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GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
ILLUSTRATED.
A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE REGIMENT AND COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NOTED
MEN COMPRISING THE SAME.
BY
OTTO L. SUES,
Adjutant 3rd U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, and Adjutant General 1st
Cavalry Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Department
of the Gulf.
JAMES E. PATTEN,
Sergeant 3rd U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, Troop B, and Editor and Proprietor
"Salem Special" Printing and Publishing Establishment,
Publisher.


SALEM, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1900.




COPYRIGHTED BY
OTTO LOUIS SUES,
1899.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.




Dedication.
To the
Officers and Members of the
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
My Comrades and Friends, this
work is respectfully
Dedicated
By the Author.




PREFACE.
After receiving orders that we were to be mustered out
of the United States service upon cessation of hostilities
between the United States and Spain, and while still in
camp at Chickamauga Park, Ga., it was the unanimous
opinion of the officers and a great many men that a history
of the regiment should be written and published, to keep
green the memories of our days in camp, the friendships
that were formed, as well as the comradeship that bound us
together in a common cause.
It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that the scribe
of the regiment-the Adjutant —should be the one to perform this task..1 have never shirked a detail. I entered
upon the duty assigned me with my whole heart anld performed the same to the best of my ability.  It is now submitted for the approval of my comrades, who, it is hoped,
will deal leniently with this effort.


The Author.


Sioux Falls, August, 1899.




Table of Contents.
INTRODUCTION.
Attorney General Melvin Grigsby of Sioux Falls, S. D., conceives the idea of a regiment of Cowboys-Hastens to
Washington to lay his scheme before congress-Amending the army volunteer bill-Passing the bill with the
clause providing for the Cowboys and other Rough Riders
-Assigning recruiting districts for the three regimentsAppointment of the three Rough Rider Colonels.........  1-6
CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT.
Colonel Grigsby returns to Sioux Falls and takes immediate
steps to organize his regiment-Designation of the regiment as Third United States Volunteer Cavalry-Great
patriotic demonstration  and reception-Assignment of
five troops of the regiment to South Dakota; Montana,
four; North Dakota, two, and Nebraska, one-Selection
and assignment of recruiting commissions to troop commanders-Recruiting, organizing and mustering in of the
regiment in twenty-one days............................ 7-14
CHAPTER II.
THE GIRLS WE LEFT BEHIND US.
The last farewells-Leaving for the front-General Order No.
1-Purchasing horses for the command-The whole regiment under way from different sections of the countryMajor French and the Black Hills Squadron embarks at
Sturgis, S. D.-Major Stewart with the Inter-Dakota
Squadron leaves Sioux Falls, S. D.-Major Monteath
leaves Butte, Mont., for Camp Thomas, Ga.............. 15-22
CHAPTER III.
IN CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
Arrival of the regiment in camp-Assignment of the troops to
squadrons-Laying out the camp and driving the first
stakes-Measles-Arrival of the horse details-Mounting
the regiment-Busting bronchos bare back-The Quartermaster and the army mule-The wild ride-"Army grub"What the boys got to eat-Housekeeping in the armyHow to settle the ration question-The Commissary Officer as important as the military strategist.............. 23-32




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CHAPTER IV.
FROM   COWBOY TO SOLDIER.
The first guard mount-No uniforms or arms-Walking post
with clubs-Arresting our sentinel for being a suspicious
character-The first death in camp-Other enemies besides the Spaniards-Extremely hot weather-Flooding
rains-Hard work drilling-Rumors of a move-Phenomenal progress made in drill and general military efficiency
-The crack regiment in camp-Fully armed and equipped
and ready for the front-"The Cowboy's Lament"-More
rumors-The "Porto Rican Expedition"-Absurd rumors
- Credit  for  service.................................... 33-44
CHAPTER V.
THE LAST DAYS IN CAMP.
The camp in the woods-The epidemic of typhoid feverSickness and death common-Moving camp-Sending the
boys home on sick furlough-Untiring efforts by the Medical Department to get the boys away-The grand reviewField day-The war is over-Rumors of muster-outRumors of garrison duty-the "Round Robin"-Preparing
for muster-out-General Orders No. 03 (the last order)Beginning to muster out-Burning of Chickamauga Theater-The Paymaster faints-The last troop is paid off and
mustered out-Homeward bound-Sabers and plowshares
-Editorial comment-A retrospect......................45-54
CHAPTER VI.
THE REGIMENTAL COMMAND.
The relationship of the commanding officer to his men-The
American as a soldier and how to lead him-Regimental
esprit du corps-Organizing the cavalry brigade-Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd takes command-The Regimental
Chaplain-Divine services-The Red Cross Society-The
military hospitals-The treatment of the boys in the general hospitals-Moving the Chaplain's tent-Who is the
culprit?-Biography of Colonel Melvin Grigsby-Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Lloyd-Biography
of Chaplain Clevenger-Roster of regimental officers and
non-commissioned  staff.................................. 55-70
CHAPTER VII.
THE ADJUTANT'S OFFICE.
The duties of the regimental adjutant-Must be a hale-fellowwell-met-Must know when to laugh and when to look
serious-Must be a walking enclycopedia on military matters-The details of the office-The regimental postoffice
-The regimental band-The list of service calls-Roster
of the First Cavalry Brigade, giving the name and rank
of every officer of the brigade, and how they rankedBiographies of Adjutant General Otto L. Sues, Sergeant
Major Ball, Sergeant Major Wesley T. Stafford, Color Sergeant Merritt L. Day, Commissary Sergeant Frank A.
Morse, Sergeant William B. Dwinnell, Chief Trumpeter
John E. Hammon, Chief Trumpeter James Brown, Corporal Jacob F. Taggart and Sergeant Thomas W. Wilkes.. 71-84




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CHAPTER VIII.
THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
The unwritten law of the army-"Cussing" the Quartermaster
-Must be a diplomat-Receiving the first property-The
blockade at the Quartermaster's Headquarters at Camp
Thomas-Hustling for camp supplies-Issuing clothesAssigning horses to troops-The competent office forceThe Regimental Veterinarian-The Regimental SaddlerThe Regimental Blacksmith-The horse funerals-Biographies of Captain R. W. Parliman, Quartermaster Sergeant C. C. Culver, Saddler Sergeant Wilbur C. Trask,
Sergeant J. H. Kipp, Private Leo Carper, Private Clark D.
Sanders, Veterinary Surgeon L. C. Karn, Veterinary Surgeon W. L. Hagler..................................... 85-98
CHAPTER IX.
THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
"Beans kill more men than bullets"-"Extras" in camp-Selection of the Major and Surgeon-Assigning the medical
staff to duty-The roster of the department-Number of
men treated at "sick call"-"Water"-"Sinks"-ClimateCanteen-Bedding and tentage-Disinfectants-NursesMedicines, hospital tents and bunks-Outline of the work
-Biographies of Major H. G. Fish, Captain Roy A. Wilson, Lieutenant Edward S. Grigsby, Lieutenant Edward
D. Piper, Hospital Steward H. H. Miller, Hospital Steward
William B. Calhoun, Hospital Steward George A. Steele...99-114
CHAPTER X.
THE COMMISSARY AND ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTS.
The complaint against "army grub"-Unwholesome storesHandling of rations-A little kicking at the right timeAppointing the regimental commissary officer-Commissary  stores on  sale-Purchasing  commissaries-"Club
messes"-The army of pie haulers-The "actual conditions" —Handling the ordnance-Building a target rangeTarget practice-The complete cavarly equipment-Biographies of Captain O. W. McMichael, Lieutenant A. E.
Sunderhauf..........................................115-126
CHAPTER XI.
THE FIRST SQUADRON.
The Black Hills Squadron-Assignment of troops to the
squadron-Officer of the squadron-Major French ordered
to Fort Meade-Taking command of his squadron-Embarking for Camp Thomas-A rousing farewell-En route
-Arriving in camp-The non-commissioned officers-Getting down to business-Presentation of the saber to Major
French-Biography of Major Leigh H. French........... 127-134




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CHAPTER XII.
TROOP "A."
Organizing the troop at Deadwood-The physical examinations
-"A troop's Indians"-Camping at Fort Meade-What the
boys thought of their officers-Death of George Maclaren
-Biographies of Captain Bullock, Lieutenant M. E. Wells,
Lieutenant James Cusick, First Sergeant George T. Etter,
Quartermaster Sergeant J. H. Corcoran, Sergeant William
A. Rankin, Sergeant Con Sullivan, Sergeant Charles
Large, Corporal Hugh D. Ford, Corporal Albert Smith,
Private Guy V. Hardacker, Private Chris. Anderson, Corporal Joseph D. Wiggins, Private William Godberry, Private W. J. McFarland-Complete roster of the troopChanges and alterations since muster-in, and remarksRecapitulation of occupations and residences........... 135-152
CHAPTER XIII.
TROOP "C."
Raising a troop in the Northern Black Hills-Filling the
troop with good material from the ranges-Selection of
officers-Assignment to the Black Hills Squadron-Service in Camp Thomas-Muster-out of Troop C non-commissioned officers-Biographies of Captain G. E. Hair, Lieutenant R. S. Wells, Lieutenant A. B. Wells, First Sergeant
G. W. Taylor, Quartermaster Andrew Vogessor, Sergeants
M. O'Reilly, C. C. Chase, J. W. Butcher, U. S. Griggs,
Corporal W. H. Thompson, Trumpeter H. T. Elliott,
Wagoner R. Bain, Saddler G. M. Nyce, Private J. Gollen,
Private I. Molash-Roster of the troop-Changes and alterations since muster-out, and remarks-Recapitulation
of occupations  and  residences.......................... 153-166
CHAPTER XIV.
TROOP "D."
The effect of the declaration of war on the people of SturgisOrganizing the troop-Selection of the officers-Muster-in
-In camp at Fort M'eade-En route to ChickamaugaMuster-out-Biographies of Captain J. E. Hammon, Lieutenant D. F. Connor, Lieutenant Walter L. Anderson,
First Sergeant W. N. Ray, Quartermaster Sergeant E. C.
Steele, Sergeants G. F. Von Ostermann, C. Dangler, B.
Sturtmer, Frank Ball, Trumpeter G. G. Ebersole, Private
C. Schneff-Roster of the troop-Changes and alterations
since muster-in, and remarks-Recapitulation of occupations  and  residences.................................. 167-182
CHAPTER XV.
TROOP "K."
History of Troop A, Nebraska National Guard-The Indian
war of 1892-Preparing for muster into the United States
service-Changing designation to Troop K, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry-In camp at Lincoln, Neb.-Enroute to Camp Thomas-Muster-out-Biographies of Captain J. H. Culver, Lieutenant W. S. Kinney, Lieutenant
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Sergeant G. A. Eberly, Corporal H. E. Bromwell, Corporal
S. E. Raymond, Corporal S. S. Sidner, Trumpeter F. D.
Culver, Trumpeter C. C. Colby, Private R. L. Bowen, Private J. O. Berkley, Private Iver S. Johnson, Private Robert
Porter-Changes and alterations since muster-in, and remarks-Roster of the troop-Recapitulation of occupations
and  residences........................................ 183-200
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SECOND SQUADRON.
The Cowboys of Pierre-Expert horsemen-Selecting a leader
-Personnel of the officers-Beans and     bullets-The
schoolmasters-Major Stewxart gets the fever-The military family-"Klance foraging for property-The ruling
passion strong in death-Biography of Major R. W. Stewart.................................................. 201-210
CHAPTER XVII.
TROOP "B."
Recruiting at Sioux Falls-The delegation from   Chamberlain-Flandreau sends her boys-The troop is examined
and mustered in-The first in the regiment-The troop officers-Target practice-Accidentally killing a horseBiographies of Captain J. Foster, Lieutenant G. B. Grigsby,
Lieutenant J. N. Wright, First Sergeant J. S. Wells, Sergeants J. E. Patten, Peter Gardner, P. R. Kelsey, W. H.
James, Roy S. Avery, Corporal J. A. Prichard, Privates
H. T. Brown, G. W. Byrnes, Robert S. McDonald, John
McKeon, Tobias   Rodemaker-Roster    of the   troopChanges and alterations since muster-in, and remarksRecapitulation of occupations and residences......... 211-232
CHAPTER XVIII.
TROOP "E."
Cowboys "out on the Cheyenne"-Coming into Pierre to enlist
-Weeding out-Leave for Sioux Falls-Preparations for
muster-in-Promotion of the officers-Captain  Stewart
becomes a Major, and is succeeded by Lieutenant BinderLeave for Camp Thomas with the Second Squadron-The
days in camp-Death of Herbert F. Lawrence-Musterout-Once more on the range-Biographies of Captain J.
B. Binder, Lieutenant J. W. Laughlin, Lieutenant L. G.
Fuller, Quartermaster Sergeant H. Grant, Sergeants J.
W. Murphy, J. Kettleson, G. E. Seelye. W. I. Dewitt and
Harlan Stafford, Corporals C. E. Bradley. T. K. Ludlow,
W. J. Wagenknight, Trumpeter C. S. McCoy. Privates D.
P. Blymyer and Henry Hemphill-Roster of the troopChanges and alterations since muster-in, and remarksRecapitulation of occupations and residences..........233-248
CHAPTER XIX.
TROOP "G."
The military talent of North Dakota-Beginning to organize
for the cavalry-Active recruiting in all the large townsPhysical examinations-Preparations for muster-in-Muster-in of the troop-Leaving Fargo for the front-Assigned
to the Second Squadron-In camp at Chickamauga Park



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Muster-out of the troop-Biographies of Captain C. E.
Gregory, Lieutenant N. A. Way, Lieutenant Dan Burkholder, First Sergeant Joseph Denoyer, Sergeants Clayton L. Worst, Charles J. Jones, Leslie A. Simpson, Corporal A. A. Mauger, Privates W. G. Blackorby, E. S.
Beatty-Roster of the troop-Changes and alterations
since muster-in, and remarks-Recapitulation of occupations and residences................................... 249-26
CHAPTER XX.
TROOP "H."
Wheatland excited over the war-Stower's call for volunteers
Definite plans laid for the organizations of the troopGreat day at Wheatland-Moving on Fargo-Sunderhauf
joins with his Wahpeton boys-Selecting a Captain-Passing the physical examinations-Muster-in of the troopOff for the war with Troop G-Camping in the parkBiographies of Captain Nugent, Lieutenant C. E. Stowers,
First Sergeant William Ray, Quartermaster Sergeant R.
E. Wessels, Trumpeter Carl Fay, Sergeant J. G. Smylie,
Sergeant J. F. Daniels, Private F. E. Eastling, Private R.
McCoskery, Private J. K. Weir-Roster of the troopChanges and alterations since muster-in, and remarksRecapitulation of occupations and residences............267-281
CHAPTER XXI.
THE THIRD SQUADRON.
A ready response to a call for duty-Patriotic meetings held in
Montana-Beginning to organize for the cavalry-Four
troops of cowboys assigned to the state-Personnel of the
officers and men-Moving on Camp Thomas-Meeting
Major Monteath-Presentation of the Squadron flag by
loyal friends in Montana-Always ready for duty-Muster-out-Home once more-Presentation of medals to the
command-Biography of Major James H. Monteath..... 283-292
CHAPTER XXII.
TROOP "F."
The "Garden City" of Montana wide awake-First company of
volunteers organized for the Spanish-American war-The
first volunteer-Frank Higgins commissioned to raise a
troop of cavalry-Hastening the preliminaries for musterin-Medical examinations-Mustered in at Missoula-In
camp at Fort Missoula-Off for Chickamauga-Meeting
Troop L-Arrival at camp-Hard work in camp-Preparations for muster-out-Citizens once more-Biographies of
Captain F. G. Higgins, Lieutenant Will Cave, Lieutenant
C. H. Hall-Roster of the troop..................  293-300
CHAPTER XXIII.
TROOP "L."'
Excitement at Butte-Making preparations to organize a troop
of cowboys-Personnel of the officers-Getting ready for
muster-in-Medical examinations-Muster-in-Preliminary
drills-Muster-in-Off for the war-Meeting Troop F at
Silver Bow-Soldier friends-Life in camp-News of muster-out-First troop to be mustered out-Biographies of
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Lieutenant Frank Haskins, First Sergeant W. J. Rankin,
Jr., Quartermaster Sergeant J. C. Sullivan, Sergeants J. P.
Mitchell. R. G. Richards, E. J. Dierks, Corporals R. W.
Baker, R. H. Post, Robert Carlton, Private W. F. Johnson, Corporal Thomas Mathews, Private H. M. Reynolds,
Sergeant Edward S. McRobert, Trumpeter J. M. Tobin,
Corporal H. C. Bryant and Privates J. E. Karn, E. J. Kennedy and W. J. Weeks-Roster of the troop-Changes and
alterations since muster-in, and remarks-Recapitulation
of occupations  and  residences.......................... 301-316
CHAPTER XXIV.
TROOP "M."
Preparing Troop A, Montana National Guard for war-Billings
up and hustling-Personnel of the officers of the command
-Captain Bond commissioned to raise a troop of Cowboys
-Troop ready for final examination and muster-Mustered in-Farewell to Billings-Arrival at Camp Thomas
-Assigned to duty-Hard at work-Mustered out-Return to Montana-Great reception-Biographies of Captain
John C. Bond, Lieutenant H. V. Bailey, Lieutenant Robert Leavens, First Sergeant Will H. Morse, Quartermaster
Sergeant J. B. Herford, Sergeants E. B. Carter, W. H.
McCormick, Stanley Guy, J. H. Johnston, A. B. Newman
and J. E. Hughes. Corporals J. W. Selvidge, O. W. Eastman, E. J. Ranger, L. B. Clark, L. H. Stoddard, W. C.
King, Farrier A. J. Scheibelhut, and Privates G. H. Davis,
B. S. Harner, A. J. Hart, E. C. McCadden, August Schiller
-Roster of the troop-Changes and alterations since muster-in, and remarks-Recapitulation of occupations and
residences...........................................  317-332
CHAPTER XXV.
TROOP "I."
Early settlements on the "Tongue River"-Indian disturbances-Organization of a company of National Guardsmen
for the protection of settlers-News of the war-Transfer
of the original company to the Cowboy regiment-Mustered in-In camp at Chickamauga Park-Military duties
in camp-Mustered out-Biographies of Captain J. T.
Brown, Lieutenant John McKay, Lieutenant E. S. McEnterf, First Sergeant F. H. Otto, Quartermaster Sergeant
T. A. Mapes, Sergeants J. P. Hedges, J. Schandel, Wirt H.
Newcomb, Corporals W. C. Henderson, W. L. Bonney, C.
Nicholson, Frank Dunnigan, Farrier G. F. Parlin, Private
H. H. Barlage, R. C. Brown, John Caywood, William
Goodman and G. A. Horkan-Roster of the troop-Changes
and alterations since muster-in. and remarks-Recapitulation  of occupations and  residences....................333-349
CHAPTER XXVI.
OUR HONORED DEAD.
The regiment when it arrived in camp-A soldier's deathMeeting the deadly foes-Losses by death-A    soldier's
funeral-"Taps" —The Cowboy's tribute"-In memoriam
-The first death-The National Cemetery at Chattanooga
-Biographies of Pirst Sergeant W. D. Smith (K), Private
A. J. Beach (B). Private George Maclaren (A), Private
H. F. Lawrence (E.)-The roll of the dead............ 351-359




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List of Illustrations.
Colonel Melving Grigsby.............................Frontispiece.
Camp of Grigsby's Cowboys, Chickamauga Park, Ga..........        3
Field and Staff of Grigsby's Cowboys........................     9
Bakery at Camp Thomas, Ga............................           11
Battlefield  Station,  Lyle,  Ga................................  11
Taking a Look Over Georgia............................          13
Trumpeter Clarence C. Colby and Brigadier General L. W.
Colby.................................................    13
Sergeant Charles Large-Troop A...........................  18
Sergeant Leslie A. Simpson-Troop G........................     18
Scene of a Troop Street-Troop H..........................  19
Bathing Horses in Chickamauga Creek..................   25
Private Reuben L. Bowen-Troop K.........................  25
Sunday  Morning  in  Camp..................................  27
The Cowboy Band at Guard Mounting........................       30
The Midway at Lytle, Ga....................................     30
A Group of Deadwood Cowboys..............................       35
Only  in  Fun................................................   39
Watching Grigsby's Cowboys Drill...........................  41
The  Grand  Review..........................................   47
Leiter Hospital, Chickamauga Park, Ga......................     51
Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Lloyd........................     57
Chaplain  Galon  S. Clevenger.................................  59
Getting  Ready  to  Start  to  Leiter...........................  61
Adjutant General Otto  L. Sues...............................   70
Sergeant Major Wesley T. Stafford.........................     73
Color  Sergeant  M. L. Day...................................  73
Sergeant William B. Dwinnel-Troop C......................      81
Chief Trumpeter John E. Hammon, Jr......................        81
Captain Ralph W. Parliman, Brigade Quartermaster..........     84
Captain  Parliman  Issuing  Clothes...........................  89
A Portable Field Blacksmith Shop..........................       91
Dr. L. C. Karn, Regimental Veterinarian.....................    95
Clarence C. Culver, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant......  95
Captain Roy A. Wilson, Assistant Surgeon................... 101
First Lieutenant Edward S. Grigsby, Assistant Surgeon...... 101
The  Regimental  Hospital....................................  103
Major H. Gurdon Fish, Taken in the Open.............  105
Major H. Gurdon Fish, Regimental Surgeon................. 109
First Lieutenant Edward D. Piper, Assistant Surgeon......... 112
Dr. George A. Steele, Hospital Steward......................112
Headquarters Regimental Commissary...............   114
"Trois  A m is"...............................................  123
Major Leigh H. French.....................................    129
Officers of Black Hills Squadron.............................131
Major Leigh H. French (Mounted)...........................133
The Black Hills Squadron (Mounted)....................... 134
Captain  Seth  Bullock- Troop  A..............................  137
A Quartette From the Black Hills...........................   139
Lieutenant Myron E. Wells-Troop A........................141
Lieutenant James Cusick-Troop A......................... 143




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Captain Bullock Inspecting Troop A Kitchen.................. 145
The First Sergeant's Tent-Troop A........................ 147
Captain George E. Hair-Troop C..........................  152
"The Three Musketeers"..................................       155
Interrupted at Dinner.................................... 157
On Lookout Mountain, Tennessee........................... 159
A   Rookie  For  Troop  D......................................  168
Captain John E. Hammon-Troop D.........................  169
The Boys From Sturgis-Troop D..........................        171
Lieutenant D. F. Connor-Troop D........................        173
Lieutenant Walter L. Anderson-Troop D...................       173
Lining up For "Mess Call"-Troop D.........................      175
Captain Jacob H. Culver-Troop K..........................      182
The Culver Family-Troop K............................... 185
Lieutenant William S. Kinney-Troop K..................... 189
Lieutenant Elwin E. Culver-Troop K............... 189
Corporal Harley E. Bromwell-Troop K..................... 191
Corporal Samuel E. Raymond-Troop K..................... 191
The "Stanton Squad"-Troop K.............................      195
Major Robert W. Stewart —Commanding Second Squadron.... 204
Officers of the Second Squadron............................. 205
Colonel Melvin Grigsby, Major R. W. Stewart (Mounted)....       207
Captain "Jack" Foster-Troop B...........................       210
Lieutenant George B. Grigsby, A. D. C.-Troop B...........      213
Lieutenant John N. Wright-Troop B....................... 213
First Sergeant John S. Wells-Troop B.....................      215
Private George Byrnes-Troop B..........................         215
Sergeant James E. Patten-Troop B......................... 217
Private John McKeon-Troop B............................        220
Private Harry T. Brown-Troop B.........................        220
Corporal Jacob A. Prichard-Troop B.......................       221
Private Clark D. Sanders-Troop B.......................        221
The Day After Pay Day............................               223
Private Robert S. McDonald-Troop B........................     223
Troop B Interviewing the Paymaster........................ 225
Captain Joseph B. Binder-Troop E.......................... 235
Lieutenant John W. Laughlin-Troop E..................... 237
Lieutenant Lowell G. Fuller-Troop E........................ 237
Troop E at Mounted Inspection...........................       241
Sergeant Harland Stafford-Troop E.......................       243
Corporal Wm. J. Wagenknight-Troop E...................243
Captain Charles C. Gregory-Troop G....................... 251
Lieutenant Dan Burkholder-Troop G.......................       2523
First Sergeant Joseph Denoyer-Troop G.................... 253
Sergeant Charles J. Jones-Troop G........................      255
Sergeant Clayton L. Worst-Troop G......................257
Corporal Anatole A. Mauger-Troop G......................       257
Private Walter G. Blackorby-Troop G...................         259
Private Edward S. Beatty-Troop G........................259
The North Dakota Quartette-Troop G......................261
Lieutenant Charles E. Stowers-Troop H....................269
Non-Commissioned Officers-Troop H......................... 271
Troop  H   at  Dinner........................................... 273
Troop H   (Order Arms).....................................    276
Troop  H    (Ready)...............................277
Major James H. Monteath (Taken Unawares)..............         287
Officers of the Third Squadron.............................. 289
Captain D. Guy Stivers-Troop L............................300
Lieutenant Frank W. Haskins-Troop L.....................        303
Sergeant Edward J. Dierks-Troop L........................ 307
Troop L (The Pride of Butte, Mont.)........................311




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Hospital Steward William B. Calhoun.......................
Brigade Commissary Sergeant Frank A. Morse...............
Receiving  Campany  I.......................................
Captain Joseph T. Brown-Troop I..........................
Lieutenant John McKay-Troop I...........................
"The  Pards"  of Troop  I....................................
First Sergeant William D. Smith-Troop K..................
Private Algernon J. Beach-Troop B.........................
Private Herbert F. Lawrence-Troop E......................
National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.......................


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Introduction.


