Complex sentence: During the Spanish-American War enlisted on June 13,1898, as a private in Company I, Fifty-first Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served with this company during the Philippine Insurrection, and was honorably discharged on November 2,1899.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Spanish-American War enlisted on June 13,1898, as a private in Company I of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry's Fifty-first Regiment. He also served with this company during the Philippine Insurrection, and was honorably discharged on November 2,1899.