Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-01-11
CILLMORE'S STORY.
The Officer Speaks Warmly Of Agui-
naldo and Bitterly Of Tino.
HORRIBLE IREAINENTOF SPANIARDS
The Filipino Insurgents Had Old Grudges
to Wipe Out Against Them-A
Brush with the Rebels
Near linus.

Manila, Jan. S.-Lieut. j. Y. Olll-
more, of the United States gunboat
Yorktown, who was captured by the
insurgents last April, near Baler, on
the coast of Luzon, and rescued few
days ago by Col. Luther r. Hare, OF
the Thirty-third volunteer infantry,
sat yesterday in the apartment OF his
sister, Mrs. Major Price, at the Hotel
Oriente, in Manila, and told 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
ince of South Ilocos, with Lieut.. Gill
more and 10 other American prison
ers, including seven of his sailors
from the Yorktown. Lieut. Gilmore,
after reporting, came ashore and hob
bled along. with the aid of cane, to
the Hotel Oriente, where American
officers and ladies' were waltzing
through the halls to the strains OF
"Agninaldo's March,
Although tanned and ruddy from
exposure, he is weak and nervous,
showing the results of long hard
ships. He speaks warmly of Agui-
naldo and very bitterly against Gen.
Tino, declaring that while in the for
mer's jurisdiction, he was treated
splendidly, but after he fell into IL
nos hands, he suffered everything.
Col. Hare and Lieut.. Col. Howse,
the latter of the Thirty-fourth volun-
teer infantry, rescued Gillmore's party
on December IS, near the headwatcrs
of the Abalut river, after they had
been abandoned by the Filipinos and
were expecting death from the saw
age tribes around them. When the
rescuing force reached them they
were nearly starved, but were build
ING RATS in the hope of getting down
the river to the coast.
Lieut.. Gilmore made the follow
ing statement to correspondent OF
the Associated press:
"rhe FiliIinos abandoned us on the
| night of December 16. We had reached
| the Abalut river near its source that
morning and the Filipinos RATED us
over. We then went down the stream,
along rough trail, guarded by com
pany of Filipinos. That night we
were separated from this guard and
another company, armed with Maui
sers was put in charge of us. | sns-
pectcd something and questioned the
lieutenant in command. He said 1
have orders from Gen. Tino TO shoot
you all, but my conscience forbids.
| shall leave you here
81 begged him for two rifles to pro-
tect us from savases adding that |
would give him letters to the Ameri-
cans who would pay him well and
keep him from all harm. He refused
this, however, saying that he would
not dare TO comply. Soon aiterward
he left with his company,
"On the morning of December IS,
while we were working on the rats,
the Americans came toward us yell
ing. One of my men shouted, They
are on u.s. He was lashing raft OF
pamboos. |, however, knew it was
not the yell of savages but the yell
of Americans. The rescuing troops
thought we had Filipino guards and
called to us in English to lie down,
so that they could shoot the Filipinos'
That was the finest body Of officers
and men ! ever saw
Lieut.. Gilmore could not speak en-
Enthusiastically enough about the l4u
picked men who had rescued him and
his party.
The command spent the day in
making RATS. Col. Hare thought
Lieut.. Gilmore too weak to live
through the trip, but there was no
alternative. They shot many rapids,
the men losing all their effects, and
Lieut.. Gilmore some valuable papers
Only "A ont of % RATS survived the
| FIRST nights experiences and so men
! we're practically unable to walk when
vigan was reached.
"Ihe Filipino treatment Of the