Colonel Roosevelt, in his introduction to the history of his
Rough Riders, published in Scribner's Magazine, after mentioning the fact that he and General Leonard Wood often
took long walks discussing various plans for getting into active service at the front, in the war with Spain, says: "Our
doubts were finally dissolved and our way made plain by
congress passing an act providing for three regiments of men
of special qualifications as to horsemanship and marksmanship." The Colonel did not give the history of that part of
the act of congress to which he referred.
It is to Colonel Melvin Grigsby, of So1ix Falls, S. D.,
that the nation is indebted for the skill and judgment in legislative matters that secured the law providing for the Cowboys, or Rough Riders, and which has resulted in bringing to
light the magnificent qualities of Leonard R. Wood and elevating him from Captain and Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A.,
to Brigadier General, United States Volunteers; and Theodore Roosevelt from Assistant Secretary of the Navy to the
high position of Governor of New York and a leading presidential possibility, and to popularity in the nation hardly
surpassed by any other living men.
In reply to a letter addressed to Colonel Grigsby asking for
the history of the act of congress providing for the Rough
Rider organizations, we received the following:
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 1, 1899.
My Dear Major: I have yours of July 22, 1899, asking for
a brief account of my connection with the law that authorized the Cowboys and Rough Riders.
During the month of January, 1898, and the early part
of February, and while I was at Pierre, S. D., attending to
my duties as attorney general, there was much war talk.
Pierre, as you know, is a great center for the cattle interests
of the West and a place where the cowboys often congregate.
It was while watching these cowboys riding their bronchos
in the streets of Pierre that the idea first came to me that
these rough and bronzed riders of the plains, used to camp
life in all kinds of weather, and expert shots with rifle and
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case the government should be drawn into war with Spain
and need volunteers to be sent to Cuba. I found upon talking
with a number of them that such service would be eagerly
sought by them in case they were needed.
On February 15th our good ship the "Maine" was blown
up in the harbor of Havana. I began at once to put my affairs in shape to go to war, and to investigate the chances of
getting into the service should war be declared.
On March 23d there was no longer any doubt in my mind
that war would be declared; and on that day I wired the Secretary of War tendering my services and suggesting that the
Western cowboys would make the most effective soldiers in
case volunteers should be called for. In reply to that message I received the following:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant General's Office.
WASHINGTON,       March 25, 1898.
Mr. Melvin Grigsby,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Dear Sir: Your telegram of the 23rd instant, addressed
to the Secretary of War, has been received. He bids me say
to you that in case such services should be required, you will
be borne in mind.
(Signed)                Very respectfully,
H. C. CORBIN,
Adjutant General.
By the middle of April I had become convinced that there
would be no opportunity for either myself or the cowboys, as
a distinctive organization, to see service, unless some measure different from the bill that had been introduced in congress providing for volunteers could be secured. I therefore
concluded to go to Washington. Arrived there on the 19th
of April. Everything there was hurry and excitement. To
the representatives of this state, and others of both houses,
of my acquaintance, I talked in regard to organizing cowboys
into cavalry regiments.  The idea was popular. General
Miles and the Secretary of War both thought that when the
call for volunteers would be made cavalry could be called
from those states where that class of men are employed and
thus provide for securing them. That scheme was all right
so far as the cowboys were concerned, but I saw no way to get
in myself in that way, because the governors of the several
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from Colonel down, and my relations with Governor Lee
were such as to give me no hope in that direction..;.discovered that on March 30th Senator Warren, of
Wym   ing, had, at the request of Colonel Torrey of his state,
iniroduced a separate bill for the organization of one regiment of Cowboys. By this time the Volunteer Army Bill
had passed the House and had been referred to the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs, of which Senator Warren
was a member. After examining Setator Warren's bill, I
concluded that it would be easier to get the Army Bill amended than to get a separate bill passed and concluded to see the
Senator.
Upon inquiry I learned that Senator Warren was engaged
with the Senate Committee on Military Affairs in the room
of that committee, and that the committee would be in session until they were ready to report the Volunteer Army
Bill. This situation I reported to Senator Kyle, who had
been assisting me in every way possible. He went with me
to the committee room where Senator Warren was and called
the Senator out. I explained briefly to Senator Warren
what I wanted and the fact that an amendment would provide for his man as well as myself and be easier to secure
than a separate bill. "That may be true," said the Senator,
"but there is no time. We will report the Army Bill in
thirty minutes."  I showed him the proviso I had drawn as
an amendment and asked him to present it to the committee,
several of whom I knew would favor the Cowboy scheme.
He consented to do so, and within thirty minutes I heard the
report of that committee read in the Senate, the bill as presented including the proviso exactly as I had drawn it and
was as follows: 55th Congress, 2d Session. H. R. 9944.
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"Provided further, That the President may authorize the
Secretary of War to organize companies, troops, battalions or
regiments, possessing special qualifications, from the nation
at large under such rules and regulations, including the
appointment of the officers thereof, as may be prescribed by
the Secretary of War."
The bill passed the Senate and went back to the House,
where the words "not to exceed three thousand men" were
added to the proviso and the bill became a law the same day.
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ment you will be able to secure from official documents.
Wishing your enterprise abundant success, I am
(Signed)                 Yours very truly,
MELVIN GRIGSBY.
In pursuance of the above-mentioned law the following
memorandum was issued by the Secretary of War:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, April 28, 1898.
Memorandum. By authority      of the President of the
United States and under the second provision of Section 6
of the Act approved April 22, 1898, entitled "An Act to provide for temporarily increasing the military establishment
of the United States in time of war, and for other purposes,"
the organization of three regiments of cavalry is hereby authorized, to be composed exclusively of frontiersmen possessing special qualifications as horsemen and marksmen,
and to be designated the First, Secolld and Third regiments
of the United States Volunteer Cavalry.
I. Each regiment shall consist of twelve troops:  One
Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, three Majors, one Adjutant
(an extra Lieutenant), one Quartermaster (an extra Lieutenant), one Surgeon, two Assistant Surgeons (first Lieutenants), one Chaplain, three Hospital Stewards, one Sergeant Major, one Quartermaster Sergeant, one Chief Musician, one Saddler Sergeant, one Chief Trumpeter. Each
troop shall consist of: One Captain, one First Lieutenant,
one Second Lieutenant, one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster Sergeant, six Sergeants, eight Corporals, two farriers
and blacksmiths, two trumpeters, one saddler, one wagoner;
fifty-nine privates, maximum; fifty-five privates, minimum.
II. Authority to recruit for these regiments will be given
to the persons designated to organize and command them, and
they may authorize persons of their selection to recruit the
several subdivisions.
III. The men will be enlisted individually on the regular
form prescribed for the enlistment of soldiers in the Army
of the United States; will be required to pass the usual medical examination by a medical officer of the Unitel States
Army and will be assembled at the following points, where
they will be met by a mustering officer, and mustered into service of the United States, as soon as the minimum for each
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The First Regiment. Prescott, Ariz., Santa Fe, N. M.,
Muskogee, Ind. Ter., and Guthrie, Oklahoma Ter..The Second Regiment. Casper and Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Third Regiment. Rapid City and Sioux Falls, S. D.
IV. The commissioned officers of the regiment will be
appointed by the Secretary of War.
R. A. ALGER,
Secretary of War.
Under Section 2 of the above Memorandum the following
named persons were designated to organize and command the
several regiments.
First Regiment. Captain Leonard Wood, Washington,
D. C.
Second Regiment. Judge Torrey, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Third Regiment. Attorney  General Melvin   Grigsby,
Sioux Falls, S. D.
As soon as these appointments were promulgated the newly appointed regimental commanders hastily left Washington
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CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT.
Great was the rejoicing among the friends of Colonel
Grigsby at Sioux Falls when the Argus Leader bulletin announced on April 28, 1898:
"Attorney General Melvin Grigsby appointed a Colonel
in the Volunteer Army."
He had gone to Washington with but a very slight acquaintance among the Senators and members of congress,
with the Governor of his state opposed to his military aspirations and a law already passed by one House in which there
was no mention made of the cowboy regiments, and consequently but the remotest chance for his getting into service. However, knowing that his idea was the correct one
and that it only remained for some one to get the ear of the
"powers that be" in order to explain his scheme properly,
and have it approved, he felt confident of success. He was 
correct in his surmise. The personality of Colonel Grigsby
soon made him a host of friends among the lawmakers,
which, coupled with his persistent efforts, made it possible for him to have the Volunteer Army Bill amended as he modestly describes in the introduction to
this work, and through which he won the Colonel's shoulder straps. Only those who were in Washington and in
touch with the War Department and with Congress immediately after the declaration of war on April 21, 1898, can
realize the magnitude of the Colonel's undertaking and appreciate the result of his efforts. Everybody seemed to be
swarming the halls of Congress and corridors of the war department in search of the coveted commission. Many who
thought they could muster the necessary "pull" would hear
of nothing less than a brigadier's commission in the early
days, and finally, when they realized that worth, merit and
experience were the principal factors consulted in making
officers, ended up by accepting a second lieutenant's commission or none at all. Therefore, Colonel Grigsby's success
in landing one of the most desirable commissions and having his plans of organization of the cowboys or Rough Riders
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tively unknown to the officials in Washington, increases in
magnitude.
Scarcely had the telegraph announced the fact that the
newly made Colonel was coming home to recruit his regiment, when citizens of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, proud of
the achievement of their townsman, made preparations to
receive him.
On May, 2, 1898, he arrived in Sioux Falls and was met
at the depot by "Stout's band" and an immense concourse of
citizens and escorted, amid martial strains from the band
and the cheering of the people, to a hastily constructed stand
at the corner of Phillips Avenue and Ninth Street, where he
was welcomed in a spirited and well-chosen speech by Honorable H. H. Keith.    Patriotism  and war fever ran high,
and it seemed as though the turmoil and commn.otion or war
had been temporarily transferred from    Washington to the
dense crowd that packed every approach to the stand that
held the Colonel and the Business Men's League-the latter
having had charge of the reception.  Men and boys shouted
and threw hats into the air, while matrons and maidens
cheered and frantically waved parasols and fans.       Who
that witnessed that scene will ever forget it?   It was the
first time that South Dakota had stood face to face with a
foreign war; in an instant all political animosities, all personal differences were wiped away and the inherent patriotism and loyalty of the American citizens exerted itself.
Visibly affected by the reception, Colonel Grigsby arose
and replied as follows to Judge Keith:
Fellow Citizens: You have not taken me by surprise in providing this reception. I do not consider that anything I have done has
been the moving cause. This whole nation is ablaze with glorious
patriotism. Patriotism is up and politics is down.
I saw an account of the way Sioux Falls celebrated the declaration of war. No other city, so far as I know, excelled Sioux Falls
in that direction. It made me more than ever proud of the people
among whom I have passed half my life. (Cheers.)
South Dakota has reason to rejoice over the fact that she will
furnish, population considered, a larger share of the first call for
volunteers than any other state in the Union. The regular quota
from South Dakota is seven companies of infantry. I am authorized to raise a full regiment of twelve troops of cavalry. One-half
or more of these, if suitable men can be obtained, will go from South
Dakota. That you may fully appreciate this honor you should know
that senators and house members, from almost every state in the
Union, besieged the secretary of war, and none succeeded, so far as
I could learn.
I trust that every citizen of this state will join with me heart
and hand in securing for these companies men and officers that
will honor the state. In this work all political jealousies and personal animosities should be forgotten. (Great cheering.) In the
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ered. Let no man enlist with the idea that he is going on a junketing tour, or a picnic excursion. We are in the midst of war, and
as Uncle "Billy" Sherman once so laconically expressed it, "War is
hell." No man can tell to-day whether this war will end in three
months or last ten years. Of one thing we can be sure-this war
will not end until independence has been won for Cuba. (Great
cheering and cries of "That's right.") When that is accomplished
if then the cruel and treacherous Spaniard does not cry "hold,
enough," this war will go on, if need be, until the word "Spain" has
been wiped off the map of Europe. (Cheers.)
Fellow citizens, there is a silver lining even to this dark cloud of
war. The cry of hard times, we have heard for years will be heard
no more. For every man that suffers pain upon the battle field, a
dozen families will be relieved from the pangs of hunger. But more
than all that, the ties that should bind us together as citizens of a
common country, under a glorious flag, will be strengthened. More
friendly relations between capital and labor will be established. A
few months ago political discussions had grown so acrimonious that
men were ready to fly at each other's throats, each party claiming
that the principles of the other would destroy the republic. Each of
these political gladiators will discover, and be forced to admit, that
his party has no monopoly of true patriotism and self-sacrificing
love of country. (Cheers.) There will now be a cooling time for
statesmen. God, grant that they may discover a just and equitable
mesne between political extremes. Some of you may have thought
that the President moved too slowly, especially since the destruction
of the "Maine."  My friends, I want to say to you that after being
in touch with the War Department for two weeks, I came away with
unbounded confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of both the
President and General Alger. It is very easy, at this distance, to
make up your minds that they are too slow, and then take up the
cry of "On to Cuba." We should remember that we do not and cannot know all that they must consider before they decide to act. They
are both veterans of the last war. I want to say, without reservation, that I believe neither of them is actuated by any other motive
than to secure victory in this war for this nation, with as little
sacrifice as possible of the lives and property of our people. We
should, therefore, stand shoulder to shoulder in tendering both material and moral support. The man who criticises the administration in time of war and imputes bad motives, without a full and complete knowledge of all the facts upon which he passes judgment, belittles himself and furnishes aid and comfort to the enemies of the
country.
It is true that patriots are starving in Cuba, and that to aid them
we have declared war; but we must consider, before we rush our
soldiers into Cuba, that if the Spanish navy should defeat our own,
those soldiers would be in a trap and their complete extermination
or inglorious surrender would only be a question of time. Let
us then possess our souls in patience; each one manfully doing his
own part and deserving the blessing of Divine Providence, and victory will surely be ours.
I thank you, fellow citizens; with all my heart I thank you for
your generous compliment.     (Prolonged cheering.)*
*Taken from the verbatim stenographic report of the speech at the time, and reproduced in full on account of its many prophetic features.
South Dakota furnished one complete regiment of infantry and five troops of cavalry,
with a total of sixty-five officers and one thousand four hundred and five enlisted men,
with a required quota of twenty-one officers and seven hundred men.
Montana, with practically a like sized quota, furnished' but eighty-five less men,
both states far exceeding their required quota.
North Dakota in furnishing two battalions of infantry and two troops of cavalry,
also exceeded its quota. This record alone, not even mentioning the brilliant record
made upon the battle-fields by the troops of these states who were fortunate enough to
get into battle, will redound to their everlasting credit, as long as the history of the
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At conclusion of the speech, Colonel Grigsby joined his
wife and daughter, who were in waiting, and was by them
triumphantly carried home to luncheon.
The same night the Colonel arrived home, May 2, he issued the following commissions for the organization of the
subdivisions of his regiment:
Troop A, Seth Bullock, Deadwood, South Dakota.
Troop B, Otto L. Sues, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Troop C, George E. Hair, Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
Troop D, John E. Hammond, Sturgis, South Dakota.
Troop E, Robert W. Stewart, Pierre, South Dakota.
A number of other commissions were issued in the state,
which, however, had to be revoked on accountof the quota
of the state, so far as the cavalry was concerned, being cut
down. In the meantime the other Northwestern states were
bringing all their influence to bear for representation in the
regiment, as they, too, had a large number of men in their
population especially fitted for service in this regiment, with
the result that the following apportionment was made:
South Dakota to have five troops.
Montana four troops.
North Dakota two troops.
Nebraska one troop.
Further recruiting commissions were then issued as follows:
Troop F, Frank Higgins, Missoula, Montana.
Troop G, Charles E. Gregory, Devil's Lake, North Dakota.
Troop H, George A. Nugent, Fargo, North Dakota.
Troop I, Joseph T. Brown, Miles City, Montana.
Troop K, Jacob H. Culver, Milford, Nebraska.
Troop L, D. Gay Stivers, Butte, Montana.
Troop iM, John C. Bond, Billings, Montana.
Samuel T. Clover, who had been selected to become the
Adjutant of the regiment, finding it impossible to accept
the position, Otto L. Sues, at the request of the Colonel, accepted the position, thus vacating the command of Troop B,
which was immediately filled by the appointment of John
Foster of Chamberlain, South Dakota.
Troop B was mustered in May 12, 1898.
Troop F was mustered in May 13, 1898.
Troop K was mustered in May 14, 1898.
Troop L was mustered in May 15, 1898.
*Troop A was mustered in May 17, 1898.
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Troop E  was mustered in May 18, 1898.
*Troop D   was mustered in May 18, 1898.
*Troop C was mustered in May 18, 1898.
Troop I was mustered in May 19, 1898.
Troop G was mustered in May 21, 1898.
Troop H   was mustered in May 23, 1898.
Thus in twenty-one days the entire regiment was recruited, organized into troops, officers and non-commissioned officers selected and mustered in. Considering that but three
of these troops had maintained anything like military organization prior to the declaration of war, the regiment established a record in this particular hardly equaled and
never surpassed in the history of volunteer troops.
Great was the excitement in those days.  Here and there
upon the streets could be seen squads of citizens in line, receiving their first military instruction. Citizens they were
in appearance, for they wore the clothes of the farm, the
workshop and the range, but soldiers everyone of them at
heart. Who will attempt to analyze the spirit of war and
military ardor that slumbered behind that innocent civilian
garb?
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CHAPTER II.
"THE GIRLS WE LEFT BEHIND US."
Considering the very few officers who had had any experience in the intricacies of preparing a troop for muster-in,
and the vast amount of preliminaries and technicalities to
be overcome, all of the troopcommandersdeserve great credit
for the business-like manner in which they each accomplished
the duties assigned them, and which pointed to the excellent
soldierly qualities later displayed by these officers.
In the troop commanders the efficiency of the regiment is
reflected. They are the ones who come in daily and constant contact with the men who furnish the nerves and sinews of the organization, and upon their knowledge rests the
reputation and value of the regiment as a fighting machine.
Without a competent troop commander the strategical maneuvers of the regimental and squadron commander will
come to naught.
In those days of mustering in, business matters had to be
straightened out, preparatory to a long absence, elementary
drills gone through with every day, requisitions to be made
for supplies and altogether it was a most busy time for everybody. Those troops who had the good fortune to be ordered
to a military post where supplies were abundant were
luckier than those who were away from all military connections and had to depend upon Chickamauga for their first
supplies. It may be a matter of surprise to some how it was
possible to secure for the principal positions in the regiment
-the squadron and troop commands and the staff-men who
so easily fell into routine of army ways and attended to their
several duties with so little friction. The answer may be
found in the fact that from the regimental commander down
to the corporals a great many men had served either in the
volunteer service or the regular establishment and took
easily to the duties required of them.
On May 12, 1898, General Order No. 1 was issued, as
follows:
Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 12, 1898.
General Orders
No. 1.
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press upon all officers, especially troop commanders, the necessity
of maintaining the dignity, bearing, courtesy and demeanor commensurate with the position they have been called upon to fill. They
should not only by example discourage drinking, gambling and other
demoralizing conduct, but should also encourage friendly rivalry in
horsemanship and general military qualities, that will make them
both good citizens and efficient soldiers. They should, themselves,
show a punctilious observance of all the laws, forms, rules, regulations and courtesies that military discipline makes necessary, and
so instruct their men.
A high position of honor has been accorded the regiment in the
volunteer army of the United States. It therefore devolves upon a
most strict attention to duty and the undivided support of every
officer and enlisted man in the command to maintain that standard.
This order will be published to each command immediately upon
muster-in.
By order of Colonel Grigsby,
OTTO L. SUES,
First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
On May 18, 1898, Major Leigh H. French was directed to
proceed to Fort Meade, South Dakota, and assume command
of the "Black Hills Squadron," consisting then of Troops A,
C and D; and Major Stewart was assigned to command of
the Second Squadron, then consisting of Troops B and E, at
Sioux Falls.  Major Stewart had been promoted on the 18th
from Captain of Troop E to Second Senior Major and succeeded in command of Troop E by Captain Joseph Binder,
promoted from First Lieutenant same troop; Second Lieutenant John W. Laughlin having been promoted First Lieutenant from  Second and Lowell G. Fuller made Second
Lieutenant from First Sergeant, same troop.
In the meantime Captain Godwin and Lieutenant Morgan,
Eighth Cavalry, arrived in Sioux Falls for the purpose of
purchasing horses for the regiment, Lieutenant Morgan acting as Quartermaster of the troops at Sioux Falls.
The wires, were kept busy notifying the War Department
of the progress being made at organization, with a view to
ordering a move upon Chickamauga, Georgia, the designated
rendezvous.
On May 18 orders were received from     General Bacon,
commanding the Department of Dakota, for a general move
on the 20th. Until the hour of receiving definite orders to
move, all sorts of rumors were, current.  First we were to
rendezvous at Omaha, then at San Francisco, again it was
stated that we would not leave the state until thoroughly
equipped.  The war fever raged high in the breast of officer and private alike. Everybody wanted to start and
get somewhere; it made very little difference where.  Action
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Hence, when definite orders came to move to Chickamauga
-considered the first stepping stone to Cuba-there was
joy and gladness in the heart of every one of the newly made
soldier boys, as was evidenced by the broad grins upon their
faces, which, in the case of some of the officers, fought hard
with the look of dignified sternness General Order No. 1
had placed there.
Wives, mothers and sisters, who yet hoped for a change
of the order to leave, strove hard to repress the tears that
welled to their eyes, and endeavored to look pleased for the
sake of the dear ones who were about to leave home, friends,
family and fireside to obey the stern mandate of duty to encounter the dangers and uncertainties of war-many never
to return.  What a sad leave-taking. To leave a pleasant
home, dear friends and relatives, wife and children for the
dangers, hardships and disease of the bivouac and battlefield
requires courage indeed; but has it ever occurred to you that
the heroism, the courage, the patriotism and bravery displayed by the gentle mother, the loving, trusting wife, the
hopeful sister, who sends son, husband or brother to sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country, is equally as
brave, if not more so, than one who faces the hardships and
danger? What greater trial can be imagined than the uncertainty of remaining at home and expecting that every
mail will bring the news that the loved one is the prey of
some dangerous fever, or the telegraph announces that he is
among the dead upon the field of battle? Ponder upon this
and give credit where it belongs; the women, too, God bless
them, know the horrors of war.
The movement upon Chickamauga was made in the following order:
Headquarters and   Stewart's squadron, consisting of
Troops B and E, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 20,
1898. Arrived May 23, 1898.
French's squadron, consisting of Troops A, C and D,
from Fort Meade, South Dakota, May 23, 1898. Arrived
May 27, 1898.
Troop K, under command of Captain Culver, from Lincoln, Nebraska, May 20. Arrived May 23, 1898.
Troop I, under command of Captain Brown, from Fort
Keogh, Montana, May 24, 1892. Arrived May 28, 1898.
Troop M, from Billings, Montana, under command of
Captain Bond, May 24, 1898. Arrived May 28, 1898.
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Troops G and H, under command of Captain Gregory,
from Fargo, North Dakota, May 25, 1898. Arrived May
29, 1898.
To show their regard for the regiment and Colonel Grigsby, the citizens of Sioux Falls planned a farewell banquet.
This banquet took place at the Cataract Hotel on the evening of May 19, and was attended by representative citizens,
without regard to politics, creed or previous condition, and
by the officers of the First South Dakota Infantry, then encamped in the city. The occasion was a must joyous one, at
which speeches were made by the most prominent guests
and the heartiest good wishes expressed. At the conclusion
of the speech-making the guests arose and gave three hearty
cheers for Colonel Grigsby and the Cowboy Regiment.
Such was the feeling all over the state, and, in fact, in
every state in which troops for the regiment were being organized —the regiment enjoyed a popularity second to none.
By direction of the Secretary of War, Adjutant Sues
proceeded to Chickamauga Park ahead of the regiment to
make preparations for its proper reception. He departed
from Sioux Falls May 19, 1898, arriving at Chickamauga
on the 22d.
At last the 20th of M\ay dawned, cloudy and threatening,
as though nature were prepared to weep at the coming leavetaking. Early in the morning the streets were astir with
citizens and soldiers, the former to help in the last preparations of the latter for departure at 9:30 o'clock a. m. As
the hour of departure approached, the signs of weakening
could be detected in many of the faces of the fair ones who
had come miles to see their beloved ones for the last time.
Stewart's squadron was alrealy on board the train-with
the exception of Lieutenant Laughlin and ten men, who were
left behind to come on later with the horses. The conductor yells "All aboard," the last kiss and handshake has
been given, and among the cheers of the assembled thousands, Headquarters and Stewart's squadron start for the
war.
Practically this same scene was enacted in every town
where the regiment was recruited.
One of the most pathetic scenes witnessed was that between Colonel Grigsby and his aged father, the latter for
the second time bidding his son "Godspeed" and sending
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Great enthusiasm prevailed along the entire route; the
several troops traveled from their respective places of muster-in to Chickamauga Park, Georgia.   People who had
never been outside of their native burg, and who judged
the cowboys entirely by what they had read in yellow-covered literature, came out of curiosity to see the men who picked their teeth with a bowie knife and snuffed candles with
the bullet from a six-shooter.  Others, who had more knowledge of the world and considerable more sense, came also;
but the latter came to pay the tribute American citizens always consider due the patriot. The yellow covers were
greatly surprised to find that "Grigsby's boys" were orderly,
well-behaved, gentlemanly and intelligent; that even the
"long-haired pards" who were with the regiment were as well
up on current topics and gentlemanly behavior as the best
of the spectators.  In short, they soon found that the regiment was no spectacular, grand stand aggregation; no "Wild
West" on wheels, but composed of intelligent, sensible cowboys, miners and other Western men, who were in the army
for business, and that business any duty the Government
might call upon them to perform. Sensational stories, and
more sensational pictures, appeared in the Chicago papers,
depicting the boys with large six-shooters and fierce-looking
bowie knives, whereas, as a matter of fact, there was not a
six-shooter in the entire command while en route to Chickamauga, nor a knife any bigger or fiercer looking than that
issued by the Government to all its soldiers. That, however, did not deter the papers from publishing all kinds of
sensational stories about the regiment. These preceded it,
so that by the time they arrived at Chickamauga, Tennessee,
a great many people were afraid to leave their houses, and
some, so we were informed, even barricaded their doors
when they heard the Cowboys'were in town.  I-lowever, the
courteous, gentlemanly behavior of the regiment in camp
soon disabused the minds of the Chattanoogans, who became their staunchest friends, admirers and defenders against
the current slanders. Before the regiment was in camp a
month there was not one regiment among the fifty thousand
troops camped at Camp Thomas more popular in Chattanooga than were "Grigsby's Cowboys."
Headquarters and Troops B, E and K reported for duty
at camp on the morning of the 24th, and were assigned a
camping ground in the woods nwest of the Lafayette road
and south of the Brotherton road. In locating the camp
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prescribed by regulations, was disregarded. A mild protest was made to the commanding General about the location of the camp, which was met with the reply that "all the
open ground must be used for drill purposes."
As soon as the horses were unloaded at Lytle, the command was marched to the camping ground, where they arrived in a drenching rain storm, which thoroughly soaked
everyone. In the meantime Quartermaster Parliman and
his assistant, Quartermaster Sergeant Culver, were working
like Trojans, drawing tents and cooking utensils. At four
o'clock in the afternoon the first load of tents arrived, together with a load of cooking utensils. It took but a short
time to find a couple of cooks in each troop, who soon had
the somewhat belated dinner well under way; while the men
were busily engaged pitching tents. By dark that evening,
all of the officers' tents, the tents of the three troops and the
Adjutant's and Quartermaster's offices were up, the horses
fed and groomed and a second meal disposed of. The troops
that came later found everything ready in camp for them
to begin building the little homes that were to shelter them,
thanks to the energy of the Regimental Quartermaster's Department. On the 25th everything was running as smoothly as though the regiment had been in camp a month, so far
as Stewart's squadron and Headquarters were concerned.
New troops would arrive every day until on May 30th the
entire regiment was assembled in camp and was rapidly
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CHAPTER III.
IN CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
When the regiment was assembled in camp, it was plainly
apparant that clothes were among the most urgent necessities, as only three troops, I, K and M, had anything like an
equipment in that line, and even these lacked many articles
to make the equipment complete. Instructions were at
once sent to the various troop commanders to make requisition for the necessary clothing, which was done without delay and the consolidated requisition sent in at once to the
Quartermaster General of Camp Thomas. For some reason no clothes could be obtained until about the end of
June, and then not nearly what had been requisitioned for.
By this time many of the men were barefooted, or nearly so,
and their clothes in tatters.  One instance in particular
came under our notice, that of Saddler Sergeant Trask, who
did not succeed in getting a stitch of clothes until after the
fourth of July. When the requisitions went in the statement was made that there was sufficient clothing of all kinds
in camp, but the fact remains that it was impossible to draw
a full requisition until August, and the fault was not due to
any neglect on the part of the regimental commander or the
Quartermaster either.
Another great disappointment was the matter of receiving ordnance and ordnance stores. A requisition had
been made by telegraph for these supplies before Headquarters left Sioux Falls. The requisition was made in this
manner because there were no regular blanks at hand, and in
acknowledging receipt of the same there was nothing in the
reply of the Chief of Ordnance indicating that the requisition was not entirely satisfactory. After we were in camp
about ten days, inquiry was made as to why these stores had
not been received, and then the Ordnance Department sent
blank requisitions and insisted upon the technicality of having another requisition made upon the regular blank. This
was done at once, and if it had been promptly honored the
command should have armed prior to any of the engagements in Cuba. However, the complete equipments in this
line did not arrive until about the middle of July. Whether the fault was due to neglect, rush of business, lack of




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stores or congestion of the railroads leading to Chickamauga, we are unable to state.
The requisitions for Quartermaster stores were not always honored.  Prominent in this particular may be mentioned the refusal to furnish lumber for hospital flooring;
although the regimental hospital contained a number of patients who were suffering with measles and other diseases,
and whose cots almost stood in water when it rained, which
it did quite frequently.  It was understood at the time that
the refusal was based upon the assertion of the Chief Surgeon, that there was no such thing as a regimental hospital,
although in the division hospitals there was only room for
the most serious cases. The other sick men had to be treated
in camp; nor was the strain relieved until Leiter Hospital
was opened and ready for business, which was some time
during June. Perhaps it was the intention to let those
measles patients remain in the troops with the other men.
However, such a course would have exposed the entire command to infection, when the very first direction in the regulations of the medical department of the army require isolation and a limited quarantine in such cases. After the
men with the measles had been in this condition for about
two weeks, and after repeated protests had been made, they
were finally removed, tent and all, to some place near the
Second Division hospital. No blame can be attached to the
Surgeon General or the Medical Department of the army,
as it has been shown that Corps Surgeons were unrestricted
in the use of their judgment. That a number of our men
did not die in the regimental hospital during June is due to
the untiring efforts of Assistant Surgeon Wilson-then the
only medical officer with the command-and not to any
foresight or judgment displayed by the Corps Surgeon.
It is but just to the Quartermaster General, Colonel Lee,
to state that with the exception of the case quoted above, and
in some minor matters, in which he refused requisitions, he
proved himself a friend to the command and is thanked for
many little favors that made camp life more pleasant.
During June the horse details began to arrive. However, the horses brought with Headquarters and the various
troops were at once apportioned out to the command for
which they were intended, and as far as possible the regiment was mounted.    Later the horses necessary to fully
mount the command were drawn from     the Quartermaster
from horses purchased in the Southern market. Until the
ordnance stores arrived there were only a few bridles in




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camp and they were private property, so that the horses had
to be ridden to water with only the halter shank, which in
some cases was a small piece of wire and entirely unsafe.
As a number of these horses were bronchos that had never
been under the saddle they had to be "busted" bare-back.
In doing this many amusing things and many clever feats
of horsemanship were witnessed; with the result that by the
time the bridles and saddles arrived, almost all of the horses
were broken to the saddle and were "bridle-wise."  Another
representative of the equine family was introduced soon
after the command arrived in camp, viz., the "army mule."
Quartermaster Parliman was the master of ceremonies at
the function; turning over eight to each troop, together with
two "escort" wagons. Twelve teams of four mules each
were intended for regimental headquarters.   Now, the
Quartermaster is a man who never hesitates to tackle any
proposition arising before him in the line of duty. When
he drew the first two teams they were hitched up by the
"corral gang," and, as only one driver could be found with
the detail then with the Quartermaster, he concluded to
drive the other team himself. For about eighty rods everything went well, although the frisky prancing of the mules
and their cocked up ears would have denoted the rising
storm to the more experienced mule director. Parliman
did not realize the coming danger until the mules broke into
a sharp trot, which increasel at every step until they finally
broke into a gallop, and ended in a mad run. The Quartermaster was perched high upon the hurricane deck of the
spring seat, with grim determination and several very bad
thoughts pictured in his countenance. The noise made by
the aggregation warned several teams in the road ahead,
who managed to get out of the way just in time. The climax came when the little stone bridge was reached, just before arriving at the Brotherton road, when mules, wagon
and driver went over into the ditch together. This stopped
the team.  Strange to say, a broken wagon tongue was the
only result of the runaway. It is said that the Quartermaster fell upon his "stern determination" and thus escaped
unhurt.
During the Spanish-American war, complaints of soldiers
echoed from one end of the broad land to the other concerning their rations. They claimed that they did not get
enough to eat; that they were "half starved." A number of
these complaints were made in our regiment, not to the authorities who were in a position to investigate, but to the




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"home papers," in which letters from the boys were published depicting terrible tales of suffering. There were some
of the boys who were not well, and consequently, to use the
parlance of the camp, "off their feed," but it is not believed
that there was any case of actual suffering, nor would such
conditions have been allowed to exist.    Let us analyze the
army rations and ascertain whether the fault was with the
government that issued the rations or the men themselves.
who cooked and served it.    In all these complaints we will
venture to state, without fear of successful contradiction,
that not one man mentioned how often, during the first days
after issue (issues are made every ten days), the rations were
most extravagantly used, much more being cooked than was
eaten, and as a result there was a waste; and before the ten
days had expired for which rations had been issued, almost
everything had been used up, and until ration day came
again the meals were scant and far between.     This did not
apply to fresh meat and soft bread, however, as issues in
these articles were made daily; nor did it apply to any except a few troops in the command; the others were ably
handled in this direction.
Paragraph 1252 of the army regulations defines the rations thus:   "A ration is the allowance for subsistence of
one person for one day, and consists of the meat, the bread,
the vegetables, the coffee and the sugar, the seasoning, and
the soap and candle components."
Paragraph 1253, "the kinds and quantities of articles
composing the rations for troops where cooking is practicable:"
Articles.            Quantities per Ration.
Meat Components.               Ounces.    Gills.
Fresh  beef.....................................  20.....
or fresh mutton, when the cost does not exceed
that  of  beef.................................  20
or   pork......................................  12.....
or bacon................................. 12
or salt beef...................................  22
or when meat cannot be furnished, dried fish... 14
or  pickled  fish................................  18
or  fresh   fish....................................  18
Bread Components.
Flour..........................................  18.....
or  soft  bread.................................  18.....
or  hard   bread...............................  16.....
or  corn  m eal..................................  20.....
Baking powder for troops in the field, when necessary to enable them to bake their own bread..  16-25




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Articles.             Quan
Vegetable Components.            0
B eans........................................
or  peas..................................
or  rice.......................................
or  hom iny....................................
P otatoes................................
or potatoes 12% ounces and onions 3Y ounces..
or potatoes 1115 ounces and canned tomatoes 44,
ounces; or 4% ounces of other fresh vegetables
not canned, when they can be obtained in the
vicinity of the post or transported in a wholesome condition from a distance...............
Coffee and Sugar Components.
Coffee, green..................................
or roasted coffee..............................
or tea, green  or  black..........................
Sugar.......................................
or  m olasses...................................
or  cane  syrup.................................
Seasoning Components.
V inegar.......................................
Salt...........................................
Pepper,  black...................................
Soap and Candle Components.
S oap..........................................
C andles.......................................


