The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
DAKOTA MEN ARRIVE.
THE TRANSPORT GRANT WITH THE
REGIMENT REACHES SAN
FRANCISCO HARBOR
SOLDIERS sr1L1 ON BOARD
ing and March to the PresidiO-
Warm Welcome for the VOlun-
teers Returning From Service in
PhiIippines-Joy In Home Towns
Over News of Safe Arrival.

teers Returning From Service in
Over News of Safe Arrival.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9o.-The trans
port Grant, from Manila, reported late
last night. Will land at San Francisco
thirty officers and SIG enlisted men Of
the First North Dakota infantry, u s.
"; IS officers and 444 enlisted men of the
First Idaho infantry, U. 8. "; IL officers
end 243 enlisted men of the First Wyon-
| ing infantry; 2 officers and e. enlisted
men of Battery A, Wyoming Light Ar
tillery U. S. "; officers and "a dis
charged soldiers; Is convalescent pa
tents; naval prisoners; 2 naval hospital
patients, and civilian passengers.
The transport carried in addition a
crew Of 1876 men, making a total on board
of 1.61).
There were no deaths among the North
Dakota men en- route and no serious
sickness. The following deaths among
the other organizations are reported:
Aug. 6-Sergeant Benjamin Moore, Com
pany H, First Wyoming, died of dysentery
and was buried at sea.
Aug. S-Hospital Steward Frederick
guards and Jumped overheard at mid
night A boat was lowered but no trace
OF the man could be found.
| Aug. 6-Thomas Olson, coporal Of Com
pany F, Wyoming regiment died at Ma
gasaki, on board ship; buried at Ma
gasaki.
Aug. 15--Robert starrall, fireman, died
| and was buried at sea.
Aug. 2O-David Harold, corporal, Com
pany K, First North Dakota, died at sea;
! body on board.
ton by the federal doctors the Grant
was given a clean bill Of health. The
transports arrival was greeted by blow
ing steam whistles and a procession of
tugs with committees on board went out
to escort the transport UP the bay. She
came to the wharf about 1 .. m. The
ship will remain off the wharf today.
Tomorrow the troops will land and
march to the Presido, escorted by regu-
lar cavalry, artillery and the Colorado
regiment. Lieut.. Col. Trueman, of North
Dakota, speaks well Of the record Of
| the regiment 1t lost sixteen men by
wounds and sickness. He says the voy-
age home was uneventful, except that at
Yokohama there were two cases of small
pox on board. The ship was fumigated
DAKOTA's LOSS.
The following is a summarized history
of the losses by death in the North
;. Dakota regiment as far as can be learned
at present:
Company A-Adolph Kepler, Alfred H.
| Whitaker, sergeant.
Company C-John Buckley, Frank Up
| ham, Peter TOmpkins, wagner; lsadore
| Driscol, corporal; William G. Lamb, AL
| fred Almen.
Company G-John A Ewing.
Company H-Frank H Harden, John
| Morgan.
Company I-George Schneider, must
! clan.
Company K.-Ole 7. Lakken.
There are eight companies of Dakota
soldiers on board: Company A, Bis
marck; Company B, Fargo; Company G,
Grafton; Company D, Devils Lake: Com
pany G., Valley City; Company II, James
town; Company l. Wahpeton; Company
K, Dickinson. Lieut.. Col. W. c. True
man Is in command, with Mas. Frank
White, Valley City, ard John H. Fraine,
! Grafton. The chief surgeon is Frank d.
| Pease, Wahpeton. The regiment left San
! Francisco June e. 1898, on the Valencia
| and Indiana and reached Manila July 81.
! 1t therefore saw just exactly one year
of service in the Philippines, and that
| year was an eventful one. The regiment
! can claim to have the lowest death IA te
of any in the service, volunteers or
i regulars The South Dakota regiment
lost fully sixty men killed or died of
disease, and the Minnesota regiment
! forty-six so even with but two bat
talions, the total of seventeen deaths for
North Dakota IS remarkably small, con-
sidering ell that the command has been
| through. 1t has seen considerable fight
ing, but has been fortunate in the num-
Der of men killed.
REGIMENTS RECORD.
The North Dakota regiment partici-
pated in the capture Of Manila Aug. 13,
$685. and was then located at Malate, oc-
cupXing the trenches a part of the time.
II was one of the first commands attack
ed by the insurgents. and had hard fight
ing, but escaped with few wounded. 1t
was in Ovenshine's brigade at that time.
1t went all through the campaign with
Gen. Lawton, first with the Laguna bay
excursion and then on the flying trip to
the north, which occupied thirty-three
days, and during which time the regi-
ment marched 40 miles and participated
in about sixteen battles. 1t was at Pate
while with Lawton that the regiment de-
Veloped its greatest hero, Thomas Stat
terlGnd, Company G. A party of six SOL
6iers were advancing as skirmishers and
were ambushed at a point where the
| F1ltp1nos slaughtered an entire regiment
Of Spaniards several years ago. Three
men were killed outright when Slater
! land jumped behind rock and COM
menced picking off insurgents as fast as
they appeared and approached the bodies.
| There was another man with Slater
land at first, but he incautiously raised
his head too far above the rocks and
was instantly killed Sutherland, single
handed held the insurgents at bay until
his own regiment could come to his help.
| There was another man named Files
who was severely wounded, but he is
now recovering from his injury. Edward
Kelley Darlington, was another hero.
He was transferred to the signal CORPS
at Frisco and was promoted to corporal.
| During the battle of Aug 10 he had a
party stringing wires between two COM
mands and they were all killed but him.
He was promoted to sergeant for this
work and later to be second lieutenant
and was favorably recommended in gen
eral orders
The regiment did not have a case of
desertion and not man was dishonor
I ably discharged from the service.