The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-04
Missionary

Missionary
This was the last direct ccmmuni.
cation ever received from the Is
land.
on June S0th, 1913, Lieutenant
Colonel Charles Romulu Of Mac.
Arthur's forces, and the last man
TO, leave Bataan. reported that &C.
bu City had been RACED by the
Japs In reprisal for sniping activ.
tiles.
No more was heard until Septem-
Der LIST, l942 when the priests bro
Their Henry Mccarthy Of White
Plains. N. Y. and q sister Esther
Mccarthy, a johnson street, were
told by ofilcials dealing with mat
ters concerning Americans In the
war zone, that @ letter sent TO the
Japanese Red Gross. via Tokyo,
might determine the whereabouts Of
the priest. Weeks later the letter
was returned, obviously censored,
and bearing O notation counselng
the writer's not 10 again use that
address.
Then, on January 2ist, l94S, an
unofIicial communication was re-
leased by the war department stat
ing that they believed Father
Mccarthy and others stationed in
that area, were informed by the
Japanese, somewhere In the Philip
pines.
Finally, just recently, the local
priests relatives were notified off,
cially by Bishop ]. e. Walsh Of the
Maryknoll Order, through the
medium Of the Red Cross, that
Father Mccarthy was definitely In
terened by the Japanese at q camp
In Cebu City, Philippines.
Shortly thereafter letter was
received by his brother from the
society of Relief For Americans In
Philippines" stating that the priest
was on the ofiicial internee list and
stating in part, I'VE are happy to
notify you that you are entitled to
send Father Mccarthy one cable
gram through your local chapter Of
the Red Cross. We are also notify
ing your sisters, Esther Mccarthy
of Waterbury, Conn, and Mrs.
Dennis Sullivan Of Marion, Conn.,,
OF this permission ...............
also, he may now receive letter mail
from friends as well as relatives, !"
the letter concluded.
Instructions were enclosed as to
how to address the letter mail to
the priest. and detailed censorship
regulations, as to what should not
be mentioned In the letters. were
outlined.
All mail, the instructions stated,
is to be marked on the outside Of
the envelope, Civilian Internee
Mail-Postage Free" The address
that followed was in full: Reverend
william r. Mccarthy. Interned by
Japan, Cebu City Interment Camp,
Cebu City. Cebu, Philippine Islands.
VIA New York, N. Y.
Censorship regulation forbade
mention Of the following: geograph-
cal names in u. s. of allied terri
tory; reference to political. military,
business. AFFAIRS: mention OF defense
materials, shipping. weather: nick
names, authorizations, descriptions
Of persons: reference 70 government
employment: mention Of money:
mention Of means Of coEamunlca-
ton other than word message
The following also was prohibited:
deletions. erasures. strlke-overs o.
any series OF personal names o.
series Of numbers.
The priests brother. Henry Me-
Carthy, has stated that he arranged
for q cable to be sent, but as vet
has had no word as 70 rs safe de-
livery. Hope was expressed hy on.
ciaiG, he reported, that there mas
he possibility q Father Mccarthy
helng permitted to reply By tlail
Same means.
Ateea hage hid y a. rElasl'l