El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
THRILLING STORY
OF the Rescue OF Lieutenant 6ilmo e
IN the PHILIPPINES.

In Mcclure Lieutenant GllliuOIe
tells of his nine months captivity
among the Filipinos. during which he
twice crossed the island of Luzon
with his captors, and was finally, with
his fellow prisoners, abandoned IN
the northern mountains by the
guard, who had disobeyed their or
ders to Kill the captives. On the third
day after their abandonment, the
wretched party was rescued by Colonei
Hare This is the sailors account OF
the joyful meeting.
Next morning we were up early
Some of us were tinkering at the
RATS; others were cooking the morn
ing meal. We heard a loud yell, ana
around bend of the river,running rap
idly across the stony beach, charged
body of men. We dropped our work,
anu some of us cried out, The savages.
The savages," Instinctively we be-
gan picking up stones with whlch 10
defend ourselves. Another yell from
the advancing squad. and it seemed to
me there was something familiar about
IT. The tones vibrated in my SOUL
| felt my flesh flush hot; my heart act
ed queerly; my muscles were a-twltcn-
ing. A third yell, Yes, those are the
voices of our countrymen; and now we
were able to see the blue shirts and
yellow khaki of the American SOL
Americans. lie down." they cried,
rushing nearer and nearer They
thought we were under guard, and
wanted us to get out of harms way
in case of battle. Needing not their
cries, we leaped toward them We held
out our hands; we embraced one an
other. rescued and rescuers. They
eyed us closely. because we were so
pale. weak and disheveled- We felt
like children who had escaped danger
and reached our fathers knee 1t
seemed good to get close to them, to
feel their strength, their protection.
Colonel Hare put his arm around me.
and i didn't want him to take il
away. He called for three cheers for
Us. His lusty men woke the echoes
there among the rocks | then
asked my men to cheer the soldiers;
the volume of sound was now thin
and weak by contrast. but the hearts
of a score of grateful. happy fellows
were in il. For some time we stood
thus. shaking hands. exchanging in
quiries. cheering now and then.
remember the regret / felt because
could not yell louder.
Our reScuerS laughed till they
cried as they sat watching us eat
and encouraging us to take more OF
course we were eager to learn how
they had been able to find us. and lit
tie by little they told us the story.
had known Colonel Hare's father
Judge Hare. in Washington. and the
last thing the old gentleman said to- his
son when the latter sailed for the
Philippines in March was Find
Gillmore-find Gilmore and send him
home" The Colonel had always
borne in mind his fathers injunction.
but it was not till December that he
struck our trail. That was at Vigan.
Colonel Hare and Lieutenant-Co1onel
Howe were ordered To follow the in
surgents toward Bangued and when
this place was taken the Spanish pris-
oners told them how the natives had
started us of to the mountains. Pur-
suit was instantly begun, but Colonel
Hare could learn nothing of the direc-
ton in which we had gone. For three
or four days Colonel Hare and Howe
and their men marched from village to
village north of Bangued seeking
news of us. BY this time so many of
the soldiers were i'll through heat. ex-
haustion. and scant rations that il be-
came necessary to call for volunteers
Every officer and man able to stand up
on his feet offered to leap into the will
derness- Colonel Hare picked $50 men.
and in light marching order. carrying
almost nothing but rifles and ammuni-
ton, struck into the mountains How
they managed to follow u.s. how they
climbed. crawled. pushed. swan. fought
their way through canons. streams.
forests, and Jungles. encountered as
they were with weapons and camp
equipment. must ever remain a mys-
terry to me. But they did il. and as an
American sailor | take off my cap to
the American soldier; no more gal
liant lad than he walks the earth.