The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-02
WoRcEsTER's SONS.
Private Malone Meets Many of Them
in the Philippines Where They Are
Fighting Hard.


Fighting Hard.
The following letter was received in
Worcester yesterday from Private Mi
chael NJ Malone, who is stationed in
the Philippines. 1t is written to his
brother, and tells of the trip made by
the regiment to the front 1t is as fol-
,ows:
Dear Brother-I did not get your
last letter until few days ago, as
the steamer Morgan City, which it came
on was partly wrecked near the Japan
coast, and much of the mail was soaked
with water We were in the islands
only month when we were put on the
march to Bacour. We We're on the
road for 10 days before we got there.
We We're fighting the "niggers" the
first two days out, and on the third day
we struck 5000 of them.
1T happened that there were $500 men
in our outfit, and you may well say
that We drove those 'niggers" out of
their trenches in minute. The gun
boats did some little damage to them,
also, as they plugged shells into the
trenches for five hours. They are
game fighters, those niggers, and when
we finally got them out of their strong
hold we found 100 dead ones. We cap
tured a number of rifles, and the Fill
ipinos left some Spanish prisoners be
hind. The prisoners were glad to fall
into our hands, and we were told 1t
was one of the hardest engagements
that they had ever witnessed.
THE battle was fought in about the
same place where battle had occurred
between the 'niggers' and the Spaniards
about two years before, and the Fill
pinos won out. After that we were
another hot f"ht. Our company lost
three killed and two wounded We
were sent a few days after that to take
little bridge near Calamba, and our
company was sent alone. We had a
small gun, and every man in the COM
pany had got rid of about 100 rounds
of ammunition when the 'niggers be-
gan to run, We were put into gar
rison Bacour, and were in the town
| about three months, doing nothing, and
| had begun to feel as if the Filipinos
had suddenly dropped out of sight.
| Yesterday, when we were eating din
ner, we were surprised to hear the bul
| lets SHINING around our heads. I'VE
were all feasting on beans, and you
may well say that beans were flying
| in all directions for a minute. They
| laQ managed TO get WlbnlH OUU ydEuS
of us without being noticed, but when
they were seen, they got theirs you
may bet. We had two killed and seven
wounded. The arrival of the volun-
| teer regiments from the states was a
| great help to us fellows, and now / see
where 'Aggie' and his bunch of half
starved fighters will have to watch out
for we have the larger number OF
men.
II am feeling first-rate, and have
about the same appetite as 1 had in
1.-The states, and can sit down and cal
all kinds of things. OF course, there
is a good deal of fighting to be done
before this thing will finish. We have
been in Manila one day since we strucE
the islands, and since that time we
have been on the go about all the
time. Since we have been in the ISL
ands We have lost four killed and six
wounded in our company, and l hope
we win lose no more. There are fell
lows from all parts of Massachusetts
in this place, and Worcester has more
than her share Everywhere you go
you meet some one from home, and
have hardly passed day but what
have met a Worcester boy. l dom
mind the weather much and if 1 es-
cape all those 'Aggie' bullets that are
thrown in our direction, 1 guess l viii
GET home all right.