The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-14

tho prcu,,t,..
= NlNh 90 state, having been an offrrr HI
HS,ut.h'l lieics regiment and with C0luuc
49,, rt"'G On ne Gilmore expedition, I fee {
Ivy uu,Y 10 make the following Stntemcn
IN support Of Colonel lIarc's claims nv
uo,,en' ~ no ono helng coEnixaut OF tho fact
''sld nut give Colonel Hare credit. W.itbnn
rTt.'cI nefyerHon OF truth;
W. nlfiy third Infantry loft Genera
Fahiu, Northern I.u,cp No,,,,Sryur 90 SnUa,
a3y,ng orders to reinforce General YoUmy
arr,,,n" "n men on his northern advance
St.|nP"uleu by the Third cavalry. Unifc,
TlHleN army aud Thirty-fourth ipfartry
u"'u ClateS Volunteers and on Tho III
Tggy "t peccmher, iSoa overlook them al
'0EhHdih mountain about q o'rln,L a., al"
afternoon General Young ,,,s tbcr i,'
itvnchcd. and IL was ~ W. ,i
,ngI~ Young 10 dIslodge rlnIo thr.naI
me successful churge made an ths t,',, I.'
o., De cncmy by Colonel Iaro.s rorii'.,,',
lNi' battle won, the proyinre Of tI'
"ah opened up and about thirt. mll,s n
p1mu. '4s"A9lu mountain law the town On
n"u6H'a, Mberc General pinio hnd an
more aud his companion. Iu,ntj.,,,,I va
The day following Tho bnfilr' ~ 3,a,,...,i..
ga"anl'lh one battalion of the fhirt,
Rote,t I'mmHndrd by Lieutenant Colorc
rTionrt' Howe. Hye rompaUics ar t,'.
tnni' lHltd infantry coumnndod
,,",'".l LN'htr Hare pushed ON int,
province or AhrH.
Tr,It
IRON BauEued. Colonel usra divI,.tu, ~,
i'ittN. sending Howe throuob 49, ~ a. %
nc, hlmself taking the lonprr .n1 So So "
f,,ii W.teh over almost impasslbl
,,'"7i INTO the town OF Pillar tbenca @
I'VE mountain range into tho tow ~ 80
1GSt, VIVA the express purpose ~ nj, IT,,
U llWo.E r'trrot 10 fhc Routh forci uu...
nm north iH the dlrrrttor - i"Itlui
march, with the hops tbot H. lowe
thEHR" him and iiheratr tho I mVoulu
prisoners saw ivan
AZ san Jose, December T. sfter forco,
Ing The wisdom ar bis - Huaru, snow
eeptlng Tlulo on his reiIrg.I " sa,,t IN Inter
fns ms FORCES back In tEs direci1on
,n['usued, whore Howe mi 20 atti
llhi"' but permitted him TO ns.s MN 9vh
'hllfr army in the night. pnJ cnt,r ~
81" canyon. ''' ""''
,rr.i%,,yi"lGS w Tinio's army Colonel liar
OF ne retreat or Tlpio sud Wit'tiuN
H'h. HU De could Frt ouf AZ MI - \, SUI
"uIhll 'onmuud who had ghoes or rI.,t ii '''
lhts' eighty men aud fbirtsar ~" W 'iN
pursu"t iiuio with tha r,,,' "" ',tIs, ht
OF NbIaiing Gilmore '"''nU""
Dn me lItb the Thirty third t,f,n,,.
VN'tinot lioF2e, who was uliirfi,, '",.i',l!
Hl Tue mouth of tho s,dd HuIn,,,, V'nlHu~
ana Ne expressed Il dpoidrI Nh" ,,""f va
10 enter The canyon aud did moi rnt ',r'Iio ,4l
remained there nsrUuifti,',' ~ 'Ht'i, buA
TO enter alolc. but aftrr H. ,"i"heI llaro
mel llmes command which h5T o. ~"
bArE 10 B1nrupd received nu,,t" sur
'cr supplies, cummlsgary sto,.. @ lnHS
cine. winch were sent ont Ia TI,, ''''t'
pushed 0u IN 0FrrtakN JoioneI iit~'' l'
WIS then three days ahead Gat,,'ai VINO
na me lime insisting tbnt Hmm ',, t'UM"'
wild goose chase inn ~ n"9 ~
Howe reioined Colonel Bar. ,bag ,ui.I
Ne icm guard of tha insIIrgcpts gst .V,,fnl
Gilmore aud from the ,.n,Hn.'5 r1toluhg
Inc Information that tho prisnnct,, 49,
uhrnd. Upon this lnforDatIon poiot,t IL ~
iuspllited bis soldiers 10 tbe Isrfcrr,o,
Of the most arduous duty over nerfn,,,'o,
by men. '''''
bu December IS 1854 Gilmore ,n5 bt
companions were discovered In Tho Nom
tam canyon on the banks Of mo Ahni0,",
river. whore they had Lrcn deserta4 re
The Insurgents aud lcft absolutelV defarsHS
less, there being only ono man n, ~
crowd at an armed and he opiv bad
small "bulo.' with tbIa thev ,yorc
tempting TO build RATS upon which a.
float down the river, knowing tbev v.ovid
come ont sometime somehow son,e, 49,
10 remain whore thcy were ,no,,t 49,, " ,t' 't
death, as they were surrounded by At,adm |
1anuibals ana had Colonel uars hoo, w., |
hours later Gilmore and MIA connoI,t,,,I !
would have been eaten by those nanni |
therefore Colonel Hare wug fustIv 1000
'd upou his return TO VegDn ana re,,ortir. |
10 General Young In recpi Wing rho hrtgss
lici gcncgalshlp In The Unitei STATES vni
lnteeis, and lie, above nil others sbo,,Id |
lay. III ID Is true as az ertlclss ba,,
seen In tie papers state that bis n,n,no
ion hinges ;,pOn the estoblishnent ~ tbo /
art AZ 10 Who deserves the credit az he |
Iteration N Gilmore think evsrv oey,car
md soldier IN the Tbirty.third inSsnfrr