Lake City Graphic
Lake City, Iowa
SEPTEMBER 7, 1899

Manilla, Sept. 6. The Fifty-first Iowa, the last of the volunteers on duty in Luzon, has been withdrawn from Calulet barracks at Calucan, preparatory to starting home. The number who will sail is 806. Less than three hundred were on duty at the front when the order for relief came, 406 being on the sick list. The regiment has undergone hard outpost duty for three months, very much exposed to the rains. Seventy-five have re-enlisted. Although the Iowans took part in the fighting between Malolos and Fernando, not one was killed in battle. Thirty-nine were wounded and nine died of disease.