Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08
Of His Treatment by the
Filipino Rebels.
HE SUFFERED SEVERELY
American Prisoners Just Rescued
Underwent Many HardShips-They
Were Orderd Shot by Gen. Tino
But Aguinaldo Prevented 1t.

Manila. Jan. Tsp. m.. Lieut.. ]. c. Gill
more Of the United States gunboat York
town, who was captured by the insurgents
last April near Baler. on the east coast
of Luzon. and rescued a few days ago
by Col. Luther r. Hare, Of the Thirty
third volunteer infantry, sat today in the
apartment of his sister, Mrs. Major Price,
at the Hotel Oriente, in Manila. and told
a remarkable story of his eight months
In captivity ending his dramatic deliver
ance from a death that seemed inevitable.
The steamer Venus came into the harbor
last night from Vigan, province OF South
Ilocos. with Lieutenant Gilmore and
en- other American prisoners, in
Guiding seven of his sailors from the
Yorktown. Lieutenant Gilmore, after re-
porting, came ashore and hobble along
with the aid Of a cane to the Hotel Ori-
ente, where American officers and ladies
were waltzing through the halls to the
tune of "Aguina.do's March," Although
tanned and rudy from exposure, he is
weak and ervous, showing the effects
of long h%ardships. He speaks warmly OF
Aguinaldo and very bitterly against
General Tino, declaring that while at Ba-
Ter he was treated s%plendidly and after
that he was compelled to suffer every
thing. II %' .1 '
Col. Hare and Lieut.. Col. Howse, the
latter Of the Fourteenth infantry, rescued
Gilmore's party on December Is, near
the headwaters Of the Abalute river, at
ter they had been abandoned by the
Fglipinos and We're expecting death from
the savage tribes around them. When
the rescuing force reached them they
were nearly starved, but were building
rafts in the hope of getting Town the river
to the coast.
Lieutenant Gilmore made the following
statement to the Associated Press: THE
Filipinos abandoned us on the night Of
December Is. We had reached the b
lutte river. near its source. that morning
andathe %Ftlipinos separated.
1--WE went down the stream along a
rough tract, guarded by a company of
Filipinos. That night we were separated
from the guard and another company,
armed with Mausers, was put in charge
of us. I suspected something was going
to happen. The lieutenant in command
said: 4 was told to- shoot you, but l am
going to let YOU co.
II begged him for two rifles to protect
ourselves. ne TGluSGu Ills IcluCol. 0oOAA
after he left With his We had
seen some savages in war paint around
us and we prepared to fight them with
cobblestones. the only Weapon that we
could use. The next morning we fol-
lowed the TRAIL of the FAipinos, feeling
that it was better to stick to them than
to be murdered by the savages. I ordered
the men to build a raft in the hope of
floating down the river. 1t was a forlorn
hope, but I knew the river must empty
into the sea some where. I was so weak
myself that I did not expect to get out,
but I thought some of the men could.
ION the morning of December Is, while
we We're working OH the raft, the Amer
leans came toward us yelling. One of my
men shouted. They're or us!' He was
flashing a raft of bamiboos. I. however,
knew it was not the yell of savages, but
the YEN of Americans. The rescuing
troops thought we had Filipino
guards and called to us in English to lie
down SO they could shoot the Filipinos.
What was the finest body of officers and
~~n I ever saw"
Lieutenant Gilmore could not speak
enthusia sticaMy enough Of the Four
teenth infantrymen who had rescued
him and his party.
The command spent the day in making
RATS. Colonel Hare thought Lieutenant
Gilmore too weak to live through the
trip, but there was no alternative. They
shot many rapids, the men losing all thei
effects and lieutenant Gilmore some val
liable papers. Only fourteen out of thir.
ty-seven RATS survived the first nights
experience and eighty men were practi-
cally unable to walk when Vigan was
reached.
Describing the flight from Benguet, when
the Americans approached, Lieutenant
Gilmore said: THE Philippines, complete
ly terrified, left Benguet on December Z
They hurried the prisoners from town te
town. often retracing the trail, moi
knowing where the Americans would at.
tack. After being almost without food
for three days, they killed several horses
and we lived on horse flesh for several