[1] A month later, on 31 July, the soldiers arrived seven miles south of Manila off the Province of Cavite much to their relief.

After establishing a camp, the Minnesotans were finally ordered to join Major General Arthur MacArthur for the expedition on Manila.

Seebach would be the highest-ranking Minnesota casualty of the day with a gunshot piercing his lungs and knocking him out.

The Minnesotans grew tired of the mundane life of police duty, requesting to be sent to the front.

Filipino rebels attacked the city with the heaviest fighting occurring in the Tondo district.

Much of the district was set ablaze, and companies C and M found themselves fighting for their lives against large numbers of insurrectionists.

After their second fight in Manila, the regiment was placed under the command of Maj. Gen Henry Ware Lawton for the coming expedition to the Luzon region, where they would be tasked with the capture of all the important towns in the area.

The Minnesotans covered 100[2]-120[1] miles in 33 days, capturing 28 towns and destroying Filipino supplies.

[2] The Hennepin County History Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota suggests 44 killed and 74 wounded during the regiments' time in service.

The second battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard, traces its origins from these two units.