The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-05
MADE OF The RIGHT STUFF
WARM LETTER FROM A MEMBER
OF THE THIRTEENTH
REGIMENT
The Boys Want to Come Home, and
Are Not Afraid to Say SO-HOt
Shot for Number of Newspaper
CaIumnies.

A member of Company E, Thirteenth
Minnesota Volunteers, now about to leave
for home has written the following let
ter to friend in st. Paul expressive of
his personal sentiments concerning the
Philippine war, and other matters:
Meycauayan, Philippine Islands, June
Is, lSS9.-I presume the people at home
nave been anXiOusly waiting the return
or the Thirteenth regiment. According to
newspaper talk Dispatch we are a lot
OF towards over here and run to the rear
at every click of the gun My companys
wish would be fulfilled if we had the
man IN these quarters, or say, in a fight
who wrote that article. Why don't some
of these "cOld-footed'' newspaper report
ers. or eXpanSiOnistS, back home organ
Ize and come over here and take hand
in this? Why is it they always criticize
at every turn the volunteers make? Be
cause our colonel is sick and sent home
and not being able to lead the regiment
In battle, is that any reason why the
people at home should call US cold foot
home?
did not enlist to fight these innocent Mig
gers. When the United States went TO
war with Spain every man who enlisted
took an oath to uphold the United States
against any and all her enemies But
how many, out of thousands who enlisted
knew or ever thought that these people
over here would turn on us? 1 DON
De1eVe there is one. Then again DraeIi-
cally speaking. we enlisted for the war
with Spain, and nothing else Now thai
the war is over, why shouldn't the vol
uni come home? This, which is be-
ing carried on over here is not war. If
IS an 1nsurrection. Every time these peo-
PIE make an attack on our line our BOYS
nave to resist the attack the safest way
out OF 1t. We do it to save ourselves I
don't care about shooting down these
poor people. They are fighting for their
rights, and ! don't blame them. when,
ever we get into a scrap ii is against nv,
will. This is the only place thew can can
call nome. Then why Should Big Bow
Uncle Sam come in here and take If away
from them?
They say these people cannot govern
themselves. How do we know that ?
SPAN never gave them a chance to trv
IT Neither did we. The Filipinos will
willingly pay the $20.00 900 which we maid
for these islands if Uncle Sam were to d.
the right thing with them he would es-
laDilSh coaling station at or near Ca
Elte ana give them a protector, say per-
maps 1lVe or six cruisers. 1t is worth that
10 US. don believe in taking cOun-
Try 10000 miles away from the United
states, we have all we can do to take
care of ourselves at home, let alone com
ing over here. To annex the Hawaiian
islands was going far enough. Just be-
cause some lOw-lived (pardon me for
t USING that low EXPRESSION individual in
the AStor battery, after his return home.
writes articles about the Minnesota vol
unteers, is that sign that we were COW
ards?
Ask this man where their guns would
nave been if it had not been for some of
the brave men of the Thirteenth Mime
sofa who volunteered to go up and get
their guns for them after they had re-
treated and left them? How many of tho
Astor battery went with the SQUAD of
the Thirteenth to recapture their gums
l dld not see three. Not a word was
mentioned about this after the surren-
der of Manila until the Astor bows get
home, and some poor freak of natU e
wrote that article. But now that he has
had his little saw, it is time for US to
speak. If ANYBODY wishes to know anv-
thing about the Minnesota bows on the
18th of August. look up Gen. MacArthur's
renort. He was there and saw If All
You will pardon me for writing this tn
YOU, as I know it does not interest Won.
but nevertheless it won't hurt YOU anv
to know this. NV temper was up Just
a little. and couldn't restrain myself
from writing this But now that the vol
unteers have started for home 1 shall
not say anything else.