Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-28
BACK FROM PHILIPPINES.
Windham County Boy Badly
Wounded

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ElEood Doulsy. formerly Of South VIM |
ham has inst returned from Manila and
IL nov at she home % hts brother Willis /
r. DD1ley, a constable Ia Shrewsbury.
MAsa The Worcester Telegram has q
I11g account Of his exciting experiences
before and during the wars In which he
participated. Mr.. DOulsy's health Is
wrecked for life although he Is bat 81
years OH He discharge WAS granted foe
disocssei elbow joint. which prevents
him from usinZ his right arm AID clrOuic
tyseuiery. This has ali been incurred
within the l4ss year 10 the var with spain
and with the FIIipinOs- Besides THAI, he
Is deaf In one ear, bis heart and lungs are
badly Affected ant he has a 5ulIes EOund
IN his hip When he entered The service
be WAS a. s1aIuarI A hzhier a. Uncle sam
eouli muster. He weighed 19T pounds
when b. sailed away from san Francisco
[ fOr the Philippines, but his service has re-
/ tuced his weight 80 40
When the var With Spain broke out
DJnley vas living In Mexico, and vas
/ earning s. PER day a. blacksmith for
/ railroad constructor. He threw up this
| JOB, FASTENED TO San AntOniO, Texas, and
/ enlisted in the lssh infantry. He had
seen service in the army before as cav
/ zIrymAn. and the new duties were thOE-
I ouzhly familiar 10 him
SOon after rsSniistinz his command vas
sent 10 san Francisco. and embarked for
I Manila under Gen Wealey Merritt on
June q OF last year. The expedition
reached Ho1oIulu July 9, and vas given
great reception there. Manila was reached
. July 81. and the troops went into camp
eight miles from the Old walled town.
DOaley's troubles had begun Just after
leaving Honolulu, for he came down With
the measles Just after leaving the Ha-
EAiiRn port Then his complaint devel-
OP@5 into TYPHOID malaria
On the boat be received good care, and
had a. good food. What ii;sle be ate as the
ship Afforded. his captain personally see
ing TIA; he received good attention and
food When the troops bad been landed
be Was taken 20 the hospital a. CaVite on
Aug. .. but hearing Of the coming battle
he secured his discharge from the hospital
and vent into the trenches before Forte
Mal2te Aug II. The fight vas = sharp
one, but the SpauiArds aimed badly and
we're easily driven from trench 70 trench.
II vas Just before the last trench and al
most up 70 Fort MAlAfe that Donley re-
eeived his wound in the hip. Il vas from
. MAuser rife. and the bullet went through
his body Just inside the right thigh. Don
lev was knocked down By the bulleI, but
saws he did no. think he was wounded
!. He felt no severe pain only A. though he
had been struck by little stick.
Finding the true state Of affairs be re-
ported 10 bis captain, who had the wound
! dressed and the man removed from the
field by the hospital corps. The wound
bled little, and though be vent on sick re-
! port, on the 18th, be was discharged from
the hos p tai, the wound having been healed
: Sept. Il. He then rejOined his command
aud was In several severe engagements, in
which he met with many exciting adven-
lures. Finally, as he vas suffering from
I chronic dysentery and unable 10 do further
e service, he was sent back TO Manila for
E treatment. On March q he was ordered
to San Francisco, reaching there May q
E He Eas treated in the hospital there for
: three weeks, and a. nothing more could be
2 done for him he vas discharged for dis
0 ability, reaching Worcester early in July.
! Before leaving san Francisco he had
3 ( himself examined By civil doctors 70 de-
e termine the exact nature Of mis- disability.
2 l. was found that his elbow was dislocated
0 and the man had no, known IT, He had
4 attributed the loss Of the use Of the arm
0 to rheumatism. The dislocation D5nley
says vas incurred during the landing Al
+ Il0llo. His gunshot wound DOnley treat:
: lightly.
4 On his discharge Is a recommendation
z for a pension Of S24 per month, but Don
J. ley expects this will be raised to s35 EheI
:, he is examined, because the recommends
y ton is for the elbow and dysentery only
e and that is only portion Of his disability
e Donley says he thinks the var will las
II much longer than has been estimated, and
It says it will be two years or more befor'
n the Filipinos are subdued. They are treAeh
II erous and not to be trusted. Most Of then
lie are savage, ignorant and consist Of MANI
II different tribes. There are a few OF thu
more educated who serve 70 keep up th'
agitation and the war. DOnley had NJ
criticisms to make Of the hospital anS
commissAry arrangements now in vogue
{ but says the climate is very hard 70 endure
IL Mr.. Donley went 10 Cuba several year
ago With a 6libustering expedition froE
,e Vera Cruz, Mexico. A few days after land
a ing he vas captured by the SpAniards in
d hard fought battle. He was taken u
yr Havana, cOurtmartialed and sentenced u
a be shot. He had money and bribed on
Is Of the guards TO give hia an oppOTtunit!
d to escape. At midnight he lowered him
q self from the window, swan out into thu
/ harbor and in a small boat drifted out u
II sea. He was picked up by passing yes
= sci and taken to Galveston.