The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-01-10
GILMORE WAS SAVED
PARTY. HAD FEARFUL HARDSHlPS.
NARROWLY ESCAPED OEATH.-

Filipino Had Orders to Shoot Party, but
Left Them to Starve or y" Taken by
Savages-The Rescue-As suiDaldO Was
KinI,- Mis;reGted by Tino.
MANILA, Jan. S.-Lieutenant Gil.
more of the United States gunbcat
Yorktown, who came ON the steamer
Venus from ViGan, province of south
Ilocos, with 10 other American prison.
ers. including seven-of his sailors. from
the Yorktown. although tanned and
ruddy from exposure, is weak and ner-
vous, showing the result of long hard
ships. He-spoke warmly of .Aguin2ldo
and very bitterly against General Ilno'
declaring that while in the formers lur-
isdiction he. was treated splepdidly, but
that after he fell into Tinas hands he
suffered everything. y
Lieutenant Gilmore, who. wss cap,
tured by the iDsuERents last April. near
Baler. on the east coast of Ltzoh, was
rescued by Colonel Luther RI Hare Qf
the Thirtv-thir7l volunteer il. 'antry.
The next dav, afterhis Arrival the night
before in the apartment of his sister,
Mrs. Major Prica at the Hotel Oriente.
in Manila, he told remarkable story ct
his eight months cautivity, ending with
his dramatic dellverance from death
that seemed inevitable
Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Colonel
Howe. the latterof the, 'Thirty-fourtn
volunteer iassrtry, rescued Gilmore 9
party on DeAlS. near the headwaters OF
the Abalut river, after they had been
abandoned bv the FlininOs and were
expectino de3th from the savages ar1nnd
them. When the rescuiug force reached
them they were nearly starved, but were
building rafts in the hope Of getting
down the river to the coast.
Lieutenant Gilmore made the follow
ing stateme"':
'.The .Filirinos. abandoned MS on the
night of Dec 16 We had reached the
Abalut river. near its source. that morn
ing and thr FiliriroS RATED uSover
We then wens dow2b<he stream. alon'
rough trail. guarded by company q
FiIipinos. rlat night we were separ
ated from this Guard and another com
pany, armed with Mausers, was put. il
charge ofus I susDected something
and ques Bned the lieutenant in com
mard. He said Ihave orders to shoe
Won all. but nv conscience forbids.
shall leave you here.
Il begged him for two rifles to pro
feet us from. savages. adding that
would give him letters to the Amerl
cans. who would pay him well and keo
MIN from all harm. He refused tins
lfowevez saving that he woulinct daf
to comply. Soon afterward he left wit
his company.
1--WE had seen some savages in wa
paint around us, and we prepared t
fight them with cobble stones, the onl
weapons that were availa TO MS. Th
next morning we followed the trail
the Filipino soldiers, feeling that it wa
better TO stick to them than to he mul
dcred by savages. but we could ne
catch up with them. Then. | ordere
the men to build RATS, in the hope
floating down the river 1t was fol
lorn hope. hut / knew the river mus
emnty into the sea somewhere. wa
so weak myself that did not expect
: get out, but 1 thought some of the mel
: could.
. "On the morning OF Dec. Is, while w
were working ON the .rafts. the Amer
. cans cane. toward As yelling. One
nv men shouted "they are on us" ii
was lashing a raft of bamboos. |, how
ever. knew it was not the yell OF say
ages. but the yell of Americans. Tn
rescuing troops thought we had Fillpln
guards and called to us to lie down
t that they could shoot the Fillpinos. Ina
5 was the finest body of officers and me
: l ever saw"
=. Iieutenant>G Gilmore could not spea
enthusiastically enough about the IA
: picked men who had rescued him an
; his party.
) The command spent the day in NAL
ing RATS. Colonel Hare thought Lle'
D teant Gilmore too weak to live throug
9 the trip, but there was no alternatly
9 They shot many rapids, the men losin