Evening journal., 1900-08-18
MTNGTON BOY
IN PHILIPPINES
ard +. Nugent, Jr.,
ties Of Attack on Taal
lOS Fall Upon the Americans
in the Night But Are
Routed

lard +. Nugent, who Is O MEM
Company c, Twenty-eighth U.
Infantry, on duty in the Philip
writes the following letter to his
r, Mrs. 3. Nugent, who lives at
and Browne streets:
llaco, Luzon, P. l., July Z, 1900.
ar Mother: / write you these |
hes to let you know l am well. l
you a letter on the 4th, but some
has happened since then, and |
| have the spare time l thought
Id tell you about it. 1t was '3.3O
< on the 9Th. Taal was attacked
lasted until 9 o'clock in the
ng, and the natives got out. They
on all sides of the town. The
lace they fred at was the hos
and then at the outposts. Well,
it short, they wounded nine OF
zen. and ten natives were found
You know it is dark and you
L see, so that is how the enemy
able to get 1t on US. There were
ompanies Of the Thirty-eighth
lent on kick" and they were
to Taal. and they started towards
ring and ran up against some Of
There were twenty-one natives
unch and everyone saw their last
he Thirty-eighth killed everyone
I'm, so that was not very bad for
work-twenty-One dead and we
{ know how many wounded.
colonel arrived in Taal on the
nd he was on his way with eight
when he was fired upon between
and this place. He did not want
his men killed, so he went back
al and got more men and started
and when he reached the place
As fired upon before he was at
/ again. They fought until there
{ a native left. Then he came
bO this town and inspected us and
all of us men TO keep well, and
ped we would go back to the
with as good names as we have
He left US for BallyOn and
ed over night and started back
aal. He got back all right, and
day he started out to hunt the
in of Company d. for he went on
days kick and was not In yet
sr colonel went out 10 hunt him
got in another scrap, but no one
lurt. He came back and started
hunt for the natives.
YOU can see how well our meT
700 Of the enemy of. Our cap
told us there was not many
d now. because they started oui
els blood boiling. aud he is goinl
ye them all that is coming 4
When they attacked Taal Com
B and d we're out on a kick.
-est of cur company, eleven mel
and three-quarters OF Company
two towns, and we kept the ma
out. When the colonel said: 'Whi
Olunteer to set the town on fire,
d not say any more. for five min
after 1t was on fire. II is a BIZ
but there was nothing left bu
ig church. Companies A and par
+ company and part of Compan,
re the ones who did the work. w
see It burning from this town
will teach them a lesson, for
first town burned down here
set fire to one shack, and tina
ID the rest. Even a church wa
ID down, but our men could no
it, for they did not want 1t burn
iut the whole town. There ar
churches in two towns, but an
we got word they were going Z
X 1t again, but they were afrai
it. There are fifty Of us here, an
y start we will not mind the cap
but burn the whole town dowr
besides there are plenty of ric
here, and they have lots of mic
onds. and we will get some %
An insurgent colonel is gettin
900 house built, and it is nearl
so If he wants to keep it he ha
keep the natives out or he wi
900 out, and that would kill hin
he police here have a big club an
tol and a bolo hanging at thei
The bOlo is as sharp as a razol
'etter than a sword. That is hO'
atives go around in Manila, bu
q this town.
am we'll and happy. / weighe
)unds when / came here, and nor
gh lf2 pounds, so you see W
plenty to eat. Some times whe
scouting we do not have enoug
us and we are too far from cam
any more. Some times We hav
de in mud up to our knees"