| Show PRISONERS HELD BY americans allowed only a small quantity of rice condition of the men such that they cannot survive the ordeal much longer insurgents under arms and well equipped with guns and ammunition new york sept 16 A special to the journal and advertiser says news concerning aleut and fourteen of the enlisted men ot the yorktown who were captured by the at baler more than six months ago has reached washington in letters to military officials from their fellow officers in the islands the latest information comes through a spanish planter by name of garza who waa imprisoned by the insurrect zionists and subsequently made his escape garza described aleut allmore and bis companions to officers in manila he said that that officer and fourteen men were at belgau where they were subsisting oft a meagre quantity of rice valued at not more than one peseta per man per day the allowance was more liberal than that tor the spanish prisoners every one of whom was one half peseta per day there were fully 2000 of the latter at garza says and all prisoners spanish and american showed the effect of the confinement and the poor and insufficient food II 11 la quoted as saying that the captives could not stand such hardships and such fare much longer garza also described the extent of the force at where fully are under arms some 0 the weapons are maulers with which the men on the lines are being equipped etea dlly th sources of supply evidently amazed Garza as it has those in authority at manila ho said the old weapons were being distributed to the troops in the interior and that the armament of the infantry goes on to an alarming garza also reports that the in some instances were equipped the uniform of americans including the cork helmet these articles evidently came from the steamer centennial which went on tho reef on the northwestern coast of luzon and was promptly looted garza witnessed also the destruction of the Satu mus of which he furnished a vivid account to the authorities navy department officials say that steps have already been taken to relieve allmore and his party |
