The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19
Filipinos Mutilate
Dead American in
Horrible Manner.
WORCESTER SOLDIERS STORY.
Under Guise Of Friendship
Aguinaldo's Men Stab
.. Sentries.

Sergt. A. F. Lowe of the Wellington
Rifles received a letter yesterday from
Private John H. Gilmore of Co. B,
Ninth United States infantry now sta
toned with Gen. MacArthur's column
at Angeles in the Philippine islands.
The Ninth is in Gen. Wheeler's brig
ade and Private Gilmore in the follow
lowing letter, written Oct. TO- gives an
interesting account of his experience in
the chase after Aguinaldo:
Dear Friend Allie
AS we are having a short rest at this
place, l thought l would write you to
let you know 1 am still living and |
nave not forgotten the squad leader Of
the 'Willies." 1 saw in The Spy when
your new squad were called the "Nev-
ersleeps," and no doubt it was quite
appropriate. I read with interest in
The Spy about Sergt. Jordan saluting
some general after bringing the pio-
neer corps to a port with a shovel.
l wish Lieut.. Gray luck in receiving
him commission in the volunteers First
Lieut. Wise Of the Ninth is a major in
the same regiment, and is doing duty
on Gen. Wheeler's staff at present
awaiting the arrival of the Forty-sev-
enth Wheeler is our brigade comman-
/ der and with the Ninth was the first
into Porac, beating out Macarthur, who
was with Col. Bells Thirty-sixth vol
unteer infantry.
The Thirty-sixth and two battalions
of the Ninth, with three field guns, took
what was supposed to be a rebel strong
hold. We came from Porac to Angeles,
as this is MacArthur's headquarters.
We were under Gen. Lawton, who COM
mands the first division while on the
south line, but were sent to San Fer
nando to relieve the Kansas volunteers
By the way, those western volunteers
are fighters from the word go" and
their state and country cannot give
them too much credit.
ADVISES AGAINST ENLIsTING.
This is a better country than Cuba
Still, the duty, to say nothing of the
fighting, is quite arduous, and if it
was not for the new men the regular
companies would be very small. The
hospitals are full, and then the major
ity Of the troops are more or less
troubled with peculiar form of itch,
which is at times almost unbearable
The rainy season is now over, or near
ly so, and we shall soon start on a
three months campaign, at the end of
which I think your friend Gill will
be more than satisfied, and there will
be others.
If any of your friends are contem-
plating joining any of those volunteer
regiments, take my advice and forget
it" as this rebellion may be thing Of
the past by 1900. Still these natives
will always be troublesome, and it will
require troops here continually to keep
them in line. They are very treacher-
Gus, Co. F of the Ninth were on out
post duty at Guagua, while we ad-
Vanced on Porac. In fact f and G
were garrisoning the town.
On one particular pest to which
three men and a corporal were detailed,
two or three Filipinos played an active
part in little farce. One man was on
guard with his magazine loaded, and
started talking and laughing as they
had done several times before. Two or
three more came, and they kept coming
until there were nine of them.
Not a breadth of suspicion was
aroused among our men, as there were
no signs Of any weapons, and the Fill
ipinos came from inside our line. They
kept up their talking and laughing,
and the guard, partly Disguised with
their harangue did not pay much at
tention to them. Suddenly one of them
pulled a dagger from his pocket and
plunged it into the sentry's heart, kill
ing him instantly. The others had got
between the Americans and their guns
ana SLdTltu " use luGu DUiOS. Inc
corporal ran into the camp and gave
the alarm. One Filipino jumped into
the river and escaped half drowned
and two of our brave boys drew bay
onets and attempted to recover their
rifles.
RECRUITING FOR AGGY.
The Filipinos are expert bolo men,
and our men were horribly mutilated
found Thorn hot no
as many as 80 gashes on their heads,
any one of which would have proved
fatal One of them died crying,
There they go through the bamboo,
give me my gum" The only thing
that surprises me is that more of this
kind of business has not occurred, as
the Americans have been altogether too
easy allowing those Filipinos within
our lines
why. we used to sleep in a fellows
house in Santa Rita, and have him and
his friends play the harp. One day we
caught him in the act of enlisting two
men for "Aggy. He was recruiting
insurgents were fooled by two of our
men who had false discharges, and now
the colonel and the sergeant are in
Fort Santiago at Manila where 1
reckon they won't do any recruiting for
some time.
Well up to date, our battalion has
been in five engagements or battles
Guadalupe ridge, Las Pinas, zapote
river advance from San Fernando and
the battle of Porac, which occurred
Sept 49, We were also at the night
attacks at Santa Rita, and the driv-
ing out of the niggers from Santa Rita
l have been in them all, and if the
niggers had a few more big guns,
think we would have our hands full.
/ am feeling pretty well, and occa-
sionally my thoughts wander back to
those nights when l sat around the old
camp fire down in Cuba with you and