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unces.     Gills.
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1% /5.....
16.....
16.....
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1 7-25
8-25
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16-25
16-25


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16-25 '....
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6-25


Thus we see that each enlisted man is entitled to twenty
ounces of fresh meat or mutton, twelve ounces of pork or
bacon, or eighteen ounces of fresh or pickled fish per day,
eighteen ounces of flour or soft bread, or sixteen ounces of
hard bread, two and two-fifths ounces of dried beans or peas,
or one and three-fifths of rice or hominy and sixteen ounces
of potatoes and onions, to say nothing about the coffee and
sugar components and the seasoning. Surely this is more
than sufficient for any robust man.  Let any able-bodied
person multiply the daily ration by ten and set the ten days'
rations aside for subsistence and by using any ordinary judgment and reasonable economy, it will be seen that, while the
fare may be coarse, it will be healthful and nourishing and
more than sufficient to supply all the demands of nature. A
slight surplus will even be found in coffee, sugar, pepper,
beans and vinegar, that should sell to such an advantage as
to supply butter and milk. The savings with but one ration would necessarily be slow, but in handling a troop mess
of 810 rations every ten days, a "slush fund" can soon be
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The whole secret liesin management-inhousekeeping, if
you please.. That is where the whole trouble about rations
arises with new troops.  The handling of rations may be
considered as the domesticproblem of the army and in which
the majority of National Guard officers are woefully dificient. Experience alone can teach the proper handling of
this question.
The talk of being half-starvedwith proper management in
the troop messes, is absurd.  For instance, as was possible at
Chickamauga Park, a troop should draw six days of fresh
beef, one day of mutton, two days of bacon and one day of
fresh fish; six days of beans, two days of peas and two of
rice; six days of potatoes and onions, four days of potatoes
and canned tomatoes; seven days of coffee and three days of
tea; eight days of sugar and two days of cane syrup; eight
days of soft bread and two days of flour, and ten days each
of vinegar, salt, pepper, soap and candles. These rations
would suppl' a larder from which meals could be constructed
that would satisfy even the most fastidious, with an ample sufficiency for all.. The very first principle is good
housekeeping. Each officer and non-commissioned officer
should know the component parts of a ration and be on hand
to see that the men get what belongs to them. No officer
should, nor is he required to, accept spoiled or tainted meats
or other articles of the ration.  However, when once accepted it can only be disposed of, without loss to the recipient,
by the proceedings of a board of survey, properly approved.
In case tainted or spoiled meat is tendered, it should not be
accepted, but the necessary meat purchased in the nearest
open market and the matter submitted to the Commissary
General for adjustment. This is the only method that can
be pursued in case' there is no good meat to take the place of
the spoiled and to keep the men from being deprived of what
the government has decided they should receive daily.
When actually at the front or in campaign, these matters
are of course, regulated by circumstances more or less.
If a command is well and properly fed, they are cheerful, energetic and more or less happy. The first principle
of conducting a successful troop, squadron, regiment, brigade, division or corps, or a campaign, is to see that the
troops are as well fed and clothed as the circumstances
will permit. In such conditions the willingness, ability
and efficiency of a command will never have to be questioned. The success in bringing about such a condition reverts
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economy and good "housekeeping" and to the regimental
Commissary officer, who, in time of war, as in time of peace,
is as important as the most learned general and military
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CHAPTER IV.
FROM COWBOY TO SOLDIER.
No attempt was made at the ceremony of guard mounting
until the entire regiment had arrived in camp and reported
for duty. A running guard was maintained until May 31,
when the first formal guard mounting was held. This first
attempt at the ceremony will be an occasion long remembered by all who witnessed it, as it demonstrated how crude the
majority of the cowboys were in matters military, and also
how ludicrous a lot of untutored civilians can appear when
attempting a military ceremony that requires proficiency in
drill and maneuver.
Acting Chief Trumpeter Murphy was in charge of the
field music, consisting of twenty-four trumpets; but only
seven trumpeters could sound a note on the trumpet. The
guard was a motley aggregation, due to the fact that but
few of the men in camp had uniforms, the others appearing
in civilian clothes-some withbroad-brimmed hats, some with
narrow-brimmed hats; a few wearing a miscellaneous assortment of caps and here and there a derby or other stiff hat;
some had on black boots and some tan shoes; some wore
swallow-tail coats and others had no coats at all. Not a
carbine was in the command except those in possession of
Troops K and M, and they were the property of the states
of Nebraska and Montana respectively. This condition,
particularly of the clothing, was due to the abiding faith the
cowboy had in Uncle Sam to provide him with a complete
uniform as soon as he should have reported in camp, and not
to any neglect he may have displayed in not being better
provided. It was not a part of the cowboy's contract to provide uniforms or arms. Notwithstanding their unmilitary
appearance, the men were just as attentive and sedate as
though they had be'en in service for years, and mounting the
guard was a regular thing with them. Each succeeding
guard mounting was an improvement upon the preceding
one, until about the last of June, when, in their brown canvas uniforms and campaign hats, the troops presented a uniform appearance and could go through the ceremony of
guard mounting like veterans. The field music progressed
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As sentinels the cowboys proved themselves masters, because the duty was more or less in keeping with their former
occupation. On account of lack of arms, the sentinels walked post with clubs until June 28, when carbines were issued.
The club would have proven a satisfactory weapon for the
time being and would have a place of honor in this review
were it not for one incident that indelibly blackened its record as an armament in time of war. Tie Sixty-ninth New
York Infantry came to the park late in May and were camped very near our command. Some few days after they
came the guard in our camp was mounted as usual and started on their rounds, flourishing theirclubsmuch like a Broadway copper. The Sixty-ninth, it must be understood, was recruited in and around the Bowery in New York City, and
the regiment to a man, with the possible exception of the
Chaplain, hated a policeman for divers and sundry reasons.
Everything went well until about eleven at night, when our
Cowboy sentinel was sighted by the flickering torch at the
commissary tent by a new man on the guard line of the
Sixty-ninth. Our sentinel was walking his post all unconscious of the fate in store for him. As he reached the
farther end of his beat, and turned to go back, he was surprised to find himself face to face with the Bowery sentinel,
who had his bayonet dangerously near the cowboy's solar
plexus. Then the following ensued:
Sixty-ninth-"An phwat arr ye doin' so closht fernist me
posht?"
Cowboy-"Why, I am on my own beat."
Sixty-ninth-"Arrah, go way; yer no perliceman, though
I'm er mind ta pinch ye fer lookin' loike wann."
Cowboy —"I am a sentinel belonging to Grigsbv's Cowboys."
Sixty-ninth-"Ha! ha! he! he! Oh, Pat (to the approaching corporal who had been disturbed by the loud converse), do ye moind ther blackguard prowlin' around here
wid a shillalah, an' thin thryin' te tell us he's a sintinel "
Both in chorus —"Ha! ha! he! he!"
Corporal-"Pfwell, I'll have te assurt me 'taurity and
runn him in."
And our cowboy was taken off and confined in the guard
house of the Sixty-ninth for being a suspicious character.
All of his protests that he was in the discharge of duty when
captured were met with derisive shouts of laughter. The innocent Irish boys could not realize how anyone could profess




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to be a soldier acting as a sentinel on post and not have a
gun.
In making his rounds at midnight, Lieutenant Anderson,
of Troop D, who was the officer of the guard, missed the
sentinel, and though a rigid search was instituted at once,
and the Lieutenant personally inquired along the entire officers' line for the man who had stolen one of his sentinels,
no light was thrown upon the dark mystery until shortly
after guard mounting the next morning, when an officer of
the Sixty-ninth brought over the missing man, explained the
error and apologized on behalf of his regiment for the unintentional indignity.
With all this to contend with, no arms, no uniforms to
amount to anything, no saddles or bridles, and not even halters for their horses, the early days in camp were rather trying; but there was no complaint, no fault-finding, because
the prospects of getting to the front were bright-the war
was young yet.
On June 13 occurred the first death in the regiment, that
of Herbert Lawrence, of Troop E. It had been known for
some days that his life was despaired of, but, notwithstanding that, his death came like a shock, as it brought the realization that there was an enemy in camp; in the shape of
the typhoid microbe, that could not be combated with shot
and shell, and an enemy that was working incessantly day
and night to turn a flank or gain a strategical advantage over
an army that had nothing but a robust constitution for a
defense, and which, in the case of Lawrence, had been shown
not to be impregnable.
The month of June was extremley hot and very trying to
the men, who were not accustomed to a Southern climate.
It rained almost incessantly from the 19th to the 25th of
June. The heat and damp weather began to tell on the
Northwestern horses also, several of which died on the 24th.
Notwithstanding the heat and wet weather, the progress
that was being made in drill was nothing short of phenomenal. The foot movements had been drilled so long and
thoroughly that it was a positive relief when saddles were
issued on June 27, together with halters, nose bags, saddle
blankets and watering bridles. Carbines were issued June
28, and the instruction in the manual of arms was taken up
at once. On June 30 the regiment went out upon its first
mounted drill, each troop being drilled separately by its
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Lloyd in person.  The regiment was now a complete military machine, of which every officer and man formed a part.
Beginning with the private in ranks, the corporal commanding his squad, the sergeant his section, the lieutenant his
platoon, the captain his troop, the major his squadron and
the colonel the regiment, every officer and man knew his
position thoroughly and what was expected of him.  Sabers
were issued early in July, and on the 12th curb-bridles were
issued, which, with the issue of rubber ponchos on the 14th
of July, made the equipment complete. In the meantime
the troops were industriously engaged at mounted work, and
during the heat of the day, in the shade of the large oak trees
abounding in the camp, would put in from two to three hours
work with carbine and saber. Adjutant General Sues, then
of the First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, was detailed to
instruct the officers of the regiment in the offensive and defensive use of the saber, mounted and dismounted. The zeal
and energy displayed by the officers in mastering the details
of the use of this favorite weapon soon made them all efficient and expert swordsmen, and they in turn rapidly developed their troopers.
The following appeared editorially in the Chattanooga
Times of July 9, 1898:
"Grigsby's Rough Riders are showing themselves superior in
every respect, and are becoming familiarly known as the crack regiment of the Park."
The gentlemanly conduct and discipline of the regiment
was as well known and commented upon as was its military
efficiency. In less than two months the identity of the cowboy had been lost, and in his place stood a soldier, and a
mighty good one, too.
With the arrival of the paymaster on July 2 came a
rumor that we were to be paid off at once, sent to Tampa,
Florida, fully equipped there, and at once sent to Cuba. Then
came the news of the battle around Santiago, followed by
the rumor that we were at once to be sent to Cuba as a part
of the reinforcements, and some of the boys actually packed
their saddle pockets, so authentic did this rumor appear, and
so reasonable, especially as it was reported at that time that
General Weyler had left Havana with an army of 70,000
men to wrest the province of Santiago from the victorious
Americans. Naturally, as rumor followed rumor and no
action was taken, the men began to look around for some one
to blame. They accepted everything they heard in good
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privates knew more about what was going on and what ought
to be done than the commanding general, and as a consequence a great deal of dissatisfaction arose. So the month of
July was passed drilling at an average of four hours a day
in the boiling sun and fighting mosquitoes and countless other
insects at night. Every day an order to move would be
looked for and every night the officers and men alike would
retire disappointed.
By July 15 only a casual observation of the regiment at
work would have convinced any military man that the command was ready and fit to take the field against the very
best troops. Almost every man in the regiment was an
expert shot with both carbine and revolver, and a thorough
horseman to begin with. Confidence in the saddle, by far
the most difficult acquired cavalry requirement, they already
possessed, with a knowledge of firearms that would have
made almost every round of ammunition count.
The regiment was the only one in the entire camp (which
on July 4 numbered 58,548, officers and men) which was
armed with the Krag-Jorgensen arm, with the exception of
the few regular troops in camp; the others were all armed
with the Springfield rifle or carbine.
On July 16 the regiment had its first regimental review,
and made such a fine military appearance, handled their
horses and arms in such an able and efficient manner, that
one of General Brooke's staff officers who witnessed the review and saw the steady ranks pass by in platoon column, at
the walk, trot and the gallop, remarked: "You cannot tell
that regiment from regular troops who have been in the
service for years. If I had not seen them myself when
they came here less than two months ago I would never have
believed such progress possible."  That remark tells the
whole story, and is the highest possible compliment, coming
as it did from a man who had been at that time in the service for over twenty-three years and was an unprejudiced and
unbiased critic. The aptitude displayed and the rapidity
with which these men fell into the ways of the army and
mastered the details and technicalities of drill surprised all
of their officers and themselves more than anyone else.
The efficiency and military qualities of the Cowboys soon
became known throughout the entire camp and in Chattanooga, so that each evening at regimental parade, review or
drill, thousands would flock to the "Wilder Field" to see the
Cowboys drill.
With the arrival of August, when more than two months
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incessant rumors circulated in the regiment that we were
soon to go to the front, but which had proved to be only
rumors, some cowboy, with more poetic genius than regard
for military etiquette or euphuism, improvised the following
lines to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia:"
THE COWBOY'S LAMENT.
We are waiting, Uncle Samuel, an even thousand strong;
We are waiting for the "forward march" to hump itself along;
We are waiting for a chance to fight for country, right or wrong,
And not camp down here in Georgia.
We are waiting, Uncle Samuel, awaiting meek and mild,
With policin' camp and doin' chores our spirits are beguiled;
But what we keep a thinkin' and thinkin' 'till we're riled is,
"Why ain't we moved out of Georgia?"
We are cavortin' as camp rangers and doin' park police,
And buildin' repytashuns as pious men o' peace,
And our sweetheart's farewell letter has tatters in the crease,
But still we are camped here in Georgia.
Our Colonel tried his level best to get us an equal chance,
But still we sit awaitin' here, a-wearin' out our pantsTo which an old maid's longin' is not a circumstanceYet we ain't marchin' out of Georgia.
So blow your bugle, Uncle Sam, an' put it in the blow
That this here regiment of ours shall be the next to go;
We've beat Job's record waitin'-now, begosh, we want a show,
So please send us marchin' out of Georgia.
These verses were freely circulated among the troops and
sung with a great deal more power than vocal proficiency.
They appealed to the boys because they embraced their sentiments to the fullest extent. In other words, everyone had
become heartily sick of camping in Georgia.
Naturally the blame for this inaction was fixed upon
regimental headquarters and headquarters of the First Cavalry brigade, First Corps, in which the regiment was then
serving, having been attached to that brigade on June 1.
Practically the entire congressional delegation from four
states was working to get the regiment into action, while
Colonel Grigsby was exerting every influence he could bring
to bear to take the regiment to the front.  This is a matter
of record and can easily be verified if access may be obtained
to either the correspondence in the War Department or the
files of the Western Union Telegraph Company. For the
Santiago campaign we were not equipped; reinforcements
were not sent to Cuba, which left the next military movement the campaign in Porto Rico. When the news came
from  Washington that General Brooke was to have com



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mand of the campaign against Porto Rico there was great
rejoicing in the regiment, because the General had often said
that the Cowboy regiment, with which he was favorably impressed, and toward which he was very soldierly inclined,
would leave Camp Thomas when hei did. When General
Brooke was called to Washington for a consultation in regard to the Porto Rican matter Cowboy stock was considerably above par. Soon after the General's return, however, it
became known that the selection of the regiments that were to
compose the Porto Rican expedition would be made in Washington, and not by the officer selected to command the campaign. As soon as Colonel Grigsby was advised of this fact
he asked leave of absence to go to Washington to urge the
claims of the Cowboy regiment to become a part of the invading army. Every soldier will recognize in a procedure
of this kind a serious breach of discipline, and it was so
recognized by Colonel Grigsby; however, he preferred to
stand in contempt of military ethics, for the time being at
least, if by so doing he could get the regiment into action.
He conferred with General Brooke about the matter and was
advised by the latter to give up the idea of going to Washington, but instead make formal application to the War
Department to become a part of Brooke's army, giving a
full description of the efficiency of the regiment and why
it was especially adapted for the proposed campaign. This
application was properly made and sent through the regular
military channels, and we know received a very strong indorsement from General Brooke. NTo reply was received
to this communication, as we are in a position to state positively, from the fact that we received and recorded all the
headquarters communications, although messages and letters were sent by almost every officer who had an influential
friend in Washington.
It is not the purpose of this history to indulge in criticisms on the management of the war, because we do not
profess to know all of the reasons that were necessarily before those upon whom the responsibility for orders rested,
but to us in the field it seemed strange that what seemed to
be political influence was the most potent factor in determining what regiments should go to the front. General
Brooke had been for months in charge of a great camp of
instruction. Ie was the man most capable of determining
which of the regiments of his command were best equipped
and qualified for an active campaign, and our application
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good authority that General Brooke was not called upon to
designate a single regiment for the expedition he was to
command, although many were taken from his immediate
command at Camp Thomas. The list of those permitted to
go was made in Washington. Under such circumstances it
was not at all strange that a regiment of which so much was
expected, and which was considered so thoroughly qualified
for just such a campaign, should have been entirely ignored
in the face of the recommendations of a number of military
men high in authority. The messages and letters that were
sent and those received in reply in the effort that was made
to get the Cowboys to Porto Rico were all on the top of the
table at Brigade Headquarters and accessible to any one
interested. The majority of the officers of the regiment
were daily at Colonel Grigsby's tent talking over the prospects of getting to the front and looking over the correspondence. It is remarkable that under such circumstances a
rumor should have been set afloat weeks afterwards, and
when every chance of an engagement in the Spanish-American war had vanished, that the Colonel had had an opportunity to take his regiment to the front and did not accept.
We can state authoritatively that the only opportunity to go
to the front that did present itself was the Porto Rican campaign, and the detailed history of the effort made to get
into that campaign is stated fully above, which can be verified by the records referred to. These records will also
disclose the fact that no opportunity was ever given the regiment, mounted or dismounted, to get to the front.
After General Wade succeeded General Brooke in command of Camp Thomas pamphlets were issued to the regiment giving detailed instructions and information regarding
the defenses of Havana, the approaches, mined roads, etc.,
and it was stated upon good authority that we were intended
for the fall campaign against HIavana, considered by all
military experts as the campaign of the war. The declaration of peace, however, took away every hope of active service at the front in the Spanish-American war.
All the rumors that the regiment had had an opportunity
to go to the front were without the slightest foundation in
fact and were no doubt due to the disappointment felt by
officers and men alike in not having an opportunity to demonstrate in actual war the discipline and general military
efficiency they had labored so hard to acquire and in which
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To those of our comrades who are laboring under the belief that only the troops who were fortunate enough to get
into an engagement are patriots and heroes and deserving
of the nation's commendation, we say that you are entitled
to the same credit and deserving of the same commendation
as though you had been in a thousand battles and won every
one of them. When you raised your right hand and swore
allegiance to the United States as a soldier you discharged
the highest duty of American citizenship. The fact that
you were not needed in actual combat to demonstrate to the
world that this is the greatest country the sun shines on,
whose every citizen is a patriot, and if need be a soldier,
makes not the slightest particle of difference. By your unselfish and patriotic action your nane was inscribed upon
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CHAPTER V.
THE LAST DAYS IN CAMP.
The camp in the woods selected by Corps Headquarters
for the regiment proved very unhealthy, especially in wet
weather, and there was a great deal of wet weather during
June and July. The state of health of the entire command
in Camp Thomas had become absolutely alarming. The
men who one day enjoyed the very best of health were in a
raging fever the next. We were in the midst of a general
and far-reaching epidemic of typhoid fever. It was denied
for a time by the authorities that there was an epidemic of
fever, but the frequency with which the cases occurred, until
nearly 50 per cent of the command were more or less affected,
could be termed nothing less.
A general movement of all camps was ordered. On July
30 our regimental camp was moved to a ridge, where we
went into camp in the open, beside the First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. On this ridge, known as the Brotherton
Field, the August sun beat down with unmerciful relentlessness upon the men, who had nothing but the thin canvas
shelter. However, if there was a breeze stirring we were
bound to get a share of it, and the nights were cool and comfortable, which made a restful sleep possible-a luxury we
had not always enjoyed in the woods-and altogether the
conditions were much improved. The change was easily
noticeable in the men, as the sick report after changing
camp was not perceptibly increased, although the hospitals
were full of our sick and convalescent, besides the many who
were being treated in private families in Chattanooga. On
August 25 and 30 about one hundred and fifty men from
among those who were able to travel were sent North on
sick furlough. Dr. Grigsby, who was at that time in charge
of the medical affairs of the regiment, deserves great credit
for his untiring efforts in bringing about this movement to
the North, no doubt saving many lives thereby.
In the meantime General Breckenridge relieved General
Wade in command of Camp Thomas and ordered the first
grand review of the troops in camp for August 9. On this
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On the 10th it became generally known that Spain had
given up the war and that hostilities had ceased, although
the terms of peace yet remained to be decided. Thus did
we see every hope of active service vanish and a certain
unrest and discontent became apparent among both officers
and men. On August 15, Troop H relieved Troop D off
provost guard, which, together with the camp and stable
guard, was about the only duty performed by the regiment
at this time.
The rumors of muster-out were flying around thick and
fast. It was also reported that the regiment would be sent
to Cuba for garrison duty, which latter report was received
with a great deal of dissatisfaction by the men. They had
enlisted for the war with Spain, to take part in active hostilities, and did not feel inclined to perform garrison duty
in Cuba or anywhere else. They reasoned that such duty
belonged to the regular establishment and not to the volunteers.
On the 16th, Colonel Grigsby went to Washington to obtain permission to fill his regiment from the hundreds of
applicants, to take the place of the men who desired to be
discharged under the War Department order. His mission
was misunderstood or misrepresented in the regiment, with
the result that when he arrived at the War Department he
was confronted with numerous telegrams and a petition from
the regiment requesting to be mustered out, as the war was
over. This petition, or round-robin, was obtained in the
regiment at meetings held by the enlisted men at night, at
which the subject was fully discussed and the resolution "no
garrison duty" unanimously passed. This action was taken
by the men under the impression that the mission of Colonel
Grigsby to Washington was for the purpose of forcing them
to remain in service against their wishes, when, as a matter
of fact, his purpose was to merely get authority to maintain
the regimental organization by enlistments to take the place
of such men as wanted to be discharged. Colonel Grigsby
had not the slightest inkling of the existence of the roundrobin until he was confronted therewith at the war department. Looking at the matter at this time in the view of
subsequent events, there is not the slightest doubt that the
agitation leading to the signing of the round-robin was illadvised. There was absolutely no obstruction in the way
of those who wished to leave the service, and the same law
which gave them a right to go home also gave those who did
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mental organization. There is no question that those desiring active service would have had that opportunity in the
Philippines if the regimental organization had not been disrupted by those who were over-anxious to get home. When
what appeared to be the opinion of the majority of the men
became known to Colonel Grigsby, he took no further steps
to keep the regiment in service, but returned to camp to
await the notice of muster-out.
On August 17 occurred the second grand review of the
troops in camp, and on the 20th "field day," occasions that
will be long remembered.
On Sunday, August 28, official notice of muster-out on
September 8 was received.
August 29 all ordnance and ordnance stores were turned
in, and all horses turned over to the Depot Quartermaster
on the 30th. On August 31, Lieutenant Colonel Cabell,
First Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (Lieutenant Fifth U.
S. Cavalry), was designated as mustering officer for the regiment, and began his duties at once.
September 1 to 8 were spent in the preparation of the
muster-out rolls and the final medical examinations. On
September 4 occurred the last regular guard mounting, with
Lieutenant Charles E. Stowers commanding the guard. On
September 5 Colonel Grigsby issued the following farewell
to the regiment:
General Orders No. 63,
Headquarters Third U. S. Vol. Cav.,
Camp George H. Thomas,
Chickamauga Park, Ga., Sept. 5, 1898.
The time being close at hand when this organization will
cease to exist as a military body, I take this opportunity to
thank the officers and men of this regiment for their patriotism, fidelity, zeal and attention to duty. The regiment is
one that it has been an honor to command and of which any
commander could be justly proud.
Although it is a great disappointment to all of us that we
were not permitted to form a part of the line of battle at the
front, it cannot be said of the "Cowboy Regiment"-either
officers or men-that they did not do everything possible, not
only to get ready at the earliest possible moment for active
service, but also to induce those in authority to select this
regiment as a part of the army of invasion.
It has been well and justly said by President McKinley
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struction, under conditions most unfavorable to health and
comfort-most of them subjected to dangers from diseases
that are liable to affect men who leave their Northern homes
for a Southern climate in midsummer and who did not get
a chance to get to the front-are deserving of as much credit
as those who were chosen to go against the enemy.
And I wish to add in this connection that it has been a
matter of infinite pride and satisfaction to your commander
to hear from all sides favorable 'and complimentary comments upon your soldierly appearance, your proficiency in
drill and perfect gentility and soldierly courtesy that has
characterized your relations with the camp at large and the
citizens of Chattanooga and vicinity.  You have so well
maintained your characters as gentlemen that it is everywhere remarked that the "Cowboy Cavalry" was one of the
most orderly and gentlemanly organizations that has been in
Camp Thomas. This reputation carries with it a responsibility, and that responsibility is to see that we live up to
our reputation and leave Chattanooga and go to our homes
quietly, satisfied that we have done our whole duty and have
left an example of the true type of the American citizensoldier.
Do not imagine that the time spent in this camp has been
wasted for yourselves or that your country has not received
full value for all expenses incurred. You have but to consult the records of the nation to discover that a knowledge
of the duties of a soldier fits men to better perform the functions of civil life.  The present President of the United
States was a private soldier in 1861. It is not unreasonable
to predict that members of this "Cowboy Regiment" will
hereafter be found in the legislative halls, in congress, and in
armies that will hereafter be called into service. In any
and all of these positions, as well as in the humbler stations,
the knowledge and discipline that you have acquired will be
invaluable to many of you as well as to your country.
Whatever may be your future condition of life, whether
of low or high degree, you will all be ever gratefully remembered by your late commander, whose latch string will always hang out for every man-officer or private-of the
"Cowboy Cavalry."
MELVIN GRIGSBY,
Colonel Commanding Third IT. S. Volunteer Cavalry.
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organization to sever his official connection with the regiment
by muster-out at the expiration of his service. On Saturday, the 10th, all tents were down and all Quartermaster's
property turned in, excepting one tent at regimental headquarters being used by the Paymaster as an office. The
tents of Troop H were the last to come down-they fell at
1:30 p. m. on the 10th.
The work of paying the troops and mustering them out
was progressing as fast as possible under Paymaster Wilkins
and Major Baldwin, Assistant Inspector General. The latter had superseded Colonel Cabell as mustering officer, the
Colonel having been hurt by the falling of his horse. The
mental strain upon Major Wilkins, who had been at work incessantly for several days, was plainly visible. At 10:05 p.
m. on the night of the 10th the Chickamauga Park Theater,
built by some speculators in the early days of the war, and
which was just across the road from Brotherton Field, went
up in flames. The excitement of this fire seemed to affect
the already overstrained nerves of the Paymaster to such
an extent that he collapsed entirely and fell into a dead faint
under the table piled high with thousands of dollars. The
guard immediately formed a cordon around the pay table,
while the clerk hastily began to pack away the money in the
strong box. In the meantime Surgeons Wilson and Grigsby
had the Paymaster in hand and were applying restoratives.
He regained consciousness in a short time, but was too weak
to finish paying that night. As there was no shelter in
camp, nothing remained for those yet unpaid but to proceed
to Chattanooga.  The payment of a part of Troop H, Troop
lK and Headquarters was resumed the next morning at the
government building at Chattanooga, Tenn. The last man
paid was Dr. George A. Steele, Hospital Steward, who was
paid at 3:10 p. m. on Sunday, September 11. All discharges are dated as of September 8, and the official date of
muster-out is so designated, although but two troops were
mustered out on that date, the others being mustered between
that date and September 11. However, all the men who
were on sick furlough at the time of muster-out were discharged and paid at a date subsequent to that mentioned
above.
The men began to leave for home almost as soon as mustered out, and the old familiar tune, "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home," could be heard on every hand, emanating
from  every conceivable instrument and in vocal chorus.
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the life that would require that their sabers be made into
branding irons, mining tools or plowshares.
The story of our days in camp would be incomplete should
we fail to mention the many friendships that were formed
and fraternal bonds that were forged in those days at Camp
Thomas; not alone in our own regiment, but in the entire
Cavalry Brigade, more especially among the membership of
that magnificent cavalry organization, the First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. Long will our memories dwell in pleasant
recollection upon the splendid manhood, firm friendship and
excellent military qualifications embraced in this organization-of Colonel Edward C. Young, Lieutenant Colonel Roy
B. Harper, Majors Butler, Alsip, Hurt, Cuthbertson; Captains Bornique, Forman, Lino, Oglesby, Quincy; that genial gentleman and camp orator, Lieutenant IH. Dorsey Patton, and the entire regiment in fact-and we take this occasion to publicly express the high regard and true fellowship entertained by the Cowboys for "Young's Superbas,"
which has so often formed the topic of private conversation
in our regiment.:Nor have we forgotten the many favors and the friendships for which we are indebted to the citizens of Chattanooga.  Coming among them     as entire strangers, with a
reputation as cowboys that did not commend itself to them,
yet in less than one short month they were our very best
friends. There was not a home in the entire city that was
not open to the sick boys of Camp Thomas, and where the
treatment received was as careful and painstaking as was
ever received by any invalid in his own home. For these
kindnesses and the hospitality you extended in true Southern style, to these boys from the Western plains, we thank
you, citizens of Chattanooga, in behalf of our regiment,
which is deeply conscious of the many favors for which they
are in your debt.
The following extracts from the newspapers of Chattanooga and Chicago show the regard in which the Cowboys
were held by the communities in which they were known:
Chattanooga Times (Editorial): The Rough Riders, Colonel
Grigsby's regiment, who are being mustered out at the park, have
made hosts of friends in this city. When they came here everybody
was expecting that they would be the "toughs" of the park, more
because of the name "cowboy" than from any knowledge anybody
had of them.
But everybody was agreeably disappointed. They have been
among the most orderly men in the park, and have made more individual friends than any command in the park, except possibly the
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The cowboys have especial champions in the ladies of the city,
because they have been proverbially the protectors of lady visitors
to the park.
A number of ladies have stated to The Times that the cowboys
ought to have a great send-off from the people of Chattanooga, because on several occasions they interfered when ruffianly infantrymen were insulting women, and with the chivalry of the true knight
drove them off. One lady writing to The Times about the Rough
Riders, said of them, "I have been among these boys and have helped
look after their sick, and I have never seen a more royal set of gentlemen anywhere than were to be found in the cowboy camp, and
they deserve all the praise and credit you can give them."
Chicago Evening Post (Editorial): Grigsby's Rough Riders, who
passed through Chicago on their way home some weeks ago, were a
gentle, well-behaved set of young fellows.
They made a point to see that all women had seats in the crowded
sulburban cars, and they were quiet and undemonstrative in omnibuses, even when the schools cheered them in passing. One, who
had lost his hat, mentioned the fact with a smile. But the worn
blue uniforms-not the bare or covered head-took one's eye. When
they hear how another regiment of Rough Riders behaved in New
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A RETROSPECT.
Cowboys, the days of your soldiering's o'er;
You've returned to your ranges and hills;
The harsh bugle notes will disturb you no more
To arouse you to duties or drills.
So when you are riding o'er the wide plain,
With nothing your speed to retard,
Turn back in your thoughts to heat and to rain,
And to days you were mounted on guard.
Then think of the boys you met there in campNote friendships on memory's scroll,
And think of the comrades who marched with us then,
But have answered the call of Death's roll.
Think of the rules for your government there,
Which were tested for many a year;
You'll now realize how needful they were,
Though "red tape" they then did appear.
I'll say to you now, though you may not agree,
That the lessons you learned there and then
Will aid you in life, if their object you see,
And place you high among men.
And when you have lived your three score and ten,
And have reached the end of life's span,
Let the verdict be such as to say of you then:
"He lived and he died like a man."
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CHAPTER VI.
THE REGIMENTAL COMMAND.
What the President is to the United States and the Governor is to the state, that the regimental commander is to
the regiment. The first two must obey the people by adhering to the declared policy of the party to which they belong,
and which has been indorsed by the voice of the people while
the latter has more definite commanders in the superior officers set over him.
The soldierly qualities, discipline and military efficiency
of a regiment is largely shaped and maintained by the regimental commander. However, he cannot be successful unless he caters, to a certain extent at least, to the opinions of
his officers and men-no more than can a President succeed
unless he shapes his course along the lines of popular demand. This idea may be combated by the adherents of the
old military school, but those who have made the matter a
study will not deny that the freedom of thought and speech
inculcated in the breast of the American by the institutions
of his country are, more or less, carried with him into his
military service. This feeling of freedom, pride and equality, however, in no way interferes with the American as a
soldier, because he is educated and enlightened, and punctiliously observes all the rules, regulations, customs and courtesies which he knows are required by military discipline.
Of his bravery, there never was and never will be any
doubt.  There never has been a case where the American
soldier has had to be driven into battle by his officers, and
we can safely predict that there never will be. The haughty,
overbearing martinet will never become a success with such
men in his command-and such men are the only kind composing the armies of these United States. With them, five
minutes of reasoning will go farther, in the establishment of
discipline, than five years of military arrogance and bigheaded display of rank. Lucky is the commander who early
realizes this fact, as he must realize it sooner or later.
It depends upon the wisdom, judgment, discipline and
knowledge of the colonel whether his regiment becomes a
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volunteer organization, it requires both military tact and
diplomatic skill. There is, first, the natural rivalry between
companies or troops, organized in different cities of different
states-as was the case with Grigsbv's Cowboys; and, second, the rivalry between battalions or squadrons. The first
step must be taken to direct the efforts of the individual to
the upbuilding of the regiment as a whole, and not of his
particular troop or squadron, to the detriment of other organizations within the same regiment. This necessity was
promptly recognized by Colonel Grigsby, who early piloted
the men into forgetting individual commands in the upbuilding of the regimental esprit du corps. It was the pride
of every officer and soldier to be able to say: "I belong to
Grigsby's Cowboys."
On June 1, 1898, the cavalry force of the camp consisted
of the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, the First
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and a squadron of Kentucky Cavalry, which organizations were formed into the First Cavalry Brigade of the
First Corps. On the same day the commander of the forces
in the field designated Colonel Grigsby as acting brigadier
general, in command of the cavalry brigade. While the
Colonel much preferred to continue simply in command of
the Cowboys, yet, as an obedient soldier and the ranking
cavalry officer in camp, he had no alternative but to accept
the brigade command, thus vacating the regimental command, in which he was succeeded bv Lieutenant Colonel
Charles F. Lloyd.
Colonel Lloyd was graduated at West Point Military
Academy and is as capable an officer as served in the volunteer army during the Spanish-American war. He was a
strict disciplinarian, very exacting and perhaps a little technical, but just at all times. He was himself ready and
prompt for every duty, and expected the same readiness
from every man in the command. By some he was not
liked, because it was thought he was unnecessarily severe.
Unfortunately the regiment never had an opportunity to get
into active service where the value and wisdom of the exacting and painstaking efforts of Colonel Lloyd could have
been demonstrated in the military knowledge and soldierly
efficiency of the command. To his teachings and individual
efforts is largely due the high standing attained by the regiment as a military organization. Colonel Lloyd enjoyed
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hance the military efficiency and discipline of the regiment.
Only active service could have demonstrated the wisdom of
their united efforts.
The Chaplain-It can be safely said that there was no
more popular officer in the entire regiment than Chaplain
Galon S. Clevenger. Possessed of a striking personality, a
remarkably acute mind and that pleasant manner which
makes you feel perfectly at home upon first acquaintance,
together with a marked Christian solicitude that forces you
to recognize a friend in him at once, it is no wonder that he
was idolized by officers and men alike before he was in
camp a week. He succeeded with the Cowboys where ninety-nine men out of a hundred would have failed, because he
is a thorough student of character, and because of
the experience gained in church work in the Black Hills and
other Dakota points, which had made him thoroughly familiar with the men he had been called upon to serve. He did
not attempt to reform men by the force of threatened damnation, but in his quiet, unobtrusive way, and in his sermons that were filled with patriotism and sound reasoning,
pointed out the right path and relied upon the strength of
will and force of character of the men to follow where he
led. He did not frown when he saw a smile upon the
faces of the men, but smiled with them, and soon enjoyed
their perfect confidence. It was his especial duty to attend to the correspondence and other needs of the sick.
Usually, where the addresses of the relatives of the sick
boys could be obtained, he would keep them advised of the
condition of their loved ones. All of the military funerals
occurring in the regiment-and there were quite a number
-were under his direct charge. He was untiring in obtaining delicacies for the sick and doing everything to make their
stay in the hospital as pleasant as possible, and rendering
that spiritual aid so comfortable to those over whom the
mantle of death was spreading.  Through his efforts, the
Red Cross Society, both in camp and in the cities where the
various troops had been organized, were kept advised as to
the most urgent necessities of the sick, and through them
obtained many comforts that would otherwise not have been
forthcoming. The untiring efforts of the Red Cross Society everywhere to relieve the sick-bed of any of its discomforts and make convalescence more enjoyable certainly
places its membership in the front rank of noble women, who
deserve the lasting gratitude and blessing of every soldier
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organization our most heartfelt thanks for the many kindnesses for which our regiment is indebted to them.
As the conditions existing in the various military hospitals in Chickamauga Park and elsewhere have been the
theme of extended public discussion, the Chaplain's views
of the conditions, as he found them, and which are given
in full below, may be of some interest:
Freeport, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1899,
Adjutant General O. L. Sues, Sioux Falls, S. D.
My Dear Sir and Friend: Yours requesting me to write a brief
article on the care of the sick in the hospitals at Chickamauga Park,
during the Spanish-American War, is at hand. I gladly bear witness
to the work of the surgeons and nurses who were so faithful in their
efforts to save life during the terrible epidemic of typhoid fever that
visited our troops while encamped at Chickamauga Park, Georgia.
Only those who were with the army and daily visited the hospitals
can realize what a serious epidemic it was.
The camp hospitals were usually crowded and difficulty was experienced in securing sufficient cots for the sick. The division
hospitals were always full and the Leiter hospital was taxed to its
utmost capacity. Finally the large Sternberg hospital-covering
three or four acres of ground-was erected, and it, too, was full of
sick men.
I daily visited these hospitals and I can say that every lack of
care that I observed arose from the fact that men had been detailed
from the ranks to nurse, and though they exerted themselves to the
utmost to be of service to their sick comrades, their inexperience in
taking care of the sick was very noticeable. Wherever there were
trained female nurses the care of the sick was excellent. I did not
observe a singe case of neglect in either the Leiter or Sternberg hospitals where trained nurses were employed. I do not believe it possible for the boys to have received better care at home than they received at Leiter hospital. It is true the boys sometimes complained
and the newspaper correspondents told tales of neglect; but sick
boys do not always know what is safe and best for them, and newspaper correspondents are not always careful about facts. The fact
is, both the surgeons and nurses, as a rule, gave themselves up to
save life.
If space would permit, I could tell of many cases of unselfish devotion upon the part of the nurses for the comfort of the boys. One
day, two very sick boys had been brought on cots from camp to
Lytle Station, to be taken to Chattanooga for treatment. The sick
men were covered with dust, and both had raging fevers. There
happened to be at the station two female nurses from Leiter hospital who were on their way to Lookout Mountain for a little rest,
which it was plainly apparent they both needed very much.
They were off duty and under no more obligation to render assistance than was anyone else among the hundreds of bystanders. As
soon as they caught sight of the sick boys they gave themselves up
to the duty of ministering. They went to those boys, looked them
over carefully and then knelt beside their cots to bathe their fevered
faces. Nor did they leave them until they saw them safely at their
destination. The comfort of the nurses, and the fact that they were
losing hours of their precious and much needed "time off," was a
secondary consideration. Very many instances of this kind came
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and kindness rendered by the nurses were often better than medicines.
I desire to bear witness to the faithfulness of our surgeons, Captain Wilson and Lieutenant Grigsby. Our Major Surgeon resigned
about two months after his appointment and the work of looking
after the sick devolved upon Captain Wilson and Lieuteant Grigsby,
and they were most faithful in the discharge of their duties. Captain Wilson became so worn out that he, too, took the fever, and
then the care of the sick largely devolved upon Lieutenant Grigsby.
Dr. Piper, detailed from the First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry to
assist in our regimental hospital, rendered most efficient aid. His
kind, genial manner won for him a host of friends.
I desire also to bear witness to the patience and the soldierly
qualities of the sick boys in the hospitals. The lives of many of
them hung in the balance for days and weeks, and yet one scarcely
heard a murmur. Especially was this true of Grigsby's Cowboys.
I have heard both the surgeons and nurses bear witness to their
manliness, patience and bravery.
Yours very truly,
G. S. CLEVENGER,
Socially, the Chaplain was "one of the boys," and one
whom his brother officers liked to tease because of his general good nature.  Knowing that he eschewed everything in
the shape of intoxicants, some misguided sinner thought it
a brilliant idea to stuff a lot of empty whisky bottles under
the floor of the Chaplain's tent. The latter went on complacently, all unconscious of the mine over which he was
living.  When camp was moved this same sinner invited
everybody within reach to be present at the time the Chaplain's floor was raised by sections, to be carted to the new
camping ground.    Finally as the floor came up a dozen or
more empty whisky bottles met the view of the astonished
divine, who was busy superintending the removal of his
mansion.   In accordance with a prearranged program      a
mighty shout went up from the crowd, in which such remarks as, "Oh, Chaplain, how could you?" "We didn't
know you drank!" and other similar cries were interjected.
As the Chaplain has proved his entire innocence, the question is:  "Who is the culprit '"
PBIOGRAPHIE S.
COLONEL MELVIN GRIGSBY.
Colonel Melvin Grigsby was born at Potosi, Grant County,
Wisconsin, on the 8th of June, 1845.    At the time of his
birth his father was a miner in the lead mines near Potosi
and lived in a miner's cabin.  When Melvin was four years
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There he grew up as a farmer's boy, working during the
summer and attending the district school held in the log
school house during the winter.
In the fall of 1861 he was attending the Lancaster Institute at the county seat of the county when Colonel C. C.
Washburne came there recruiting for the Second Wisconsin
Cavalry. Having first obtained his father's consent, MIelvin enlisted in Company C of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, which was recruited at Patch Grove, in Grant County,
by Captain R. IR. Woods. Myron W. Woods, afterwards
Major, was First Lieutenant, and D. C. Riley, afterward
Captain, Second Lieutenant.
Colonel Grigsby's war experience, lasting over three years,
included prison life at Cahaba, Ala., Andersonville, Ga.,
and Florence, S. C., and his final escape from the latter
prison is told by himself in a little book entitled "The
Smoked Yank."
In the fall of 1865, after returning from the war, he entered the University of Wisconsin. In 1866 he went to the
First State Normal School of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1869. After graduating he was one year principal
of the High School at Harcon, Wis., one year principal at
Darlington, Wis., and was principal of the graded schools of
Delevan, Wis., in the spring of 1872, when he resigned to
"go West and grow up with the country."  Taking a horse
from his father's farm, he rode across the country seeking a
location for the practice of law, until he reached Sioux
Falls. I-ere he decided to set his stakes and went into a
law partnership and land business with It. F. Pettigrew.
This partnership continued for four years. He served one
year as Clerk of the Courts for Minnehaha County, and two
terms as alderman of the City of Sioux Falls; was member
of the council in the Territorial Legislature of 1887; was
elected to the office of Attorney General of the state in the
fall of 1896, which office he held at the time he was commissioned Colonel of the rhird United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Colonel Grigsby remained in command of the Cowboy regiment from May 19, 1898, to June 2 of the same year, when
he was appointed Acting Brigadier General and commanded
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES F. LLOYD.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Lloyd was born in Guttenburg, Sweden, July 27, 1851. When seven months old,
his parents came to America, locating at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and in 1861 removed to Lansing, Iowa. At both of these
places he attended the public schools. He was appointed
a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West
Point, ANew York, by Senator William B. Allison in 1869.
He entered the academy in September, 1870, and was graduated June 17, 1874. He was at once commissioned a Second Lieutenant, United States Army, and assignied to the
Fourteenth Infantry, with which regiment he served continuously until he resigned June 10, 1883.
When he joined his regiment, upon original assignment,
headquarters of the Fourteenth Infantry was at Camp Douglass, near Salt Lake City, Utah. His company was stationed at this post, and here the Lieutenant rendered his first military service. He remained at Douglass, doing the usual
garrison duty, until June, 1876, when ordered out with the
troops from that post, to participate in the Sioux expedition
of that year under General George A. Crook. He served
throughout the campaign and returned, after its termination,
with the command to Fort Robinson, Utah, where his company had been ordered to take station. IHe was shortly thereafter appointed Post Adjutant for Fort Robinson, and when
the Military District of the Black Hills was organized, with
Colonel Bradley in command, Lloyd was made Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the district. In 1878 his company
was ordered to take post at Fort Cameron, Utah; and after
performing duty with his company for about two years, Lloyd
was appointed Post Adjutant-Quartermaster-Commissary officer, which position he retained until the regiment changed
station from Utah to Colorado, the Headquarters going to
camp on White river, where his company was assigned.
While serving at this post he received what he considered an
advantageous offer to embark in civil life and try his fortune
at commercial pursuits at Butte, Montana. Accordingly he
sent in his resignation, to take effect June 10, 1883, and with
his family removed to Butte. After a residence of three or
four years in Butte, the organization of the National Guard
of Montana began to be agitated, resulting in the formation
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Captaincy of Company G, and upon the organization of the
regiment shortly thereafter, he was elected its first Colonel.
He served one term in this office and was re-elected. However, the duties of the office required more time than he could
spare, and he resigned before the expiration of his second
term, being succeeded by Colonel H-. C. Kessler, who commanded the now famous regiment in the Philippines and who
has since been appointed Brigadier General United States
Volunteers.
Upon the inauguration of J. E. Richards as Governor of
Montana, Colonel Lloyd was appointed Adjutant General of
the state, serving as such from January 1, 1893, to January
9, 1897.
At the outbreak of hostilities with Spain, Colonel Lloyd
tendered his services to the Governor of Montana, but failed
to be assigned to any duty. Through the efforts of the Montana delegation in congress, however, he was tendered and
accepted the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Grigsby's Cowboys.
I-e was mustered into service by Captain Ahern, U. S. A., on
May 14, 1898, and five days later was on his wav to Chickamauga Park, Georgia, reporting to Colonel Grigsby for duty
upon his arrival there.
On June 1 he succeeded Colonel Grigsby in command of
the regiment, the latter having been elevated to the command
of the First Cavalry Brigade, and during the rest of his service Colonel Lloyd practically commanded the regiment in
camp. He was mustered out with the regiment September
8, 1898, after which he returned to mercantile pursuits at
Butte, Montana.
CHAPLAIN GALON S. CLEVENGER.
Reverend Galen S. Clevenger was born in Kennon, Ohio,
and educated in the McNeely Normal School, Dennison University and Rochester Theological Seminary.
In 1882 the American Baptist Home Mission Society sent
him to Dakota to develop churches. His first work in what
is now known as South Dakota was at Brookings, the seat of
the State Agricultural College. Here he developed a strong
church and exercised most excellent influence over the students in his Bible teachings. From Brookings he went to
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In 1889 he was sent to the Black Hills as a pioneer missionary for the Baptists. IHe came to the Hills when there
was not a Baptist church building in the entire Hills country, and when the majority of the inhabitants were noted far
and wide for their reckless behavior. Among these people
Rev. Clevenger came as an entire stranger, and by his sterling worth, his force of character and earnest work, can feel
assured that the fact that the Baptists are now among the
leading denominations in the Black Hills is largely due to
his personal efforts and sound reasoning.
A few months prior to his muster into the United States
service, he was called to fill the pulpit in the First Baptist
church of Pierre, South Dakota, where he developed a large
Sunday evening class to listen to his exposition of "Christ's
Conversations."
When Grigsby's Cowboys were organized he was selected
as the most fitting divine to serve as Chaplain with the Cowboys, to a great many of whom he was well and favorably
known.
That no mistake was made in the selection of the Chaplain
is evidenced by the following unsolicited testimonials from
his superior officers:
Colonel Grigsby says: "I want to say that Chaplain
Clevenger is the model Chaplain. I have never seen an
Army Chaplain who could approach him in energy, kindliness and constant care for his men. From the time of his
arrival in camp until he was finally mustered out he spent
every moment of his time, when not taking his required
sleep, in going from troop to troop, visiting the sick, securing
attention for them and making life more pleasant. He received all the letters sent to Headquarters by parents and
friends of the men, and himself looked up each case and
wrote replies. He was constantly going, not only from tent
to tent, but from hospital to hospital, and doing service for
the men, by whom he was idolized."
Major Carter, who commanded the Leiter hospital says:
"I desire to bear witness to the zeal and discretion of Chaplain Clevenger in the discharge of his duties. He was a very
frequent and always welcome visitor at Leiter hospital. He
was constant in his attentions, not only to the men of his own
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perience, I say the regiment was fortunate in possessing such
a Chaplain."
Testimony of a like nature could be added from every officer and man in the regiment, all of whom recognize a friend
in the Chaplain. After muster-out, Chaplain Clevenger returned to his charge at Pierre, South Dakota, where he makes
his home.
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.


