Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-09
STORY QHrGENORE.
That AmeTttR TeHs Of Ills Eight
Months fmpiisJHmeht.
HE SUFFERED MUCH.
Mali the Time lie Was Given ScAntJ
Rations ReiOiced at the Sight
Of Ilare's Men How Ills
Escape Was Made.

Manila. Jan s---I.ieutenant ! c. Gil.
more Of the United States gunboAt York.
town. who was captured by tho insur-
gents last April near Baler, on the coast
Of Luzon aud was rescued few days
ago by Oolonsl L6iher n Hare o. the
Thirty third volunteer infantry sat Sun.
day IN the apartment Of his sister. Mrs
Major Price at the Hotel orieuIe in
Manila and told remarkable story Of
his eight months ia captivity. ending
10 his dramatic. deiiterAncr from fate
that seemed inevitable death.
b The steamer Venus came into harbor
Saturday night from vigan, province
Of South llocos with Lieutenant Gil
more and 10 other American prisoners,
including several Of his sailors from the
Yorktown Lieutenant Gilmore after
reporting. came ashore and hobbled
along with the aid Of cane TO the
Hotel Oriente where American officers
and ladies we're Waiting through the
halls to the strains Of "Aguinaldos
March
Although tanned aud ruddy from ex.
posuro and bis weakness aud nervous.
ness showing the result Of long hard.
ships hospeaks warmly Of Aguinaldo
and very bitterly against General Tino,
declaring that while in the formers
jurisdiction he was treated splcndidly.
but that after he fell into GenoralTinos
hands he suffered everything
Colonel Hare aud Lieutenant Colonel
Howse. the latter Of the Thirty fourth
volunteer infantry, rescued Gilmore
party on Dec IL near the heAdwaters Of
the Abalut river after they had been
abandoned by the Filipinos and were
expecting death from the savage tribes
l'Around them When the rescuing fore,
reached them they were nearly starved
but were living in the hope Of getting
down the river 10 the coast Lieutenant
Gilmore made this statement 10 the As
ISOLATED Press
THE Fflipinos abandoned us on Dec
10. We had reached the AbAlut rivei
near It's source that morning and th'
Filipinos RATED us over We then wen
down the stream, along a rough trai
guarded by company Of Filipinos
That night wa were separated fIom thi
guard and another company put h
charge Of us | suspected something
aud questioned the lieutenant 10 CON
mand He said I have orders fror
: General Tino 10 shoot YOU all. but N
, conscience forbid. I shall leave 20
here
Il begged him for two rifles to prC
tect Us from savages. adding that
. would give him letters to the Amer
j cans who would pay him we'll and kee
, him from all harm lie refused how
ever saying that he would not dare
D comply Soon afterward no left wit
ii his company . 500.
We bad seen some savages. aroun
W aud we prepared 10 fight them wit
2 cobblestones, the only weapons thu
, were available 20 ms The next mori
ing we followed the trail Of tho Fiiipir
= soldiers. feeling tina, 1t was better
NJ stick n them'thm 10 be murdered ;
savages, but We Could not catch up wit
theu Then ] ordered the men 10 bull
' RATS in the hope ot floating down u
G river II was forlorn hope, but
knew the river must empty in the -
SOMEWHERE I was 90 weak that ! u
not expect 20 get ont but thougl
., some Of the rnen'couit
N gil, On ihe murninR Of Dec ~ while y
Il were working oB Tim RATS the Ame
r.. leans came toward US yelling One
4 my men shouted they yre on u-, j
was lashinga raft Of bamboos how
ever. knew Il was not the yell Of ga
rs ages but the yell 81 Americans III
- TttculnE lIhnlH tHINukHN wv nav u %
Pine gnard. and called 10 ne in Englis
10 lie down ~ that they could shoot u
, FilipiuOs That was tho finest body
officers and men Lever saw .s|..
Lieutenant Gilmore could not spea
enthusiastically enough about the
a picked men who had rescued him ar
y, his party
y The command spent the day IN ma
T, ing RATS Colonel Hate Thought Lien
"a Gilmore too weak 10 live through u
Al nip but there was mo- alternative The
m shot many rapids. tho men losing d
1f their effects and Lieutenant Gilmo
I'd some valuable papers Only u ont
10 STRAITS survived the first nights exp
A." rience and so men were practically %
y able to walk when Nigau was reache
b. pa..iu- f,uut.rf.It Mau.v