Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-06
GUERRILLA TACTICS
Marshalltown Soldier Boy in the
Philippines Writes of the In.
surgents' Methods.
Mr.. Fred Needham, Who Served ii
First Colorado in the Islands
Is at Home.

Quingua, P. L., Aug. olive are sta
toned at place called Quingua, about
thirty-fiye miles northwest of Manila.
We are quartered in an old church and
have very good quarters.
The Third Regiment Infantry has
been on the firing line ever since it ar
rived here last March and when the re-
cruts that came over with were as
signed to the Third we We're sent right
to the front. There being forty-tive of
us. we were all assigned to Companies
ID and B, stationed at Quingua, while
the rest of the regiment is five miles
east and across the Rio Grande river.
When we arrived here we were all
anxious to get a shot at the googoos,
as the boys call the insurgents. Early
on the morning of the 18th scouting
party was sent out and about noon
they came running back all out of
breath and said there We're 500 googoos
up the road. The companies We're inn
mediately called out and Company b
went enc way and Company ID another.
and learned their position and
came back to quarters and went to bed
With our clothes on and slept till l
O'Clock. We filed our canteens and ate
breakfast and started at O'clock. AS
they We're about half way between us
and Baliuag. two companies &c and AZ
and one troop of the Fourth Cavalry
started from there at the same time.
We got in sight of the googoos first and
opened fire at about 900 yards and then
| the forces from Baliuag opened up be-
hind them. and when the googoos saw
that we had them between us they ran
to the left and in less than five minutes
there wasn't one in sight. We followed
| them for about mile and every man
we saw was a migo (friend), as they
didn't have any guns. and we had to
believe them. We captured twenty-five
prisoners aud one Mauser rifle, while
their loss was five killed and ten
wounded. Our loss was one killed and
one man wounded.
/ Ii seems as soon as they see they are
going to be killed or captured they will
hide their guns and when you go near
them they will hollow .Migo. Migo.
and we have to let them alone A good
many of the googoos have no guns and
las soon as one is killed or wounded an
other one takes his gun, SO it is hard
to get their guns even if you do kill
4 them.
The whole skirmish lasted about
/ Twenty-Five. or thirty minutes and we
returned to quarters. But the firing on
our outposts continues every night and
/ L guess we will have to give them an
other foot race pretty soon, but not I'M
Hess they get too meddlesome, as we are
not doing any more than we have &c
while the rainy season is on. but as soor
as that is ever I expect there will be
some lively fighting.
/ 1t rains here every day and for the
last four days and nights it has rainec
continuously.
4 There is not very much sickness here
las far as can learn. Most of the boys
are healthy and we have good food ant
Iare anxious for the rainy weather to gel
over. which will be about the last oil
A next month.
To my comrades of Company H I viii
4 say that the duty here consists of out
post duty every other day and ole
guard fatigue and scouting parties thu
next. go we don't get much time fol
anything else.
Wishing all my friends success. viii
close, hoping to hear from many of tn,
boys of Company II. I remain, your.
truly, WILLIAM s. DlLLER.
Company d, Third United States In
fantry.