- -—  —


Name and Rank.


I      lustered In. 


Remarks


Colonel: 
t*Melvin Grigsby..... i
Lieutenant Colonel:
t*Charles F. Lloyd....
Majors:
SLeigh H. French....
MRobert W. Stewart..
tJames H. Monteath..
Regimental Adjutant:
t*Otto L. Sues........
Regimental Q u a r t e rmaster:
t*Ralph W. Parliman.
Major and Surgeon:
$*H. Gurdon Fish.....
Capt. and Asst. Surg.:
tRoy A. Wilson......
1st Lts. & Asst. Surgs.;
SEdward S. Grigsby..
aEdward D. Piper...
Chaplain:
t*Galon S. Clevenger.
Captains:
$John Foster........
$Frank G. Higgins...
$Jacob H. Culver....
tD. Gay Stivers.....
$Seth Bullock.......
$John C. Bond.......
$Joseph B. Binder...
$John E. Hammon...
$George E. Hair.....
$Joseph T. Brown...
*Charles E. Gregory.
$George A. Nugent..
First Lieutenants:
*George Grigsby.....
$William Cave.......
tWilliam S. Kinney..
tGeorge Wedekind...
$Myron E. Wells...
tHerbert V. Bailey...


19, 1898.... Detached.


May 14, 1898.... Commanding Regiment.


17, 1898....
18, 1898....
21, 1898....


Comdg. 1st Squadron.
Comdg. 2d Squadron.
Comdg. 3d Squadron.


May 16, 1898.... Detached.


May 14, 1898.... Detached.


June 18, 1898...
May 23, 1898....
July 13, 1898....
Sept. 26, 1898....
May 19, 1898....
May 12, 1898....
May 13, 1898....
May 14, 1898....
May 15, 1898....
May 17, 1898....
May 17, 1898....
May 18, 1898....
May 18, 1898....
May 18, 1898....
May 19, 1898....
May 21, 1898....
May 23, 1898....


Commanding Troop B.
Commanding Troop F.
Commanding Troop K.
Commanding Troop L.
Commanding Troop A.
Commanding Troop M.
Commanding Troop E.
Commanding Troop D.
Commanding Troop C.
Commanding Troop I.
Commanding Troop G.
Commanding troop H.
Troop B.
Troop F.
Troop K.
Troop L.
Troop A.
Troop M.


12,
13,
14,
15,
17,
17,


1898....
1898....
1898....
1898....
1898....
1898....




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Name and Rank.       Mustered In.          Remarks.
$David F. Connor... May 18, 1898.... Troop D.
$John W. Laughlin.. May 18, 1898.... Troop E.
Rush Spencer Wells. May 18, 1898.... Troop C.
lJohn McKay.......May 19, 1898.... Troop I.
Newton A. Way..... May 21, 1898.... Troop G.:Charles E. Stowers.. May 23, 1898.... Troop H.
Second Lieutenants:
*John N. Wright.... May 12, 1898.... Troop B.
4Charles H. Hall.... May 13, 1898.... Troop F.
tEdwin E. Culver.... May 14, 1898.... Troop K.:Frank W. Haskins.. May 15, 1898.... Troop L.
$Robert Leavens..... May 17, 1898.... Troop M.
SLowell G. Fuller.... May 18, 1898.... Troop E.
$James Cusick....... May 18, 1898.... Troop A.
Almon B. Wells.... May 18, 1898.... Troop C.
1Walter L. Anderson. May 18, 1898.... Troop D.
lEdwin McEnterf.... May 19, 1898.... Troop I.
WDana Burkholder... May 21, 1898... Troop G.
$Albert E. Sunderhauf May 23, 1898.... Troop H.
Sergeant Major:                        Attached.
**Wesley T. Stafford.. May 13, 1898....
Quartermaster Sergt.:
*$Clarence C. Culver.. May 14, 1898....
Color Sergeant:
*tMerritt L. Day.... May   8, 1898....
Chief Trumpeter:
*James Brown....... May 17, 1898....
Saddler Sergeant:
*Wilbur C. Trask.... May 16, 1898....
Hospital Stewards:
*Harry H. Miller..... May 12, 1898....
*William B. Calhoun. May 13, 1898....
*George A. Steele.... May 11, 1898....
Principal Musician:
*William Sewell..... May 30, 1898....
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Colonel Melvin Grigsby; promoted to command of the First Cavalry
Brigade, First Corps, June 1, 1898, per General Orders No.
24, Headquarters First Army Corps and Department of the
Gulf.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Lloyd; in command of the regiment
since June 1, 1898.
Adjutant Otto L. Sues; promoted to Adjutant General First Cavalry
Brigade, First Corps, June 2, 1898, per General Orders No. 1,
c. s. Headquarters First Cavalry Brigade, First Army Corps
and Department of the Gulf.
Quartermaster Ralph W. Parliman; promoted to Quartermaster
First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, June 2, 1898, per General
Orders No. 1, c. s. Headquarters First Cavalry Brigade, First
Army Corps and Department of the Gulf.
Surgeon H. Gurdon Fish, promoted to Surgeon First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, July 3, 1898, resigned August 15, 1898.
*See Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this Chapter.
tSee Biographies, this Chapter.
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Sergeant Major Wesley T. Stafford; originally mustered in as First
Sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry;
promoted to Sergeant Major July 7, 1898, per General Orders
No. 23, c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Quartermaster Sergeant Clarence C. Culver; originally mustered in
as Quartermaster Sergeant Troop K, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant May 31, 1898, per General Orders No. 5, c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Color Sergeant Merritt L. Day; originally mustered in as Sergeant
Troop A, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted
to Regimental Color Sergeant July 20, 1898, per General
Orders No. 27, c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Chief Trumpeter James Brown; originally mustered in as trumpeter
Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted
to Chief Trumpeter July 20, 1898, per General Orders No. 27,
c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Saddler Sergeant Wilbur C. Trask; originally mustered in as private Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to Saddler Sergeant May 31, 1898, per General Orders
No. 5, c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Hospital Steward William B. Calhoun; originally mustered in as
Corporal Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry;
promoted to Regimental Hospital Steward June 15, 1898, per
General Orders No. 10, c. s. Headquarters Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry.
Hospital Steward George A. Steele; originally mustered in as Sergeant Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to Regimental Hospital Steward June 15, 1898, per
General Orders No. 10, c. s. Headquarters Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry.
Hospital Steward Harry H. Miller; originally mustered in as private Troop A, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to Hospital Steward May 31, 1898, per General Orders
No. 5, c. s. Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Sergeant Major Frank Ball. (See record with Troop E.)
Chief Trumpeter John E. Hammon, Jr. (See record with Troop
D.)
Acting Chief Trumpeter Patrick W. Murphy. (See record with
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CHAPTER VII.
THE ADJUTANT'S OFFICE.
The Army Regulations define the duties of the Regimental
Adjutant as follows:
The Adjutant, under the direction of the regimental commander,
will have charge of the various rosters of service; he will make,
publish, and verify all details, keep the records of the regiment, and
perform such military duties with troops as are required by regulations. Through him the regimental commander communicates
with the officers and men of his command.
The adjutant should be courteous to, and on friendly terms with,
the officers of the command he represents, and will avoid all discussions of the orders or military conduct of his superiors. He should
be informed upon all points of military usage and etiquette, and, on
proper occasions, aid with his advice and experience the subalterns
of the regiment, especialy those just entering the service. He will
endeavor at all times to exert the influence belonging to his station
in sustaining the reputation, discipline, and harmony of the regiment.
The adjutant and quartermaster are, under the regimental commander, responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the noncommissioned staff and band.
Custom of the service has divided the responsibility for
the non-commissioned staff and band thus: The Adjutant
commands the entire non-commissioned staff and band except
the Quartermaster Sergeant and the Saddler Sergeant, who
properly belong to the Quartermaster's Department.
A careful perusal of the above requirements will evince
the fact that the Adjutant is required by law to be an ideal
soldier, gentleman and hale-fellow-well-met.  He must look
pleased and deeply interested when the Colonel tells him the
joke he heard General so-and-so tell (no matter how old),
and must exercise considerable tact in order to laugh at the
proper time; he must smile sweetly when a Captain is pouring out his tale of woe about the loss of certain property, from
the responsibility for which he believes a board of survey
should absolve him; he must assume a look of sympathetic
indignation when a Troop Quartermaster Sergeant uncorks
several phials of pent-up wrath about a skipper on the meat;
he must be a walking encyclopedia, prepared to answer any
question off-hand, from the position of a lance corporal at
the mess table to the best brand of whisky for military purposes.  He must do all that and more, and must fill all of the
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tion of the Adjutant in the regiment can be compared to that
of the Irishman who wrote home to his native land that he
had secured a lucrative position in America, with nothing to
do but carry a hod of bricks seven stories up a ladder and the
man up there had all the work to do. In a regiment the
Adjutant carries the bricks.
Adjutant Sues served with the regiment as Adjutant from
May 16 until June 2, 1898, when he was made Adjutant
General First Cavalry Brigade, First Army Corps, and First
Lieutenant David F. Connor, Troop D, a man with fourteen
years' experience in the regular establishment, was put in as
Adjutant. Adjutant Connor served until August 22, when
he was taken sick and did not fully recover until after muster-out. After Lieutenant Connor was taken sick Adjutant
General Sues conducted the regimental adjutant's office in
addition to his other duties, except for about ten days, when
this important duty was looked after by Lieutenant John N.
Wright, of Troop B.
Sergeant Major Frank Ball, who was the first Regimental
Sergeant Major, was an experienced soldier from the Eighth
Cavalry, and under his instructions the office soon became
very efficient. Frank A. Morse, of Troop M, was regimental
clerk until the organization of the Cavalry Brigade, when he
was made brigade clerk, and later brigade commissary sergeant.
Sergeant Thomas W. Wilkes was regimental postmaster
and handled the immense volume of mail with an accuracy
and dispatch that would do credit to any superintendent of
a free delivery system.
On July 7, Sergeant Major Ball was transferred to Troop
E, as First Sergeant, and First Sergeant Wesley T. Stafford,
of Troop E, was appointed Sergeant Major. Sergeant Major Stafford had had considerable experience in the office of
Sergeant Major, having served as such in the South Dakota
National Guard.
Sergeant William B. Dwinnell, of Troop C, was detailed
into the Adjutant's office on June 20, and was at once placed
in general charge of passes, furloughs and letters received,
while Corporal Jacob F. Taggart, of Troop G, and Corporal
Frank Dunnigan, Troop I, appointed about the same time,
had charge of the letters sent, details and orders.
Sergeant Merritt L. Day was appointed color sergeant
July 20, and served as such until muster-out.
Professor William F. Sewell was appointed musician and
had general charge of the band. In that connection we can




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say, without fear of successful contradiction, that never was
a musical organization perfected so rapidly as was the Cowboy Band under Sewell.       The first week after the instruments arrived the band had been organized, practiced and
drilled and attended guard mounting. At the end of the
second week the band performed mounted with great credit,
and, what was more remarkable, without an accident whatever, as the bronchos seemed to be fascinated by the music.
Patrick Murphy was the first Chief Trumpeter, and gave
way to Chief Trumpeter Hammon July 6, and he in turn was
relieved by Chief Trumpeter James Brown on July 20, 1898.
Brown served in that capacity until muster-out.
The routine of camp duty was set forth as follows in General Orders:
Headquarters Third United States Vol. Cav.
Camp Thomas, Ga., June 29, 1898.
General Orders No. 19:
Commencing to-morrow and until further orders the following
service calls will be observed in the regiment:
First  call  for  reveille........................  4:45  a. m.
Reveille...................................  5:00  a.  m.
Breakfast immediately after reveille.
Drill call (Boots and Saddles)...............  5:25 a. m
Assembly.................................  5:30  a.  m.
Recall  from   drill............................  8:00  a. m.
Sick   call..................................   8:00  a.  m.
Fatigue call and stables...................... 8:00 a. m.
Drill (Manual of Carbine).................... 900 a. m.
Recall from drill (Manual of Carbine)........ 9:30 a. m.
Recall from   fatigue.......................... 11:30  a. m.
First sergeant's  call...................... 11:50  a. m.
Dinner....................................  12:00  m.
Fatigue call............1...........          1:00 p. m.
Drill call (Manual of Arms)..................... 3 p. m.
Recall from fatigue..........................  3:15 p. m.
Recall from drill (Manual of Arms).......... 3:30 p. m.
Stables  and  water-call........................  5:10  p. m.
Supper................................   5:50 p. m.
Guard  mounting..............................  6:10  p. m.
Assembly  of details...........................  6:15  p. m.
Adjutant's call...........................  6:20 p. m.
First call for retreat, or mounted parade...... 6:35 p. m.
Assembly................................... 6:40 p. m
Retreat......................           6:45  p. m.
Tattoo...................................  9:00  p.  m.
Call to  quarters............................   9:10  p. m.
Taps................................... 9:15 p. m.
By order of Lieut. Col. Lloyd,
D. F. CONNOR,
First Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant.




GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS.
ROSTER OF THE FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE.
RANK OF BRIGADE OFFICERS.


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Name.    Muster in.  Rank and Regiment.  Remarks.
/I....      -


Melvin Grigsby May 19, 1898. Col. 3d U. S. Vol. Cav.. Com. Brigade.
Otto L. Sues.. May 16, 1898. Adjt. 3d U. S. Vol. Cav. Adj. General,
R.W. Parliman May 14, 1898. Q. M. 3d U.-S. Vol. Cav.. Brigade Q. M.
F. E. Bunts... May 9, 1898. Maj. & Sg. 1st Ohio Cav Brig'de Surg
H. Gurdon Fish May 21, 1898. Maj. and Surg. 3d U. S.. Brig'de Surg
Orville W. McMichaels... June 18, 1898 1st Lieut. 1st Ill. Cav.. Brig. Com'sy.
W. D. Forsyth May 9, 1898. 1st Lieut. 1st Ohio..... Aide-de-camp.
Geo. Grigsby.. May 12, 1898. 1st Lieut. 3d U. S. V. C.. Aide-de-camp.
Jas. E. Rend.. May 21, 1898. 2d Lieut 1st 11. Cav.... Aide-de-camp.


Name and Rank.
Colonel:
Edward C. Young......
Lieutenant Colonels:
M. W. Day............
Charles F. Lloyd......
Roy B. Harper.........
Majors:
Webb C. Hayes........
James E. Runcie.......
Leigh H. French.......
Robert W. Stewart.....
Jas. H. Monteath.......
William P. Butler......
Frank B. Alsip........
John S. Burt..........
Wm. Cuthberton.......
Captains:
R. E. Burdick..........
Henry W. Corning.....
Wm. M. Scofield........
Byron L. Barger........
Henry De H. Waite.....
Fred W. Beekman.....
Fred J. Herman........
George L. Converse.....
John Foster............
Frank G. Higgins.......
Jacob H. Culver.......
D. Gay Stivers.........
Seth  Bullock...........
Joln C. Bond..........
Joseph B. Binder......
John E. 'Hammon......
George E. Hair........
Joseph T.Brown.......
Galon S. Clevenger.....
Charles E. Gregory.....
Alvor S. Bornique.....
Milton J. Foreman.....
Charles S. Bullock.....
T. J. Robeson..........
Paul  S. Lino...........
Cleon L. Hills.........
John D. G. Oglesby.....
Thomas E. Quincy.....:


Command.            Muster-in.
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First Illinois Vol. Cav.... May 21,


1898.


