The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-11
REPORT OF COL. AMES
COMMANDER OF THE THIRTEENTH
SAYS HE CANNOT COMMEND
TOO HIGHLY
WORK OF OFFICERS AND MEN
That of Companies C and M Was
Wounded, Which Includes Three
of Company D-AI of Them Are
Doing Well and Will Recover

AdJt Cen Lambert received a quantity
OF Manila mail yesterday. consisting of
official reports from the Thirteenth Min
nesota. The most interesting was that of
Col. Ames. written under date of March
b, which was as follows:
rms regiment continued its duties dur
ing the period of this report forming a
part OF the separate brigade. Eighth
army corps, and military police of the
city OF Manila, under command of Brig.
Gen hughes, provost marshal general,
with Col; Ames. commanding, the regi-
ON the evening of Feb. 4 the Anticipated
attack upon the outposts of the Nebraska
regiment, to the northeast of the city,
precipitated a general clash of arms
between our troops and the insurgents,
extending the entire length of the lines
established around the city. Since, the
occurrence. while in the city this regi-
ment. with the Second Oregon and the
Twenty-third infantry. and a small de-
tachment of various commands. succeed
ed in maintaining perfect order through
out the most critical condition of affairs.
On Sunday morning, Feb. s. patrol
tackled by about $50 natives in the dis
trfct Of Tondo. The patrol fell back to
Its barracks, in which the entire com
pany mad assembled. and charged on the
mob, dispensing it In all directions, KILL
ing SIX and capturing thirty-one, the COM
pany suffering, no casualties. This was
the only serious trouble encountered by
our regiment or the entire provost guard
within the city up to Feb. %, when In
the. evening the anticipated uprising or
outbreak occurred. and the threatened
tent realized. followed by successive fires
on Feb. % and "a. The localities of the
fires We're in the Santa Cruz, Tando and
Binondo districts. and on the north and
east of Bilbii prison. patrolled by Com
panies L. c, M. D, G respectively. A
determined attack was made by armed
regiment in the district of Tondo ST.
multaneously with the fire about midnight
woundlng an officer and four enlisted
men of company. Promiscuous firing in
the Btnondo district upon the patrols Of
Company D were kept up all through
the night. wounding three enlisted men.
On Feb % Companies c and M. of this
regiment, with two companies of the
Second Oregon and two companies of the
Twenty-third. participated in the pursuit
of the insurgents, driving them out of
as Caloocan. a distance Of five miles. At
every point of advantage the insurgents
made a determined stand. There were
amounted to 115. During the day and
part of the pursuit an officer was over
come by the heat and four enlisted men
wounded.
The action Of the officers and men of
this regiment cannot be too highly COM
mended. as every available officer and
man used every effort In preventing the
and in doing their patrol and guard duty
during this most trying and dangerous
period. The work of Companies and M
in repulsing the attack made upon them
and finally driving the insurgents out of
the district, killing and capturing many
of them, was superb. during the height
of the trouble. for several days and more,
all the companies of this regiment were
under arms in their stations, and double
patrols were actively engaged in cover
ing their respective districts throughout
the city, a.
Wounded: Capt N. C. Robinson; Ser
geant G. K. Sheppard Privates Thomas
F. Calvin, G. S. Wooding and j. B. Smith,
Company c.; Privates M G. Grinnell,
John Hatfield and Herman H. Hilman,
Company d: Privates Fehr and Fryck-
man, Company M. and Private Grow Ba-
ker, of Company G.
Capt. Mckelyey, Company M. overcome
by heat y(since recovered). All will re-
cover and are doing nicely.
Privates B. o. Humna. of Company L;
James Hartly and William c. Fitch were
severely wounded on Feb. 10 and II In fir
ing lines at and near Caloocan, having
joined in with the Kansas regiment on
those dates.
Private A. ]. Weidle. of Company H,
was wounded while on special duty with
quarternlaster at Caloocan while hand
ling supplies at railway station