The National tribune., 1900-03-08

Services rendered.; that he opened school
for English there, and enjoyed an easy life
while his comrades were suffering in Jail
They assert that three months later Brown
was Gen. Tinio's private tutor and eating
at his house, then claiming TO be Can
adian correspondent; that on the approach
OF the Americans Brown suddenly declared
to Ilnio that he was an American, after all
and asked TO be placed back in Jail, which
was done. 81
Brown says himself: my distress was
relieved somewhat by the friendship of the
warden, and later that of Gov. Felino
| hahukom, who took me from the prison
and made me one of the family"
They were then at San Isidro, TO which
place Lieut.. G. C. Gilmore and his party
were transferred April 20. They included
VIM, Walton, Chief Quartermaster; Paul
Vaudoit, Quartermaster; John Ellsworth
CoXwain; Silyio BresoleSe, S. 2. Edwards,
Albert Petersen and Fred Anderson, sailors
on the Yorktown. May , an order came TO
march all prisoners TO the north of the
island, but they were only marched short
distance and returned. The following day,
however, they were started on a 80 days trip
to NIgan. Thence, Oct 20, they were
taken TO San Carlos and split up into parties
OF four each and sent 10 adjoining towns
They were assembled again Nov IL, and
taken TO San Fernando de la Union Their
suffer!ngS on this trip are described as
dreadful in the extreme, as they were tied
together and had TO march barefoot over
rocky roads, suffering insult and abuse
from the people, who amused themselves
by striking and hurting stones at them.
From San Fernando they were taken to
the town of Benguet in Abra Province
reaching the place on Thanksgiving eve
On Nov. % II American prisoners who had
been held in other places joined them there,
including S. j. Herbert, Ed Burke and j. j.
Farley, Of the Urdaneta s crew, captured at
Orani in September.
The details of their subsequent adven-
lures, how the party were taken from
Benguet. Dec. 5, and to keep them ont of
the way OF our troops and avoid rescue,
marched night and day with scarcely any
thing TO eat for Y days, through forests,
streams and mountains, their guards
finally abandoning them rather than take
the trouble TO kill them, and how they were
found by the men of the :.53d and Bath Inf,
and how they built RATS and fioatcd down
the Rio de Cagayau TO Apart, and were
finally brought to Manila on the Venus,
has probably been too well told in the press
dispatches TO need repetition.
1t may be mentioned, though, that when
first taken from Benguet they were marched
in an eaSterly direction toward Lepanto,
but the news being brought by courier that
the Americans were heading them off, they
changed direction toward La PaZ Dolores
and San Juan, and over the mountains
INTO llocos Norte, where they reached
tributary OF the Abulut River near its head. |
They conducted their marches more as
siduously by night than day, and Gen. |
Tinio ordered Lieut.. Keelis, commanding
the guard, when in the vicinity of Piddig,
to take the prisoners into the mountains
and massacre them. This is Browns
statement to me, and he also said that when
the place designated for the murder was
reached the Lieutenant said his conscience
would not permit him TO do it. And so |!
they were left like babes in the woods" to |
perish-not an improbable fate, consider !
ing their condition. They were assisted
by the Igorrote tribe. with whom they ex-
changed clothing for food, and followed the
river bank until overtaken by the troops.
Col. Stone, commanding the rescuing party,
is said TO have wept like a child when he
saw their condition.
AS may appear in the photo, they did not
look especially emaciated when saw them,
though they bore the signs of hardship.