First Ohio Vol. Cav......
Third U. S. Vol. Cav......
First Illinois Vol. Cav....
First Lhio Vol. Cav......
First Ohio Vol. Cav......
Third U. S. Vol. Cav.....
Third U. S. Vol. Cav.....
Third U. S. Vol. Cav.....
First Illinois Vol. Cav....
First Illinois Vol. Cav....
First Illinois Vol. Cav....
First Illinois Vol. Cav....


May 9, 1898.
May 14, 1898.
May 21, 1898.
May   9, 1898.
May 9, 1898.
May 17, 1898.
May 18, 1898.
May 21, 1898.
May 21, 1898.
May 21, 1898.
May 21, 1898.
May 21, 1898.


First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 21, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav....... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 12, 1898,
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 12, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 13, 189&
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 14, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 15, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 17, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 17, 1898,
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
And Chap. 3d U. S. V. C.. May 19, 1898.
Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 19, 1898.
And Adj. 1st Ill. V. C.... May 21, 1898.
And Q. M. 1st Ill. V. C... May 21, 1898
And Chap. 1st Ill. V. C... May 21, 1898,
And Asst. Sur. fst I. V. C. May 21, 1898.
First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898,
First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.




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Name and Rank.              Command.            Muster-in.
Captains:
Edward C. Butler...... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898,
Thomas E. Young...... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Wm. H. Roberts........ First ll. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Fred L. Pray.......... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
George P. Tyner....... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898,
John J. McDonnell..... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898,
James H. Conlon....... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Robert B. Fort........ First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898
George A. Nugent...... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 21, 1898,
Roy A. Wilson......... And Asst. Sur. 3d U.S.V.C. May 23, 1898.
Ulysses S. G. Perkins... First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
Jefferson Prather...... First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
First Lieutenants:
Charles H. Castle...... And Asst. Sur. 1st 0. V. C. May 9, 1898.
Arthur C. Rogers.....   And Adjt. 1st Ohio V. C... May 9, 1898,
Thomas S. Grasselli.... And Q. M. 1st Ohio V. C.. May  9, 1898.
C. L. Burridge......... First Ohio Vol. Cav..... May 9, 1898.
Frank W. Wood........ First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
J. M. Shallenberger.... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898
D. Dan Burgert........ First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
Walter D. Cline........ First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May  9, 189s
Max Fleishman........ First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898
Charles E. Patton...... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
William Cave.......... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 13, 1898,
William S. Kinney..... Third U. S. Vol. Cav... May 14, 1898,
George Wedekind....... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 15, 1898.
Myron E. Wells........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 17, 1898,
Herbert V. Bailey...... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 17, 1898.
David F. Connor..... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
John W. Laughlin....    Third U. S. Vol. Cav......  May 18, 1898.
Rush Spencer Wells.... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
John McKay........... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 19, 1898.
Newton A. Way........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 21, 1898
Jesse Rowe............. And Asst. Sur. 1st Ill. V.C. May 21, 1898.
George A. Lind........ And Sqd. Adj. 1st Ill. V. C. May 21, 1898.
Louis Reeves........... And Sqd. Adj. 1st Ill. V. C. May 21, 1898.
H. Dorsey Patton....... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898.
Edward E. Pierson..... First ill. Vol. Ca........ May 21, 1898.
Harry S. Stanton....... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898.
Wright A. Patterson.... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898
Charles Beam.......... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898;
Emil A. Hoeppner...... First Ill. Vol. Cav........V May 21, 1898.
John C. Talbot......... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898
Archibalt Watt......... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898
A. M. Chamberlain..... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898.
Charles W. Bear........ First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898,
Edmond McMahon...... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 21, 1898
Bayard A. Wright..... First Ill. Vol. Cav........ May 23, 1898,
Charles E. Stowers...... Third U. S. Vol. Cav...... May 23, 1898.
Charles A. Tinsley..... First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
Newton P. Howard..... First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
Edward S. Grigsby..... And Asst. Sur. 3d U.S.V.C. July 13, 1898.
Edward D. Piper....... And Asst. Sur, 3d U.S.V.C. Sept. 26, 1898
Second Lieutenants:
Paul Howland........ First Ohio Vol. Cav.... May 9, 1898
Geo. A. J. Gamprer..... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
'Henry E. Doty......... 'First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898
Sheldon Carey.......... First Ohio Vol. Cav..... May 9, 1898.
Geo. W. Van Camp..... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1893.
N. S. Monsarratt........ First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.




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Name and Rank.             Command.           Muster-in.
Second Lieutenant:
Dorm C. Mitchell....... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898
Wm. C. Bailey......... ]First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898
Jos. L. Hagemeyer..... First Ohio Vol. Cav...... May 9, 1898.
John N. Wright........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav.....May 12, 1898.
Charles H. Hall........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 13, 1898,
Edwin E. Culver....... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 14, 1898:
Frank W. Haskins..... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 15, 1898.
Robert Leavens.........Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 17, 1898.
Lowell G. Fuller....... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
James Cusick.......... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898
Almon B. Wells........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898w
Walter L. Anderson.... Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 18, 1898.
Edwin McEnterf........ Third U. S. Vol. Cav.... May 19, 1898
Dan Burkholder........Third U. S. Vol. Cav..... May 21, 1898.
Jos. C. Wilson..........First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Fred J. Knorr.......... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Fred Boyer............. First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Thomas F. Tipton.......First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Charles H. Alsip........ First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Henry Bunn............ First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898
Charles H. Eager....... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Benjamin F. Chase..... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898,
Paul W. Linebarger.... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Rudolph Liebrecht......First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
Walter J. Chapman..... First Ill. Vol. Cav....... May 21, 1898.
A. E. Sunderhauf...... Third U. S. Vol. Ca..... May 23, 1898.
Readie P. Black........ First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
Daniel M. Hager....... First Ky. Vol. Cav....... May 28, 1898.
The following assignments of the various troops to squadrons was published in General Orders May 30, 1898:
First Squadron, Major Leigh H. French, Commanding. (Synonym: Black Hills Squadron)-Troop A, Deadwood, S. D.; Troop C,
Belle Fourche, S. D.; Troop D, Sturgis, S. D.; Troop K, Milford, Neb.
Second Squadron, Major Robert W. Stewart, Commanding.
(Synonym: Inter-Dakota Squadron)-Troop B, Sioux Falls, S. D.;
Troop E, Pierre, S. D.; Troop G, Devil's Lake, N. D.; Troop H,
Fargo, N. D.
Third Squadron, Major James H. Monteath, Commanding.
(Synonym: Montana Squadron)-Troop F, Missoula, Mont.; Troop
I, Miles City, Mont.; Troop L, Butte, Mont.; Troop M, Billings, Mont.
BIOGRAPHIES.
ADJUTANT GENERAL OTTO L. SUES.
Otto Louis Sues was born in Baltimore, Md., August 3,
1863, where his father, who had been wounded at the battle
of Ball's Bluff, was stationed on recruiting service.   In the
latter sixties he removed with his father's family to Washington, D. C., where he was graduated from the high schools.
He entered the Fourth United States Cavalry as private, July
2, 1883, passing rapidly through the grades of corporal, sergeant, troop quartermaster sergeant and acting first sergeant




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of Troop E; participated with his troop in the "Chatto Indian campaign" of 1883; the engagement with and capture
of Mexican mutineers near Esnada, Lower California, January, 1885; the Geronimo Indian campaign of 1885-6, a
campaign of eighteen months' duration; the first Kid campaign of 1887, and in numerous details after rustlers and
train robbers so common along the Mexican border during
the eighties. The majority of his service was rendered in
the Department of Arizona, commanded by General George
A. Crook until May, 1886, when General Nelson A. Miles
took command to close the Geronimo war, which had been begun a year previous. In that campaign he was in Mexico
under both Captains Henry W. Lawton, late Miajor General
United States Volunteers, and C. A. P. Hatfield, of the
Fourth Cavalry. Qualified as sharpshooter in 1884 and
again in 1893-4-5. Entered the Old War and Navy Division (which handles the regular army claims), United States
Pension Bureau, December 16, 1888, at the same time passing examination as First Lieutenant of Infantry in the District of Columbia, to which position he was commissioned by
President Harrison April 17, 1889, and to Captain of Company D, First Regiment of Infantry, in the District of Columbia, April 21, 1889, four days later. Commissioned Major in the same organization by President Cleveland June 5,
1893, and assigned to command of the Fifth Battalion of Infantry, and transferred to the Second Regiment of Infantry,
in which he served until February 1, 1897, when he resigned.
Commanded provisional regiment composed of one regiment
of infantry and one troop of cavalry, in camp of instruction,
Camp Blake, Maryland, 1894, and commanded camp of instruction at Camp McKibben, Maryland, composed of fourteen companies of infantry, one battalion of engineers and
trial company of bicyclists, 1895. He was an enthusiastic
member of the order of Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., and was
for two terms Captain of Phil Kearney Camp No. 15, and in
1894 was elected the commander of the Division of Maryland, comprising at that time the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and the District
of Columbia. Was Adjutant of the First Regiment, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, of which regiment he was
later Lieutenant Colonel. At the national encampment of
the Uniform Rank at Kansas City, Missouri, 1892, he was
Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania brigade, which included the District troops. He was detailed as special United
States Pension Examiner and sent to Sioux Falls, S. D., July




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16, 1896, where he was serving when commissioned as Adjutant Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Appointed
Adjutant General First Cavalry Brigade, First Army Corps,
June 2, 1898, in which position he served until muster-out
September 8, 1898, after which he was ordered back to Sioux
Falls, S. D., as Special Pension Examiner for South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa, in which
capacity he is now serving.
ADJUTANT D. F. CONNOR.
(For biography see Troop D.)
SERGEANT MAJOR FRANK BALL.
Sergeant Major Ball is a full-fledged Dakota boy. Born
and raised in a military atmosphere, a strong liking for a
military life developed early, and finally caused him to enlist in the Eighth United States Cavalry, with which regiment he served as Trumpeter. He was discharged at expiration of term of service just in time to enter Troop D, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, as Sergeant, from which
position he was appointed Sergeant Major of the regiment
May 30, 1898. July 8 he was transferred to Troop E, same
regiment, as First Sergeant, in which capacity he was serving when mustered out September 8, 1898. His home is at
Ashley, North Dakota.
SERGEANT MA.JOR WESLEY T. STAFFORD.
Wesley T. Stafford was born in Marion, Iowa, in 1875.
Removed with his parents to Dakota in 1881, where he remained until 1897, when he removed to Sioux City, Iowa,
and engaged in the practice of law, having read law three
years in the offices of Aplin & Lynch, of Huron, S. D., and
been admitted to the bar in 1896. IHe was one of the organizers of Company G, First South Dakota National Guard,
of which company he was the original First Sergeant. In
1897 he was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major First
South Dakota National Guard, and held that position until
the breaking out of the war with Spain. At the commencement of hostilities he at once closed his office and reported
for duty with his regiment and served with the same in camp
at Sioux Falls for twenty days, after which he was transferred to the cavalry branch and was mustered in as Quartermaster Sergeant of Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and on May 18 was appointed to the First
Sergeantcy of the same troop, vice Fuller, promoted. On




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July 7 he was made Regimental Sergeant Major of the Third
and so served until muster-out, September 8, 1898. After
muster-out he returned to Huron for a short visit; then went
to Sioux City, where he is now engaged in a lucrative law
practice. He is especially strong as a labor attorney, having
made this branch of legal jurisprudence a specialty. He is
attorney for the United Trades Assembly of Sioux City, Ia.,
as well as their financial agent.
COLOR SERGEANT MERRITT LEE DAY.
Merritt Lee Day was born July 28, 1874, in Humboldt
County, Iowa, and with his parents removed to Dakota the
following year. The family resided in the eastern portion of
the state until 1887, when they moved to Rapid City, in the
Black Hills, where they remained until 1893, when young
Merritt went to Plumas County, California, and engaged in
mining for several years. In the spring of 1897 he returned
to the Black Hills, locating at Deadwood, and soon thereafter
began operation of the Gilt Edge mine, which he continued to
operate with success and profit until he enlisted in the Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, May, 1898. He was the
first man to enlist in Troop A, and was promptly made a
Sergeant. His fine physique and good qualities made him
conspicuous in the regiment and led to his selection for the
honorable position of Color Sergeant of the regiment, in
which position he served until mustered out with the regiment in September, 1898. After muster-out Sergeant Day
returned to Deadwood, where he is now engaged in mine
operations.
COMMISSARY SERGEANT FRANK A. MORSE.
Sergeant Frank A. Morse was born in Gilmer, Ill., September 9, 1873, removing with his parents to Montana in
1879, after a residence of five years at Chippewa Falls, Wis.
He was educated in the common schools of Montana, and in
1893 graduated from the Metropolitan Business College in
Chicago, since which time he has followed bookkeeping. For
three years he was connected with the Northern Pacific Railway and the B. M. & G. N. Ry. as clerk, and for two years
in a clerical position in the offices of the clerk, treasurer
and assessor of Yellowstone County, Mont. He enlisted in
Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, April 24,
1898, and was mustered in May 28, 1898; detailed as Adjutant's clerk June 1, and clerk to the Adjutant General First
Cavalry Brigade June 6, 1898. On September 3, 1898,




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for faithful service rendered, he was appointed Brigade Commissary Sergeant. Mustered out September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to Billings, Mont., where he is now serving as deputy county assessor of Yellowstone County. Sergeant Morse is a most painstaking, efficient and competent
clerk, as was testified to by all who had occasion to inspect
his books, and for which he was often highly complimented.
SERGEANT WILLIAM B. DWINNELL.
Sergeant William B. Dwinnell was born October 19, 1871,
on a farm near Frankfort, Kansas. IHe attended the public
schools and was graduated from the Frankfort high school
with honors June 21, 1889. In December of the same year
he went to Deadwood, S. D., entering the law offices of Van
Cise & Wilson as stenographer and to study law. He remained with this firm until February 1, 1892, and then entered the law office of Colonel William R. Steele. In the
fall of 1892 he went to Minneapolis and took a short term in
the law school, returning in 1893 to Deadwood, where he
formed a law partnership with Frank McLaughlin. This
firm continued but a short time, and in July, 1896, Dwinnell formed a law partnership with his former employer,
Colonel Steele, which firm exists at the present time. Sergeant Dwinnell was admitted to practice in 1893, and practices in all the courts in the state. He is prominent in Pythian circles, having been elected Chancellor Commander of
his lodge when but twenty-three years of age. When active
hostilities became an assured fact Dwinnell left his lucrative
practice and enlisted in Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, in which his talents soon earned for him a
Sergeantcy. On June 20 Sergeant Dwinnell was detailed
into the Adjutant's office, where he had charge of passes, furloughs and letters received. After actual hostilities ceased
Sergeant Dwinnell concluded to return to his law practice
without further delay and applied for his honorable discharge, which was granted by the President of the United
States August 19, 1898.
CHIEF TRUMPETER JOHN E. HAMMON.
Chief Trumpeter John E. Hammon was born within the
shadow of Fort Meade, it might be said. and from early boyhood he was thoroughly conversant with military matters.
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July 6, 1898, but after continued ill-health for two weeks
was transferred back to his troop without any reflection upon his conduct or qualifications. He was mustered out with
the command September 8, 1898, and after discharge entered
the band of the First United States Cavalry, with which organization he is now serving.
CHIEF TRUMPETER JAMES BROWN.
Chief Trumpeter Brown enlisted in Troop MI, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, at Billings, M[ont., and was
mustered into volunteer service with that troop and was shortly afterward made Trumpeter. On July 20, 1898, he was
made Regimental Chief Trumpeter, and served as such until muster-out.  lie is at present in the Fourth United
States Cavalry, serving in the Philippines.
CORPORAL JACOB F. TAGGART.
Corporal J. F. Taggart enlisted in Troop G, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry and was mustered in with the said
troop. On June 20 he was detailed into the office of the
Regimental Adjutant, where he had charge of letters sent,
details and orders. He was appointed a Corporal in Troop
G shortly before muster-out. After discharge he again enlisted in the volunteer army and is now serving in the
Philippines.
SERGEANT THOMAS W. WILKES.
Sergeant Thomas W. Wilkes is a Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, boy, where he attended the public schools, afterward reading law and being admitted to practice in South
Dakota.   Sergeant Wilkes has always been an athlete, and
when Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, was
organized, he was among the first to enlist, and was mustered
in as Sergeant. HIe was clerk in the Adjutant's office during
the days of organization, and on May 28 was appointed Regimental Postmaster, serving in that position until July 11,
when he succumbed to the prevailing malarial fever, on account of which he was discharged on surgeon's certificate of
disability July 21, 1898. He is a lawyer by profession, and
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CHAPTER VIII.
THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Who has ever served in the regular establishment or the
volunteer army and has not, at some time or other, with
malice aforethought, and without the slightest provocation,
roundly "cussed" the Quartermaster? It is not because he
has been derelict in his duties or has neglected anything, but
because it has been the unwritten law of the army ever since
it has been established to heap upon the unoffending head of
the Quartermaster the accumulated wrath and fault-finding
of the entire command. When the Inspector "jacks up" the
Captain for a lack of certain supplies the Captain has forgotten to make requisition for, he squares himself by cussing
the Quartermaster; when the Colonel's attention is directed
to the fact that the department commander has been unmercifully bumped around in the old ambulance from the station
to the post he apologizes by cussing the Quartermaster; when
the enlisted man is too busy playing cribbage or "penny ante"
to go to the orderly room and give the First Sergeant the correct number of the shoes he wears, but sends in the number
by a less busy comrade, and then gets a pair three sizes too
large, he cusses the Quartermaster as long as the shoes last.
It is one continual round of abuse, and it is all directed upon
the head of the Quartermaster. Notwithstanding that, however, there never was a Quartermaster who was not as round
and corpulent of form and as jolly as a monk. He seems to
thrive upon the wrath of others. The duties of the Quartermaster are defined in the regulations thus:  "An officer who
looks after the quarters of the soldiers and attends to the
supplies."  Nowhere in that official definition is mention
made that he is to be blamed for every inferior article the
contractor manages to squeeze past the Inspector; to be sworn
at when a "Siblev stove" fails to draw or roundly denounced
whenever one of his mules happens to squeal after taps. Yet
it is so.
In order to be a successful Quartermaster one must be an
accomplished diplomat, a strategist, somewhat of an emergency liar and the best natured individual in the world.
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an emergency prevaricator-was Captain Ralph Parliman.
Without any previous military experience, he assumed the
duties of Quartermaster and administered the same with a
heroism and display of common sense that requires special
mention.
He was mustered into the service on May 14, 1898, by
Lieutenant H. E. Ely, of the Twenty-second Infantry, and
began his duties at once by receipting for 129 untrained
horses, cooking utensils, forage, blankets and tin cups which
were invoiced to him by Lieutenant Morgan, of the Eighth
Cavalry, serving as Quartermaster of the troops at Sioux
Falls, and thus Parliman had the responsibility for the safekeeping of the new horses heaped upon him the very first
day of his service. That first night he had vivid dreams of
the whole herd getting away and nothing seen or heard of
them again until they came galloping over his pay rolls at
$80 per head. Several times during that first night he awoke
himself by yelling "Whoa." That same night a lot of little
red devils with brownie caps on came and stole all the
blankets, cooking utensils, forage and tin cups he had just
receipted for, and it is said that as a result of that terrible
first night he lost the major portion of hair off the top of his
head. Such are the trials and tribulations of a Quartermaster.
The Quartermaster departed with headquarters for Chickamauga and en route amused himself by worrying whether
any of the horses had fallen in the cars and been trampled to
death by the others.  Chattanooga was reached without
especial incident, and then the troubles of the department
did begin. There was nothing at all on hand to begin with.
Requisitions had to be made for tentage, axes, picks, shovels,
lanterns, field ovens, picket ropes, camp kettles, mess pans
and the many other equipments necessary to hastily build
camp, feed the men and care for the stock. The camp was
reached on the morning of May 23, and by noon of that day
the site had been located and six Quartermaster teams secured
to bring out the baggage. The teams were hired from the
surrounding country and were a combination of the poorest
type of "Georgia nigger" and the flea-bitten mule. At the
same time two four-mule outfits were drawn for the regiment. These mules were only partly broken, and the men
not broken to the mules at all. They had a merry time of it
until the mules attached to one of the teams ran away and
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Notwithstanding all these drawbacks the Quartermaster
managed to land in camp about four o'clock on that day with
a load of tents, tent poles and pins, field ovens, camp kettles
and mess pans, so that the work of pitching tents could begin at once, which rapidly proceeded until there was a home
for headquarters and Troops B, E and K, at that time the
only troops of the regiment which had arrived. Troop K
had joined the Second Squadron and headquarters at Chattanooga on the morning of the 23d.
Only those who were in touch with the Quartermaster's
department during those early days at Chickamauga, and
know of the confusion that reigned at headquarters, where
everybody wanted to be served first, and the shortage of stores,
equipage and clothing of all kinds, can imagine what Quartermaster Parliman really accomplished in getting what he
did on the first day. In addition to the shortage of supplies,
the force at headquarters of the department seemed to be
either insufficient or incapable of handling the immense
amount of work assigned to them. This condition prevailed
for a month or two after the volunteers began coming into
Chickamauga.
For the rest of the regiment, which began to come in rapidly after the 23d, the Quartermaster had secured their tentage
and supplies in advance and had the most necessary supplies
and tents on the ground when they arrived.
The 129 horses that were shipped with headquarters and
Troops B and E had but few halters, many had ropes around
the neck and some had but small pieces of wire that were used
as halters. This condition was called to the attention of the
authorities as soon as the command arrived, but it was impossible to get a halter of any kind. The result was that two
horses got away from the picket line on the second night in
camp and were never heard of again. Subsequently a board
of survey absolved the Quartermaster from any responsibility for the loss of the animals.
Sergeant Clarence C. Culver, who had been made Quartermaster Sergeant by Lieutenant Parliman before the command left Sioux Falls, joined headquarters at Chattanooga
on the morning of the 23d, and by his hard working, careful,
honest assistance contributed a great deal toward the success
of the Quartermaster's department in the regiment. His
principal duty was to draw and distribute forage. As there
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forage matter was an important item of the Quartermaster's
duties. Often as high as 100,000 pounds of oats and as
many pounds of hay would be drawn in one day. It required
a very careful man to attend to this matter and keep it
straight, and it is said, to the credit of Sergeant Culver, that
during the entire time the command was in service there was
never a single thing wrong with the forage account. Sergeant Culver possessed so many sterling qualities that he became indispensable to the Quartermaster.
In addition to Sergeant Culver the Quartermaster was
furnished three clerks from the regiment and one civilian
clerk.  Private Leo Casper, Troop M, and Corporal J. H.
Kipp and Private C. D. Sanders, both of Troop B, were detailed from  the regiment for this important duty.   They
proved themselves competent, hard-working and trustworthy
and contributed in no small degree to the success of the Quartermaster's department.
For a time after reaching camp Quartermaster Parliman
also served as Regimental Commissary and ordnance officer,
which positions he filled satisfactorily until relieved on account of the press of business in his own department.
The Quartermaster's department at Chickamauga Park,
Georgia, was under the direction of the following named officers:
Colonel James G. C. Lee, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S.
A., Chief Quartermaster.
Major J. M. Carson, Jr., Quartermaster, U. S. V., Assistant to
Chief Quartermaster.
Major D. E. McCarthy, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A., Assistant to Chief Quartermaster, Battlefield Station, Ga.
Captain M. G. Zalinski, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A., Assistant to Chief Quartermaster, Battlefield Station, Ga.
Captain A. S. Bickham, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. V., Assistant to Chief Quartermaster, Battlefield Station, Ga.
Captain H. P. Young, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. V., Assistant to Chief Quartermaster, Battlefield Station, Ga.
There is not an article of any description issued in the
army except on requisition. If the requisition is in proper
form the officer to whom it is directed will approve the same
and order the proper department to make the issue. The officer drawing the articles receives an invoice from the issuing
officer, to whom he gives a receipt in return.
On June 2, 1898, when the First Cavalry Brigade was
formed, Quartermaster Parliman was detached from his regiment and assigned as Brigade Quartermaster. The experience he had gained in his capacity as Regimental Quartermaster stood him in hand so that he had no more difficulty in




