The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-13

TWO years campaign III tne Inlllp-
pine Islands. He says he enjoyed his
experiences very much, and may re-
enlist in the service again after n
much-needed rest at home. Prior to
his enlistment with the volunteers,
Lieutenant Murphy served with dis
tinction with the Thirteenth regiment,
and enlisted with Company +, of the
| Forty-seventh on August IL, 1899, In
his company We're John j. kcllerman,
| Henry Gardner, George Merkel all SER
geants; John j. Lewis, Curtin Kresgy
| and Edward Hill. all of Scranton, all
| Of whom have returned but Keller
man and Ilill who remained in Manila
and will locate there.
The regiment sailed on tho trans
port Thomas. which also conveyed the
| boys back again last month. There
were twelve companies aboard. The
| voyage from San Francisco to Manila
| occupied iifty-two days, which We're
| spent in an interesting manner, stops
| being made at different points en-
| route. The first was made at Gibral-
| tar, where they were met by the Brit
sh and Malta fleets and given an en-
CouraginG salute. From there they
sailed to Port Said and Sucz, where the
soldier boys We're given shore leave
for Il short time, before continuing on
to Colombo. Singapore and Manila.
THE OUTWARD TRIP.
| The transport went through the
| Mediterranean 9lS miles, and landed
in the harbor of Naletta. Among the
| incidents of the trip was a stop at
Malta, where the regiment partici-
| in ,,,I
the city of Sucz, the natives turned
out en- masse to greet the soldiers.
| When the regiment arrived at Ma
Mia they Immediately took quarters
at Guadalupe ridge. known as the
south line. They went into camp there
on routine work until Jan /, 1900, when
! they marched to Muntinglupa, where
| Companies i and II had their first en-
| gaSemcnt, under command of Lieutcn-
ant Murphy During the exchange of
shots one of the insurgents was killed.
This was the first time any of the
/ boys had been under fire and the cx-
pericncc was a novel one to all Of
them, although they bore themselves
with much credit. The engagement
lasted but a few hours, but it was cx-
| citing while it lasted.
Upon their return they took station
again at Muntinglupa. whore they re-
/ manned for five days, during which
time there were skirmishes with the
outposts, in which few Filipnos were
killed. on January 10, under command
| of General kobbe, the regiment went
| to Southern Luzon, taking station at
| different points in the province of AL
! bay. Companies r., + and II were sent
I
| heavily entrenched with earth and
bamboo. Ninety of the men made a
| landing, under cover of the Nashville,
and as the small boats reached the
| shore the insurgents jumped their
| trenches and began firing on the Amcri-
| cans.
USED RAPlD-FIRE GUN.
The rapid-hring guns of the Nashville
| were turned on them and caused them
| 10 beat hasty retreat, and the boys
| of the Forty seventh made a success
| full landing. The first trench was taken
| easily, but at a triangle trench in La
| Gaspi the insurgents put up a strong
| fight, in which forty-two of their men
were killed, and one American officer
| and private were wounded. In the
skirmishcs during the next day the
American soldiers found sixty Filipinos
| buried in the trenches, as a result of
| the struggle the day before.
Companies + and III then went to AL
! bay, where battery of artillery, con-
| sisting of four guns, several rifles and
| bolos, together with a number of pris-
| Oners, We're taken. During this engage
| ment the companies remained under Il
| continuous fire all night long, but came
| out victorious, and the next day took
| the town of DaraGa, where skirmish-
| ing party had been successful al work.
| In short engagement at this point on
| January "A, the skirmishers located a
| band of insurgents, who gave them
| some trouble. and the following day
| Lieutenant Murphy took station there
| with 125 men and succeeded in driving
out a force of 800 Filipinos.
The lighting was continued at Oar
| aga from January "a to February s,
| during which time one American was
| killed and four We're wounded. on Feb
| ruary a party of seven men, three
| of whom were Scrantonians. were at
! tackled at Lagaspi, and succeeded in
holding off 500 bolo men until reinforce
| ments came, a second attack was
made, this time by seventeen Ameri-
| cans, in which one of our boys was
killed, four wounded, and upwards of
fifty of the enemy We're slain.
TOWNS ATTACKED.
on February 6, at 1.3O O'Clock in the
| morning, the towns of Albay and Dar-
aga were attacked by about 5000 in
surgents, armed with bolos and rifles,
some of them carrying spears. The en-
cmies tried to burn the two towns
around the soldiers and rush the gar
! risOn, but were unsuccessful, and gave
the Americans a hard battle. 1t was
during this engagement that Captain
Bentley, of Company II, and Lieuten-
ant Harrison, of Company l., were
| wounded, two men were killed, and
seven others injured 1t was hand
| to-hand engagement, and about the
! fiercest one that the FOrty-seVenth en-
countered. 1t lasted until $50 o'clock
that day, and the next morning Col
onel Howe arrived with reinforcements.
The Americans again attacked the
| insurgents after they went into camp,
while the latter were planning for an
! other attack, and more than fifty of
the enemy were killed, twenty-five of
! them being found in one trench The
| town of Tobacco was next taken on
the 9th and forty-two insurgents were
killed and wounded before they would
surrender. only one American was in
jured in the engagement. on the 18th
a detachment went out towards a town
called San Neicenti and on the way en-
countered a band of insurgents about
500 yards away from the outpost,
10 their surprise the boys succeeded
| in OaDturing hNe CannOnS "A uumbpr