The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-18
AMONG THE FILIPINO sAyAaEs
HOW Lieut.. James G. Gilmore and
His Men Were Captured.


praNe men Of Uncle Sans Arm, -,
N'Ny during the Spanish war and ~,
lhsurrection In the Philippines none re-.
maps. - more thrilling than that exnort
creed by Lieutenant James c. Gmnnora
y. ;. N OF the Yorktown. ana his bo,,,,
crow who fell into a Filipino ambush
year ago. and were either can,,,rod -,
Killed The tale IL told in a ,oos, -
pertaining manner by Ideutenant cu,
more himself In recent issue Of Co1Iie,,.
Weekly. VI 'oil'er
The object OF the expedition from, a.,
hurktown. Lieutenant Gulmore teus ,,a
was 70 land an officer and a man so the,
C'uld make reconnaissance to Local,
unt church at Baler. In which were no.
sl"<ed, by the insurrectos. a force -,
spaniards consisting Of about srty ~
pie lie adds
The commanding officer of tho yor,,
toWn, on April m, 1903 sent for me -
s'W ne wished me To take charge 90 q
ugat the Following morning. TO land m -
iS ,,...,, and men, and then TO protect them
" necessary. BY a display of force TbIs.
uth We're To be landed at "A small cove ~
~ eastward OF the river running nast
t ~ tvWh OF Baler. The commanding OF,
certain the depth Of the river al ~
mouth, and, ~ necessary, 10 mako e
representation TO throw the insurrecto-
Oh he track OF the two men. AboUi
i;2p In the morning / Ieft tbe sbi,, h 80 y
thc second cutter-the of1cer ana man as
laSsengers. The boat was armed with 3
MI , Itu'onatc IN the bow. and the crew
nuui'ioh. We pulled In under muffled
OURS IN the darkness. and landed the Of
hcer and man in the cove. After we null
81 out OF the cove for the rivers nni,tith
! discovered that a sentry at one OF The
uuuneIous stations on the beach had de-
,ec,ed US. was afraid that ne had also
probably seen us landing the officer and
man, 50 In order 90 let them think maj
had been searching for the mouth ~
thS river. pulled into the river for about
ing rough sketch OF the stream I
knew that we would have to sustain the
.rt OF the insurrectos coming out, but
trusted 20 the bow gun To disarranFs
their aim, which at best is not good I
was also OF the opinion that this would
serve to put item. off the track Of the
men landed. The left bank OF the river
was covered with high marsh erase IT,
swamp land. and 1 was under the i'm
preston that no outposts could be
there. The right bank was steep and
covered with jungle, and from observa-
ton ! Judged that the insurrectos had
ghlF their stations on the left bank OF
the river. as we neared the end OF the
swamp grass, and as I was lust about TO
give the order 10 return, we rounded a
ntnu ana came full on an outpost, who
haiied US and fired a shot. Before
~ Us ~ close rangc-about fifty wards -
The effect OF this volley was terrible.
Two men we're killed instantly the
Trains % one being scattered over the
hngers cut on his left hand. hut still
Kept bravely 20 his post at the star
noard strok" oar. The starboard oars
We're riddlod and most Of them shattered
n. hoat was pierced nv the Remington
'als ana made water fast As soon 20
possible after recovering FROM the first
Sno'f. we opened fire with Colt and RI
Res. The ambush was so complete that
"" could not see NJ what 20 fire. not eve.
". smoke. The second volley threw the
Cot out OF action hv shatterinp the nov
and cutting the loading tape. The order
was given 20 hack oars. hut % only verv
tcw could be used the tide drifted ,Is m
I,. ,,, sandha INK Three - the men brave
nut I'd not succeed. the tide setting M.
l0 Ihe Nollevs were now poured in on
us from tho left hank IN dufck succes-
SION. MORALLY woundinE two mon ana 60.
ricuslv woundirR three others. and nv
self slightly. ~ this time I wos under
were either wourded or killed as the bod
los ~ the men who were killed and NOR
tallv wounded had fallen on the sligbter
r,en IN the boat. ~ the bottom OF whit
thev were strugElinE. The boat was
covered with blood presenting a fearful
Stght. The cries OF the rnortaiIv wound
"a. ASKING me 20 shoot them and not al
low them 10 fail into the hands OF the
savaRes. were heartrend'nR. At the ssr1e
tive there could be seen coming dovy,
nc right hank n hand OF savsges-boIo
erd spearmen-with n few Remington RI
frs. ' THEN gave the order ~ hoist the
white fng. THIS was done bv one Of the
wen. who received hail through the
wr'st ard drorped the flag
'''rhe firing from fhe enemy now came
faster and 7 thought thev intended 10
massacre us so continued our fire we
t@rt nv ~ officer saving that " we ala
not cease firing and surrender ne would
murder vs. ALL"
" was then that Lieutenant Giilmore
frrNv surrendered:
The savaRes on the right bank came
wv took us out ~ the boat robbed VS.
tied our arms behind our backs with
bamboo thongs. and lived MS up on the
beach to be shot. I protested against he
lrg shot with my arms tied and this nv
tercation which lasted about FIVE win
io.ded their rifles and were ali readv
when TaRalog officer came out OF the
bush and ordered otherwise. We were
then sent aboard the boat. and after
halls and pulling the boat out. proceeded
IN the river 7 now found that ~ nv
two were rOrtallv wounded and helm
less. ard three were seriously wounded
We pulled uu tho r'vor some dtstance-
probably n quarter ~ n mile-when our
guards ran tho boat TITO shore rnndo No
and started 20 march ne in
lind ~ tho town ~ pa1er We wished
20 tntc tho bodies Of tho dead ont Of the
boat but were not allowed u 10 so Tho
bodies 81 the two mortallv wounded mn
ve were allowed 30 tpko ont OF the boat
rtpce ~ the shade. end mako tbor, as
con, Portable ~ POSSIBLE. The Officer IS
surcd rre thnt he would send down r,edt-
col ATTENDANCE 20 therr hut IN r,v nnin-
I'm no medical attendance would have
savrd thcrr. ~ thev were diving ~ we
foft We were allowed ~ carry tho sort
o~stv wounded along with rs. and we
fNou Marched 20 the co-rrra rdn nte's Of
go nud underwent eVarrtnntiou After
this evnrofration. we marched about two
r,ites inland. through dense woods ~ y
49, r.too Church. who're we were placed
u~for strict guard "
THE nevt dow orders from Aguina'd~
cnr-e for them 90 rrarch 10 the rebel
~ nftni Saw Tsidro. Teavtnr the sor'ors-
" wounded hohird. thew began n long
ard wenrv march into the irtertor over
rouutrv tr~ten with mountains and
u~trid~od strearrs and over r~ads decp
With mud Thetr unrds were how n " y
arrow nna spepr mon. COMMANDED Nv y
r. nIoe corrorni T'erte~nnt CNlmore
tells the story ~ that rrarch. stage ~
stare. recit'rg how ~ ti-res the party
cn~~ped IN The open ~ raius'orrne ard
cold. or were net with threats and In
hospitRitv In towns. md bow. also. -
sor,e towns fhev werc wei fed md well
treRted Nv order ~ tho town presidertes.
Tho purity remained ntre davs 1T San
rs'dro ard then rs American forces were
pushirg forward, thew were ordered to
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