The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-08

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grass and bark
while we were in the hands OF Gem
eraI Tiuo's men he issued an order that
any person aiding an American by food
or money should be treated as q Grim
inal. One citizen Of vlgan. senor Vera,
was probably killed for befrIending Us.
We should have starved but for the
kindness Of some OF the residents Of
the town. and some Of the Filipino COLI
onels, but others treated US brutally'
Wherever there was 4 prison We were
kept there. When there was no prison,
they would lodge us in a convent. We
suffered greatly from want OF exercise,
as well as lack OF food"
For weeks Lieutenant Gilmore was
covered with boils and in great pain,
When the Fllipinos found the Ameri-
cans were approaching, the treatment
became better. There was a sign
painter in the party and he painted 'ad-
vsrtisements on the rocks throughout
the retreat, with other emblemS like a
skull and the word vengeance" by
means Of which the Americans were
able to follow.
''The Filipino treatment Of the Span
tards,' said Lieutenant .GillmoFs.
was brutal In the extreme. The In
surEents had old Grudges to wipe out
against them. Many talk about the
reconcentradoes in Cuba, but ! have
seen spanlards dying at the rate Of
two or three per day Of starvation in
the hospitals at vigan. have seen
Tagalo oficers strike spanIRrds in the
face with whips and reyolvers."
Lieutenant Gilmore declined to speak
regarding present conditions, except to
say that he thought the insurrection
would last as long os there were any
Tagalos left.
The members of the party reported
to General Otis this morning. They
were bare-footed, sunburned and rag
ged. Some carried rifes. others pet
monkeys. They attracted a great deal
of attention as they passed along the
streets. Those whose eniistments are
about expiring will be sent to the
United States. The others will be re-
turned to their respective organiEa-
tons.
Among the prisoners arriving with
Lieutenant Gilmore were F. ]. Hubert,
Edward Burke and j. j. Fadtey, sailors
from the Urdaneta; Won Galen, of the
Baltimore; A. H. Gordon and George
sackett, OF the Third infantry; Leland
Smith and Frank Stone, OF the signal
corps; Harry Hueber. Of the hospital
corps; william Bruce and Edward
Honeyman, Of the Nevada cavalry;
Martin Brennan and James curran, of
the sixteenth infantry; Albert Bishop
of the Third artillery, and John o'Brien
and David Brown, civilians.
Brown, who was formerly a preacher
in Honolulu. twice revealed to the In
surgents plots OF the Americans to es-
cane. in the hope OF gaining the good
will Of the FilIpIpos. The rest Of the
party openly accuse him Of treachery
and entertain the bitterest feelings to-
ward him.
Charles Baker. of the Fourth artil-
lery, was formerly one of the prisoners
but he became too weak to travel and
the Filipino guards bayonetted him
during the last flight through the
mountains.
The prisoners of Lieutenant Gill
more's party who escaped after leav-
ing Vlgan were Mcdonald, Of the
Twenty-hrst infantry; Won Galen. of
the Baltimore, and Farley, Of the Ore
gon. They were captured by saw
ages, recaptured by the insurgents,
who had stripped and prepared to beat
them, and were ultimately rescued by
the Americans.