The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
AS TOLD BY LOUIS PEYER.

Capt. Pottgieser, of the Margaret street
station, has received the following letter
from Louis Peyer, Company r, Thir-
teenth regiment, at Manila:
I'VE were taken off the police force, as
l suppose you have heard long before this
letter reaches you, and We have been
kept SO busy since that I could not find
time. We had brush on the 18th of
March with the natives out by the water
works. From there we were taken out
near Mololos to guard a railroad bridge
which is on the firing line. The second
battalion is at the station Rigaa. and we
are at the bridge one mile below, and
Company is two miles below US guard
ing bridge. On the night of the 10th, 800
natives attacked Company G, which con-
sists of fifty-five men, They held them
off till we came. We did not know which
side was our enemy. A patrol of four
men and a corporal was sent down ahead
of our company, which consists of TWEEN
ty-fve men. These five men got within
forty feet of the enemy when they were
halted by man that could talk plain
English, and asked who is there" The
patrol thought it was Company G and
yelled out E company patrol, when they
received a Volley which was poorly aimed
and did not touch man. They could
not get back to our company, so we knew
sent five more men, this time sergeant
and four men. I happened to be near by
and was one of them. We tried it a
second time and very fortunately no one
was hit, but we were fired upon One
of company boys named Beedy, who
happened to run that way was shot
through the stomach and killed We
made for the company and reported
where the enemy was and the company
got into position just in the nick of time.
The natives were on one side of the rail-
road track and we were on the other
side. We didn't do a thing but pump lead
into them and in fifteen minutes we had
them on the run very far, for it was in
the morning just before daybreak. I
guess they thought they would make an
other stab at it, as they commenced to
were In a hole of some place else.
They kept it up until after daybreak
when we pitched into them and didn't do
a thing. We turned a three-pounder and
a Calling gun which was mounted on a
fiat car was turned loose, and that
cleared them out in hurry We do not
know the number we killed, as the ma
tives carry away their dead as soon as
they fall. 1 guess we gave them les
son which they will never forget We
started up that day and the next day
early we drove them out of the town
Cdlleu Old. NndIld. we burned every
thing as we went along, and by o'clock
we started back for camp. I have a hat
band that 1 took off a Goo-goos hat He
was killed in our first enga gement
Meade secured the mans rifle and equip
Elents. Last night Company G captured
five Goo-goos who were trying to locate
the outposts. A couple of them are good
Goo-goos now. On the night of the 10th
they made q general attack along the
line, but received the worst of it. The
native pigs and dogs have no homes
left now and they are becoming wild
Occasionally they make so much noise
that one. would think a whole army was
coming This morning I chased sixteen
dogs that had pig and were eating
him alive. You can just imagine how
1t is when we are on outpost duty. They
make our hair stand on end, because
when the animals are sneaking through
the brush we don't know whether they
are natives or dogs, and we don't dare
shoot for fear of betraying our hiding
places. Wf@t Is worse is to be on guard
duty with a man who sees more than
there really is to be seen. All care for
now is that they put us on a transport
and ship US to Gods country. Perhaps
1 can get a nights sleep there with my
shoes off and a good, square meal.