The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-15

"Beioro left oxas my father seem
cd 70 have his mind set on the rescue
Of Gilmore and hi party" sid Colonel
Luther Il. Hare NJ Kansas City recent
iy. Let all other thirgs 20. II pos
siblo.' he wou say. and z poor q
Gilmore out OF the Filipino hands.
DR.. Lleberman OF Kansas q y. was my
ehlsf surgeon. and b Nv en- the two
Of ua we got 800 mon. phyaicnlly NJ
90 20 anywhere. Fato and my fither
seemed 10 b. w-rk ~ tog ither. for
soon after reaching Llzon General
Wheaton ordered me L1rth to Join
General Young'a command. and Young
a. once sent me out ait Gilmore. We
were about In the center Of Northern
Luzon-at Blngnat. In Arara province
when We male tho sta with i25
mon and some natives. We passed
through the district producing tho in-
eat tobacco In all LuEon. and breach-
clout people grow H. Once We came 10
a doubtful place In the trail, and a
piece OF blue flannel shirt set ua right.
But tho best guides We had we're chalk
marks on the cliffs. These generally
took the form OF ID Ink Blanks Beer
aud We knew Americans had written
II. but VIZ wondered why they should
chosse TO mark tho trails with sugges-
tons OF that nature. We had been out
eleven days. I think. whom We ian onto
a party OF fifteen lnsii g,rts oacorllng
three Americans. We attacked. XIII
Ing 1ve Fllipinos. and the others lied.
leaving tho prisoners, They we're from
0ilmoro's party. had escaped and been
rocaptured. Gilmore. they said. was
about two days ahead. Early the acc
ond day later we came upon the naval
ofncer and his party, Their cnpioru
had heard OF our coming and ned.
Gilmore begged them not to leave him
without food or arms, AMI bis men
had had little except pony meat for
two days before we reached them.
Gilmore had baon prisoner nearly
eight months when we found him aud
no seemed daKed. In fact. none Of the
mon were very demonstratlve. True
Americans, they had never ceased TO
hope. and tho relief came rather as a
matter Of course Gilmore's authority
had always been recognized by his
men. and he had made civilian nam
"a LAnEford his executive ofileer. And
here the bOer Advertisements on the
trail were explained. Langford vas
agent for an American brewery and
was captured while In some out-of-the-
way place drumming trade. On the
march into the mountains he took
some chalk from a school house and
with this wrote Drink Blanks Beer
along the trail. Tho Filipino ofilecr In
charge caught him at II. and OF course
demonstrated.
"'oh, I'm only advertising my beer.
Laugford told him. and tho inHurgent
thought Il was good joke. One OF
0llmoro'a men. young fellow from
San Francisco, hal little monkey
which he carried on I the tin, and
they made good use OF HIM. In many
cases the fruits and berries In the Lu-
Eon mountains are polsonous These
hungry men would lead the monkey to
the fruit. and II he ate they would eat
otherwise the most tempting growth
would 90 untouched. and tho little
monkey never abused the trust placed
in him. We had no ratlona and decld-
ed II would be nearer 10 hoat down
the river TO the northern coast than
10 try TO 80 back. Rats took MS out
near Apawi. whore we found the
Princeton. in leEs than two weeks
Rice was praetlclly the only food
We could ind. On the entire trip
lost only one man. He died of small
pox. and we brought his body back on
raft. None OF the other men were
infected"