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administering to the wants of four regiments than he formerly had in one.
Lieutenant Herbert V. Bailey, of Troop M!, was detailed
as Regimental Quartermaster in place of Quartermaster Parlimnan. Lieutenant Bailey had served for a number of years
in the cavalry of the Montana National Guard, and proved
an experienced and efficient officer.  On July 2, 1898, Lieutenant Bailey was taken sick with fever, which unfitted him
for duty practically during the rest of his service. It now
became necessary to assign Quartermaster Parliman to duty
as Regimental Quartermaster again, in addition to his duties
in the brigade. He discharged the duties of both offices satisfactorily.
At the time the command was mustered out all government property was turned over to the Chief Quartermaster
at Lyttle, Ga., including horses and mules. All expendable
property was dropped from   the Quartermaster's reports.
Property broken or worn out was inspected and condemned,
and that lost or stolen covered either by certificate or affidavits or board of survey proceedings.
That this property was all turned over without shortage
speaks volumes for the efficiency with which the department
was conducted. When it is considered that this property aggregated several hundred thousand dollars in value, and in
the end tallied almost to a cent, some idea can be gained as to
the careful and efficient work rendered by the Quartermaster
and his able assistants.
THE REGIMENTAL VETERINARIAN.
One of the most important positions in the Quartermaster's
department is the veterinarian; upon him rests the responsibility of keeping the machinery and transportation in proper
order.  The hundreds of mules that draw the wagons, the
herds of pack animals that are used where wagon transportation is impossible and the cavalry horses are all looked after
by the veterinarian. He must'see that they are kept in a perfect state of health, he must be able to detect an infectious
disease among the animals at once and take the proper steps
to establish a quarantine, to say nothing of looking after the
hundreds of saddle sores, harness galls and bites and kicks
the equine world is subject to. It is strange that no provission is made in the regulations for the permanent establishment of this office in a regiment of mounted troops, as its importance is easily apparent to the most casual observer.  In
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who, however, is not required to be a graduated veterinarian,
and as a result the work is not always satisfactory.
In this particular the regiment was especially fortunate.
For a long time the efforts to obtain a regimental veterinary
were fruitless. The horses which had been brought from
the West were suffering severely from the change of climate
and required the attention and care of an experienced man.
Such a man was found in Troop E in the person of Dr. William L. Hagler, a graduate veterinarian, who, in addition to
his duties as farrier of his troop, attended to the duties of
regimental veterinarian until the appointment of Dr. Leslie
C. Karn on July 13, 1898. When Dr. Karn reported for
duty he had 1,200 horses and 200 mules under his supervision. After a careful inspection of them he discovered that
fully one-third of that number were suffering with an epidemic known as influenza, complicated with malarial fever. A
hospital picket line was at once established, to which the most
serious cases were removed to guard against further infection
and all the time and attention of the veterinary were directed
to saving the afflicted animals. Among some four hundred
horses that were sick, only thirty died under Dr. Karn's treatment. The Northern horse, when acclimated, is worth two
of the Southern horses for military purposes. At least such
is the opinion advanced by Dr. Karn.
THE REGIMENTAL SADDLER.
Another important branch of the Quartermaster's department is the saddlery, presided over by the Saddler Sergeant.
To his care is intrusted the repairs to the harness that are
always breaking at a most critical time. He has general
supervision of the troop saddlers, who look after the horse
equipments of the troopers, and the value of the work of this
department should not be underestimated.   Saddler Sergeant Wilbur C. Trask had general charge of this department
and performed his duties in a most competent and acceptable
manner, being a man of many years of experience in this class
of work.
THE REGIMENTAL BLACKSMITH.
The regimental or quartermaster's blacksmith has general charge of the repairs of the wagons and the shoeing of
the fractions army mule-not an enviable task, you may imagine. After a long day's march he comes into camp and
his work then only begins. It is but a short time after camp
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new shoes to replace those lost by the mules on the march.
The next morning he silently folds his portable field forge
and moves on with the command to repeat the performance
that night. For him there is no Sabbath, no holiday, no day
or night. He must work whenever the occasion requires it.
In the troop this same duty is performed, so far as the cavalry mounts are concerned, by the troop blacksmith.
Among the most common sights in camp during the month
of July were the horse funerals.  On account of the disease
from which they died, these animals had to be interred at
once. This duty was performed by the prisoners under the
direction of the officer of the guard. The animals were
dragged to a hole which had been prepared in the adjoining
woods, and the carcass shoved in, the feet punched down and
the dirt filled in on top. Thus did these poor, dumb brutes
give up their lives for their country. They had enlisted, or
rather were drafted, for a patriotic duty, and now fill a nameless grave in a strange land and their faithfulness, love and
devotion to their riders and the cause he espoused remain
unheralded, unsung. Poor brutes.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN R. W. PARLIMAN.
Quartermaster Ralph W. Parliman was born at Newton
Falls, Ohio, January 25, 1861. His family shortly thereafter removed to Hastings, Minn. In April, 1879, he came
to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his father, the late Judge
E. Parliman, having graduated from the public schools of
Hastings, Minnesota, in 1878.  Owing to poor health he
went upon his father's farm in Lincoln County, South Dakota, and began his career as a farmer. This life, after a
trial of five years, was found unsatisfactory and in 1886 he
began the study of law in the office of his father in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota; admitted to the bar in 1887. In November of 1889 he was elected state's attorney of Marshall
county, South Dakota, to which county he had removed in the
meantime-on the Democratic ticket. He served out his
term as state's attorney in a creditable manner, and in December, 1890, removed to Webster, Day County, South Dakota.  On May 6, 1894, he was appointed postmaster of
Webster, South Dakota, by President Cleveland, and served
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torney of Webster and two terms as member of the school
board in the same city.
HIe was mustered into the United States Volunteer service May 14, 1898, as First Lieutenant and Quartermaster
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and on June 2,1898,
was promoted to Captain and Quartermaster First Cavalry
Brigade, First Army Corps; which position he held when
mustered out September 8, 1898. After muster-out he returned to Webster, South Dakota, and engaged in the practice of law, shortly thereafter removing to Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, where he entered a law partnership with his father.
He succeeded to the business when his father died on June
5, 1899, and also to the position of Referee in Bankruptcy
for the United States, District South Dakota-a position
his father had occupied before his demise-in which position Captain Parliman is now serving.
LIEUTENANT HERBERT V. BAILEY.
(For biography of;Lieutenant Bailey, see Troop M.)
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT CLARENCE C. CULVER.
Clarence C. Culver was born at Milford, Nebraska, Dec.
25, 1872. He attended and graduated at the Milford high
school, then went to the State University of Nebraska, taking
a general scientific course and electrical course, also taking
a thorough course in military service. Was a member of the
University Cadets for six years. On the breaking out of
the Spanish-American war he held a good position as cashier of a large firm in Denver, but promptly resigned the position, came home and enlisted as a private in Troop K,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the troop and upon joining the regiment was appointed by Colonel Grigsby as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, which position he held until mustered
out in September, 1898.
Closing up affairs at Chattanooga, he went to Washington
and was sent by the Quartermaster's Department to Camp
Meade, Pa., to unravel and straighten out the account of a
Brigade Quartermaster. Performed the duties assigned to
the satisfaction of the department and the General commanding the Brigade. He was appointed Brigade Quartermaster
Clerk and accompanied General Cole's brigade to Columbus,
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In the spring he returned to Washington and was assigned
to the duty in the Quartermaster's Department on the Transport Creek; made several trips to Cuba, returning to New
York in July; he was ordered to report to San Francisco for
duty in the Philippines, where he now is filling an important
position in the Quartermaster's Department under General
Otis.
SADDLER SERGEANT WILBUR C. TRASK.
Wilbur C. Trask was born at Haverhill, Mass., in 1861,
at which place he was educated. He moved to Wisconsin
in 1879 and to South Dakota in 1881, locating at Flandreau.
lIe moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1884, where he was engaged
as foreman of one of the largest saddlery establishments in
the United States until 1892, when he returned to Flandreau, S. D., where he resided when he was mustered in as
private of Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
He was appointed regimental saddler May 31, 1898, per
General Orders No. 5, Headquarters Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, in which position he served until muster-out September 8, 1898. After muster-out he returned
to Flandreau, S. D., for a short time, after which he removed to Elrod, S. D., where he is now engaged in the hotel
business.
SERGEANT JOHN H. KIPP.
Sergeant John IT. Kipp came to South Dakota in the early
days and settled at Aberdeen. He afterward went west to
Mound City, S. D., and engaged in the newspaper business at
that place. After several years at that business he received
the appointment as State Insurance Commissioner for South
Dakota, which position he had but shortly left when he enlisted in Troop B, and was mustered in as a corporal with
that organization May 12, 1898, being later promoted to Sergeant. During the better part of his service he was in the
office of Captain Parliman, both in the regiment and brigade,
and was mustered out with his troop Sept. 8, 1898.  He
again enlisted in the volunteer service at Manila, P. I., in
Company K, Thirty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, with which
organization he is now serving as Quartermaster Sergeant.
PRIVATE LEO CARPER.
Leo Carper enlisted in the early days of the war in Troop
M, Third United, States Volunteer Cavalry, at Billings,
Mont., where he had resided for a number of years prior
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as clerk in the Quartermaster's office, where his excellent
business methods, strict attention to duty and affable manner made a friend of every man with whom he came in contact. Clerk Carper was retained in the Quartermaster's Department until the final settling up, when he was mustered
out with his troop and returned to Billings, where he is now
engaged in the railroad business.
PRIVATE CLARK D. SANDERS.
Clark D. Sanders was born at Oshkosh, Wis., and when
a child of but a few years of age moved with his parents to
Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he attended the public
schools, later finishing his education at the Rushford High
School and Darlinggs' Business College at Rochester, Minn.
In 1886 he took up government land in McIntosh county,
North Dakota, and for eight years he worked his farm in
the summer and taught school in the winter. In 1894 he
bought a half interest in the Flandreau Herald, of South
Dakota, then owned by Hon. J. E. Kelly, and went to work
on the paper, which position he held when he enlisted in
Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which
troop he was mustered into the service May 12, 1898. Private Sanders prided himself upon two things-first, he was
the shortest man in the regiment and was enlisted upon special order from the war department, and second, he gloried
in being a private and nothing but a private. Shortly after
arriving at Camp Thomas he was detailed into the quartermaster's department, in which he served until mustered out
September 8, 1898, after which he returned to Flandreau,
where he is now engaged upon the HIerald, and also county
auditor of Moody county, South Dakota, to which position
he was elected in the fall of 1898.
VETERINARY SURGEON LESLIE C. KARN.
Doctor Leslie C. Karn was born in Woodstock, in the
county of Oxford, Province of Ontario, Canada, August 7,
1863, where he attended the public schools. He next engaged in the drug business at Milverton, Ontario, for seven
years and then entered the Ontario Veterinary College, from
which he was graduated. He afterwards practiced at Milverton for four years, when he came West and located at
Ortonville, Minn. He resided there for three years, after
which he removed to Webster, S. D., where he resided when
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and in 1897 made the government inspection of the famous
Cheyenne Reservation glanders cases.
After leaving the regiment in September, 1898, when it
was mustered out, Dr. Karn returned to Webster, S. D.,
where he is now engaged in veterinary practice.
VETERINARY SURGEON WILLIAM L. HAGLER.
Dr. William L. Hagler is also a South Dakotan, having
settled at Armour in the early days. He has been a very
successful veterinary practitioner and deserves great credit
for the able manner in which he coped with the epidemic
of "pink eye" and influenza at Camp Thomas prior to the
arrival of Dr. Karn. The loss of a great number of horses
was averted by his prompt action and efficient treatment.
Dr. Hagler enlisted as a private in Troop E, with which
organization he was mustered in as farrier, afterward being
promoted to regimental veterinarian. Had Dr. Hagler been
a civilian he would have undoubtedly been made the permanent regimental veterinarian, but as an enlisted man he
was ineligible. After muster out, Dr. Hagler returned to
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CHAPTER IX.
THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
It has been stated by a noted authority that in time of war
"beans kill more men than bullets." By that is meant that
the death rate from diseases having their origin in the stomach and from improper food is much larger than that due to
wounds, and that improperly cooked food is much more fatal
than shot and shell. It must not be judged from this statement that the army ration is not the proper food for troops
in the field, but rather that the "extras" which are obtained
by forging, and through other sources, are the main factors
in bringing about this condition. As no distinction is made
by the medical department in its treatment of patients for
wounds, injuries or sickness of whatsoever origin, the immense amount of work heaped upon this department, and
its consequent vast importance, can well be imagined.
For the first few days after arriving in camp there was
no physician present with the regiment, and the surgeon of
the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry extended such
medical aid as was necessary. On May 29, First Assistant
Surgeon Roy A. Wilson reported for duty, and until the
arrival of Major Fish he had sole control of the department.
The position of Major and Surgeon being most important,
and one which should only go to an efficient and experienced
practitioner, no appointment was made for this office until
the entire regiment was in camp and the matter thoroughly
canvassed among the officers, which resulted in a meeting
for the purpose of selecting an incumbent for the position
from the many eminent physicians who were candidates.
First Lieutenant Charles E. Stowers, of Troop I, presented
the name of Dr. H. Gurdon Fish, of Wheatland, N. D. The
name of Dr. Fish was seconded by all of the North Dakota
officers and many others, with the result that he was unanimously chosen. Major Fish was mustered in at St. Paul,
Minn., on June 12, 1898, and immediately reported for duty.
His first day in camp proved him to be the man for the position, as his initial step was the removal of the regimental
hospital from the rather low ground it had occupied to a
more desirable location. His affable manner, kindness of
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him a host of friends in the regiment, which he retains to
the present day.
On July 3, 1898, Major Fish was made brigade surgeon
of the First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, and ably and
creditably performed the duties of his office in addition to
his work in the regiment. It was much regretted throughout
the regiment when, after serving two months, Major Fish
announced his intention to resign. His resignation was accepted August 15, 1898.
Dr. Edward S. Grigsby, of California, was chosen Second
Assistant Surgeon, and was commissioned as such on July
13, 1898, having been mustered in at Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. Edward D. Piper, of the First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, was assigned to the Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry as Acting Assistant Surgeon June 25, 1898. IIe
performed his duties in such a painstaking, conscientious
manner as to win the esteem of the entire regiment and a
commission as First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, September 26, 1898.
His commission did not come until after the regiment was
mustered out, but it was only on account of the pressure of
other business at the War Department that it was thus delayed. He rendered the service without asking or expecting
reward.
After the resignation of Major Fish, and while Surgeon
Wilson was sick with fever and in the hospital, the entire
burden of the Medical Department fell upon the shoulders
of Surgeon Grigsby and his assistant, Dr. Piper.       Dr.
Grigsby, although at that time but a young practitioner, acquitted himself like a veteran and won unstinted praise from
the officers and men alike, as did Dr. Piper and the able hospital assistants who were on duty during those trying times
of the typhoid epidemic.
ROSTER OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Name                 Rank              Remarks
H. Gurdon Fish, M. D.. Major and Surgeon.... In charge.
Roy A. Wilson, M. D... 1st Lieut. and Asst. Sur. Charge sick call.
Ed. S. Grigsby, M. D... 1st Lieut. and Asst. Sur. Ward Surgeon.
Edward D. Piper, M. D. 1st Lieut. and Asst. Sur. Ward Surgeon.
Harry H. Miller, Ph. G. Hospital Steward......Chief Steward.
Wm. B. Calhoun, Ph. G. Hospital Steward...... Prescrip. Steward
George A. Steel, M. D.. Hospital Steward...... Ward Steward.
George W. Byrnes..... Private Troop B....... Hospital Nurse.
Frank E. Eastling..... Private Troop H.......Hospital Nurse.
L. F. Hanson.......... Private Troop L....... Hospital Nurse.
Edward S. Beatty..... Private Troop G....... Hospital Nurse.
William L. Hagler.....Veterinary Troop E.... Hospital Nurse.
Thomas W. Hicks..... Private Troop B....... Ambulance Driv.
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Anything like complete medical or surgical data is out
of question. The following extract, culled from the final
report of Major Fish, gives as complete and concise a statement of that department as is extant:
*  *   *  "With the enormous amount of work entailed
upon myself and assistants, we had no time to keep any
more than the routine records of name, diagnosis, etc., of
each case as presented. Two Assistant Surgeons were allowed for our regiment, but only one was appointed until
about the end of July.
"Some conception of the amount and extent of our work
can be gathered from the following approximate figures: We
averaged for the month of June, 75 patients at 'sick call'
at 5:30 a. m. This means 2,250 men for the month, to say
nothing of those 'in quarters' and in the hospital tents. During July this average ran up to 150 at 'sick call,' or 4,500
men treated at our dispensary tent. Besides this, we averaged 275 men 'in quarters,' who had to be visited frequently; from five to twenty in the measles hospital, and
from ten to twenty in our general hospital. At times nearly
twenty-five per cent. of our command was on the sick list.
Of course this brought forth comment and sometimes mild
condemnation from our superiors. We cannot enter into details here scientifically, but will mention some of the prominent factors of this truly alarming condition of a regiment
who were expecting and hoping to be sent to the front for
battle.
"Water.-Almost from the start we had to abandon the
supply of water furnished through the pipe system of the
park. It was contaminated with a large per cent. of decayed
vegetable and animal matter. Recourse was had to the
springs and a fairly good supply was secured. I think, however, that too much blame was attached to the water supply
as a factor of sickness.
"Sinks.-In the sink holes I am convinced we had a most
dangerous source of illness. There is no question in my
mind as to the genuineness of the theory that the flies carried
infection. Millions swarmed in these pest-holes and then
gaily flew to the cook's quarter and fairly covered the juicy
steaks and succulent pork being prepared for the table. Without any microscope, traces of fecal matter could be discovered in the tracks of these industrious fellows.
"Climate.-The sudden transition of our men from the
dry northern portion of the West to the damp, sultry, hot
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ble. Camped amongst the trees, we were each night enveloped in a heavy mist from about 9 o'clock till sunrise. As
some expressed it, 'You could smell the malaria in the mist.'
A low grade of 'camp fever,' undoubtedly of malarial origin,
was one of the most trying types of illness we had.
"Cante'en.-While there can be no doubt that beer drunk
in moderation was for some of the men a much more wholesome drink than the water, yet much of our diarrhoeal troubles were easily traceable to its effects when drunk in large
quantities, as it was by many. While on this subject I cannot speak too highly of the sobriety of the Cowboys. I remember only one instance when we dressed a wound from a
drunken brawl, and probably not a dozen cases of extreme
alcoholism came under our notice. Not one of our number
was arrested in Chattanooga drunk and disorderly that I
know of.
"Bedding and Tentage.-The men were crowded too
closely together from lack of proper tentage, and, so far as I
could learn, without any reason, as there were 'loads' of
such supplies at Lytle. The very heavy rains of July kept
the scant supply of hay and straw used for bedding in a constant state of dampness and was the occasion of many severe
colds.
"Disinfectants.-There was an almost complete lack of
these very essential articles. A few pounds of chloride of
lime were dealt out, but were practically of no use. Why
requisitions for these were not honored is one of the numerous things we know not of.
"Nurses.-We had not one traind nurse. Men were detailed from the different troops for this important task and
many instances of their fidelity was noticed. It was often a
touching sight to see a rough-appearing 'cow puncher' administering the tenderest care to the patients, and showing
by face and actions almost the anxiety of a mother as she
watches her child. Long vigils and most disagreeable work
was required of them, and too much credit cannot be given
these brave, rough men for their tireless attention to their
'pards.'  I am most heartily in favor of trained female
nurses. Oh, that we had had a few.
"Medicines, Hospital Tents, Bunkcs, etc.-As regimental
hospitals were abolished, and as we were constantly informed
'there was no such thing,' probably we should register no
'kick.' But there was certainly no tenable reason why we
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to division hospitals. If you could have heard the piteous
appeals of the 'boys' that they be not sent to division hospital
but kept at hornme (so to speak) you would have done as I
did, and as General Grigsby wished me to do, kept them
there. I sent away four, and two of them died. Out of the
thousands we treated in our camp, not one under our personal supervision died.
"Justly do I feel proud of this record and hasten to give
unstinted praise and credit to Assistant Surgeon Wilson,
upon whom fell most of the work at 'sick call,' I personally
taking care of the surgical cases and being of assistance in
consultation, etc., visiting the men in quarters and in hospital and working hard early and late-as each of us did. Dr.
Steele, one of our stewards, was of great comfort to me. No
task was too great for him. Night or day he uncomplainingly answered any call on him, and he saved me miles of
travel on sore feet, by attending many of the incessant calls
for the doctor. Harry T. Miller, Chief Steward, was very
methodical in his records and I regret I have not access to
them now. Mr. Calhoun ably assisted him, being a registered pharmacist.  Just as I left, Dr. Grigsby, Second Assistant Surgeon, came to camp-a most affable gentleman,
highly educated in his profession, and, I learned, a most
indefatigable worker among the boys. All speak in the
highest terms of his efficient work and care.
"So much has been written of the faulty manner in which
the War Department congregated and handled this large
body of men that I hesitate to comment. To me it seems
that this gigantic, almost superhuman, task was, although
hastily accomplished, a marvel in the way of organization,
transportation and subsistence. It was unavoidable that delays and mistakes should occur, but I firmly believe that none
of the continental powers could mobilize such a vast army
in the short space of time we did and have so few 'errors'
to its credit.
"I personally inspected the issues of meat, and that which
we had was of a good, wholesome character generally. Meats
carried over Sundays in the intense damp heat did occasionally get 'ripe,' but none had to be eaten, and no disease was
traceable to our meat supply, either fresh or canned. The
men were able to secure abundance of fruit, and when they
were careful in its selection they were benefited. Many ate,
however, of unripe and partially spoiled fruits and of pies
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"A large proportion of our sickness was caused by the carelessness of the men and utter disregard of the instructions
given them as to sanitation, etc.
"As we drilled for about a month or more without saddles,
many were excused from duty from galls and bruises. The
men were also overworked in drill, but this was reduced in
the last part of July to their betterment. I think it the concensus of opinion of the Surgeons that the regimental hospital should be re-established. Had ours been recognized as
such, and our requests for lumber, tents, water boilers, disinfectants, etc., been granted, a more reasonable amount of
authority being vested in our Major Surgeons, and less red
tape at division headquarters, I for one do not hesitate to
say that our command would have suffered only a modicum
of sickness and the soul-harrowing 'taps' over a newly filled
grave would have been seldom heard.
"I cannot close without an expression of gratitude to my
fellow officers for their courtesy and help in my trying position, especially to General Grigsby, who was constantly alert
to the physical condition of the men. A parting salute to
that genial, jolly, courteous and efficient officer, Adjutant
General Sues; praises and thanks to our tireless, kind but
firm disciplinarian, Capt. Nugent of Troop H  (a regular
army officer), who was so much help and comfort to me, and
already acknowledged obligations to Lieut. C. E. Stowers
of Troop H, to whose efforts I largely owe my selection as
Surgeon, and who was so generous, and tried so hard to faithfully perform his duties. He has many kindly acts to his
credit which will not be soon forgotten.
"Having finished about our own men, I should do an injustice did I fail to speak of the work of Dr. Piper of the
First Illinois Cavalry. Through the courtesy of the genial
and beloved Colonel Young, Dr. Piper was assigned to me
for duty.
"Although a young graduate, he proved himself a most
thorough, competent and well-read physician. Up before reveille, he was constantly at work, and his energy seemed
inexhaustible, and withal a most affable, kind and considerate man. He was most valuable to us, and I delight in
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BIOGRAPHIES.
MAJOR H. GURDON FISH.
Henry Gurdon Fish was born at Somerville, New Jersey,
June 3, 1850. He was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in the spring of 1877.
After receiving his diploma he practiced in his native state
for two years, having offices at Newark. About that time
settlers began to flock to the Territory of Dakota, and Major
Fish, alive to the possibilities of the new country, joined
the tide of immigration and took residence in what is now
known as the thriving town of Wheatland, N. D. About his
first operation after coming West was assisting at the birth
of Wheatland, where he has been an honored resident and
the leading physician for twenty years.
Major Fish is a military man by nature, and his frequent
visits to the military posts abounding in the West in early
days contributed to his development into a most excellent
officer.
At the first murmurs of war between the United States
and Spain the major was up and doing, being associated in
his efforts with Lieutenant Charles E. Stowers of Wheatland; their combined work resulted in the organization of
Troop H.
Major Fish was mustered into the service at St. Paul,
Minnesota, as Major and Surgeon, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, on June 12, 1898; was made Surgeon of the
First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, on July 3, 1898, and resigned August 15, 1898. He has to his credit the enviable
record of not losing, by death, any one of the hundreds of
officers and soldiers treated under his general supervision.
Since his discharge from the service, after a short sojourn
in the mountains of New York to recuperate his health, Major Fish returned to Wheatland, where he is now engaged
in the practice of medicine. He is a member of State and
County Medical Associations; was for ten years the Coroner
of Cass county, and for thirteen years surgeon of Northern
Pacific railroad.
CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON ROY A. WILSON.
Roy A. Wilson, M. D., was born in Dennison, Ohio, April
3, 1875. At the age of eighteen he entered upon his studies
at the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, Pa.
He graduated the youngest member in the class of 1896.
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HI. Wilson, and brother, Dr. J. MI. Wilson, he went West
and located in Lead City, South Dakota, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession when he received his
appointment, on May 28, 1898, as Captain and Assistant
Surgeon, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.   He
passed his required physical and scientific examination at
Sioux Falls, S. D., and was ordered from there to St. Paul
to proceed to Chickamauga Park with the two troops from
North Dakota. For somie time after arriving in camp and
reporting for duty, Mr. Wilson had sole charge of the medical
department, being relieved by Major Fish in June, after
which Mr. Fish had general supervision of "sick call." He
was mustered out of service with the regiment on September
8, 1898, after which he entered the regular establishment,
in which he is now serving as First Lieutenant and Assistant
Surgeon, and stationed at Willet's Point, N. Y.
FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ASSISTANT SURGEON EDWARD S.
GRIGSBY.
Edward Shepard Grigsby was born at San Leandro, Alameda county, California, March 15, 1868. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the grammar
schools, after which he entered the Hopkins Military Academy, from which he was graduated with honors. He then
went east to Philadelphia, where he studied medicine, receiving his degree of M. D. in 1894. He was resident physician at the Metropolitan Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New
York City, during 1894-5.  He was commissioned First
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon General, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, by President McKinley, July 15,
1898, and reported for duty at Camp Thomas shortly thereafter. During the sickness of Captain Wilson and after Major Fish had resigned, Lieutenant Grigsby had general charge
of the medical department, which he practically maintained
until muster-out September 8, 1898. Immediately after
muster-out Lieutenant Grigsby was appointed contract surgeon at Sternberg hospital, Chickamauga Park, and was
later appointed Commissary and Quartermaster of this hospital, in which capacity he served until he resigned, January
31, 1899, at Washington, D. C. Since leaving the service Dr.
Grigsby has been practicing in San Francisco, Cal., where
he resides at the present time.
FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ASSISTANT SURGEON EDWARD D.
PIPER.
Edward Douglas Piper was born in Chicago, Ill., July 23,
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which time he entered the University of Illinois, taking the
mechanical engineering course. From 1890 to 1894 he was
in business in Chicago with his father, Thomas Piper, uncle
and brother; severing his business connection in that year
to enter the Northwestern Medical College, from which he
received his diploma in 1898. Dr. Piper enlisted in the
First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry April 25, 1898, and served
in the hospital corps of that regiment until June 25, 1898,
when he was detailed as Acting Assistant Surgeon, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, and continued to serve in
that capacity until the regiment was mustered out September
8, 1898. For faithful services performed he was recommended for the vacant position of Assistant Surgeon in the
regiment, to which he was commissioned September 26, 1898.
HIe was mustered out of service November 11, 1898. Since
leaving the service Lieutenant Piper has married and settled
down to the practice of medicine in Chicago.
CHIEF STEWARD HARRY H. MILLER.
Harry H. Miller is a full-fledged "Black Hills" boy, having resided in Deadwod for years, where he was engaged in
the drug business when the Spanish war commenced. When
Troop L was organized at Deadwood, Miller enlisted as a
private and so served until May 31, when he was promoted
Hospital Steward, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
being afterwards designated Chief Steward by the surgeon
in charge. The climate at Chickamauga was so different
from that at Deadwood, besides the duties being rather hard
and the vigils long, that his service began to tell upon his
health, with the result that Hospital Steward Miller was
discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability, August 25,
1898. After leaving the service he returned to Deadwood,
where he is now conducting a pharmacy, being a regularly
graduated pharmacist.
HOSPITAL STEWARD WILLIAM B. CALHOUN.
William B. Calhoun was born January 25, 1870, at Sparta, Wisconsin. When but an infant his parents removed to
Willmar, Minnesota, where they remained eight years. On
the death of his father they removed to their old home at
Sparta, remaining there until 1889. Calhoun then entered
the University of Wisconsin, taking a course in pTharmacy. In January, 1892, he went West and settled at Billings, Montana, there entering the service of H. T. Ramsey, who was then engaged in the drug business. During




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the next two years he clerked for IT. J. Armstrong, of Red
Lodge, Montana, after which he went to Minneapolis for a
thorough course in pharmacy in the Minneapolis Institute
of Pharmacy. He then returned to Red Lodge and entered
the firm of Lieberg, Holmes & Calhoun, of which he was
then the junior member. He was mustered in as Corporal
Troop MI, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war, and served as such
until appointed Hospital Steward, same regiment, June 15,
1898, in which capacity he remained until mustered out
with the regiment September 8, 1898, when he returned to
Billings, where he is now-the well known junior member
of the firm of Holmes & Calhoun, druggists.
HOSPITAL STEWARD GEORGE A. STEELE.
George A. Steele was born at Haverhill, Mass., October
10, 1872, of Puritan stock. His grandfather, Captain
Eben Lord, and his five sons, participated in the battle of
Bunker Hill; his grandfather served as Captain Fifth
Massachusetts Infantry, War of 1812, and during the War
of the Rebellion his father and two brothers served in the
Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. So Mr.
Steele can point with pride to an honorable military lineage
which is not one whit dimmed by his own service in the Spanish-American war. Being left an orphan at an early age,
he went to live with his sister in Pennsylvania until ten
years of age, at which time he moved to Lincoln, Ill., where
he attended the public schools, finishing his education at the
Lincoln high school. He was then employed as secretary,
assistant bookkeeper and steward at the asylum for the feeble-minded, at Lincoln, where he remained until he entered
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., from which he was
graduated in 1895, taking third honors on his final essay.
He afterwards went to North Dakota and located at Havanna, where he was appointed county physician, and in the
general election of 1896 was elected coroner of Sergent
County, North Dakota. He enlisted May 11 at Fargo in
Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, of which
regiment he was soon made Quartermaster Sergeant. In
this latter capacity he served until June 15, 1898, when he
was appointed Hospital Steward, same regiment. IHe
served as Hospital Steward until muster-out, September 8,
1898. After discharge he accepted a position as assistant
superintendent of a sanitarium at Wheaton, Ill., and later
was appointed house surgeon of St. Luke's Hospital, Niles,
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CHAPTER X.
THE COMMISSARY AND ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTS.
We have already stated in a preceding chapter the component parts of the government ration and have touched
upon the general and widely circulated complaint against
"army grub." We have also given our opinion as to the
causes and the remedy. In addition, it should be understood
that the brigade commissary and the officer acting as regimental commissary of subsistence, in order to be successful,
must be efficient and possess a thorough knowledge of the law
governing issues of rations; because, if the brigade commissary accepts spoiled or unwholesome stores, or the regimental commissary takes tainted or putrid meat, or halfbaked bread, it is likely that the supplies will get into the
troop kitchen before they can be condemned. Before a
board of survey can be convened, and the proceedings pass
through the regular military channels, that might entitle
the troop to another issue of fresh meat or bread, or their
equivalent in other stores, the meal hour for which the meat
was intended will long have passed, and as a consequence
the men in the command will be the sufferers unless there is
a ready substitute at hand.
The drawing, handling, inspecting, weighing and issuing
of rations should always be superintended by a competent
officer and never trusted wholly to a subordinate, for the reason that an alert officer clothed with authority to reject improper rations would not receive or even be asked to receive what his subordinates are compelled to take under
protest. It requires hard work and strict attention to duty.
While a kicker is not to be generally commended, a little
kicking, at the right time, by the right person, to the right
official, will save many a board of survey and insure a meal
of fresh meat whenever it is intended for the command.
The position of regimental commissary is one that requires
common sense, quick judgment and a fair business education.
In Captain Orville W. McMichael, First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, the brigade had a very competent, alert, painstaking commissary officer, whose aim it was to get what be



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longed to the command in wholesome rations, and he usually
succeeded.  He was also very accommodating in making
exchanges for the various troops in the brigade, and altogether nothing but the most pleasant thoughts are clustered
around the memory of his official connection with the regiment. It is true that on one or two occasions he accepted
goods that should have been rejected, but that was before
he had had very much experience in the department, and his
official record as a competent officer shines bright and lustrous in comparison with officers who served in a like capacity in other brigades.
On June 2, Lieutenant John N. Wright was detailed as
regimental commissary officer, to relieve Captain Parliman,
promoted to Quartermaster First Cavalry Brigade, and
whose duty required so much of his time as to make it impossible for him to continue longer in that capacity for the
regiment.  Lieutenant Wright did fairly well.  On one or
two occasions the men came back from the depot commissary with meat that was slightly tainted and complained
that they were compelled to take it because the Lieutenant
did not accompany them, but his neglect may be partly attributed to the fact that at the same time he was Adjutant of
the Second Squadron, and his duties as such may have interfered with those of commissary. Lieutenant Wright was
relieved as regimental commissary on July 31, at his own
request, and Lieutenant Alfred E. Sunderhauf, Troop H,
appointed in his place. Lieutenant Sunderhauf was a capable, efficient, energetic officer, who was fully alive to every
opportunity to assist his command, if hard work could do
it. IHe was out long before reveille in the morning hustling
his teams and details together to be the first at the refrigerator cars where the meats were issued, and consequently to
receive the choicest meats. He was somewhat of a diplomat, too, as was shown by the manner in which he cultivated the friendship of the depot commissary, being thereby
able to make many little changes in the meat issue that perhaps were not in strict accordance with the regulations, but
he was working for the benefit of the command, and the fact
is undisputed that the regiment was the gainer by his energy and diplomacy.
There were some cases of spoiled and tainted meat that
got into the troops, but in each instance there was a board
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came to camp. There were also several instances where
the troop or troops were compelled to go without fresh meat
for dinner because the issue for the day had been condemned, but the instances were few and far between.  The
blame for these occurrences must revert to where we first
placed it.
There was no canned roast beef issued at Camp Thomas,
so far as we know-certainly none in the regiment-and the
hue and cry raised over this article of food during the war
does not pertain to our regiment nor the First Cavalry Brigade. What canned goods we did receive were generally
first-class, and we know of but eleven cans of miscellaneous
canned goods condemned in the entire brigade and they
were detected by the brigade commissary and promptly condemned by a board of survey called for by him.
At the brigade commissary, which was situated immediately in rear of our regiment, a general commissary store
was maintained, just as is done in every military post.
Here almost anything could be purchased that is handled by
the Commissary Department of the United States Army.
Some of the articles that could be purchased there were:
Canned pears, canned peaches, canned apricots, canned
plums, blackberry jam, strawberry jam, grape butter, canned
corn, canned tomatoes, canned sweet potatoes, canned succotash, canned pork and beans, canned chicken soup, canned
ox tail soup, canned tomato soup, canned vegetable soup,
canned mock turtle soup, canned beef broth, deviled ham,
deviled chicken, deviled turkey, cigars, chewing tobacco,
smoking tobacco, pipes, matches, candles, toilet soaps, hair
brushes, combs, blacking brushes, shoe blacking, sugar, coffee, bacon, salt and in fact everything that is kept for sale
in a first-class grocery store. These articles were all purchasable at exactly what they cost the government in great
quantities, plus freight.
The soups, which could be purchased at a reasonable sum,
something like twenty cents a quart, proved especially beneficial and nourishing to those who had some slight stomach
trouble, but were not sick enough to go on the sick report,
or did not care to be reported sick, and to those convalescing.
While it is not expected that a soldier should spend his
entire salary, or even the better portion of the same, for
something to eat, when the government is supposed to furnish the board, we have already shown that the government
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thing; however, as stated, the food is coarse, and man always
has been and always will be inclined to epicurian ways when
something good is obtainable; besides, the expenditure of a
small sum for commissaries would have made the government ration very presentable to those who "could not go it
straight."  In a great many troops the boys clubbed together and formed messes, and from their joint fund purchased extras from the commissary that made their spread
very palatable.
It may be argued that a soldier did not always have
money with which to purchase commissaries. It was not required that he should have. Captain McMichael did not
require the cash from the men of the cavalry brigade; all
that he wanted was that an order be drawn upon him for what
was wanted and indorsed by the captain. Of course there
was a limit to the credit, but any reasonable demand was
not denied. The amounts were charged on the pay-roll
against the soldier at the first succeeding pay-day.
The commissary department had a most keen competitor
in the vast army of hawkers that infested Camp Thomas with
their wagon loads of fried chicken, hard-boiled eggs, ham
sandwiches, pies, doughnuts, fruits of all kinds, lemonade
and soda pop. Some even brought in large quantities of
"moonshine" whisky hidden under heir wares; but of this
we can only speak from hearsay, as we never used it nor had
the proper password to obtain any. In the opinion of the
medical authorities, a great deal of the sickness in camp was
due to the indiscriminate use of over-ripe fruit, leadencrusted pies, greasy doughnuts and other articles purchased
from the camp venders. In fact, the origin of a number
of stomach diseases was claimed by the same authorities to
be directly traceable to said causes, to such an extent that
General Brooke issued an order prohibiting the sale of eatables within the reservation limits, except by permission
from division headquarters in the infantry divisions, or
from headquarters of the cavalry or artillery brigades,which
liiited the sale to the command the officer had jurisdiction
over, and then only after a rigid medical inspection of the
wares. The provost guard confiscated and destroyed tons
upon tons of unwholesome fruits and other wares offered
for sale in violation of the above order.
As the brigade surgeon has already touched upon the
matter of beer sold at the canteen, and as that is a question
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occupies on the temperance question, we will only say, after
a lengthy service in Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico, California and Lower California, where we had ample opportunity to observe the effects of beer in a hot climate, that
we concur fully in the opinion of Major Fish.
We believe that it will not be denied, after closely following the detailed description of the commissary department given above, that any man who went hungry at Camp
Thomas, especially in the First Cavalry Brigade, was a
mighty poor hustler and one who would likely starve to
death the first day out on actual campaign.
If a man was sick enough to be sent to the hospital, he
was insured not only the best of medical treatment, but also
a share of the many delicacies furnished the hospital by
the National Red Cross Society, and by loving, sympathetic
hands of our lady friends in every town where the regiment
was raised, from Nebraska to Montana.
If "Sherman's Bummers" or any of the other old campaigners of the civil war had dropped into Camp Thomas,
they would have thought they had struck paradise as compared to their days in the field.
Captain McMichael is but little above the regulation requirement in height, and Lieutenant Sunderhauf stands
six feet five in his shoes. This discrepency in height was
the cause of a lot of fun being poked at these officers; they
were commonly called "the long and the short of it."
Lieutenant Sunderhauf, in addition to his other qualifications, was an experienced relic hunter, and among the
many relics he picked up on the Chickamauga battle field
was an ebony-hued ten year old son of "Georgy," who was
designated as "Sunderhauf's Mascot" during the rest of his
remaining in camp, in which title he took great pride.
THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
It is plainly apparent to the most casual observer that the
ordnance department, in time of war, is most important.
The soldier on the firing line depends upon this department
to keep him supplied with the leaden messengers he sends
into the enemy's lines to let him know that the "Yankee
boys" are after his scalp. Without the proper ammunition
the best laid plans and most heroic display of personal
bravery will come to naught. A striking example of the
force of this contention is shown in a recent episode in South
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plies, with the result that one of England's most noted regiments was compelled to submit to inglorious capture, although there never. was a question as to their personal bravery. It simply demonstrates that the responsibilities of the
ordnance officer does not end in merely drawing ammunition; he must see that it is ready for issue at the proper
time, and safely conducted through hostile country.
Lieutenant Herbert V. Bailey, of Troop M, was appointed
Regimental Ordnance Officer on June 2, 1898, in addition
to his duties as Regimental Quartermaster, and began at
once to trace the whereabouts of the Krag-Jorgensen carbines
and other ordnance stores that had been requisitioned for
some three weeks before that at Sioux Falls.  However, he
gave way to Lieutenant Albert E. Sunderhauf, of Troop I,
on June 25, without having received any ordnance stores
except the revolvers, but which were not issued during the
time he held the position. The change in ordnance officers
was made because Lieutenant Bailey was already overworked in the quartermaster's department, and further, because it was contemplated to build a target range which
would require the entire attention of the ordnance officer
for several days; thus Lieutenant Sunderhauf became the
guardian angel of two departments, and in addition was
made range officer and inspector of small-arms practice.
Revolving targets were built at a range of 200 yards, and
when target practice did take place in July, the bull's eye
was so unmercifully shot to pieces, both dismounted with
the carbines and mounted with the revolver, that it was not
deemed necessary to give the Cowboys any further practice.
With the completion of the equipment on July 14, the
regiment was as finely equipped and as fit for active service
as any cavalry regiment of modern times. Every detail
was looked after, every unit of the great fighting machine
was oiled and greased, and Engineer Grigsby need only to
have pulled the throttle to have received unanimous and concerted response, had he but been given the opportunity.
The following constitutes the complete equipment for
each man:
1 bed blanket.               1 horse brush.
1 saddle blanket.            1 curry comb.
1 saddle complete.           1 pair of side lines.
1 pair saddle bags.          1 halter complete.
1 lariat.                    1 curb bridle complete.
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I K.-J. carbine (magazine).
1 Colt's six-shooter.
1 saber, scabbard and slings;
1 carbine boot.
1 canteen.
1 piece shelter tent.
1 cartridge thimble belt.
1 carbine sling belt.
1 pistol holster and belt.
1 pair spurs.
1 pair leggins.
1 rubber poncho.
1 kahki suit.
1 campaign hat.


