COMSTOCK, DECEMBER 1, 1902

B.

Malabang, Mindanao, December 1, 1902.

This is to certify that in the case of Father Augustine de la Pena, of Dumangas, Panay Island, Philippine Islands, that I was at Dumangas during the months of July, August, and September of 1900. I only know the following:

Padre Augustine was known as a large landowner as well as padre of Dumangas. He was in league with the insurrection, and was with the insurgent forces. I never saw him.

After the engagement at Dumangas I was sent to that place in command of a small detachment. The town was in ruins and no inhabitants there. From July to September, during my stay, no natives entered the town. I was never at Banate, and know nothing, nor have I ever heard anything, regarding this matter.

H. E. Comstock,
First Lieutenant, Twenty-seventh Infantry.