Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-16
WILMINGTON BOY IN CHINA.

George Farrell Writes Of the Fighting
Around fricntsin-"worse Than Maniia.n
George Farrell, son of the late Martin
Farrell. is with Uncle Sans army ia
China and has seen some warm fight.
ing there, as appears by letter hs
writes to his mother In this city. His
letter is as follows:
"Taku, China, July I'd, l900--Deas
Mother: thought best to drop you
limo to let you know j am alive.
hope all are well at boms. We LETT
Cayits about the goth Of June and were
sent here to China ard they made /.
very unpleasant for us. We had to
fight our way through 10 q place called
Tientsin; you will understand the name
by Tin Sin. We have had eight battles
In going Is miles. | took sick with
the fever and was sent to the U. s. 8.
Newark. am all right again. ex.
pect to 20 ashore again. We lost
killed and 10 wounded.
sit Is worse than Msnila by far.
These people fgbt They do not run
until We make mincenisat out of about
200 Of them at time. It wa hard on
our Ipsn, We could not got decent
drink of water, had 10 drink river water
and you could see lots of dead China
men fioatiEg by--it Is enough to mike
any one sick. Whom they wound any
of our men they cut them up In small
pieces; u is an awful sight IL any of
our men see any OF their comrades
wounded, they stick their bayoneis In
their heads, AZ the boys would meet d
terrible death. / haven't time to write
more. as We have very littlo time to
sEaie. $"
TELL Mart to toll Jim that have
lots Of souvenirs, IL | could only send
them to bim, would do so, but IL Is
impossible. just now am on board
the Newark; she is the flagship. Ad.
miral keinptf is on her, and am his
orderly. With love TO all at homo.
Tell Mart to tell the fellows where
am, So Rood bye. Your son,
George Farrell.
Marine Battalion, Tientsin. China. {"
Maloney's statement Of the affair ss
given in a letter To James A. Ham,
merer of this city, is ms follows:
1T was my first drunk and my first
couIt-martIal in the army. | hit two
| Filipinos in Manila, and II did not
bit them they would have killed me-
\ One OF them came at me with long
pole and the other ono hit me In the
nsck. / then hit him in the Jaw and
knocked him out, swung so hard on
him that fell, and by that time there
were about 20 Filipinos around me.
Ae soon rs | vent down they jumped
on me and started 10 put their feet in
my face aud to punch me. One Fill.
Pine came out Of his house with bolo
to cut me with, hut two fellows out Of
my company, whom l was with that
day, came up and caught that fellow
with the bolo and told him to put it
away, but hs said he was going to kill
me. One Of the fellows then hit him
In the jaw and knocked him In the
house. sergeant and corporal came
and picked me up. But the native
police thought they would make an
arrest and four Of them came up. One
of them took his club and made q crack
at me with it before had done thing
to them. would not stand for that
and | knocked him down. So they got
afraid of me and the soldiers had to
take me to the guard house. The be-
ginning Of the trouble was that I got
drunk and staggered up against one Of
the Filipinos. lie picked up a pole
and was gong to hit me with it. -
Senator Kenney is TO be asked to IN.
vestigate the case in behalf OF Maloney.