The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
STILL WEST OF MISSISSIPPI

MISSlSSIHH1.
When the fort was reached the troops
left the cars and formed in the darkness.
Col Ray met them at the bridge and
showed the way into the fort. Col. Quin-
ton, Capt Fearnard Capt. Frazier and
the C o b reporter went in the lead
and it was an interesting trip from the
bridge to the barracks. When half way
across Col. Quinton suddenly stopped
and looked around. The Minnesota
comes in there" he said, pointing to
gap in the hills, land the Mississippi
turns here, and over there is Mime
apoIis. And" he added eve are stin
west of the Mississippi
For thirty-five years the Fourteenth
has been posted west of the Mississippi.
Since the Civil war it has been in
hundreds of Indian battles and has
served in the states of Arizona, Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Nebraska and Wyom-
ing. 1t left the United States May %,
1898, and was the first regiment to reach
the Philippines. Here it took part in the
battle of Manila and was one of the first
regiments to get into the city. 1t was
one of the most hard pressed regiments
during the attack on the city of Feb
ruary, 1S99 and was a few days later
sent out upon the firing line. 1t next
went on one of Gen. Funston's expedi-
j
in the battle OF Pagsanyan in April; it
fought at Pagayan and Farmbong on the
11th,and on the 18th at Ta-gyn and Paeta,
in June it went on the Paranagna ex-
petition and captured the town of Tus
Peras. On the 18th it fought the hard
est battle of the war, that OF Zafote
river. Here the enemy held it off from
p. m. until a. m. From Oct 2 to the
18th it was with Gen. Peter Swan on the
linus river expedition. On Dec. Is, 1889,
the regiment moved into Manila where
it did police duty until ordered to China.
Orders to go to China were receiv, d
early in July and it left on the 18th on the
transports Indiana and Flints hire, under
command of Col. A s. Daggett ROW re-
tired. 1t was too late for the fierce fight
ing around TientSin, but just in time to
begin the march to the relief of Pellin
Indeed the hardest work of all fell upon
the Fourteenth When the advance be-
gan the Americans only had 2,4G0 men.
including the Fourteenth and Ninth in
fantry, and the Fifth artillery. They
often marched sixteen miles in a day over
soft, heavy roads, ankle deep with dit
in places, with no breath of air stirring.
and through fields of kae1an twelve feet
high. At the battle of Yangtsun the
Fourteenth had the center of the line
and beside it were the Silxhs and the
Russians. Here the fire was so heavy that
they were ordered to charge They went
through a corn field and across the
country so suddenly that a battery of the
royal artillery, posted on a hill, did not
stop firing in time and the regiment b.
came the target for these guns Several
shells burst in the ranks and one ex
ploGed within ten feet of Capt REYNOLDS
and killed three men and wounded four
After this action the men rested day or
two but the heat was so great that
many went crazy and one jumped into
the river.
Then the march began again, with the
usual marching hour between 5 and in
the morning and camp for the night
generally being pitched in a cornfeio.
Then came Tungpien-mun and Pc
kin Straight down the road went the
Fourteenth, led by Col. Dagget himself,
and when it came to the moat over
which a heavy rife fire was sweeping it
did not pause to ask questions, but com
pany by company went over it and
stopped in shelter Of the tail wall This
wall was OLD and the edges of the stones
projected. Slowly the men commenced to
go up hand over hand At last they were
all up and just as they raised TIE
American flag. up went the flag of Rus
Sia and both flew over the city Then the
regime Mt formed ranks and marched into
the town. where Is rested in the shade
OF the houses. And that, in brief is t,ee
story of how the Fourteenth took Pekin.
BACK TO MANILA.
Four months in China and then back
to the city Of Manila. Aug. IS, 1901 the
Fourteenth again found itself upon Amer
lean soil On the night of Aug. 81 it