The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-23
SLAUGHTER OF FILIPINOS.
Any One Of Til EN- With Al knife Car
rfes His Death Warrant

Edwin G. Finck, 265 Pleasant avenue.
received the following letter from his
brother Walter, written Feb. 10:
| suppose % you ar. are all worried about me
good Well, we haven't any fighting to
do on the line, but are kept pretty busy
in the city, and have had little shooting
to 90 dol IN our district III try and tell you
progress up to date.
was on patrol duty Saturday. Feb. 4,
ana n on ~ my second tour Of duty from asO
road station noticed ani unusual amount
of carriages, but paid no attention TO
them They, of course. had taken the in
gone out to their lines on the train, be-
ing allowed to pass in and out of our
lines as long as they were unarmed.
returned to quarters about p. M,
and was Just about to go to bed when the
call to arms was sounded. it having been
sounded all over town. The company fell
In and We're held in waiting until about
$3.50 p, m. and then, dismissed. Taps
sounded at 10 p. M, and about 1915 p. m.
considerable firing was heard out in the
direction of the Nebraska camp. Assem-
bly, was again sounded, and the company
was again held for about one-half hour
and dismissed.
The firing soon became general all along
the line, and was kept up until about
midnight. About 1890 p. m. the Twen-
tleth Kansas, battalion of the First
Montana and section of the Utah light
artillery passed our quarters, bound or
the front, then about three-quarters of
a mile from our quarters. The firing
ceased and started up again at 2:30 a. M
harder than ever, the bullets raining in
and around our quarters nntil about 1870
a m.
The patrols were taken off and sentrles
were placed all around our quarters. 1
was on post from to a. M, and for
a while had to squat down alongside the
wall to avoid being hit by the bullets At
5;3o a: m. Dewey opened up on them with
the fleet and the land forces charged
them every now and then, and by 9 a. m.
had taken their first line of trenches The
fighting was kept up all day, and en-
Monday our forces drove them back to
within a mile Of a town called Coloocan,
about four miles from Manila
Tuesday | had a day off and went out
to the front with some of the boys, but
very little fighting was done and we
didn't have much fun out of it. Wednes-
day the insurgents tried TO force through
our lines number of times, but We're
repulsed and charged with a heavy loss
Of life on their side Yesterday our forces
acted on the defensive, but were bother
ed quite bit during the night and an
almost continual firing was kept up from
1890 p. m. till a. m. Today at D. m
Dewey, the Third United States heavy
artillery and the Utah artillery sheiled
the town called COloocan and burned 1t to
the ground, and the report just came in
that the boys charged them for four
miles and now hold position very near
a large town called Malabon. That is
about as far as it has gone UP to date,
but will keep you informed of the rest
Up till last Wednesday they used to al,
low the Minnesota boys out at the lines.
but we are not nov allowed out there
any more, because half the regiment used
to be there every day, and now every
Minnesota man caught out there is placed
under arrest. So far it has been a regular
slaughter Of F'ilipinos.,
Ever since it has started we have been
expecting an uprising in the city, but
think we have got them scared out Last
of our boys (who were over at the beach
watching the boats flring) with long
knives, and we turned out, and you bet
we didn't do much to them. but shoot
them down like dogs. Talk about excit-
Ing sport, chasing around with loaded
rifle ready to shoot the first man you see
with a knife, catch them on the run and
see them fall. l thought it would be pret-
ty hard for me to shoot point blank at a
man, but / didn't mind it any more Sun.
day than If | were shooting rabbits only
its more exciting to hear them let out A
yell and then drop. And think the ut,
tie game we gave them last Sunday has
scared them out. To every American kill
ed there are almost twenty "Googoos'
killed
about going home, and don't talk so much
about it, and everything is running
smooth But as soon as it is over we will
all be ready to 60
Well, Ed. that Is about all the news
Know for this time, so I'll have to stop
Your brother. Walter
Co. C, Thirteenth Mimi, U. s. V.
| mail you paper giving an account
of the start of the fight Regards to all
the fo!ks. Tell them not to work.: / am
feeling fine and looking for gore