The Lamar register., 1900-01-10
|JoRE's STORY.
l,Nos OF HIS MEN WHILE
PRISONERS.
ordered TO shoot Them. But
t.. Tb,m Loose to starve-Narrow
From Death,

jan o. -tsitaf'hHht ~. ~
~ the United States gun
town. who was captured by
-rcpfs last April near s;aler,
~ Of Luzou. aud rescued
ago by Colonel Luther H
IN, Thirty-;hird volunteer in
ar today In the apartments
Ter Mrs. Major Price, at the
rpte In Manila and told n re-
story of his eight months
ending with his dramatic
fc from death that SEEMED In
aamer Venus came into the
~ evening from the Nigan
Of South ilccos with Lieu
Fillmore and nineteen other
! prisoners. Including seven Of
from the Yorktown Lieu
Fillmore. after reporting. came
,d hubbipd along. with the aid
10 the Hotel Oriente. where
officers and ladies were
through the balls TO the
-AEulHaido's March"
n tauuc,i and Fnddy from cx-
+ weak and nervous. show
!. suits OF long hariships. He
nrmly ~ Aguiualda aud very
-1IuSt Gsenerni Tino. declar-
while tu the fDrIueg's jurisdle-
was treated splsutlidly. but
fru into TIno's hands he SUI
rythiuE
lIHHr aud Lieutenant Colo
So. the latter u the Thirty
v6lGuterr Infantry, rescued
PARTY on pcccmher 18th.
h.adwHters 90 the Ahalut
tsr they lad ts,t'n abandoned
( kIllpiu1s aud were expecting
u the savage tribes around
Warn thr ge7sculug fOr,r
tlem fhcy wCrc nearly
but were buiilins RATS i'm
ay -rttinE down The river to
rhrf GIilmgre fussdc the fol
atsmsut
l'riuns abandoned ~ on the
Ie7eniscE 10Th. We had reach
aiut river near is source that
and tho t'iipinas Fifted Us
thea went down the stream
r9Bsn trail guarded by q com-
| Fuptn1s TaSt night We were
a foul this guard aud another
arIagd wita NauScrS, Was
zHsg n ", suspected some,
81 Questioned the lieutenant
Bt lie saids 4 have arslcrs
arIi 1gna 90 shoot you ALI
csEscJruce forhiis. shall
here
=I him Tor two rides 10 pro
fwns saFaS.ss. adding that I
! Fg hTm iTfterS 10 the Ameyi.
UDuid p9y him well and keep
sIi usFIa He refused this.
sIyEuz De Foni1 udt dare 10
Susa aflcrwarll be irft with
Taug.
a SETl SDlEr savaEcs ~ war
pEuL ~ and We prepared to
o. usiIh rGistiesfaBes- tlie only
rlat Were available TO u.
aaga.ss We followed the trail
l.piBa soldiers. feeling that &
a-r o. stick % them than H.
4 @ HE =ayBS,s, but We could not
aifl thtm rh.n ! ordered
90 buit1 gaFtS 10 the bSpe %
down the EiVrF. II Was Z for
buJ I knew the river must
B'a EjEc sea somewhere. l ysas
gly>-if that I did not expect
ui Hut thpBs1t sanu 81 the
morning of December 18th
Uegc working Uu the RATS
1eNus ctuie toward up yelllnE.
ly ussu shouted They ars on
was laehiuE d raft ot ham
hrw-rvcr, knew Il was not the
sayaEe~. hut the ypIl cr Aneri-
b. Fs-ssuinE troops thought va
FED guards and called to us
lsh 20 lie down. So that they
aDt the Fllluinas. That was
r. body Of officers and men l
naHt GiliRaare could no; speak
siiy1lly enough about ihe i4a
fHHn who hitT rescued hiu and
fmmanl susut the dag Ia max
Colonel liarr fhought Lien.
E"Ahaore too weak u llEc
'hr "Trip. but there was no al
They shot many rapids. tle
a. all their effects. and Lieu
F'Illmora some valua bic papers.
lTf"~u ont Of thirty,sevsn RATS
The first experience and
'"n were practically unable to
Pen NigaH yyas reached.
hing the fiEsht from Benguet
r. Americans approached, Lieu
FIulmurg said:
lipinCS- completely terrified.
surt on December 18th. They
the prisoners from town
p, often rctracing the
not knowing where the
ns would attack. After
lmcSt without food for three
Eh"y killed several horses and
on horse flesh for several
dsd not have a fun meal from
p Tth until reached yigan.