The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
ALWAYS FIGHTING.
Dave Sullivan Writes
from the Phil
ippines.
He is A WORCESTER BOY.
Denounces Home Crackers
in Unmeasured
Terms.
He is A WORCESTER BOY.

The following letter has just been re-
ceived from David Sullivan of Worces-
ter, the regular correspondent of The
Spy in the Philippines:
San Fernando, Philippine Islands,
July 1O.-We are still on the firing line
here. We always have three regi-
ments on outpost duty to guard against
surprise, and we have a fight here al
most nightly. About IL at night the
niggers open up, and of course we all
get to the relief of the outposts. AS
soon as We throw in a few volleys to
them, they Yamoose. But it breaks
us up in business. We get very little
sleep and it's nearly all the time rain
ing Disease has broken out, and
there is somebody killed or wounded,
no matter how small the skirmishes.
Their line almost surrounds the city,
and they have splendid trenches, and
we always lose heavily when we start
to make them move on. The indica-
tons are now that we will stay here
in San Fernando, and very interest
ing town it is. There is only 600 yards
between the niger lines and our lines,
and during the day we are continually
exchanging shots with the enemy. At
nighttime the niggers do their best to
Keep us from sleeping, and they gen.
orally succeed, too.
We are still expecting ourdischarge, but
1t is very slow about getting here. Ev-
erybody expects it inside of three
weeks. Just $500 war volunteers or
volunteer regulars is all there are in
the Philippines entitled to their dis
charge. We are all very tired of this
campaign. My battalion has been in
the field since the 4th of February. 1899,
has participated in Is battles. and was
three months on the firing line We
are now on the firing line again.
read in the papers we receive from
the United States that we have ILL
treated the Filipinos. That is a DELHI
crate lie. They are treated Just as well
as the United States soldiers. I have
seen 300 of them wounded in our hos
pitfalls here getting the finest of treat
ment, as good as our own wounded. And
nave seen them in their trenches firing
on US I'LL we got right on top of them.
and then cry for mercy, and we were
not allowed to touch them. 1 have
known them to capture and cut our
men to pieces. In several cases orr
of1lcers, when giving water out of their
own canteen to their wounded. were
shot to death by the dying Filipi-
nos: l wish some of the lying scoun-
urels engaged in writing those stories
+
post duty at night in those swamns
tnat they might meet those nissers
with long knives, as they come sneaking
through the bamboo to cut their
tnroats They wouldn't champion the
F1lpinos so much then, especially If
they had been here for IA months az
we nave, without a rest
we are very uneasy about our lone.
aeIay IN the Philippines, as we are
| nearly all sick. For we have been here
over a year now, and have seen some
hafd service under very unfavorahle
conditions. 1t is pulling us down in
health very fast. Up to a month aso
was n,fine- health, but now am grad
ually falling away, and so is many an
other soldier. Those who get back ia
america viii never. forget this cam
paign in a hurry -'s =
nope the papers. will put a damper
on those Americans at home who
commune running us down and doing
eNerything Tor our defeat l see Mas
thank Cod
| wish they were here. We wo,ldn,+
DO a thing but let Aggie's bolo men
get at them, and then thew womb
nos 'ie Plipl-
what do those people want us to 5o'9
T Retire ana let the niggers follow us up
Fun our freight for home with the MIC
gers hrlng volleys at us from the hanks
OF Luzon Well, the action might he
| applauded by all foreign nations hnt
| Wen never do it. Put a damner an
enem' and don't let them disgrace old
| massachusetts,. David Sullivan
| Third Artillery, Manila, P. I.