Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-11
A Dramatic Escape From Death
During His Eight Months
Captivity.
BITTER AGAINST GEN. TINO.
Was Well Treated by Aguinaldo-Pris.
offers Were Nearly Starved When
Americans Reached Them-Gen.
Tho Had Ordered Them Shot
But They Were Abandoned,


Gilmore of the United states sunboat
Yorktown. who was captured by the in
surgentS last April near Baler, on the
east coast of Luzon, and rescued a few
days ago by Col. Luther r. Hare of the
$50 volunteer infantry, sat to-day i'll the
apartment of his sister, Mrs. Major Price,
at the Hotel Oriente. in Manila, and told
Il remarkable story of his eight months
captivity, ending with his dramatic de-
llverance from. a death that seemed in
evitable.
The steamer Venus came into the harbor
last evening from Nigan. province of
South llocoS, with Lieut. Gilmore and -
other American prisoners, including seven
of his sailors from the York; own. Lieut.
Gilmore after reporting came ashore and
hobbled along, with the aid of a cane to
the Hotel Oriente, where American Of
ficcrs and ladies We're waltzing through
the halls to the strains of Aguinaldo's
March"
Although tanned and rudy from ex-
posure, he is weak and nervous. showing
the results of long hardships. He speaks
warmly of Aguinaldo and very bitterly
against Gen. 1ino, declaring that while
in the formers jurisdiction he was treat
ed spendidly but that after he fell in
Tino's hands. he suffered everything.
Col. Hare and Lieut.-Col. Howe. the
latter of the 34th volunteer infantry, res
Cued Gilmore's party on Dec. IS near the
headwaters of the Abalut river, after
~ "au Durii a.,a,l''onru ~ ..le 'iPi',s
u 80 VNpeC.''s ued'h ,!o'h we saw
cuing force reached them they We're near
~ starved, but were building RATS in the
hope of getting down the river to the
coast.
49,. ~ . .'''s t'e o"i"s 9ta.e
.na o. " ''p0"ue''' Vi '"e A'soNl"-
.arho I;,,,., ,,
ne fllPinos apahuohed us on the
l'snt 0. zee. 10. we mad reached the
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re-, a ,,,. AZ -, la!teu US otel
troii u,,nrdos vac .a,, ''os'S "a .Uusi
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tenan, in command ta cid y h t'av NV er-
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nv. oorsniaron .a,.iG, ~ S''oTt you an OUT
r,r,, '> "'"9' '''"" 'aNe W"
.,r hocooa ,;, e.. .. .o -
us from $50" aI,,in', ,' W
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wcuid not az si,,a, , ~, sasIns 'hat ne
v..rd bn tof. ,,'i,n :, oips. noo'' 'i'er-
wv, ~ ' ne Company. -
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that u,,ra o,oii.h,o -, az, M, 80, ~
t nc. WV u'ai'aoic W us, Inc next morn
Ing ao, we toliowea ,he traii OF the Filipino
- 49,, LINZ 'iot II was pe,ter 10 SUCK
" ~ ''''n W NC Hu iucIch ID! dNaSe7 :
,rt "I 80 no. eaten up WIN mem
~ ha, " w az 'iio hi.h W puhu lalts' n
,,.. 'p pf ~ "1',ns uo"h 'he river II
, ""o Ct ~ ,oi IL nope, put hhe" the river
49, S'lp.s NV tne Hoa somewhere
w. ~ "V"N ny e,.i ti,a' u'u NOT expect
,, 0"'' ""' Thought Some OF me men
49, .,i'. 81,
-, Wv nno' nIhs ol Dtc' 10 WINE we were
,. N.',s -" NY ie'i's, 'ne americans came
o Iva" .,r, Us srii''s' One OF my men shont-
80. - "ic o'' 20 ne was idShlhE u
.',' ~ ""hnpoos' l. however, knew II was
~ nv yen VI saNdsts Out the yen or
.ni'iIi ~, aI|,' ne lesVuihe troops thought
we nau riiplno guards ana called % is
III i1nsitSn 10 ne oo"n. so mat they could
Snoo' me flhpihos. Ihat was the finest
poHN OF oHlcers ana men ever saw
Lieut. gilmore could not speak enthusi-
aS'ioal'E enough about the lp picked men
WY "a" rescued MN ana ms party.
ne command spent the day IN making
i"''S' 'ol' rare tnought Lieut. Gilmore
700 weak TO I'VE through the trip but
there was no alternative Ihey shot many
RAPIDS 'he men losing all their efects.
ann Lieut. G'lnore some valuable papers.
my IA out OF % RATS survived the mrs
hlsh. rNperlTnce' ana eighty men were
fr"cucalIy uhaple 10 walk when Nlga1
WIS reacheu'
'escrloi"S the Hlsht from BenSuet
wnoh III" NHellcahS a!'ploH'ted' Lieut..
gilmore saiu
ne ""p'"us' oL"piu.ely terFIneu' lei'
h.hSuet on Dec l. IHrv nurrled the
PRISONERS IRON Town TO lo"n' often re-
Americans would attack. After being al
most without food for three DAYS they
killed several horses and lived en- hors
flesh several DAYS | did not have a fun
meal from December 7 until reached
Vigau Indeed. the rescuirg party lived
largely upon rice without salt There was
one dav when I was reduced to chewing
grass and bark.
Z while we we're in the hands n Cen
Tino's men he issued an order that any
nerson aiding an American nv food n,
money should he treated as A criminal
one citizen of Vigan. Seror Vera. was
probablv killed for befricudine us. we
wou,d have starved hut for the kiudnes.
or e,tme of ,le nresidonts of the towns anf
sr,me of The E'iltpino colonels. but others
treated us b,1ltaliy. Wherever there was q
nrison we were kent there. When there
was M nrisnn they would lodge us in Z
convant we suffered greatly from wan
nr axercise as we'll as lack of food"
Eo. weeks lent Gilmore was covered
lin hollis md in great main. When III,
ti,,ninos found the Americans we're an
rraahin ~ ,rootm.nt bacanne hotter
,rhane ~ y sion nainter In tho marty an,
ha. ,,aintoa Observation-Disclosures IN Inc rork
,brnnahout tbe retraat win other am