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 524 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY Ernest II. Dahlberg; Oscar Fjellman, sick at division hospital November 30, 1898, discharged at San Francisco March 10, 1899; Thomas Head, re-enlisted in 36th United States Volun- teers; Charles J. Hartman; Victor Johnson; Emil E. Jorgenson; Hugh Kennedy; Owen Leeson, transferred to artificer; Ralph L. Munger, promoted to corporal ; Cecil M. Nichols: Fred Newcomb, discharged ; Frank D. Putnam ; Leonard S. Phelps, sick at divi- sion hospital, muster roll of November 30, 1898, discharged at Manila for disability February 2, 1899. cause, malarial fever and dysentery; Conrad P. Risen, mustered into Company H at Camp Ramsey and transferred to Company G at Manila October, 1898; Burt E. Stockwell; Charles Sundberg; Henry Seebach; Fred H. Seobie, re-enlisted in 36th United States Volunteers. Following is a brief resume of the Avar service of Company G: 1898— April 23 President McKinley issued a call for 125,000 vol- unteers to serve in the war against Spain. Minnesota's quota under this call being 2,874 men; April 29 Company G left Red Wing for St. Paul: April 2!). entered Camp Ramsey at state fair ^.rounds: May 7. mustered into United States service as Com- pany Ct. 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; May 16, left St. Paul for S;mi Francisco; June 27. sailed from San Francisco for Manila on steamer "City of Para" Sergeant Neill and Corporal Elk, with recruits, sailed on transporl "St. Paul" July 29 and arrived at Manila August 30 ; July 5, arrived at Honolulu, three days' -top; duly 31, anchored off Cavite; August 7. regiment disem- barked and camped a1 Camp Dewey, near < a vite; August 10. first active duly, in the trenches before .Manila: August 13, battle of Manila, the 13th Minnesota, in General MeArthur's division, sup- ported the Astor battery, Sergeanl Burnson was killed. Captain Seebaeh, Privates W. A. Jones, Alders and Crowell wounded, and the flag of the 13th Minnesota was the first regimental flag raised on the walls of Manila: for seven months thereafter the regimenl acted as military guard of Manila, Company G being in the walled town. 1899 — January 5, General Otis issued a proclamation to the Filipinos announcing the treaty of peace with Spain, and that the islands had come into the possession of the Tinted States; February 4. the war with the natives began; February 22. fire broke out in Santa Cruz district, patrolled by Company G. and in other parts of the city; March 19, regiment relieved from provost guard duty as the military police of Manila and caused to form a part of separate brigade under command of Brigadier General R. P. Hughes, being by general orders made a part of the 3d brigade, 2d division. 8th army corps, under command of Brigadier General R. II. Hall, each company, as it was re- lieved by the 20th United States Infantry, proceeding to its camp-