Excerpt from With the 13th Minnesota in the Philippines The Maine lies at the bottom of Havana Har bor, and hearing that we might possibly have a war with Spain, I went down to the Armory, on Eighth street, Minneapolis, to see what the boys thought about the matter. Got acquaint ed with Captain Diggles, of Company B, who declared that war was certain, and inquired why I did not enlist. Told him I would have no objection, provided the regiment went into active service, but would not care to enlist for garrison duty.

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