The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-12
GILLMORE'S STORY.
The Officer Speaks Warmly of Agui-
naldo and Bitterly of Tino.
HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF SPANIARDS
The Filipino Insurgents Had Old Grudges
to Wipe out Against Them-A
Brush with the Rebels
Near linus.


Yorktown, who was captured by the
insurgents last April, near Baler, on
the coast of Luzon, and rescued a few
days ago by Col Luther Il. Hare, of
the Thirty-third volunteer infantry.
sat yesterday i'm the apartment of his
sister, Mrs. Major Price, at the Hotel
Oriente, in Manila, and told u remark
able story of his eight months in
captivity ending with his dramatic
deliverance from death that seemed
inevitable
The steamer Venus came into the
harbor Saturday from Nigan, prov
ince of South Ilocos, with Lieut.. Gill
more and 10 other American prison
ers, including seven Of his sailors
from the Yorktown. Lieut.. Gilmore,
after reporting, came ashore and hob
bled along, with the aid of IA cane, to
the Hotel Oricnte, where American
officers and ladies were Waiting
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 hard
ships. He speaks warmly of Agui-
naldo and very bitterly against Gen.
Tino, declaring that while in the for
mer's jurisdiction, he was treated
splendidly. but after he fell into Ii
nos hands, he suffered everything.
Col. Hare and Lieut.. Col. Ilowse,
the latter of the Thirty-fourth volun-
teer infantry, rescued Gillmore's party
on December Is, near the headwatcrs
of the Abalut river, after they had
been abandoned by the Filipinos and
were expecting death from the saw
age tribes around them. When the
rescuing force reached them they
were nearly starN ed, but were buiid-
ing RATS in the hope of getting down
the river to the coast
Lieut.. Gilmore made the follow
ing statement to correspondent of
the Associated press:
",The FiliIinos abandoned us on the
night of December IS. 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 com
pany of Filipinos. That night we
were separated from this guard and
another company, armed with Maui
sers was put in charge of us. | sus-
pectcd something ana Questioned the
| lieutenant in command. He said: Il
have orders from Gen. Tino TO shoot
you all, but my conscience forbids'
| shall leave you here
81 begged him for two rifles to pro
! tect us from savages, adding that
would give him letters to the Ameri-
cans who would pay him well and
keep him from all harm. He refused
! this, however, saying that he would
not dare to comply. Soon afterward
lac left with his company.
son the morning of December IS
while we were working on the RATS
! the Americans came toward us yell
ing. One of my men shouted, They
are on us He was lashing a raft OF
namboos. |, however, knew it was
not the yell of sayages but the vel
of Americans. The rescuing troops
thought we had Filipino guards and
called to us in English to lie down
so that they could shoot the Filipinos
That was the finest body of officer:
and men l ever saw"
Lieut.. Gilmore could not speak en-
Enthusiastically enough about the 14'
picked men who had rescued him ant
his party.
The command spent the day il
making RATS. Col. Hare though
u IN liNl
through the trip, but there was nj
alternative. They shot many rapids
the men losing all their effects, ant
Lieut.. Gilmore some valuable papers
Only Ia ont of o. RATS survived th'
first nights experiences and so mel
were practically unable TO walk whei
Vigan was reached.
"Ihe Filipino treatment of tn,
Spaniards," said Lieut.. Gilmore, eva
brutal in the extreme. The insur
gents had old grudges to wipe on
against them. Many talk about th
reconcentrados in Cuba, but l hav
seen Spaniards dying at the rate o
two or three per day of starvation il
the hospitals at Vigan. | have scel
Tagalo officers strike Spaniards il
the face with whips and revolvers."
An Engagement Near linus.
Manila, Jan. S.-Reconnaissance
out OF linus, Cavite province, yester
day morning resulted in the loss o
three Americans killed and 20 wound
ed. The enemy's loss is estimated a
GO killed and 80 wounded. Col. Birk
Inner, with "A battalion of the TWEEN
ty-eighth volunteer infantry, ad
vanced toward Noveleta. Maj. Tag
CART with two battalions of the sam
regiment, moved toward Perez Ga
Marinas. A part of the Fourth in
fantry was engaged south of linus.