very difficult to collect taxes as every one was taking what he could lay his hands on.