Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-17
But After Months Of Suffering Lieut.
Gilmore and Party Were
Rescued.
GEN. IINO ORDERED THEM KILLED
The Story One Of Fearful Hardships
Been Captives Since
April, 1899.

Manila, Jan. Z, s p. m.-Lieut. j. C.
Gilmore, of the United States gun.
boat Yorktown, who was captured
by the insurgents last April, and res
cued a few days ago by Col. Luther
II. Hare of the Thirty-third volun-
teer infantry, sat today in the apart
mento Of his sister, Mrs. Maj. Price at
the Hotel Oriente, In Manila, and told
n remarkable story Of his eight
month OF captivity, ending with his
dramatic deliverance from q death
that seemed inevitable.
The steamer Venus came into the
harbor last night from VigaD, prov
ince OF South llocos, with Lieut.. Gil
more and 10 other American prison
ers, including seven OF the sailors
from the Yorktown. Lieut.. Gilmore
after reporting, came ashore, and
hobbled along with the aid OF a zane
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
exposure, he is weak and nervous,
showing the results OF long ardships.
He speaks warmly of A~guinaldo ind
very bitterly of Gen. Tino, declaring
that while in the formers jurisdic-
tion, he was treated s%plendidly, but
that after he fell into Tino's hands he
suffered everything.
Col. Hare and Lieut.. Col. Howse,
the latter of the Thirty.fourth infan-
try, rescued Gilmore's party o. Dec.
Is, near the head waters Of the Aba.
Tut river, after they had been aband-
oned by the FilipinOs and were ex-
pecting death from the savage tribes
around them.
When the rescuing party reached
them they were nearly starved, but
were building RATS in the hope OF
getting down the river to the coast.
Lieut.. Gilmore made the following
statement to Il correspondent of the
Associated Press: "The Filipinos
abandoned us on the night OF Dec. 16.
We had reached the Abalut river
near it's source that morning, and
the Filipinos RATED us over. We
then went down the stream along a
rough trail, guarded by n company
OF Filipinos.
That night we were separated
from this guard, and another CON-
pany armed with Mausers, was put
In charge of us. ! suspected some
thing and questioned the lieutenant
In command. He said:
81 have orders from Gen. Tino to
shoot you all, but my conscience for
bids. Ishall leave you here
II begged him for two rifles to pro-
tect us from the savages, adding that
1 would give him letters to the Amer
leans, who would pay him well and
keep him from oil harm. He refused
this, however, saying he would not
dare to comply. Soon afterwards he
left us with mis- company.
1--WE had seen some savages in war
paint around us and we prepared to
fight them with cObblestones, the
only weapons available to US. The
next morning, we followed the trail
OF the Filipino soldiers. feeling that
1t was better to stick to them than
be murdered by savages, but we
could not catch up with them.
'Then l ordered the men to build
RATS In the hope OF floating down
the river. 1t was a forlorn hope, but
I knew the river must empty into the
sea somewhere. 1 was SO weak my
self that l did not expect to get out,