The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-19

whom he enlisted in Boston last No
! vember lies on a cot in Manila hos
| pital with the germs of malarial fever
| raoking his strength away
| Young Wallace was an elevator boy
| IN charge of the south well in city hall
| when he became anxious to enlist. Pre-
| vlous to his period of service in city
hall, young Wallace was one Of the
| elevator boys in the State Mutual
| building, and during his career in the
| Philippines nope have been more inter
! ested in the youth than the host of city
| officials and lawyers whom he had met
in his elevator apprenticeship.
| Wallace arrived in San Francisco
| Wednesday, the transport coming by
way of Japan. The voyage was rec
ord breaker, IS days being the actual
| time on the water. In speaking Of his
experiences to The Spy man, Corporal
Wallace said
| Il have had enough of war to last a
| lifetime. Recruiting offices could open
in my backyard and I wouldn't be
tempted to sign my name on any more
| papers for service,
| During 3S days on the island of Luz
zon, was in ,22 battles, and the
! Twenty-second was always in the
| thickest of the fights Gen. Otis is the
| most unpopular officer ever in charge
of an army. The cry of thousands OF
| United States troops in the Philippine
service is: Give us Miles or Wheeler.
Gen. Otis lives in a grand mansion and
/ issues orders With no apparent knowl-
edge of the situa ton. His word is
| harder to twist out of than law, and
however unreasonable his demands, the
soldiers have to simply grin and bear
| it. With Gen. Miles or Gen. Wheeler
in charge of the troops, there would be
q speedy end to this war.
"Aguinaldo, according to papers il
this country, is a little -for-noth-
| ing. l believe that the man should be
given the credit of being hard fighter,
! and possessed of more than an average
| amount of intelligence. Near Manila,
one sultry day in July, we were march
| ing towards camp, when we were tired
upon by the insurgents. Gen. Otis gave
! orders for us not to fire, and we were
forced to march and dodge bullets.
MANY an officer under Gen. Otis tried
TO figure out the cause of such cont
mand. but no one ever solved the
| problem, and many of our boys would
| give a few dollars to know whether
! Gen. Otis ever had any reason for CIV
! ing such an order.
"Near Mallaboa, we had $1,000 Fill
| pinos corraled at one time. The equip
i ments Of the insurgent army is far su-
perior to our army. Mauser rifles are
used effectively by the insurgents, and
the native troops are well drilled, Inc
ideal Filipino can run 1000 yards IN LOO
bounds. AT Mallaboa l saw Col. EgperI
i fan He was popular with the mel,
and there was many tear-dlmmed sol,
! dier,s eye when his body was carried
from the field.
nv first battle? Well, 1 felt about as
hig As the State Mutual building, and
I had an idea | was the best target IN
tha regiment for the Filipino army, but
after a few hours of fighting it all wore
away. and | never had the slightest
seaIing of fear. One of the duties
which I performed was as member
If pilfering squad. We made raids
mon chicken coops and pig pens. we
we've always too hungry to cook the
meat and ate the stuff raw. Raw pig
Is delicious. that is, after you become
used to it. -, ,,tt,
II saw some of the most brutal meth
ode which the natives practice upon
wounded or dead American soldiers. Al
FOR every battle the insurgents rush
mon the field and hack the bodies oil
dead soldiers to pieces. nave seen
Lodies of American soldiers lying on tht
battlefield, the stomach and preast Gu,
omen. the heart removed ana pldcee
mon the throat, and the nose cuV on
and placed on the forehead ,...
ut is a harro wing sight after a nattle
in the Philippines to Watch the "su t--
gents slashing dead soldiers 70 pleoe Z,
our troops have had 10 partlcipa a,,s,,i -
some adventures when are ll n3la IN ~,
49, tban any writer ever described. we
,,ts ,., boon ordered to fire on lone FIN
rt,,oe several weeks ago our regimen
pt.. r,arching into Manila. ON the
r,,tsl,irte of the city our officers sslghteu
ou lie starved. bent-over Filipino walk
! ll9 ~ ~ road. The order fire" came
ins = iozers Of rifles were aimed at MN
; anI 5 his body was left by the ROADSIDE
si5dlad with our ammunition 49,,
star a hattie one day | was III ana
Hhhe een slightly wounded by Mauser
nay which Clipped off the hesh on
LUZ horJ | turned to my pal dmg
one 1'a eor drink of water, lie qua
aeA0 s,cok and when | turned 10 see
ilvt tSore was no answer yleWed ths
WY ~ w. Of The friend with whom 4 5,l
.ii,al INT n few moments pelYle'
ad had been torn on. ,..4.o,,iro
'The American IT., troops y me me elite cities and
eNeS Entered. one day we ellt EN-, " ), +
eo"', I'D mansion which the ownei : an,
nId Nv, for sefetN There MaS 90 nsed
49, IN ore Of the rooms ai 49, omen
tes "a pry the cover OIL. 81 n,ayine
some Of the boys so then we hacked the
coon ,,,,aCt into chips and continued
nnr expedition. 10 eoualled as slick
"Flltpn'Ss I Gad a months pay, 81 u i,
: thieves ! d na' Of my pocket by one o.
r gold, taken ou' The island is about az a.