The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-08
The RESCUE
OF GILMORE.
Lieutenant and His Party Were
Abandoned by Rebels.
THEY HAD BEEN ORDERED SHOT
Were Building Rats 10 Escape Savages
When Their Rescusrs Appeared
REACHED NGAN NEARLY EXHAUSTED.
While In Hands Of General TIho Prisoners Were
Most Cusli Treated, and Ssnor Vera Was
Shot for fsfrIendIng Them.

Manila, Jan. S.-Lieut. j. c. Gilmore
of the United States gunboat York
town, who was captured by the insur-
gents last April near Baler, on the east
coast OF Luzon,a and rescued a few days
ago by Col. Luther r.. Hare of the 33d
Volunteer Infantry, sat yesterday in
the apartments OF his sister Mrs Maj.
Price. at the Hotel Oriente an Manila,
and told a remarkable story OF his
eight months in captivity. ending with
his dramatic deliverance from death
that seemed inevitable.
The steamer Venue came into the
harbor Saturday evening from Vigan.
province OF South Ilocos. with Lieut..
Gilmore and 10 other American prison.
ers. including seven OF his sailors from
the Yorktown. Lieut.. Gilmore. after
reorting, came ashore and hObbled
along with the aid OF a cane TO the Ho-
tel Oriente, where can officers
and ladies were waltzing through the
halls 10 the strain OF "Aguinaldo's
March"
Although tanned and rudy from ex-
posure, he was weak and nervous,
showing the results OF long hardship
He speaks warmly OF Aguinaldo and
very bitterly against Gen. Tino, declar-
ing that while in the formers Jurisdic-
tion he was treated splendidly. but that
after he fell into Tino's hands he suf-
fered everything.
Col. Hare and Lieut.. Col. Howse, the
latter OF the Saith Volunteer Infantry.
rescued Gilmore's party on December
rs. near the headwateus OF the Abalut
river. after they had been abandoned
by the Filipnos and were expecting
death from the savage tribes around
them. When the rescuing force reached
them they were nearly starved but
were building RATS I'm the hope OF get
ting down the river to the coast
GILMoREs STATEMENT.
Lieut.. Gilmore made the following
statement To a correspondent OF the
Associated Press:
THE FiliDinos abandoned us on the
night OF December rs. We had reached
the Abalut river near its source that
morning and the Filiplnos RATED us
over. We th-n went down the stream.
along rough trail. guarded by a COM
pany of Flnpinos That night we were
separated from this guard. and another
company, armed with Mausers. was
put In charge OF us. I suspected some
command. He.said: 4 have orders from
Gen. Tino to shoot you ALL but my con-
science forbids IL. / shall leave you
here
81 begged him for two rifles TO pro-
tect us from savages. adding that I
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 woufc not dare
to comply Soon afterwards he left
with his COMPANY
I'VE had seen some savages I'm war
paint arounu us and we prepared to
fight them with cobble stones the only
weapons that were available to us The
next morning we followed the trail of
the Filipino soldiers. feeling that IL was
better to stick TO them than TO be muir
dered by savages. but we could not
catch up with them. Then ordered the
men 30 build RATS. in the hone of float
ing down the river. II was forlorn
hope but ] knew the river must empty
into the sea somewhere. was so weak
myself that did not expect to get out.
but thought some OF the men could.
THEY ARE on US"
'Op the morning OF December IS.
while We were working on the RATS.
the Americans came towards us yell
Ing. One OF our men shouted, They are
on=us.' He wis lashing a raft of bam-
boos I, however. knew II was not the
yell OF savages but the yell vi Ameri- |
cans. The rescuing troops thought weN
had Filipino guards. and called 10 us I'm !
English "a lie down, so that they could I
shoot the FilipinOs. That was the fin |
est body OF officers and men / ever I
saw"
Lieut.. Gilmore could not speak en-
enough about the 14O /
picked men who had rescued him and |
his party.
The command spent the day I'm max
ing rafts. 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
papers. Only IA out Of 81 RATS
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