Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1899 — Still Another Bold Soldier Boy. [ARTICLE]

Still Another Bold Soldier Boy.

Again, after all these months, another Jasper county soldier boy has been heard from since his return from Cuba, in the person of John W. Sanser, nephew of John Goetz and Erbeard Wnerthner, just west of town. He is now 1 a member of the Fourth U. 8. regulars to which Arthur Lakin and Fred Granger belonged and which recently left Fort Sheridan for the Philippines. Several letters have been received from him to his cousin Erh Wnerthner Jr Mr. Sanser is a German by birth and has served Uncle Sam in this regiment for 14 years or more. Probably a number of his Rensselaer friends will remember him better by stating that he came to this country in 1882 and spent his time with his above mentioned relatives. His only-near relative in this country is a sister Miss Anna Sauser, now of Chicago He has sent to his cousin a “rpster” of his Company entitled “Spanish Amerioan Memorial” whioh gives a list of officers and privates, also the engagements and number of deaths in the late war. We find here that Mr. Sanser comes in the list as a sergeant. In a letter to his cousin he says: “As you now know, I brought all of my bones back from ’Cuba, but have been suffering from malarial fever for some time sincej’returning, but think I am all right now. It is now settled that we will leave here for the Philippines Islands, Jan. 10th, next, and will sail from New York on the 15th. The distance is nearly 14,000 miles] and it will take ns about 60 days to go there. We will go by the way of the Suez Canal and Red Sea, It will be an interesting trip. It will be impossible for me to see you before oar departure. I am too busy to think of even going to Chicago. - . ’ Yo are for the Philippine Islands,

J. M. SAUSER.”