The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-02-10
Achievements Of Go. C.
in Spanish-American War

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and troops on top of the old fort kept
up rapid fire across our front tinto
these trenches and kept the Philip
pines down until we were right on
them. We snapshot them as they
stuck up their heads and tried to get
away but few escaped. We turned to
the left and the line was soon cleared:
little later we formed skirmish
line and advanced down thru the brush
to Pasay. Co. G having moved to the
left in the turning movement was used
as an advance guard for the 14th In
fantry. We advanced to Pasay. and
from there they swung over to the
Pasig River and line was establish
ed from the bay to the River. Co. 6
remained on this line and along the
Pasig River without any particular
engagements until the latter part OF
April when the first North Dakota
was transferred to the north line and
became part of provisional brigade
under General Lawtbn. The purpose
of this movement was to break thru
the line to the east of Manila, from
there strike north and get behind the
strong line north of Manila. The
First Battalion of which Co. G was
member formed the advance guard
on the first day out They started at
five in the morning, struck the Philip
pine line first about six miles out but
did not enter into any material en-
gagement until we struck the main
line at Novaliches. This attack was
handled entirely by the First Battalion
and after rather a sharp fight lasting
about one half hour we rushed the line
and drove them out. We established
outposts around the town and report
ed back to Gen. LawtOn who had ar
rived and opened up headquarters and
it still lacked few minutes of ten
o'clock. We had marched twelve miles,
had two little scraps all in five hours
which Gen. Lawton thought was pretty
good work. From this time on our line
of action was north and we were con-
stantly in touch with our enemy and
there was more or less fighting every
day: The final engagement of the
expedition was at San Isidro which oc-
Cured on the 18th of May, Norwegian
Fourth of July. This was expected
to be a rather extensive engagement
as our reports indicated some 10000
of Aguinaldo's troops and they were
protected by some very good natural
defenses. As we only had about $500
troops altogether it looked as though
we might have quite a proposition. We
were given our positions the night
before. The First Battalion on the ex-
IRENE right with instructions to ex-
tend in that direction as far as
thought necessary. Our line passed
through some timber extending to
the front and south of the town. Our
movement had been screened and as
we were the first to attack. struck
them in an unexpected point and
threw them into panic, and they
Immediately started to retreat up and
down and across the river. I have
felt that if we had rushed them at this
point we could have captured quite a.
large number but our instructions
from Gen Lawton were that this would
probably be a rather extended engage
ment and against greatly superior
numbers and that we. must hold our
lines intact and only make a steady
advance. After taking the city, re-
ports came that peace negotiations
were taking place and for US to with
draw and return to Manila. After
remaining in Manila three days we
were again ordered south to clean up
the territory around the Legune-de-
Bal which is large lake whose out
let is the Pasig river. This expedition
occupied five days with minor engage
ments each day, finally ending at Mo-
rong where we remained for about 80
days. On the evening Of the 9Th of
July, just as the sun was setting, we
saw some launches approaching, pull |
ing carcas filled with soldiers who
came, to relieve us with orders for us
United States.
The rainy season was just coming
on and we were mighty glad to get
out which we accomplished the next
day arriving at Manila about II
o'clock on the evening of the 18th in
down pour of rain. We really do not
know how it can rain in that country.
You perhaps can form some idea how
it rains there when I tell you that
during the first twenty days of July
1899 more than 36 inches of rain
fell in Manila. This ended our cam
paigning in the Philippines and on the
30th of July, we went on board the
transport Grant pulling out of the Bay
Of Manila on the 31st, just year
from the day we pulled in. It was a
great experience and we came thru
it without much loss but many Of our
boys pretty we'll run down in health.
We came back by the way of Japan,
stopping day at Nagasaki, then up
thru the Inland Sea, stopping at Kobe
and for a couple of days at Yokoha-
ma. From there we took the Northern
or great circle route home. This is