Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
THE RESCUE OF GILMORE.

THE RESCUE OF GILMORE.
Before left Texas my father seem
| ed to have his mind set on the rescue
of Gilmore and his party" said Colon Ell
Luther r. Hare at Kansas City recent
~ Let all other thir gs go, if pos
| sible,' he would say, and t poor G
Gilmore out of the Filipinos' hands.
DR.. Lfeberman OF Kansas CT y, was my
| chief surgeon, and between the two
of us we got 1 300 men, physically fit
to go anywhere. Fate and my father
seemed to be w-rk ng tog ether, for
soon after reaching Luzon General
Wheaton ordered me n5rth to Join
General Young's command and Youn g
at once sent me out aft Gilmore. We
were about in the center of Northern
Luzon-at Bingnat, in Arara province
when We made the start with 135
men and some natives. We passed
through the district Producing the An
est tobacco in all Luzon, and breech-
c1out people grew it. Once we came to
a doubtful pace in the trail, and a
piece OF blue flannel shirt set us right.
But the best guides we had were chalk
marks on the cliffs. These generally
took the form of D ink Blanks Beer
and we knew Americans had written
it, but we wondered why they should
choose to mark-the trails with sugges-
lions of that nature. We had been out
eleven days, think, when we ran onto
a party of fiftee n insu gents escorsing
three Americans. We attacked, kill
ing five Filipinos, and the others fed,
leaving the prisoners. They were from
Gflmore's party, had escaped and been
recaptured. Gilmore. they said was
about two days ahead. Early the sec
ond day later we came upon the naval
officer and his party. Their cap.ors
had heard of cur coming and fed.
Gilmore begged them not to leave him
without food or arms, ami his men
had had little except pony meat fox
two days before we reached them
Gilmore had been prisoner nearly
eight months when we found him and
be seemed dazed. In fact none of the
men were very d monstIat We. True
Americans, they had never ceased to
hope, and the relief came rather as a |
natter of course Gilmore's authority |
had always b en- recognz ed by his |
men, and he had made civilian nam |
ID Langford his executive officer. And
lere the beer advertisements on the |
rail were explained. Langford was
gent for an American brewery and
vas captured while in some out-of-the- |
way place drumming trade. On the
march into the mountains he took
ONE chalk from a school house and |
With this wrote Drink Blanks Beer
long the trail. The Filipino officer in
barge caught him at it, and of course
oh, I'm only advertising my beer
.angford told him, and the insurgent
bought it was a good ike One OF
Filmore's men, young fellow from
an Francisco, had a little monkey
hitch he carried on l the trip, and
hey made good use of M In MANY
Asses the fruits and berries in the Luz
On mountains are poisonous These |
ungry men would lead the monkey to
he fruit, and If he ate they would eat.
therwise the most tempting growth s
ould go untouched, and the little
onkey never abused the trust placed
him. We had no rations and decid-
it would be nearer to float down
lie river to the northern coast than
try to go back Rats took us ont !
EAR Apawf, where we found the |
rinceton, in le-s than two weeks 2
Ice was pract-c ly tie only food !,
e could md On the entire trim
st only one man. He died of small
u, and We brought his body back on :
raft. None of the ether men were
fected-"