The Portland daily press., 1900-01-08

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RATS. Col. Hare thought Lieut.. Gilmore
too weak to live through the trip
but there was no Alternative They shot
many rapids the men losine all their
effects and Lieut.. Gilmere some valuabls
papers. Only II out Of 81 RATS survived
the frst nights expsrisnsss and eighty
men were prastiesIly unable to walk
when visan was ashsd. Describing the
flight from, Bensues. when the Americas
approached. Lieut.. Gilmore said:
"Ths gilipinos, completely terrified,
left Bssgust on December Z. Thss hur
risd the prisonsrs from town 70 town,
often rssraoins the trail, NOT knowing
After being almost ,withous food for
three days, they killed several horses and
We lived on horse fiesh for several days.
did not have full meal from Dscsmber
2 until reached vigan. Isdsed, the
rssouing party lived largely upon rice
without saIk There wss one day when
was reduced to chewing grass and bark
"while We were In the hands OF Gen.
Tino's men, he issued an order that any
person aiding an American By food or
money should BE- treated - . criminal.
One citizen Of visan, Senior Vera, was
probably killed for bsfriendina us. We
should have starvef but for the kindness
Of some Of ths presidsnts Of the towns
and some Of the Filipino oolonels but
others treated Ne brutally. Wherever there
was prison We were kept there. whom
there was no prison they would lodge us
In convent. We suffered greatly from
want Of exercise ~ we'll ~ from lack Of
food"
FOR weeks, Lieut.. Gilmore was covered
with boiis and In great pals. when the
yilipinos foand the Amerieans were
approaching the treatment became bsttsr.
There was . sign painter In the party
aud he paintsd Advertisements On the
rocks throughout the resreas With
emblsus. like . skull and the word
"vengsanos" By means Of which the
Americans were abls to follow.
1.-THE Filipino treatasnt Of 5paniards. -
said Lisut. Gilmore. "was brutal II the
extreme. The insurgsnss hsd old srudges
to wips out against them. Many talk
about the reosncentradss In Cuba but
I have sssn Spaniards dying at the rate
Of two or three per day Of starvation In
tina hospitals at visen. have sen
TAealo ofticerI strike Spanisrds In the
face with whips and revolvsrs."
:lLisut. Gillmers declined 10 speak re-
gar ling political conditions except TO say
that hs thought the issurrectiou would
last % long ~ there ware any Tasalogs
left.
The members Of the party reported 10
General Otis this morning. They wers
barsfootsd, sunburncd and rAessd. Soms
carried rifiss. others pet monkeys. They
attracted great deal Of atssntion 80 they
pssssd alssg ths ssrsstA Thoss who's en-
listmsnts are absus expired Will 10 -ssnt
to the United Statss. Ths others will
be returned to their respective orgsnisA-
tionr.
Among the prisoners arriving with
Lieut.. Gilmore were Y. J. Hubert, Ed
ward Burke and J. j. Farley. sailors
from the UrdAneta; Won GaIen Of ths
Baltimore; A. H. Gordon and Gsorgs
Saokstt OF the third infantry; Leland
Smith and Frank Stone Of the signal
corps Harry Huber of ths hospital corps
William Brucs and Edward Honeyman
Of the Nevada cavalry; Martin Brennan
and James Curran Of the sixteenth In
fantry; Albert Bishop Of the third artil.
lery and John o. 'Brien and David Brown,
civilians.
Brown, who was formerly . preacher
10 Honolulu, twios revealed to the insur'
gents plots OF the Americans to escape
In the hope OF gaining the goodwill of
the Filipinos. The rest of the party open
ly accuse him of traohery and entertain
the bittsress feeling toward him.
Charles Baker, Of the third artillery,
wns formerly one Of the prisoners but he
became too weak to travel, and the FIJI
pino guards bayonettsd him during the
last flight thro ugh the mountains.
The prisoners Of Lieut.. Gillmore's par
ty who escaped after leaving vigan, were
Macdonald OF the 2lst Infantry, Won
Galsn Of the Baltimore and Farley Of
thu Oregon. They. were captured by
savAges, rs.csptured by the insurgents,
who stripped and prepared to beat them
and ultimately rescued by the Ameri-
cans.
The Yorktown's men who were rescued
wish Lieut.. Gilmore. are W. Walton.
chief quartsrmaster; Vandert. sail
makers mate; J. Ellsworth, coxswaini
L. p. Edwards, landsman; A. J. Peter
son, apprentice; u. Anderson. landsman,
and s. Prisoless, seaman.
At Baler, J. Dillon, landsinan, and U,
A. Morrisey, !Iandsman. were instantly
killed; o. p. Mcdonald, seaman. ant
II. J. Nigard, gunner's mate. were NOR
tally wounded and ID. W. A. Venviile
appr rentice, and .. W. Woodbury.. ssa
man, were seriously wounded.