The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-09
IOLLEYS OR CHARGES
CAPT. N. C. ROBINSON SAYS THE
FILIPINOS CANNOT STAND
EITHER
BUT THEY'RE HARD TO WHIP
Captain of Company G Tells About
the Fighting and How the Thir-
teenfh Minnesota Wounded Are
Getting AIonE-GaIvin VIII Never
Soldier Any More-Still Using
SprinEfeIds.

DR.. E. H. Whitcomb yesterday received
a letter from Capt. N. c. Robinson, of
Company C, Thirteenth regiment. written
the captain says:
1--WE are fighting the 'niggers' as I pre-
dicted. and 1t has been great deal larger
job than the people back home have any
idea Of They are not whipped yet, al
though they are pretty badly demoralized
and we hear many Of the rank and file
are anxious to quit.
Yesterday our troops took Malolos
(the rebel capitaD. about thirty miles
from Manila, with very little resistance.
The enemy will not stand and fight us,
but retreat from one intrenchment to
another just as fast as we advance They
fire few shots from each intrenchment.
We have driven them over twenty miles
in this way during the past six days,
and our boys are still after them. Their
intrenchments are of the highest type
of engineering art. and are to all appear
ances almost impossible to take, but we
take the artillery. and throw a few
shrapnel at them, and then the infantry
give them few volleys from their long
rapid advance. Mr.. Rebel cannot stand
the pressure, and turns tail and runs
into his next intrenchment There are
! two things In our style of fighting that
| they cannot stand: one Is volley firing.
and the other charge across an opening,
with the boys cheering as they go.
Take, for example, our own Thir-
teenth. Last Saturday they charged
across field 700 yards against force
much larger than our own in a strong
intrenchment. We drove them out of
the ditch, and kept them on the run
for five miles. We only had twelve men
wounded. and they will all recover. Two
Of them were from my company
| dhe only st. Paul boys that were
hiD, Bert Anderson, through the stock
of his rifle, and then through his
right hand, and Arneson received
This is but fair example of the way
the volunteers fight over here. 1t would
make Richard Harding Davis blush with
shame to see volunteer regiment go into
| mix-up here, and at that we are using
Springfields against Mausers. AS one
major of the Montanas put it, we arc
going against modern rifles with battle
axes. However. Lord help the man q
Springfield hits. He Is generally dead
You should see the wound it makes. AS
rule you can put your fist into the hole.
The rebel loss during the past week has
been very heavy, the paper here put the
killed at 1000. I think this is too heavy,
but there is no way to tell Our loss
| has been quite heavy; more, great deal,
| Than the Philippines are worth.
Sour regiment has been relieved of
| police. work and put In the field, but as
| yet we have only been in one fight. They
are now guarding the railroad and
bridges out near -Malolos. I. have not
been with them as YET. Wnl so out to-
morrow and join them. While I was in
| the hospital I had an attack Of malaria
and when 1 left I was too weak to take
the field. The shock to my nervous -sys-
TEN from my wound was more severe
than I supposed 1t could be, and I have
had hard work to pull myself together.
l will be all right soon and at it again.
Sheppard, Calvin and Woodng, who
| were wounded the same night are getting
along in fine shape. Wooding IS up and
| around town. Calvin walks around the
| hospital grounds. but the head Of the
| Snoulder Joint was shattered ard 1t Still
pains him some. He will never be able
| to soldier again, Though his arm will be
| all right in year or two. Sheppard got
| 1t through the calf Of the leg, going be-
| tween the two bones and nicking them
| but not breaking them. He will be all
| right soon. 1 got it across the upper lip,
| shooting away part of the lip making a
tear about three and a half inches long
| Or. Law sewed me up and l have got
! just about as good lip as ever. He took
| ten stitches in it, The lip is numb yet,
| but aside from that 1t does not bother
me at all. So far we have all been very
| fortunate, and I hope we may have no
| more casualties.
I suppose our folks at home are all ter
| r1bly disappointed and worried at our not
! coming home. 1t seems too bad we are
| obliged to stay and fight niggers. The
| Third are here now, and it seemed good
| to see old friends right from St Paul.
| They were put on the line the next day
after they reached here. but as yet they
| have not been hit hard"