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Gilmore and All Other American
Prisoners Brought to Manila.
They Were Held as Captives Eight Month.
by the Tagals and Tell . Story OF
Cruel Treatment and Threat
ened Starvation.

Iney Werc hoiu - NhptiNos Eikht honNna
by the Tagals and Tell . Story Of
Cruel Treatment and Threat
ensd starvation.
Manila. Jan. s.-Lieut. ]. C. Gill;
more, of the United States gunboat
Yorktown. who was captured by the
insurgents last April, near Baler. on
the coast Of Luzon, and rescued a few
days ago by Col. Luther Il. Hare, OF
the Thirty-third volunteer infantry.
sat yesterday In the apartment of hi.
sister, Mrs. Major Price, at the Hotel
Oriente, In Manila, and told q remark
able story of his eight months in
captivity, ending with his dramatic
deliverance from death that seemed
inevitable.
The steamer Venus came into the
harbor Saturday from Vigan. prov
lnce OF South llocos, with Lieut., Gill
more and 10 other American prison
ers, including seven OF his sailors
from the Yorktown. Lieut.. Giilmore
after reporting. came ashore and hob
bled along, with the aid Of cane. to
'ne no'e' orien,e, "nere Ansriean
oneers anu iAu'es were "aiI~ins
through the halls to the strains of
"Aguinaldo's March,
Although tanned and ruddy from
exposure, he il weak and nervous.
showing the results Of long hard
shlps' ne speahs Warmly OF Agu-
naldo and very bitterly against Gen.
Tino declaring that while in the for
m.r.s iur,sdIo',or n. va, treated
jasee.'", ~.
hplenululy, but hiter ne ieu ihto IL
nos hands, he suffered everything.
Col Hare and Iieut. Col HoVse
a. ,...- :, a.. r,,.,,,,. ,o,,..h w.1,,
'he lAt.er Vi the Ahr y-iourtn 'oiuh-
teer infantry. rescued dillmores party
| on December Is. near the headwa ters
~ th. Ah.l,. ri,.r .f,.r thev had
,s,,,-,
pcen aoanuonea oy .ne rihpinos anu
were expecting death from the say
| age tribes around them. When the
,e..,,,ra &C.,. r..oh.a th.m th.v
icsculnB iorce rehcheo thein tney
were nearly starved, but were build.
inr r.ft. In ths hone ~ gstt,ng down
'ne rHer W 'h' eo''
Lieut. ~iimore maue ths ioh'o"-
ing statement 70 correspondent OF
the Aasociated press;
The Filipinos abandoned Us on the
night Of DsesmD'r ~ We n,,,n. mao ssAehsa me,
mornins mo ana ths Filipinos rsft,d u. over.
We then went down the stream. along
a rough trail. guarded BY company Of
slnpino, ms. n'sns We o,nas rs Sop oopssns oa
armed with Maussrs. was put in charge
Of US. I suspected something. ana cues
TONED the lieutenant In command. He
'I1 . o., a.r r,no % .noo,
you ali. but my eonscisnos forbids. /
shall leave you here"
l bssgsd him for two rinss 70 ,,t prosses
VI .,v. Sm him I.t,srs 10 tbs American, who
ns',,d - NJ, Iii ara kssn rim from
~, hsr,r Hs r.,us.d this hovever. say.
ing that he would not dare to comply.
Soon afterwards he left with his com
p,ns . "a ,..n .om. ..v.x., in war p.int
around ns. r------a = .-.-. .l.---
witn eoopis-stones, 'ne -, on'y rh" psn, psr,
morr,"S NOR we Followed the trail OF the FIJI.
ipino soldiers, feeling that 1t was better
to stick to them than to De muraereo y
ssvases ss rhsn nu, Ts ordsrsa s m. man TO bult
RATS In the hope Of floating down tn,
river. 1t was a forlorn hope but knew
the river must empty INTO .ns ~. 'yn,e az,
rn, NJ esnsct 70 ast ami. but Thought som,
Of the men could.
On the morning Of December H. whil'
we were working on the ,eit'' one Amer
,csn" sn .So",.a Ss 18th" ..Thsv az, an uss IA. wa,
iashlng a raft Of bamboos |. however
knew II was not the yell Of savaGes. bu
: .he yen oa nI nm F,i,n,no s,,srds
8 md called to US in Enrllsh to lie dow
so that they could shoot the Filipinos
d That was the nns't oody OF onesrs an
!. r., ou,,..u. oo,,,d ~, .r.aL on
L .hau, ,h. "A
:, ',., ~ ....r.d ~, an,
" picNeu ihS" WI" "A
s his party.
The command spent the day II
It making rafts. Col. Hare though
e Lieut.. Gilmore too weak to nY
through the trip, but there was N
, alternative. They shot many rapid
y Lieut.. Gilmore some valuable paper
arat niyht's experiences and so me
,e -. ,r.ct;cal,v unable to walk whe