▁in ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁where ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁taken ▁prisoner . ▁S uther land ▁included ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁men : ▁his ▁assistant , ▁Lieutenant ▁Colonel ▁Francis ▁H . ▁Wilson , ▁and ▁his ▁st en ograph er , ▁Master ▁Serge ant ▁Paul ▁P . ▁Rog ers . ▁Prom oted ▁from ▁private ▁that ▁day , ▁Rog ers ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁en list ed ▁man ▁on ▁the ▁list , ▁which ▁he ▁typed . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁gave ▁him ▁letters ▁to ▁post . ▁ ▁Because ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁food ▁for ▁the ▁passengers ▁on ▁the ▁P T ▁boats , ▁Jean ▁and ▁Mac Ar thur ' s ▁a ide - de - camp , ▁Lieutenant ▁Colonel ▁Sid ney ▁L . ▁H uff , ▁pack ed ▁t ins ▁of ▁food ▁into ▁four ▁du ff el ▁b ags , ▁one ▁for ▁each ▁boat . ▁H uff ▁removed ▁the ▁four - star ▁rank ▁number ▁pl ates ▁from ▁Mac Ar thur ' s ▁car ▁so ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁Australia , ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁mat tr ess ▁for ▁the ▁Mac Ar th urs ▁to ▁lie ▁on . ▁St ories ▁later ▁circul ated ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁full ▁of ▁c ash ▁or ▁gold . ▁Other ▁stories ▁had ▁it ▁that ▁furn iture ▁from ▁Mac Ar thur ' s ▁residence ▁in ▁the ▁Man ila ▁Hotel ▁had ▁been ▁loaded ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁P T ▁boats , ▁even , ▁in ▁one ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁the ▁piano . ▁In ▁fact , ▁each ▁passenger ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁one ▁piece ▁of ▁lug g age ▁we igh