2 blue flannel shirts.
2 suits of underwear.
2 pairs of socks.
1 pair of gauntlets.
1 comb.
1 brush.
1 towel.
1 piece of soap.
1 folding mess pan.
1 plate (tin).
1 tin cup.
1 knife.
1 fork.
1 spoon.




And in addition thereto the ordnance department was prepared to issue, the moment orders to move were received200 rounds of carbine ball-cartridges.
50 rounds revolver ball-cartridges.
And the Quartermaster's Department1 front horse shoe.
1 hind horse shoe.
16 horse shoe nails.
To a layman this would seen an immense lot of stuff
to carry into a campaign, but each article has been thoroughly tested and its usefulness demonstrated.  Each has its
place, either packed on the saddle or carried on the person,
and the pack is not at all cumbersome. The soldier himself carries nothing on his person except the necessary
clothes and the thimble-belt with 100 rounds of carbine ammunition, and to which belt the revolver holster and ammunition belt is attached, so that the revolver is carried on the
person.  In action mounted, a very rare occurrence at this
time, the carbine is attached to the person by means of the
sling belt, which permits the same to be dropped as soon as
the chamber and magazine are exhausted; the saber is attached to the right wrist by means of the saber knot, which
permits it to hang suspended from the wrist when not in
use, or when the right hand is to be employed in the use of
the revolver or carbine. The left hand is the bridle hand,
and, with the exception when the carbine is in action, is not
used to handle the arms. The usual method of warfare for
cavalry at the present time is to dismount to fight on foot.
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charge of an experienced sergeant. When dismounted it is,
customary to take only the carbine and six-shooter; the saber is left on the saddle. When mounted and not in action, the carbine is usually carried in a boot under the right
leg of the trooper. Each trooper has a shelter tent half,
which can be buttoned to another half and thus each two
men, commonly known as "bunkies," -rig up what is called
a "dog" or "pup" tent, and by using their saddles for pillows, one poncho and two blankets under them  and two
blankets and a poncho over them, to keep out the dampness
from both top and bottom, they can sleep quite comfortably,
especially if they have put in about fifty miles in the saddle during the day.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN ORVILLE W. McMICHAEL.
Orville W. McMichael was born in Canada, February 11,
1867, and was educated in Woodstock College, University
of Toronto, and the Medical Department of the Niagara
University, Buffalo, New York. Though born in Canada,
he comes from an old New England stock, his family coming to America in 1637, and his great-grandfather served
in the Revolutionary army. Captain McMichael came to
the United States at the age of twenty, and after receiving
his medical education, practiced for a number of years in
the state of Illinois. He joined the cavalry branch of the
Illinois National Guard a number of years ago, and participated with his troop in the strike at Pullman, Illinois, in
1894. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he
was serving as an officer in the Illinois cavalry and was offered a commission in the medical department, but preferring active service he was commissioned First Lieutenant,
First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered in with
his regiment May 21, 1898. He was appointed Adjutant
Third Squadron, and served as such from muster-in until
June 2, 1898, when he was appointed Commissary of Subsistence, First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, in which capacity he served until the brigade was dissolved September
8, 1898. After muster-out Captain McMichael returned to
Wheeler, Indiana, and is now actively engaged in the practice of his profession, with offices at Wheeler, Indiana, and
Chicago, Illinois.




"Trois Amis."
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LIEUTENANT ALBERT E. SUNDERHAUF.
Albert E. Sunderhauf, of Troop H, was born in Leipzig,
Saxony, in 1861. After graduating from the Polytechnical
School at that city, he traveled in Italy, France, England,
Belgium, Holland, Russia and Austria, and came to the
United States in 1881. After a somewhat varied and more
or less eventful career in various parts of the United States,
consisting of experiences in the lumber camp, on the towpath, in the mine and in business in New York City, Sunderhauf came West in 1883 and located in Wahpeton, North
Dakota, where he held the position of deputy county auditor, deputy sheriff and finally county auditor of Richland
county. In 1894 he was appointed register of the United
States land office at Fargo, North Dakota, by President
Cleveland, and held that position until April 1, 1898. The
war with Spain breaking out soon thereafter, Sunderhauf
first endeavored to get into Roosevelt's regiment, but that
regiment being completed, obtained a commission in the
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. He raised half
of a troop in his own county; in a few days was mustered in
at Fargo, North Dakota, and reached Camp Thomas on May
29, 1898. He was made commissary of the regiment, and
later on ordnance officer for the regiment, and acquitted himself with as much credit as the average volunteer who had no
previous training.
Lieutenant Sunderhauf has confided to the author of this
-book that when the regiment was mustered out, without getting a chance to see service in the field, he felt heartbroken,
disgusted with himself, with the world in general and with
the Spaniards in particular.
After service, Lieutenant Sunderhauf returned to
Wahpeton, where he is now engaged in the practice of his
profession, as attorney at law.




THE FIRST SQUADRON
THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
(BLACK HILLS SQUADRON)
Troops A, C, D and K.
MAJOR LEIGH H. FRENCH,
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CHAPTER XI.
THE FIRST SQUADRON.
The First Squadron of the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry was known from the date of its birth, May 17,
1898, as the "Black Hills Squadron," and was composed of
a set of officers and men who, had they had an opportunity
to get into active service, would have made one of the brightest records in the military history of the Spanish-American
war.
The squadron was composed of Troops A, C, D and
K. A, C and D were from the Black Hills, while K was
from Milford, Neb. The latter troop was in the National
Guard of Nebraska, and as such had participated in the
Wounded Knee campaign, hence the entire squadron was
made up practically of Black Hills men, or those who had
fought Indians in the "Hills."
Troop A had for its commander the noted Indian fighter,
Seth Bullock, the first sheriff of Deadwood; a man who is
known to every old-timer in the Hills and is universally
respected for his many excellent traits and manly qualities.
Myron E. Wells, the First Lieutenant, is a trained soldier,
having been a Major in the Iowa National Guard and tactical instructor at Ames College, Ia., as early as 1883.
James E. Cusick, the Second Lieutenant, while he had had
no experience in military matters, was experienced in handling men in the mines at Deadwood, where his management
had met with marked success and universal satisfaction.
He was unanimously dubbed "Genial Jimmie Cusick."  His
geniality, however, in no way interfered with his military
dignity and efficiency as a soldier.
Troop C was commanded by George E. Hair, of Belle
Fourche, S. D., in the "Northern Hills." Captain I-Iair is
a man who is well known in the history of South Dakota,
and especially in "newspaperdom" he is remembered as the
guiding hand of the Sturgis Advertiser, and the Belle
Fourche Weekly Bee.    For two terms he represented his
district in the legislature and was prominent in shaping
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the sons of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Wells, Eighth Cavalry,
U. S. A. These officers were practically born in the army
and reared in a military atmosphere. They early imbibed
the military spirit that made them conspicuous as excellent
officers.
Troop D was led by John E. Hammon. Who has ever
been in the Black Hills or the Big Horn Basin or in the
"Bad Lands" and has not heard of Hammon? To quote
one of his best friends: "Hamnion has been connected with
military affairs ever since the American eagle was a humming bird."  He served under Custerin the famous Seventh
Cavalry, and has been with various other organizations
since. David F. Connor, his First Lieutenant, has fourteen
years' service in the regular army to his credit.  He
was in the Wounded Knee campaign, and many others, during his service. Walter L. Anderson, formerly of Hot
Springs, S. D., but now of Lincoln, Neb., was the Second
Lieutenant. Lieutenant Anderson depends upon his legal
learning for a livelihood, but the military training he had
received at the State University of Iowa, when war was
declared, quickly put to flight all dreams of judicial honors and directed his footsteps into a military channel.
Troop K was under that veteran fighter, Jacob H. Culver,
of Milford, Neb. Captain Culver began his military career in 1861; served during the entire civil war and in the
National Guard of Nebraska for many years after the close
of that war. He was not alone in his patriotism, for with
him and in his troop were three sons, while a fourth was
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. This record-a father
and four sons in the same regiment-was probably unequaled in the Spanish-American war. William  S. Kinney was for years First Lieutenant of IK when that troop
was in the National Guard of Nebraska as Troop A, and he,
together with Second Lieutenant Elwin S. Culver, saw service in the Wounded Knee campaign with his troop.
It can be imagined that when Major French was ordered
from Sioux Falls to Fort Meade, S. D., where he first saw
Troops A, C and D, his squadron, his heart swelled with
pride as he noted the fine body of men he had been called
upon to command. The liking was mutual. His cordial
manner, magnificent manhood and fine military bearing, at
once completely won the hearts of the Black Hills boys.
On May 20 French took command of the squadron at
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The departure from Fort Meade was an occasion none of
this gallant band will ever forget. The Eighth United
States Cavalry band, fully mounted, was at the head of the
command as they marched down the picturesque road to
Sturgis, and following were the officers and their wives in
carriages-the troopers were on foot. Stores and schools
were closed in Sturgis and all business suspended for the
time, as everybody turned out to bid the squadron "Godspeed," and to load the command with eatables and drinkables. The scene at the station, when they pulled out, was
one of the greatest enthusiasm.
On the route to Chickamauga the men were well behaved,
almost without exception, and there commenced a regard between the officers and men which before the end of the
summer ripened into the warmest friendship.
On the way through the Northern states the command was
greeted at all stops by great, enthusiastic crowds, whose chief
concern seemed to be to see that the men had plenty of refreshments. After the Ohio river was crossed they were
only stared at, as the natives appeared to be possessed with
the inherent idea that to be a cowboy one must naturally
be a "bad man."   At Chickamauga Park, Troop K was
found waiting and the squadron was complete.
It had been the intention to separate these four troops,
but at the unanimous petition of all the officers of the squadron, they were allowed to remain as they were and to be
known as the "Black Hills Squadron."
In its duty in camp the squadron was well disciplined,
efficient and soldierly; always making an earnest endeavor
to be first in every duty as they were in number.
In non-commissioned officers this squadron was especially
strong. Many of them had seen many years' service in the
regular establishment and by their experience contributed no
little to the general efficiency of the command.
The friendship that began between Major French and his
men at Fort Meade in May, culminated on the 4th day of
July in the enlisted men of the squadron presenting their
commander with a magnificent saber. Colonel Grigsby, who
made the presentation speech on behalf of the men, feelingly
referred to the noticeable good fellowship and the great
things he expected from the command, as at that time orders
to move to the front were daily expected. In accepting the
handsome gift the Major was visibly affected; expressing
his gratitude, as the gift came entirely from the enlisted men.
Well may he be proud of such a token of regard.




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Among this entire squadron of 340 officers and men, all
expert horsemen, none could sit a horse better or present a
more dashing, equestrian appearance than Major French.
He was an ideal cavalry officer.
MAJOR LEIGH H. FRENCH.
Leigh Hill French was born in Dover, New Hampshire,
October 1, 1863. His father served throughout the civil
war, having at its close attained the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel in the Federal army. From the time he was sixteen until he reached the age of twenty-six, Major French
lived in the West, being most of the time in the cattle business in Tom Green County, Texas, where he was first "cow
puncher," and afterwards foreman of a large cattle ranch.
In 1882 and 1883 he was assistant editor of the Grand
Fork (North Dakota) Daily News, of which Honorable H.
C. Hansbrough, now senator from North Dakota, was then
proprietor. In 1889 Major French determined to become
a surgeon, and, in 1893, graduated from the medical department of the University of Minnesota, and immediately went
abroad, spending three years, which were about evenly divided between post-graduate study in the great hospitals of
Europe and big game shooting in northeastern Africa and
elsewhere.  Since his return to this country Major French
has resided in Washington, D. C., where he was a practicing surgeon when the war with Spain was declared. He
had always been an enthusiastic follower of matters military, and after coming to Washington was commissioned on
the staff of General George H. Harries, commanding the
District of Columbia National Guard, by President McKinley. On May 2, 1898, he was enrolled in the Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, and on May 17 was commissioned senior Major of the same regiment. He was
mustered out with the command on September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to Washington. He has become interested in copper mining in Montana, and is no longer practicing medicine. Major French has always been an ardent
devotee of the chase, is a subscriber to a dozen of the best
known packs of hounds in England, and is a member of the
Chevy Chase Fox Hounds, whose kennels are near Washington. Major French is a member of the Army and Navy
Cosmos and Chevy Chase Clubs in Washington, D. C., and
of numerous medical societies in this country and Europe.




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CHAPTER XII.
HISTORY OF TROOP A, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Long before the actual opening of hostilities between
Spain and the United States, but when the tension had been
drawn to the point of breaking, patriotism ran high in the
Black Hills, and the desire to serve their country was the
animating spirit of every man in that section of South Dakota. A full regiment could easily have been recruited in
the Black Hills, and as it was, so many made application
for membership in Troops A, C and D that the greatest care
was taken in selecting men fit physically and mentally for
the arduous duty of a soldier. The result proved how well
the examining physician had performed his duty. Troop
A was particularly fortunate in the make-up of its personnel, and, in fact, up until the very last day of drill, furnished very nearly its entire strength for duty whenever
called upon.
When Colonel Grigsby received his commission from
President McKinley and was called upon to raise a regiment of Cowboys, one of the first men he thought of was
Seth Bullock, of Deadwood. Ite called upon Mr. Bullock
to assist him in filling up the regiment. The task assigned
Mr. Bullock was one for which he was pre-eminently
fitted, and he entered upon the work enthusiastically and in
a practical manner. His experience in the West gave him
a good insight of character, and his knowledge of men stood
him well in hand in selecting the personnel of his troop.
Many applicants for membership in Troop A were rejected
-some for physical defects and others because they lacked
that moral stamina so necessary in the make-up of a good
soldier.
So well known and so highly regarded by every one was
Captain Bullock, that it was not difficult for him to secure
recruits. Thousands in the country hastened to answer the
call and all were anxious to serve under him. As officers
subordinate to him, Captain Bullock was fortunate in having as First Lieutenant Myron F. Wells, who in the first
part of the troop's history did much to bring it into shape.
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Captain Bullock found a jewel. "Jim," as everyone calls
him, took naturally to soldiering, and when the Captain was
absent-the First Lieutenant was ill almost from the time
he arrived in Georgia-he took command of the troop,
drilled it like a veteran and cared for it like a father. He
was one of the best and hardest-worked officers in the camp,
but never complained; was cheerful and happy at all times
and under all conditions. The spirit of good nature which
possessed him was catching and the men of his troop seemed
infected by it, and "A Troop's Indians," as Colonel Lloyd
dubbed them, were the happiest and healthiest soldiers in
the Park, and well deserved the title given them by the commanding officer.
The actual work of recruiting began May 2, 1898, and
by May 7 an entire troop had been enrolled, and enough
to have formed another troop had signed their names to the
enlistment papers. This surplus went to swell the ranks
of Troops C and D. On MAay 7th, the troop was ready to
be mustered into the service of the United States, the medical examinations having been completed.
On the following day, May Sth, the troop was ordered into
camp at Fort Meade with Troops C and D, and on that
date mustered into the service. The muster roll had been
prepared under direction of Major Wells, Eighth United
States Cavalry, and that officer for a time commanded the
camp, with Captain Bullock as ranking captain, next in
command. The official records show Troop A to have been
mustered into the service on May 17, 1898, but this is an
error, for the troop was mustered in nine days previously,
viz., on the 8th of May, 1898.
The "Black Hills Squadron," as the three troops rendezvoused at Fort Meade were called, were under the direct
command of Captain Bullock until the arrival of Major
French, and the troop left with the squadron for Chickamauga Park on May 23, 1898, receiving from all the towns
passed through  rousing receptions and fervent spoken
God-speeds.
On May 27th the troop arrived in camp at Chickamauga
Park, hungry and tired from their long ride in the cars.
The boys were for that day the guests of Troop K, of Nebraska, but were soon initiated into camp life. Tents were
pitched that afternoon, trenches dug, the troop street swept
and the troop entered upon its time of drill and labor. The
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stant drill the boys soon became as expert as regulars and
took pride in the good showing they always made on parade.
Their Captain was an ideal soldier, their Second Lieutenant
a prince, and why should they not have made a good record?
On September 8th the troop was mustered out of the service. Friendships had been made and ties, which time will
never sever, formed between men who, although known to
one another before enlistment, were not known for their
true worth.
While the troop did not see service in actual warfare, it
was anxious to and willing; although hostile bullets did not
cut its number down, there was present toward the last a
more-to-be-dreaded foe-typhoid fever.  Several of the men
were taken with it, but only one died. George McLaren,
a member of No. 4 squad, one of the best men in the regiment died, but not until he had made a game fight. His
Captain never missed a day from the sick boy's bedside, and
when he died, held his hands. We gave him a military
funeral, the First Arkansas band kindly volunteering their
services.  Our Major and Captain marched on foot with
the burial squad and the First and Second Arkansas Infantry lined the road to do honor to the dead.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN SETH BULLOCK.
Probably one of the best known frontiersmen in the entire Northwest is Seth Bullock, of Deadwood, South Dakota
-merchant, miner, prospector and Indian fighter. In the
days immediately after the civil war Captain Bullock
drifted out to Montana, and is identified with the early history of that state, serving as sheriff at Helena, Mont.
When the mining wealth of the Black Hills was discovered
and the great stampede to the new Eldorado commenced in
1876, the captain was among the first to pull up stakes in
Montana and join the rush to the hills, locating at Deadwood.
The cosmopolitan character of the inhabitants of Deadwood
in those days required a firm and fearlessly brave hand to
make them respect the laws of the camp. Captain Bullock
was selected as the first sheriff of Deadwood and soon established not only respect for himself, but for the laws of the
settlement and the United States. The wise, impartial and
fearless manner in which he discharged the duties of his




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office easily places him in the front rank of the many noted
men identified with the development of the Black Hills and
Deadwood. Captain Bullock is, and has been, largely interested in mining, stock raising and mercantile pursuits.
He was among the very first men commisioned by Colonel
Grigsby to raise a troop of cavalry for his Cowboy Regiment,
and though the captain was at first refused upon a slight
technicality by the medical examiners, he was mustered in
as Captain May 18, 1898, by special direction of the Honorable Secretary of War.  He served with his troop at
Chickamauga Park, Ga., until mustered out September 8,
1899, after which he returned to Deadwood, where he is
now extensively engaged in mining, milling and stock raising. 
FIRST LIEUTENANT MYRON E. WELLS.
Lieutenant Myron Ellsworth Wells was born at Hastings,
Minn., May 15, 1861. He entered    the Iowa State College at Ames, Ia., in February, 1880, and finished the
course, graduating in November, 1883. During these four
years he sustained himself at college almost entirely by his
own exertions-teaching school during the winter vacations,
and by manual and clerical work at the college during the
school sessions. Military training being a part of the college curriculum, he early developed great interest in the
work, rising rapidly through the grades of Corporal, Orderly Sergeant and Captain. His military instructor during the first three years was General James L. Geddes, one
of the heroes of Shiloh, and to General Geddes' influence
as a teacher is largely due the fascination which military
life has always had for Lieutenant Wells. During his last
year at college he was military instructor, being commissioned a Major of the Iowa National Guard by Governor
Buren R. Sherman, his commission being dated April 5,
1883.
After leaving college he took up railroading, a line of
work he had begun in his youth. For four years he followed civil engineering, working for the Chicago and NorthWestern and the Burlington and Missouri River railroads.
For fourteen years he was in the employ of the Burlington,
and at the opening of the Spanish-American war was general foreman at Deadwood, S. D. He was mustered in as
First Lieutenant Troop A, May 9, 1898, and the same day
accompanied the troop to Fort Meade, S. D., where they
were ordered into camp. Two weeks later, when the squadron was ordered to Chickamauga Park, Ga., Lieutenant




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Wells was left in command of a detachment of fifteen men
of his troop, to receive and take charge of the horses of his
squadron, which it was the first intention of the War Department to purchase in the "Hills," but which were later
bought in the South. Lieutenant Wells and his detachment
were then ordered to report to the troop at Chickamauga
Park, Ga. He was taken sick with typhoid fever July 23,
1898, and was sent at once to Chattanooga, Tenn., where
he found the best of friends among the Southern people, to
whose care and nursing his return to health was due. I{e
was so far convalescent as to be able to be present at musterout September 8, 1898, and then returned to Iowa, where
he spent three months recuperating his health. He now
resides in Lincoln, Neb.
SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES CUSICK.
James Cusick was born at Edwards, Peoria county, Illinois, in 1867, where he received a common school education. He drifted to the Black Hills some years ago and
engaged at mining at Lead City. HIe is known over the
entire Hills country as "Genial Jimmy" Cusick, and his
sobriquet is well-earned, as it would be hard indeed to find
a person anywhere with a more even, unruffled temperament. Lieutenant Cusick had very extensive mining interests that required his personal supervision at the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war; however, his business did not
deter him from enlisting as private in Troop A, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain Bullock.
When the positions of First and Second Lieutenant were to
be filled in the troop the unanimous choice fell upon James
Cusick for the second place, and his original enlistment
papers were destroyed. He was mustered in as Second
Lieutenant of Troop A  on May 18, 1898. He was most
faithful in his attention to duty, and during that long, hot,
sultry summer of 1898, was only away from the troop
twenty-four hours. After Captain Bullock was taken sick
and First Lieutenant Wells was on sick leave in Chattanooga, the command of the troop devolved upon Lieutenant
Cusick, and he conducted himself in such a manner as to
win unstinted praise from his superior officers and the men
serving under him.
He was mustered out with the troop on September 8, 1898,
after which he returned to Lead City, S. D., to take charge
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He was appointed State Mining Inspector by Governor
Lee of South Dakota shortly after his return from Camp
Thomas, Ga., in which capacity he is now serving the state.
FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE T. ETTER.
First Sergeant George T. Etter is a born military man.
He came to the Black Hills after a lengthy service in the
regular establishment, and when Troop A was organized at
the outbreak of the Spanish war he was at once selected as
the most fitting man for the exacting position of First Sergeant. He is a competent instructor and rendered material
aid to his officers in maintaining the high military efficiency
for which Troop A was noted. After muster-out he returned to Deadwood, where he now resides, engaged as an
engineer.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT JAMES H. CORCORAN.
The duties of Troop Quartermaster Sergeant require an
attentive, competent soldier, one who is willing to work
early and late and be ready to meet the kicks of all his companions because they believe someone else's horse received
a grain or two of oats more than did their own. Sergeant
Corcoran strictly attended to his duties during his service,
and the fact that he came out with more friends in the
troop than he had when he enlisted argues that he was a
most competent Quartermaster Sergeant.
SERGEANT WILLIAM A. RANKIN.
Sergeant Rankin, who was the Second Duty Sergeant of
the troop, is an old-timer in the Hills. He was bound to
follow where Bullock led and was among the first to enlist
in Troop A. He was a good soldier, always ready for duty,
and after muster-out returned to Deadwood, where he is
now engaged as a stockman.
SERGEANT CON SULLIVAN.
Sergeant Con Sullivan, who was the Fourth Duty Sergeant of the troop, is a good match for Lieutenant Cusick in
geniality. There was no task too arduous for him and no
effort too great for him to make things pleasant for his comrades. He is at present at Lead City, where he is engaged
in the stock business.




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SERGEANT CIHARLES LARGE.
Although Sergeant Charles Large was the Junior Sergeant in the troop in point of rank, he was among the oldest
in experience and military knowledge. He was born in
Yorkshire, Sheffield, England, and came to America at an
early age. From early boyhood he has lived on the frontier and participated in many Indian skirmishes so frequent
in those days. He was among the first to respond to the
call for volunteers and enlisted in Troop A, being made a
Sergeant, which position he filled in a most acceptable manner. Sergeant Large is now a stockman at Deadwood, S. D.
CORPORAL HUGH D. FORD.
Corporal Hugh D. Ford; enlisted at Lead City, S. D.,
where he was engaged as a miner. When Troop A was organized he was appointed Fifth Corporal, and so served during his entire service. Corporal Ford was a conscientious,
painstaking, no-commissioned officer and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his officers and comrades alike. After
service he returned to Lead City and to the mines.
CORPORAL ALBERT SMITH.
If it should be asked who was the finest specimen of physical manhood in Troop A, there would not be a few who
would answer "Al. Smith."  He was a stockman before he
entered the service and made an ideal Cowboy soldier. He
is at present located at Deadwood in the stock business.
PRIVATE GUY V. HARDACKER.
Guy V. Hardacker is a typical Western man. For years
he has worked in the mines at Deadwood, Lead City and
Terry. When the Spanish war broke out he dropped his
miner's pick and followed "Jim" Cusick to the enlisting
office. IHe is one of those men who, had he been given an
opportunity, would have helped make glorious history.
PRIVATE CHRIS. ANDERSON.
Private Chris. Anderson was among the first to raise his
hand and swear allegiance to the United States when Troop
A was organized. He served creditably during the entire
time the regiment was in service, and after discharge entered
the First United States Cavalry, in which regiment he is
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CORPORAL JOSEPH D. WIGGINS.
Joseph D. Wiggins, who was Third Corporal of Troop A,
was for years a cowboy on the ranges adjacent to the Black
Hlills, and worked in the mines also. Having once had a
taste of military life, he concluded that he would like more
of it and consequently enlisted in the Eighth United States
Cavalry after his discharge from the volunteer service, in
which regiment he is now serving.
PRIVATE WILLIAM GODBERRY.
Private William Godberry is another member of Troop
A who was not satisfied with the length of service he experienced in the volunteer army and he re-enlisted in the
Eighth United States Cavalry, with which regiment he was
serving in Cuba at last accounts.
PRIVATE WILLIAM J. McFARLAND.
Private William J. McFarland was not a cowboy at the
time of his enlistment, but followed the more peaceful pursuit of editor of a newspaper.   McFarland has been in
many parts of the country and his experience has been varied.
In some places it is more necessary for an editor to be a
good shot than accomplished in other directions, and Mac
soon learned to handle a gun as well as a pen. When the. Spanish war began and Seth Bullock called for recruits,
McFarland closed the sanctum with a bang and let the devil
take care of the office until he came back. He was only a
private, but that is accounted for by the fact that there was
no opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency and value of the
wombinaion of newspaperman, diplomat and soldier.
ROSTER OF TROOP A, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY, AT MUSTER-OUT, SEPTEMBER 8, 1899.
Name and Rank.       Occupation.       Address.
Captain:
t*Seth Bullock.......... Stockman.......Deadwood, S. D.
First Lieutenant:
t*Myron E. Wells....... Engineer....... Lincoln, Neb.
Second Lieutenant:
*James E. Cusick..... Mine Inspector.. Lead City, S. D.
First Sergeant:
*George T. Etter....... Engineer........ Deadwood, S. D.
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*James H. Corcoran.... Miner.......... Lead City, S. D.
Sergeants:
Michael McAllen....... Miner.......... Lead City, S. D.
*William A. Rankin.... Stockman....... Deadwood, S. D.
Merritt L. Day........Mine Supt....... Deadwood, S. D.
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Name and Rank.


1 -

Occupation. 


Address.


