Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-25
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Q. j. Williams of Rawsonyille
Arrived In BrattlebOro Tuesdav

On a OO-Days FurIOugh---He Has Co..
nara Fighting In Cuba and the PhiIIp.
pines, and Was Wounded In Ro',
Places---the BrattleborO Boys. II.
Says, Are In Good Health.
q. j. Williams arrived in Brattlabo..
Tuesday night from Boston on his wav froao
the Philippines to visit his parents. Mr. snJ
Mrs. Bradford Williams, whom he supnoso5
lived in Jacksonville. He had been IN
town only few hours, however. when bo
met a former neighbor who informed bir0
that his parents had moved to Maine but
he did not know the name of the Town
Williams, whose funds were getting decid
eddy low, remained in BratteboTo ovo,
wednesday, leaving yesterday for Green.
field, Mass, where he has friends whom
he expects will help him in finding HE
parents.
Mr.. Williams arrived in Boston waoL
or two ago on the transport Mobile which
brought about 500 sick and wounded from
the Philippines. The trip was an exceed.
ingly good one, only IL days being needed
to steam from Manila bay to Boston bar.
Dor. Williams is on a 90-days' furlonoh
His army career is an interesting one. ba
having been continually in the service
since April, 1898, when he enlisted from
Plattsburg, n. Y, in the 2lst Regular
infantry. He accompanied his regiment
to Cuba and fought with il during tho
whole campaign on the island, receiving
flesh wound in the left side during the
battle of San Juan. Williams was at one
time detailed to duty in the Second Massa.
chusetts regiment, and it will be remember.
ed that while in that regiment he wrote
home an interesting letter which appear.
ed in The Phoenix.
From Cuba Williams went with his reg.
ment to San Francisco, leaving there last
fall for the Philippines. He reached
Manila about December 1. Since then
until his start home he was in active
service at the front, although soon after
his arrival in the Philippines he was trans.
ferred to the 9th Hospital corps. During
the battle of San Fernando he received a
Mauser bullet in the right leg below the
knee, making a wound which kept him
from active duty for two weeks.
Williams has seen both Dan O'Neil and
Michael Sherry once or twice since their
arrival in the Philippines. Both of them,
he says, have been transferred from the
21st TO the 23rd regulars on account Of
BOOa aEANlEcs Ab ldI ds he kUbh DON OF
the Brattleboro boys were in good health.
In speaking of the condition of the men
as a whole Williams stated that the death
rate at the time he left was two day.
Nothing, he thinks, can be done with the
Filipinos unless much larger force is
sent out. The rainy season will close
about Oct. l, and from then on the cam
paign should be pushed vigorously. Will
liams has been paid off but twice since he
enlisted and both of those times were be-
fore he went to the Philippines. When
his furlough expires he will report to the
nearest post for duty and, if in good
health, will probably be sent back to the
scene of hostilities, although he has no
desire to return there. Williams weighed
l72 pounds when he enlisted, and at the
present time he tips the scales al 12I.
He has two brothers who served in the
Spanish war, one going from Rutland in
the First Vermont regiment and the other
from Baldwinville, Mass, in the Second
Massachusetts.