Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-01
KEEP UP RUNNING FIGHT
Fillipinos Prefer to Be Beyond Range Of
American Guns.
Letter From District Boy on Duty at
the FrOnt-Campaign
Incidents.

"A AetIcI Ids UeeH received IN tn1S city
from Musician w. D. Carroll, Company E.
18th United States Infantry, now stationed
at San Fernando, Philippine Islands, srelat-
ing his experiences there. Musician Carroll
Is well-known in this city. For number
OF years he was member Of the District
Columbia National Guard, and was en-
ployed at the National Guard Armory
During the war with Spain Carroll served
as musician of Company c, LIST District
OF columbia Infantry, United States Vol
unteers, and soon after muster out enlisted
In the 18th United States Infantry, and
proceeded with that command to the Philip
pines. While on duty in the trenches re-
Gently, Carroll was severely wounded by
a Filipino bullet, his escape from instant
death being considered by the regimental
surgeon as little short Of a miracle.
Musician Carroll in his communication
describes the movements of the 18th In
fantry, among the other members of which
are the following Neutrality-suspicious.: Mu-
sician Banks and Privates E. A. Cook. E.
NJ Luskey, McConville, McGergor, Chin
skey and Hart. They are all reported to
be In good health and rendering excellent
service.
The letter, in part, is as follows:
we have In Company E four Washing
ton boys. who served in the 1st District of
Columbia Regiment, and they make good
eoiuieIS. MY captains name Is w, c,
Wren He is very brave officer and all
the men like him. He is old foot ball
PLAYER. We landed In Manila April IA,
1888, and went into camp in the city that
ordered to the firing line, near block house
NO. 4, and there performed outpost and
guard duty. Then we went to the water
works. where so much fighting was done
One night we marched nine miles to reach
there, but came back the next morning, as
We thought We were going to have a fight
near the city. The insurgents, however,
did not show up
I'VE left the trenches at block house No
4, May T. and proceeded to Caloocan
where We boarded the train which bore us
TO Malolos. formerly the capital of the So
called Filipino republic. 1t is now in our
hands. and I think their f1owery dream of
grand pagan republic is thing of the
past
Ordered to Move On.
I'VE landed the day mentioned a little
above Malolos, on the banks of the noted
Bagbag river, and there we camped for a
few days. The order soon came to move
forward to Calumpit another stronghold
held by the natives. We as before, camped
here for few days on the banks Of the Rio
Grande river. Here the other two battal-
ions OF our regiment Joined us, as did a
battalion of the 9th United States Infantry
and battery of the LIST Artillery, the same
one that was commanded by the late Can't.
Capron There are great many Washing
ton boys in this light battery. It was in
Washington after it came back from Cuba.
They all say that they will do as good serv-
Ice here as they did in Cuba
MS 1orce-the 18th Regiment and one
battalion of the 9th and one light battery
formed what was known as the auxiliary
column of the I'd Division, I'd Brigade Of
the sth Army Corps May 16 we were or
dered to pack our blankets, shelter halves
ana loose articles and store them away, to
be left behind. We took our rifles. cam
teens haVersacks and 80 rounds of ammu-
nltlon, and of. course, | took nv trumnet
also. That evening we marched ont of
Saiuihplt about dark into an opening, where
we slept on the bare ground At am T
sounded first call for reveile We ate a
HttIe hardtack and bacon and coffee and
at o:oo am we were on the march That
hloIhihs we covered fourteen miles and
captured the town of San Ioujsa before
dinner. The Filipinos put IN a little fight
out we soon made them take to their heels
anu run. we had only one man wounded
Whiie we killed about sixty of them. and
you can tell how many we wounded.
The First Engagement.
Ahis was our first fight on the island.
Ihere was sharpshooter in a tree across
the river from us, and he was shooting at
the captain all the time, but we kent On.
ing and didn't bother him, as he couldn't
MT balloon. They are very poor shots.
we went into camp ate our dinner.
stayed at this place until next morning at
oaypreak, when E Company (my COM
pahy) was the advance guard. We cap
tured the town of Contabba and across the
river the town of San Isidor SURRENDERED 10
us. Here al Contabba we STAYED two DAYS
When we were ordered to take the town of
san Anna We marched to San Anna
between the hours of l 30 and 3 nm. orr
battalion in the lead. The distance was
only six miles. but the sun was exceed
1ngiy warm and a goodly number of the
men tel OUT, Frustrated with heat; but we
captured the town without a fight. They
heard we were coming and they made a
run for it.
The next move was to meet and COOP
crate with General Lawton at a civ known
as Arayat, at the foot of Mount Arayat
We left San Anna and proceeded to Arayat,
where we met General Lawton and his
forces. We stopped at this place for a
dered back to San Anna, where we went
into camp for three days. Our quarters.
however, We're bamboo shacks used by the
natives. This is great country for sugar.
There Is sugar stored away to last the
whole army for year or more right in
this town.
City of Mexico Captured.
From San Anna we were ordered to pro-
ceed to San Fernando to Join General Nc
Arthur We left in the afternoon and
marched until o clock We took the city Of
Mexico, beautiful Spanish place 1t Of
fered no resistance. We quartered for the
night here and the next day marched to
San Fernando, where we are at present
quartered.
The day we came to San Fernando we
had a fight with the natives. Casualties
on American side, one killed and six
wounded: Filipinos, twenty killed and six
teen wounded and eight prisoners We
have a fight very nearly every day 1t
is like the fire department. You have to
be ready all the time. You may be sitting
down talking and the first thing you hear
will be volley from the trenches. Well,
you get ready and go out. We had one
fight here when the insurgents tried to
take the city We killed and wounded
about $50. but with all of that they don't
seem to want to stop fighting.
1T took me three days to write this let
ter We were called out eight times, and
one time we stood six hours in the rain.
You can look from our trenches into theirs
and them walk around, but we can't
shoot at them. They shoot all night at
our outposts.'
Can Use Name of Colonial Danes.
Justice Bookstaver In the New York SUI
preme court yesterday handed down a de-
ctsfon in which he gave Judgment for the