Evening star., 1902-01-29
The LOST MARINES FOUND
CAPTAIN PORTER'S MEN SUFFERED
TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS.
Number of Them, Including Their
Leader, Crazed by Their
SuferinEs.

a dispatch from Manila yesterday says:
General Chaffee curtailed his trip and re-
turned here this morning. He says be
found the conditions satisfactory every
where except at Samar, where continuous
rain during the past two months has re-
tarded the campaign, especially against
such an elusive enemy.
The condition of Capt. David D. sPorter's
marines, who took part in the expedition
into the interior of Samar, is much worse
than previously described. They suffered
fearful hardships, and were without food
for several days. The natives who accom-
panied the marines claimed they were I'M
able to distinguish the edible roots, which
the marines did not believe. The anger of
the marines against the natives is intense
None of the latter returned with the ma
rines.
The marines suffered so acutely from
starvation that they ate, raw, the flesh of
two dogs.
When Captain Porter and the first three
of his men staggered into camp they were
delirious. and difficulty was experienced
in ascertaining the whereabouts of their
companions.
Williams of the 1st Infantry headed the
relief expedition in the face of a torrential
rain storm. which flooded the rivers. He
succeeded in reaching the remaining ten
perished. He found them all delriouS. Two
of the men We're discovered in the branches
of trees, barking like dogs, Some of the
marines are so i'll that they are not likely
to recover.
General Chaffee has endeavored to obtain
full details of the trip of the marines but
Captain Porter is not yet able to lucidly
explain matters.
The expedition into the interior of Samar
led by Capt. David D. Porter of the marine
corps, numbered thrty-six men. 1t had
been absent two weeks. The marines
had been provided with rations for only
five days. On January 21 Captain Porter
and twenty-six members of his party
reached the coast of the Island of Samar.
The other ten men were missing and little
hope of their safety was entertained.
Major Lot and three Filipino lieutenants,
with ten rifles, three revoverS and twenty
four bolos surrendered to Major Anderson
of the 9Th Cavalry yesterday at Lipa,
province of Batangas. Lot was brought
at Lipa, where he looted $4,000 worth of
jewelry from prominent families.
s Nickerson's scouts have captured Col
onel Lot, a brother of Major Lot, near
Batangas.
Lieut.. William L. karnes of the 9th Cav
airy has had a slight engagement with
some F'ilfpinos during which he killed two
insurgents and captured captain and two
soldiers.
The general outlook in Batangas province
IS decidedly favorable.
a party of insurgents, led by two rene
sade Americans, recently entered Alangu-
lang. in Leyte province, claiming they were
constabulary. but not yet uniformed. The
imposters were taken to police headquar-
ters and were royalty entertained by the
native sergeant in charge. At given sig
nal the renegades and insurgents fell on
the police, who, though outnumbered more
than two to one fought desperately and
drove off their assailants after a hand to
hand fight in which bolos We're the chief
weapons The victory was notable as the
police were completely surprised and so
outnumbered. They lost two men killed
and had one man wounded. The insurgents
left one man dead.