The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
HAD A ROUGH TIME.
THRILLING STORY TOLD ny LIEUT.
ENANT GILMORE.
WEAK FROM STARVATION.
Gen. Tino Had Ordered That the Party
should be Shot, hut the Lieutenant In
Charge of the Guard Had Kinder
Heart, and Left Them behind to Strug-
gle for Themselves In Savage Country.


Manila. (By Cable. .)-Lieutenan j. c.
Gilmore, 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 few days ago by Col.
Luther II. Hare, OF the rhlrty-third volun-
teer Infantry, sat in the apartment OF his
sister, Mrs. Price, wife OF Major Price, at
the Hotel Oriente, in Manila, and told re.
markable story OF his eight months in cap
tiyity, ending with his dramatic delveranco
from death that seemed inevitable.
The steamer Venus came into the harbor
from Vigan, province OF South Iocas, with
Lieut.. Gilmore and nineteen other Ameri-
can prisoners, including seven OF his sailors
from the Yorktown. Lieutenant Gilmore,
after reporting, came ashore and hobblrd
along, with the aid OF n cane, TO the Hotel
oriente, where American officers and ladies
were waltzing through the halls to the strains
OF "Aguinaldo's March,"
Although tanned and ruddy from expos
ure, he Is weak and nervous, showing the
results of long hardshlps. He speaks warm
ly OF Aguineldo and very bitterly against
General Tino, declaring that while In the
formers jurisdiction he was treated spien-
didly, but that after he fell into Tinos hands
he suffered everything.
Colonel Hare and Iieutona.t Colopsi
Howe the latter of tbe THIRTY fourtb Wi
unteer Infantry. rescued Gillmore,a nartv on
December lS near the hand vvatera Of tba
Abalut river, after they had been abandoned
by the Filipinos and were exnectino deatb
from the savage tribes around them. When
the rescuing forces reached them thew were
nearly starved, but were building RATS In
the hope Of getting down the river to the
coast
Lieutenant Gillmore mada tho ,otlowIn~
statement,
"The Filipinos abandoned ns nm the njgbt
of December ia. Webad renchad tho AhaIrt
river. near its source and tho F,Iininos
RATED us over. We then went down ,he
stream along rough trail. guarded by n
company OF Fillpinos. That night we were
separated from this guard and another COM
pany, armed with Mausers, was put In charge
OF us. suspected something, and ques-
TONED the lieutenant In command. He said;
nave orders from General Tino to shoot
you all, but my conscience forbids. shall
ieave you here
oegged MIN Tor two rifles to protect US
from savages, adding that would give him
letters to the Americans, who would pay
MN wen una Keep him from all harm. He
refused this, however, saying that he would
not dare to comply. Soon afterward he left
with his company.
we had seen some savages In war paint
around US, ana we prepared to fight them
with eopDlestones, the only weapons that
were available to us. The next morning we
Followed the tran OF tho Filipino soldiers,
Keeling that 1t was better to stick TO them
thah TO pc murdered by savages, but We
couid not catch up with them. Then
ordered the men to build RATS, In the hope
oi nonting down the river. 1t was forlorn
nope put 1 Knew the river must empty into
the sea somewhere. L was so weak myself
that did not expect to get out, but
thought some OF the men could.
Yelis That Cheered Them.
"On the morning of December "a vbua
we were working on the rafts tho 49,,
cans cane toward us velling One -, mo
men shouted. ..Tbev are ON usln H., ~ -
lashing n raft of bamboo r ho,v,,'.r
knew Il was not the v,lI n, sava.os hn, ,,'n
veil OF Americans The rescuIng ,roo,,s
thought wa Ind FlIInino gnards ond oaIIid
to us in English to lie down so tha, thev
coulj sboot tho E,lJn,nos rho4 - ~