New-York tribune., 1906-07-15
NERVE AND ENERGY.


Coionsf IlaFes os tile same regiment eouans 20 ms
support, reported Of hf He is certepiy.a bundle
OF nerves and energy and leaving nun % tsu''
took Up the pursuit TIE next day Howe WIN
his men,. had Caught up and was lead1ng tne ee-
vance guard OF the column over the Inount.Il i
trail ON December 18 ttessc2me upon the Al1etl- Ali
baadoqel Dy 4ielr ~ sti1, 81 ~
getti1ie them fnto the lAmeIfcan lines became a
had scrambled over the mountains and some dis
tase gQwn the course OF the PuIug fIVSs
for these exhausted men The trail vas such taa5
the retliTl ip but vent down the river and around
the coast After everything had been considered
down ths Stream. though they knew that each day
carried them further into the heart Of the enemy
have been sent up che coast and be waiting sPIoe-
strueteaS RATS. ef bamboo. on Wmch tpey trans
ported Their sfant equipment ana 1neir SICK eued
with boyyIders and cataracts and often flowing
through dafk sOrses, whose sides rise TO the
In his story Of his captivity and rescue Gilmore
ths captured % nayG 9tGed tells e9 Ta6lGns HaV9s t
with the relish OF men who had subsisted On na-
tive food for months Their, pleasure would have
were enjoying was the last of their rescuers sup
subsisted on the scant food TO be obtained in the
country. This consisted OF rice. which they harvest
ed themselves and of sugar cane, which fortunate
II was fairly plentiful Marching. swimming raft
fever G sfricen men toiIed on down the river brav
ing countless unknown dangers. Their. light RATS
tropical sun beat down upon-shalls sseeFg heads.
asn anG unIFeaGy OF 9a or 5sxSse rs @ @ f
supplies 80
Finally after ten days Of tl5s while during part
Of the time they were aBIes to rake only two or
three miles a day. they reached small native
obtained but by command was prac,
into a sluggish stream whose waters we're driven
back by the tides and which were nay1gSble BY
their light rats only with labor Of which the
were incapable. Their bare and swollen. feet made
maTehing 99t e rs qss,S IL 9egan 20 % look ss
when the resoure eefulness' OF the resolute West
IN fairly & sesTceIT
any supplies. Howe with four companions,
It was thought TO be only single days journey.
but IL turned out TO be two and instead of leading
be fOunds il led to Ubuug. fifteen miles away and
i On tneIr way tns 5lSsIe
party fr,lslIt {1ye1 1spes their number OF insur-
gents. drove them FROM tue river. captured their
boats ana CONTINUED. the 5Onrney in them.
A SUPERB BLUFF.
Arriving near the'tov5n they discovered it to be-
In the hands OF the insurgents To pass It unde-
tected was impossible; to turn back was no part
OF Howe s-pIan Hastily recommending the posi-
tiOn he reso1ved on plan OF operations which-in-
volved suI9seb exhibition OF pure nerve and.
ten9Slty OF PuTPoSe Tl5n bo ms 10 I0uT I'm men ne lanGeG
to the plaza and demanded that the Alcalde be
one requiring an iron nerve to carry it to sue
cessful issue When the Alcalde had put in an APP
Dearance, Howe lost time. wasted no words In
making his wishes known to him. He ordered boats
sent the river 20 BRING the column down. ne
ordered food to them In the boats; finally. he
ordered ponies TO take him and his companions
their journey and carts to be held in readiness to
transport the command when it had been brought
down the river. PIE nlade no promises. no threats.
he TOOK no hostages; he merely ordered 1t seems
almost ridiculous TO think Of five half-naked men
practically hOdingsup town filed with insur-
gents and insUrgeNt 81 InpattlRBFS in this summary
style and ordering them around after such a fash
ion. Bot they did II, and. what is more, the orders
Obeyed to the letter, The next day found GIL
ship Prlnceton and the news of their rescue Hash
ing back to the United States,
As a cOrollary, 1t is interesting to know that the
man who led in that heart-breaking race has been
sent back to the Military Academy as COnmandant
OF cadets. to teach younger men something OF what
soldering means
Another Incident ia which West Pointer figured
conspicUously occurred on one of the numerous ex-
peditiOnS sent out in the early days from Manila
to break the backbone of organized inSurgent
sistance This particular chap with his regiment
OF volunteers formed part Of a column under the
command of splendid but testy old general officer
who had ideas of his to how he proposed
70 conduct his campaign. The West Pointer was