The Washington weekly post., 1900-04-10
TRAITORS TO THE FLAG.
American Soldiers Fighting with the
FiIipino-.

| From tie Aanila Ffsedcm Feh :
The story or treachery and treason COM
| mittsd b5 Americans vino have deserted
| the fiag OF their fathers TO fight beneath
| the banner OF the insurrcction Is told by
| W. j. Sheehy. Of the Hospital Corps
| Shelby was captured al the time Of the
train wreck near Angeles, last September
| He Was shot through the stomach and
struck on the head by the butt Of a gun
when the rebels pulled him from the
wreck and carried him to Tarlac. For
] forty days he lived ~ the rebel capital.
| receiving kind treatment from the Fill
| pinos, who gave him the freedom Of the
| city and furnished him with medical at
| tendance
AT the time OF the American advance
| in November Sheehy was dragged along
with other prisoners into the western
| mountains. Still weak and suffering from
his wounds, often without food and forced
| TO keep pace with captOrs who were max
irg every effort to escape capture "a the
| hands Of the rapidly advancing American
forces, he says that ii is a miracle that
he held out. and finally escaped TO join
the Thirty-sixth Regiment at Mangata-
ran.
While Of Tarlac he met Capt. Arthur
Howard, supposed to be Wallace. a deser-
ter from " Company Of the First Cali
fornta Volunteers. Howard holds a COM
mission as captain Of artillery in the rebel
army He has the confidence Of the ma
lives, and at every opportunity tries TO
publish the fact that he is an English
man. Lawrence, the ErSlishman, who
was captured some time ago and who IS
still confined in This city, and Howard
were close friends At that time Law
renee wors the shoulder straps Of first
lieutenant. He admitted to John ID. Sauls-
bury and Mr. Sheehy that he was an in
surgent officer and further stated that
seven years of his life had Deen spent
among the Filipinos. They were his
brothers and he believed their cause was
just.
Another deserter from VI Company,
First CALIFORNIA;, is Frederic Z. Martin,
perhaps the most disreputable traitor in
the outfit. He was given a commission
by the rebels, but showed such dispo-
sition to get drunk and spend other
peoples money that they were forced 10
take it away from him. Martin was not
backward in expressing his wishes that
Gen. Wheeler and Bell should be assas-
sinated "Our sharpshOOters are laying
for them, and we will get them yet" was
his boast before the American prisoners
at Tarlac
Another Californian, an unfortunate
comrade of Martins, is Bob Ford Nc
kendrick, who was led away in a drunk
en- condition and forced by Martin. to re-
main within the rebel lines until Ii was
too late to return to his regiment. Nc
Kendrick has remained a drunken sot,
burden TO the Filipinos. and disgrace to
th- name he bears.
Robert II. Healey. a deserter from the
Twenty Infantry was also seen in
Tariac. He took no active part i'm the
general opposition to the Americans The
natives knew him by the name of Watts
On The 18th day of October the rebel
govern ment gave a parade in honor of
their alleged successes against the Ameri-
cans. Three brass bands and a procession
Of no mean proportion passed through the
streets; speeches were made on the plaza
and the affair was closed by giving three
cheers for Aguinaldo; then three for in
dependence, and closed with storm of
applause at the mention of the name of
MI Bryan. William j., of Nebraska.
MI. Sheehy speaks in highest terms Of
the hospitality and kindness extended 20
the seventeen American prisoners at Tar
lac. They were invited TO dances and
parties given by officers Of the rebel
army. They fed, not luxuriOusly. but well
enough considering the circumstances
and during the days when flying through
the mountains when food was scarce and
even their Captors marched all day hun
CRY, They always received a share. OF
the original seventeen prisoners, sixteen
are safe in the American lines One un-
fortunate was bOloed by the rear guard.