The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-04-27
Private Leroy Seger

Returns from Manila Service robust and
tanned. Had plenty of fighting with
rebels.
The following from Worcester. Mass. :,
paper will interest many of our readers.
Leroy Seger is son of the late Sedate B.
Seger, who formerly kept the Freedom
House IN Freedom, Maine, and nephew of
Mrs. Elman Dickey, telegraph operator
at Stockton Springs:
In striking contrast to the pale, ENACT
ated, nall ted forms of the Worcester
| boys who marched through the streets on
! their return from Cuba a few short
months ago is that Of Leroy Seger, a
private in the Twenty third United States
lh1antry, VINO is just home after seeing
nearly year service at Manila,
Seger was robust, tanned and the per
feet picture of health when he was inter
viewed by Post representative at his
nome, corner OF Dix and Lancaster streets,
| this afternoon.
Seger was but II IL years of age when
he enlisted with the Twelfth United
States regulars at the office of Capt
David Anglum on the 18th of last May
He went with the recruits to Camp Nc
Pherson, Ga, but remained there but a
few weeks, being ordered to San Francisco
with several other Worcester boys early
| IN June. He was transferred To the
twenty third Infantry which was one Of
the hrst regiments to be ordered to the
HnlllpplneS when the serious trouble
| broke out there. He sailed from San
| francisco last October on the transport
| Senator There were % Worcester boys
| i'll the regiment, distributed through com
panies A. K and l.
| They made their long voyage across The
Pacific in a crowded transport with very
little Inconvenience. The food was not the
best, but there were no complaints made
They laid over week at Honolulu but
got rather a frigid reception there The
New York regiments had been there be
fore them and turned the place topsy
turvy.
He arrived in Manila on Thanksgiving
day and found the city quiet. The streets
We're filled with Spanish soldiers, and the
Fllipinos We're busy throwing up entrench-
ments just outside the city. His regiment
was assigned to garrison duty at the arse
nal. The first trouble occurred on the
| night of February 4th, when the rebels at
tackled the city This was intended as a
surprise, but the United States troops
We're on the alert and were not caught
mapping. All night long he heard the
sounds of the fight outside the city and in
the morning the frs tbatch OF rebel pris-
onerS came in.
ea1thworks at daylight the next morning
and the guns of the Monterey ard Monad
mock We're soon hu1ling shells into the
enemys works.
February 9th the fight about the city
became more general and his regiment
was ordered to the front. The first fight
in which the Worcester boys took part
was skirmIsh with the enemy at Mara
quina. 1t lasted but 20 minutes and the
rebels We're completely routed. The next
day he advanced with his regiment on the
town and it was taken with very little re-
sistance that day. That night his com
pany camped at the water works which
had been assaulted by the United States
troops and taken the day bet0ie
Two days later lis company was march
ed back to the arsenal, where they re
manned till the battle at Coloocan, the
10th of February. They were not in the
thick Of the fight, being held in reserve
with the First battalion on the left Of tile
line. Seger speaks in the highest terms
OF brilliant charges made by the volunteer
troops that day. They went at the enemy
time after time and always drove every
thing before them.
on the 10Th Of Febi uary the Inhabitants
of Cebu asked for protection aud the
Twenty third regiment WAS ordered to-
that island, 400 miles away. The last lie
saw OF his comrades they were all hearty,
we'll and happy.
Segel left for the United States on the
first day Of March, after having received
an honorable discharge from The army.
He stopped over week at Hong Kong
and Yokohama on the way.
At a public meeting of the Aldine Clue
in New York one Of the speakers, Rev.
Dr. Rainsford, had the misfortune, when
he tried to take seat, to miss the chair
and come down at full length ON the plat
form. The incident occasioned not a little
subdued mirrh. When it came his turn TO
speak, the presiding officer introduced
him in these words: REV Dir. Rainsford
Will again take the floor Dr. Rainsford
ever met with so enthusiastic a reception
as greeted this announcement
"Johnny, are your people going to take
you with them on that trip across the
ocean," Eyes m. " ''Aren' you afraid?"
''No' m, Amt afraid of nothin' / we
been vaccnated an baptized iChicago
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