Sergeants:
*Con Sullivan..........
Michael J. Mullen.....
*Charles Large.........
Corporals:
Frederick Meikel......
Morris S. Johnson....
t*Joseph D. Wiggins.....
Horace Ross..........
*Hugh D. Ford.........
*Albert Smith..........
Peter L. Edholm......
William Gibson........
Trumpeters:
Joseph W. Languth....
John H. Conway.......
Farrier:
tMartin Gilligan........
Blacksmith:
Andrew Brower.......
Saddler:
Sander N. Hecox......
Wagoner:
James E. Huston......
Privates:
Armstrong, Arthur C..
tAnderson, Christian...
Anderson, Eric........
Atkins, Benjamin F...
Ballenger, Jesse E....
Bartlett, Frank A.....
Bandry, William......
Blaylock, Ulysses A...
Blodgett, Eugene......
Bransfield, William R.,
Bray, Andrew N.......
Brotherson, Thomas...
Carney, Louis.........
Cafferty, Patrick H....
Casner, Dwight........
tCollins, Arthur L......
Cook, John W.........
Denning, Alfred H....
Demorest, Jesse B.....
Domke, Charles.......
Parley, Thomas.......
Finley, Archy R.......
Ford, Cornelius........
tFrizzle, William H.....
Fryrear, Frederick.....
George, Edward.......
Gilson, Edward L.....
tGodberry, William R..
Green, Thomas J......
Hardacker, Guy V.....
Harris, Martin L......
Hogan, Charles F.....
Hunt, Benjamin R....






Stockman...... Lead City, S. D.
Stockman...... Lead City, S. D.
Stockman....... Deadwood, S. D.






Stockman.......
Stockman.......
Soldier.........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Stockman.......
Stockman.......
Miner..........


Terry, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
U. S. Army.
Lead City, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.






Miner........ Lead City, S. D.
Miner.......... Terry, S. D.


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Stockman...... See remarks.


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Blacksmith......Deadwood, S. D.






Saddler.........Deadwood, S. D.


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Stockman....... On the range.


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Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Cowboy........
Miner.........
Cowboy........
Miner..........
Cowboy.........
Druggist.......
Cowboy.........
Miner..........
Miner.........
Miner.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Miner..........
Miner.........
Miner.........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Soldier.........
Miner.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Cowboy........
Miner.........
Miner..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Deadwood, S. D.
Fort Meade, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Crystal Lake, Minn.
Terraville, S. D.
McAllister, I. T.
Lead City, S. D.
Lafayette, Tenn.
Lead City, S. D.
Dickinson, N. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Baltimore, Md.
Deadwood, S. D.
New York, N. Y.
Terry, S. D.
Pluma, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Cuba.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Angels, Cal.
On the range.
O'Neill, Neb.


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Name and Rank.
Privates:
Huston, Francis C....
Kane, John F.........
tKarcher, Charles C., Jr.
Kuhn, Jacob...........
Lott, Frank L.........
Linnett, Large C......
tMaclaren, George A....
McFarland, William J..
McMahon, Frederick W
McMichael, William...
Meraner, Frank.......
Mitchell, Frederick C..
Moore, Holly H.......
Neber, Louis........
Oliver, Williamn J......
Peterson, Carl........
Purvis, Ralph G.......
Rainey, Philip M......
Rickel, Milton C.......
Schneider, Fred. W....
Smith, Frank W......
Stewart, John T.......
Sutterfield, Frank.....
Wells, Royal S........
tWilliams, William E..
tWilliams, William R...


Occupation.         Address.
Cowboy......... On the range.
Miner........ Terry, S. D.
Soldier......... Fort Meade, S. D.
Cowboy......... Havana, Cuba.
Miner.......... Terry, S. D.
Cook........... Fort Meade, S. D.
Miner.......... See remarks.
Editor......... Deadwood, S. D.
Miner.......... Lead City, S. D.
Miner......... Terry, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Lead City, S. D.
Cowboy......... Omaha, Neb.
Miner.......... Hill City, S. D.
Cowboy........ILead City, S. D.
Miner.......... Terry, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Miner.......... Terry, S. D.
Cowboy......... Scribner, Neb.
Cowboy...... Whitewood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Whitewood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Terry, S. D.
Engineer.......Deadwood, S. D.
Miner........ See remarks.
Cowboy....... See remarks.


*See Biographies, this troop.
fSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES, ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN AND REMARKS.
Captain Seth Bullock; mustered in three days after the troop upon
special order from the Honorable Secretary of War.
First Lieutenant Myron E. Wells; on sick leave in Chattanooga,
Tenn., for thirty days by special orders from Headquarters First
Army Corps and Department of the Gulf, for disability contracted
in the service and line of duty.
Sergeant Merritt L. Day; originally mustered in as Sergeant Troop
A, promoted to Regimental Color Sergeant July 20, 1898, per General Orders No. 27, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry; on sick furlough at muster-out of regiment. (See remarks, chapter 6, and biography, chapter VII.)
Farrier Martin Gilligan; died at Deadwood, S. D., shortly after
muster-out, from fever contracted at Camp Thomas, Ga., in service and line of duty.* -He was interred at Tecumseh, Neb. (For
sketch see chapter 26.)
Private Chris. Anderson; re-enlisted in the United States Army
after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving in the
First United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D.
Corporal Joseph D. Wiggins; re-enlisted in the United States Army
after muster-out, and is now serving with the Eighth United
States Cavalry in Cuba.
Private Arthur L. Collins; discharged upon Surgeon's certificate of
disability August 21, 1898, for disabilities contracted in service
and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia.
Private William R. Godberry; re-enlisted in the United States Army
after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the
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Private Charles C. Karcher; re-enlisted in United States Army after
muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the First
United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D.
Private Large C. Linnett; re-enlisted in the United States Army
after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the
First United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D.
Private George MacLaren; died of typhoid fever in First Division
Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, summer of
1898, and was interred at Humphreys, Neb. (See chapter 26.)
Private William  E. Williams; discharged upon Surgeon's certificate of disability August 21, 1898, for disabilities contracted in
service and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park,
Georgia.
Private William R. Williams; died of typhoid fever in Sternberg
Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, after muster-out. He is interred at Oshkosh, Wis. (See chapter 26.)


RECAPITULATION-TROOP A.
OCCUPATIONS.
Stockmen................. 11  Blacksmiths...............
M iners....................  36  Saddlers..................
Mine Inspectors............   1   Cowboys..................
Mine Superintendents......    1   Druggists.................
Professional Soldiers......   5   Editors...................
Cooks....................   1
Engineers.................  3  Total...................
RESIDENCES.
Deadwood, S. D............ 24     Dickinson, N. D............
Lead City, S. D.......... 16     Baltimore, Md.............
Terry, S. D................ 14  New York City, N. Y.
Fort Meade, S. D...........  3   Angels, Cal................
Whitewood, S. D...........     2   Scribner, Neb..............
Terraville, S. D............   1   Omaha, Neb...............
Pluma, S. D...............  1  Havana, Cuba..............
Belle Fourche, S. D.......    1   On the range..............


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22
1
1
84


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1
1
1
1
1
3
3


Hill City, S. D.............
Crystal Lake, Minn.........
Lincoln, Neb...............
O'Neill, Neb................
McAllister, I. T.............
Lafayette, Tenn............


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1
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Total...................  80
Dead.....................   3
Unknown.................     1
Aggregate...............   84




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CHAPTER XIII.
HISTORY OF TROOP C, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
In this Northwestern country, as elsewhere throughout
the Union, the young men, on the declaration of war, were
anxious to enter the service of Uncle Sam. Living in the
vicinity of a regular army post, and having seen so much
of regular army life in the Northwest, they were anxious
to become cavalrymen. Their reasons were three: First,
owing to their acquaintance with, and knowledge of, horses;
secondly, from their antipathy to walking, and thirdly, having an idea that much cavalry would be used in Cuba and
Porto Rico.
Immediately on the bill providing for a volunteer army
becoming a law, George E. Hair, of Belle Fourche, S. D.,
received a telegram from Washington asking who would
raise a troop of cavalry among the cowboys in the northern
Black Hills. He replied he would undertake the work.
Authority was telegraphed him on May 2, 1898, and he at
once opened his recruiting office. Major A. B. Wells, Sr.,
of the Eighth Cavalry, Fort Meade (now a Lieutenant
Colonel), was appointed mustering officer, and Captain
Charles R. Kieffer, of Fort Meade, examining Surgeon.
On May 11, 1898, the troop was filled, and commissioned
officers sworn in as follows: George E. Hair, Belle
Fourche, Captain; Rush Spencer Wells, Fort Meade, First
Lieutenant; Almond B. Wells, Jr., Fort Meade, Second
Lieutenant.
At 5 o'clock on the morning of May 12, the troop, under
orders from Colonel Melvin Grigsby, took the train at Belle
Fourche for Fort Meade, where it went into camp and began the arduous labor of endeavoring to make soldiers of its
raw material. Work was constant and exacting, with drill
twice a day, and all camp duties to perform in addition. At
Fort Meade Troop C met for the first time Troops A, of
Deadwood (Captain Bullock), and D, of Sturgis (Captain
Hammon). Troop C, with the above-mentioned troops of
the Black Hills squadron, remained in camp at Fort Meade
until noon of May 23, 1898, when, under orders, it marched
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vous at Chickamauga, Ga., via -Missouri Valley, Iowa, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati  and   Chattanooga.   It
reached Chattanooga at 5:30 p. m., May 27, 1898, remained
in the cars that night and moved on to Chickamauga on
the morning of the 28th, arriving at its camp ground about
noon, where it found headquarters and the second squadron
of the regiment already in camp. Routine work was immediately resumed, and drills, guard, police, and fatigue
duties were the order of the day and were kept up faithfully until the last day of service, September 10, 1898,
when the "boys" of Troop C were discharged from the
service of the United States and allowed to do as they
pleased once more.
Nothing of general interest occurred to Troop C while
at Camp Thomas, although a thousand and one things of
interest to its own members transpired almost daily. A
complete history of C troop would be the experiences of its
four score members.
Troop C had one very great advantage over other troops
of the regiment at the commencement of its career. Two of
its commissioned  officers-the Lieutenants Wells-were
born and raised in the regular army, and had received more
or less of a military training, while five of its sergeants and
two of its corporals had seen from  five to fifteen years'
service in the cavalry branch of the regular establishment.
This previous service was of wonderful assistance to the
raw recruits and green officers, and made the troop a welldrilled and well-disciplined body of men within thirty days
from its muster-in.
While Troop C suffered much from sickness, yet not one
of its men died, the only troop in the entire regiment that
did not meet with a death loss.
One other thing is of interest to many. During the term
of service of Troop C but three of its members saw the interior of the guard house as prisoners, two of them for an
hour each, confined by the troop commander for some slight
misdemeanors, no charges preferred, and one, awaiting trial
by general court-martial, afterward acquitted. This record, made by supposedly "wild and woolly bad men" from
the West, can hardly be duplicated by any of the "gentlemanly Eastern organizations in that camp of 78,000 men.




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BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN GEORGE E. HAIR.
Captain George Edward Hair was born in the State of
New York, December 6, 1859, removing with his parents to
Pennsylvania in early childhood, where he was educated.
In this state he remained until 1878, when he went West
and settled in Minnesota. Upon attaining his majority he
went to Chicago and entered the employ of the Chicago &
North-Western Railroad Company, with which corporation
he remained several years. He first visited the Black Hills
in 1883, returning to make his home there in 1886. He
came in through Nebraska, having followed the building of
the Elkhorn Railroad through Northwestern Nebraska, from
Valentine to the Hills, when that section was supposed to
be peopled entirely with Indians, road agents, desperadoes
and lawless people generally. By trade Captain Hair is a
book, news and job printer. For a long time he was editor
of the Advertiser at Sturgis, S. D.; afterward established
the Weekly Bee at Belle Fourche, when the latter town was
platted in 1891, where he has remained from that time to
the present. Captain Hair represented his district in the
state legislature between the two sessions of 1895 and 1897,
being elected both times as a Republican. He was authorized to recruit men for the Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, May 2, 1898; was mustered in May 11, and served
with his troop from that date, at Fort Meade, S. D., and
Camp Thomas, Ga., until mustered out September 10, 1898.
For four years prior to his entering the volunteer service he
was engaged in the mercantile business at Belle Fourche,
and on returning from the service he re-entered upon business. Captain Hair has had an interesting experience, and
has a large acquaintance on the great ranges and the big
Indian reservation. When congress created the law and
established the bureau for the taking of the eleventh census,
Captain Hair was called to Washington, D. C., where he is
now filling an important position in that bureau.
FIRST LIEUTENANT RUSH SPENCER WELLS.
Lieutenant Rush Spencer Wells was born in the army,
where his father has been serving in the cavalry branch
with distinction for a great many years, being at the present
time Lieutenant Colonel of cavalry. Young Wells early
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ably as well posted as any officer in the regiment by reason
of this early experience, and with his knowledge of matters
military, greatly assisted his captain at the organization of
Troop C, in which he was commissioned First Lieutenant,
as also by his sound advice in camp. After arriving at
Camp Thomas, Lieutenant Wells was made Adjutant of the
first squadron, which position he filled until he was ordered
to Fort Monroe, early in July, to pass an examination for a
commission in the regular. establishment.  He passed his
examination without difficulty and was commissioned Second Lieutenant United States Army on July 12, 1898, when
he severed his connection with the Cowboy Regiment.  During his service in camp, Lieutenant Wells frequently acted
as Regimental Adjutant at guard mounting and other ceremonies. He has since been transferred to the Eighth United
States Cavalry, with which regiment he was serving in
Cuba at last accounts.
SECOND LIEUTENANT ALMON B. WELLS, JR.
Lieutenant Almon B. Wells is a brother of Rush Spencer
Wells, and like him had considerable military experience
before entering the volunteer service. IHe was a conscientious, painstaking, efficient and capable officer, and contributed no little toward the efficiency of Troop C. He was
mustered in with his troop on May 11, and served at Fort
Meade and Camp Thomas, Ga., until some time in August,
when he was attacked with typhoid fever. For some time
his life was despaired of, but through the patient efforts of
his mother, who came from Fort M/eade to attend her son,
and the hospitable family in Chattanooga where he remained
during his entire illness, he recovered.
FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE W. TAYLOR.
First Sergeant Taylor has a long service in the regular
establishment to his credit, after leaving which he settled
down at Deadwood and engaged in the barber business.
However, when the President called for volunteers, Sergeant Taylor saw his duty plainly before him and again
enlisted, this time in Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, of which organization he was promptly made
the First Sergeant, on account of his military experience.
Sergeant Taylor is a good soldier, a fine marksman and a
genial gentleman. After leaving the service he returned to
Deadwood, where he is now engaged in the barber business.




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QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT ANDREW VOGESSER.
Sergeant Andrew Vogesser, by reason of an extended experience in the regular army, was eminently fitted for the
responsible position of Troop Quartermaster Sergeant, and
early gave evidence of the training he had received, by the
careful manner in which he conducted the affairs of his
office. He enlisted in Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at its organization; was appointed and mustered in as a Sergeant, being shortly thereafter designated
Troop Quartermaster Sergeant by his captain. He was absent on sick furlough at the time the troop was mustered out
and was discharged later.
SERGEANT MICHAEL O'REILLY.
Sergeant Michael O'Reilly was an old sailor, comparatively speaking, having followed the sea for a number of
years. He enlisted in Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at the commencement of hostilities between
the United States and Spain and was soon made a Sergeant.
However, the land service disagreed with him and he early
succumbed to fever, on account of which he was discharged
on Surgeon's Certificate of disability August 17, 1898.
SERGEANT CLARENCE S. CHASE.
Sergeant Clarence S. Chase was born near Pella, Iowa,
December 27, 1868, and moved with his father's family to
Humeston, Ia., in 1878, where he developed considerable
muscle behind the plow. Graduated from the Central Normal University at Humeston in 1895; taught penmanship
near Glenwood, Ia., 1896, and engaged in his favorite pursuit of farming until he came to the Black Hills in the early
spring of 1898 and worked on a ranch. He enlisted in
Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 11,
1898; was promoted to Corporal May 18, and Sergeant June
2, 1898; was a member of the regimental color guard and
was mustered out with his troop September 10, 1898, after
which he returned to Belle Fourche in the spring of 1899,
at which place he is now engaged in the carpenter trade.
SERGEANT JOHN W. BUTCHER.
Sergeant John W. Butcher was the junior of all the Sergeants in point of rank, but that was because he was a member of the Eighth United States Cavalry at the time the regiment was mustered in and came directly to Camp Thomas




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when discharged, arriving there June 19, when he was at
once enlisted and warranted a Sergeant of Troop C. Sergeant Butcher was not only one of the finest soldiers in the
regiment, but also one of the most experienced rifle shots in
the entire regular or volunteer army of the United States.
After leaving the volunteer service, Sergeant Butcher returned to his old regiment, the Eighth Cavalry, with which
lie wlas serving in Cuba at last accounts.
SERGEANT ULYSSES S. GRIGGS.
Sergeant Ulysses S. Griggs was a non-commissioned officer whose services would have been of inestimable benefit to
the regiment had it ever gone to Cuba or Porto Rico, on account of the fact that he is a graduate civil engineer and experienced in his profession. He is of a modest, retiring
disposition and performed what duty he was called upon to
do in a capable, efficient manner. He was mustered out
with the regiment, after which he returned to Talma, Ia.,
where he is now in the employ of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
CORPORAL WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.
William II. Thompson was the Second Corporal of Troop
C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, in which organization he enlisted May 11, 1898, at Belle Fourche. Corporal Thompson was born near La Crosse, Vernon county,
Wisconsin, in 1871, and came West at an early age. The
most of his time has been spent on the Western frontier,
where he has been engaged at every occupation from cowboy to carpenter. He was mustered out with the troop at
Camp Thomas, after which he returned to Belle Fourche,
S. D., where he is now engaged as a carpenter.
TRUMPETER HARRY T. ELLIOTT.
Trumpeter Harry T. Elliott was a cowboy from    the
ranges adjacent to the Black Hills, and enlisted in Troop C
at the organization of that troop, in which he was appointed
a Corporal. Ile was reduced to private at his own request
and later appointed Trumpeter, in which position he served
until muster out.
WAGONER RONALD BAIN.
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Cavalry, on May 19, 1898, in which troop he was appointed
Wagoner. After arriving at Camp Thomas he was detailed
as Teamster in the Regimental Quartermaster's Department and shortly thereafter Assistant Master of Transportation, which position he retained after muster-out September 10, and is now in Havana Province, Cuba, in charge of
government transportation.
SADDLER GEORGE M. NYCE.
Saddler George M. Nyce enlisted in Troop C, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 19, 1898, and served
as Saddler during the entire time the troop was in service.
After muster-out he joined the Eighth Cavalry and is now
serving with that regiment in Cuba.
PRIVATE JOHN GOLLAN.
Private John Gollan enlisted in Troop C, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, May 11, 1898, and served with
the troop until muster-out September 10, 1898.  Private
Gollan is an experienced packer, and after discharge from
the volunteer service entered the employ of the Quartermaster's Department, and is now in charge of a pack train
in Cuba.
PRIVATE ISADORE MOLASH.
Isadore Molash was born in Monroe county, Michigan,
October 14, 1878. His grandfather was in the war of 1812,
and his father is a veteran of the civil war. Young Molash
removed with his parents to South Dakota in 1883, where
he was a cowboy on his father's ranch near Hotch City until
a year or so before he enlisted, when he went to the Black
Hills and from there enlisted in Troop C, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, May 11, 1898, serving with his
troop until late in August, when he was taken sick and sent
to Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., where he was
when the troop was mustered out. After discharge he reenlisted in Company I, Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, with
which regiment he is now serving in the Philippines.
Among the other interesting members of this troop were
Fred L. Curtaz, Noah Davis, Arthur J. Schultz and Eugene
L. Stillwell, all Deadwood stage drivers. Those who know
of the hardships and perils that confront the Deadwood
stage driver can realize how eminently fitted these men were
for the service they had been selected to perform in the
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ROSTER OF TROOP C, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY AT MUSTER-OUT SEPTEMBER 10, 1898.


Name and Rank.


Occupation.   i


Address.


Captain:
*George E. Hair.......
First Lieutenant:
t*Rush Spencer Wells...
Second Lieutenant:
t*Almond B. Wells, Jr...
First Sergeant:
*George W. Taylor.....
Quartermaster Sergeant:
t*Anclrew Vogesser.....
Sergeants:
Robert H. Nemitz....
*Ulysses S. Griggs.....
John H. Horner.......
tWilliam B. Dwinnell...
t*Clarence S. Chase.....
t*John W. Butcher......
Corporals:
Thomas Tully.........
*William H. Thompson.
William  Doyle........
James W. Hilton......
Henry C. Reeds.......
Frank E. Rochon......
James McBride........
William A. Sherrill....
Trumpeters:
tChauncey Rickard....
t*Harry T. Elliott.......
Farrier:
George P. Thayer.....
Blacksmith:
tCharles Durematt.....
Saddler:
t*George M. Nyce.......
Wagoner:
*Ronald Bain..........
Privates:
Anderson, Gideon.....
tArmstrong, George R..
Averill, Rupert E.....
Babcock, Harvey.......
Bebb, William R......
Burnett, Charles......
tBurton, Edward.......
Cable, Dell............
Connolly, Michael.....
Congleton, John W...
*Curtaz, Fred L........
Davies, Ellis..........
*Davis, Noah...........
Dinnick, Stanley R....
Doyle, John E........
Edson, Artimus.......
Felt, Joseph...........


Merchant.......jBelle Fourche, S. D.
U. S. Army...... War Department.
Student......... Fort Meade, S. D.


Barber........ Deadwood, S. D.


Farmer........1Deadwood, S. D.


Painter.........
Civil Engineer..
Lawyer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy..........
Soldier.........
Miner..........
Carpenter......
Brakeman......
Miner..........
Miner..........
Engineer.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Deadwood, S. D.
Tama, Iowa.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
War Department.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.


Clerk...........Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy........ Deadwood, S. D.


Cowboy.........Deadwood, S. D.


Blacksmith..... New York, N. Y.


Cowboy.........
I |   ' i  v   a,'a 1 nt 
Stage Driver....
Farmer.........
Cowboy.........
Miner..........
Miner..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cook...........
Cowboy........
Miller..........
Painter........
Stage Driver.....
Miner..........
Stage Driver.....
Miner..........
Carpenter.......
Cowboy.........
Fireman........


8th U. S. Cavalry.
Q. M. Dept., Cuba.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle FourChe, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Belle Fourche, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.


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Name and Rank.


Privates:
Foley, Joseph.........
Giertz, Orlando B.....
*Gollan, John..........
Gray, Ernest..........
Harley, Vernon........
tHedrick, Joseph W... 
Hogue, Frank W......
tHook, Fred...........
Hoey, Samuel........
Larrimer, Charles R..,
Libbey, Leon J........
Ludwig, George.......
McConaughy, Theo. J..
McCoy, William.......
Miller,  Allen..........
t*Molash, Isadore......
Moore, Edward W.....
Moritz, Charles J.....
Morrell, Irving J......
Morris, Charles M.....
tMiller, Harry H.......
O'Connor, John H.....
t*O'Reilly, Michael P....
Odgers, John..........
Off, Peter.............
Pearson, Peter........
Penn, Melvin........
tSchipke, Henry........
*Schultz, Arthur J.....
tSmith, E. John........
Stevens, Harry........
tStillwell, Eugene L....
*Stillwell, Frank S.....
Stofferson, Robert H..
Stream, Andrew.......
Sylvester, Clifton B....
Sullivan, Jerry........
Swanson, Alfred E....
Ure, James...........
Waugh, Richard M....
tWhite, Leslie W.......
Wing, James S........


Occupation.        Address.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Rapid City, S. D.
Cowboy......... Deadwood, S. D.
Laborer........ Deadwood, S. D.
Clerk.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Terry, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... I, 45th U. S. V. Inf.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Printer......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Deadwood, S. D.
Druggist........ Deadwood, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Sailor.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Miner.......... New York, N. Y.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy.........Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Stage Driver..... Deadwood, S. D.
Farmer......... Deadwood, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Deadwood, S. D.
Stage Driver.....Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy.........Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Miner.......... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy......... Belle Fourche, S. D.
Cowboy.......... Belle Fourche, S. D.




*See Biographies, this troop.
fSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
First Lieutenant Rush Spencer Wells; originally mustered in as
First Lieutenant Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry;
discharged July 12, 1898, to accept commission in the regular
army.
Second Lieutenant Almon B. Wells, Jr.; sick at Chattanooga at
muster-out of troop.
Sergeant Michael O'Reilly; honorably discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability August 17, 1898, on account of disabilities
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Sergeant William B. Dwinnell; on detail as clerk in the office of
the Regimental Adjutant from June 20 to August 19, 1898; honorably discharged by order of the Honorable Secretary of War
August 18, 1898. (For biography see chapter 7.)
Sergeant Andrew Vogesser; on sick furlough at the time of musterout of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Sergeant John W. Butcher; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, at the time of muster-out of regiment; not
mustered with troop.
Blacksmith Charles Durematt; originally mustered in May 2, 1898,
in Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry; transferred to Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry at Camp Thomas, Ga.
Saddler George M. Nyce; absent on sick furlough at the time of
muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private George R. Armstrong; absent sick in Sternberg General
Hospital, Camp Thomas, at the time of muster-out of regiment;
not mustered out with troop.
Private Edward Burton; absent on sick furlough at the time of
muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Sergeant Clarence C. Chase; originally mustered in as private;
promoted to Corporal May 18, and Sergeant same troop June 2,
1898.
Trumpeter Harry T. Elliott; originally mustered in as Corporal,
reduced to private at his own request and made Trumpeter.
Private Joseph W. Hedrick; discharged on Surgeon's certificate for
disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, August 18,
1898.
Private Fred 'Hook; absent sick in Leiter General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., 'at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private Leon J. Libbey; discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability August 18, 1898, for disabilities incurred in service and
line of duty.
Private Isadore Molash; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital
at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with
troop.
Trumpeter Chauncey Richard; absent sick in Sternberg General
Hospital at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out
with troop.
Private Henry Schipke; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private E. John Smith; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private Eugene L. Stillwell; absent on sick furlough at the time
of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private Leslie W. White; absent on sick furlough at the time of
muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop.
Private Harry H. Miller; originally enrolled as private Troop C,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, promoted to Regimental
Hospital Steward May 31, 1898, and subsequently made Chief
Steward of the regiment; discharged August 25, 1898, on Surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the
service and line of duty. (For biography see chapter 9.)




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RECAPITULA'.x v — TROOP C.
OCCUPATIONS.


Merchants................
Professional soldiers.......
Students..................
Barbers..................
Farmers.................
Painters..............
Civil engineers.............
Lawyers..................
Cowboys..................
Miners..................
Carpenters................
Engineers................
Brakemen.................
R:
Deadwood.................
Belle Fourche..............
United States Army........
Fort Meade, S. D...........
New York, N. Y............
Terry, S. D...............


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1 Si
2 C
1   M
1 C:
3 B
2   F
1 L
1 P:
37 D
16 S


tage drivers..............    5
ooks.....................   1:illers...................   1
lerks...................   2
lacksmiths...............    1
iremen..................
aborers.................   1
rinters...................  1
ruggists..............     1
ailors.................  1
Total.................      84


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ESIDENCES.
43   Tama, Iowa.............      1
29   Rapid City, S. D.........    1
5
1     Total..................  84
2     Aggregate............. 84
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CHAPTER XIV.
HISTORY OF TROOP D, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
When on April 21, 1898, the news was flashed over the
wires that war had been declared between two great nations
of the earth-Spain, one of the very oldest, and the United
States of America, a comparatively new one-the outcome
was very much in doubt. Naturally the military posts in the
United States-as they contained the men already enrolled
as the Nation's defenders-.showed the excitement and followed the declaration of war most keenly. Sturgis, South
Dakota, being but one and one-half miles from Fort Meade,
then the station of the Eighth United States Cavalry, was up
and doing almost before the instruments had ceased to click
out the news. The many ex-soldiers who made up the population of that staid little mountain burg, from the hero of
the civil war to the veteran of the Wounded Knee fight, were
anxious to get back into harness and give the government at
Washington the benefit of the years of training and experience they had undergone. It was not a question whether
enough men could be gotten for Troop D, of Grigsby's Cowboys, authority for the organization of which had been sent
to Sturgis, but the question was, Who will be the fortunate
ones that will be allowed to stand up for their country in its
hour of need  Nor was the clamor for office. Men perfectly
capable of commanding either a troop or a squadron were
anxious and willing to serve in the ranks as privates. Hot
Springs, S. D., another hot bed of patriotism and loyalty, had
claims that must be regarded, as their citizens also wanted
representation and were assigned to Troop D. At Sturgis
the roll was large and from all the available material, John
E. Hammon was selected to command. He had practically
served in the army, in one capacity or another, since 1873.
Hie was a member of the famous Seventh Cavalry under Custer, and his experience made him conspicious as the best man
to command. The second place fell to David F. Connor, who
for fourteen years served in the Seventh and Eighth Cavalry
regiments and the Third Infantry. In less than three days
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rhved on the Ot of  ay 1898 With is delegaion o ot
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The troop remained in Camp Thomas, Ga., doing routine
camp and provost duty from May 27, 1898, to September 8,
1898, when it was mustered out with the regiment.
The record of the troop for good behavior, prompt attention to duty and general military efficiency was excellent.
Not one man was court martialed.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN JOHN E. HAMMON.
Captain John E. Hammon was born December 4, 1857, in
Warren County, Ohio, where he attended the public schools
until sixteen years of age, when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio,
and enlisted in the general mounted service, September 1,
1873. He was assigned to Troop G, Seventh United States
Cavalry and joined the troop at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, in October, 1873. He participated in the
Black Hills expedition under General George A. Custer in
1874, and in the fall of the same year went to Shreveport,
Louisiana, where he scouted for the "White Leaguers" from
Shreveport to Nachatoches, La., until the spring of 1876,
when he returned to the Department of Dakota and participated in the expedition of 1876, under General Custer, taking part in the battles of June 25 and June 26 of that year,
being with the column under command of Major Marcus A.
Reno, Seventh Cavalry.  He was with the expedition of
1877, under General S. D. Sturgis, and while in the field
was attached to the headquarters of General Nelson A. Miles
as courier. Later he was attached to the headquarters of
General O. O. Howard, as guide, and participated in the battle of Clear Water, October 1 to 6, 1877. He was discharged
at Camp Rhulen, Dakota Territory, September 1, 1878. Reenlisted at Cincinnati, O., February 1879, and was assigned
to Troop H, Second United States Cavalry, and while en
route to Fort Custer, Montana, was transferred to the Seventh
Cavalry, from which regiment he was discharged, having
served in Troop G, February, 1880. He served in the
Seventh Cavalry as Corporal, Sergeant and First Lieutenant
and was highly recommended for excellence of character and
military efficiency; was recommended for a medal for meritorious conduct in battle by Captain G. D. Wallace, who was
killed at Wounded Knee, S. D. He was appointed teamster
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pointed guide and interpreter December 7, 1880; trainmaster January, 1881; chief packer 1882, and master of
transportation and forage master in 1883, in which position
he practically served until 1895, when ihe accepted a position
with the George Burk Live Stock Commission Company, of
South Omaha, in which position he was serving when mustered in as Captain Troop I), Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry. After muster-out, Captain Ilamminon went to Cuba
and served in the transportation department, United States
Quartermaster's Department, as pack naster, until September 13, 1899, when he was compelled to leave the country on
account of his health.  His home is in Sturgis, S. D.
FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVID F. CONNOR.
Iieutenant David IF. Connor was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., December 28, 1859, where he attended the public and
parochial schools, from  which he was graduated in 1876.
Almost immediately after leaving school he apprenticed hiimself to the l)rinter's trade, at which he worked until he entered
the regular establishment in November, 1881. For thirteen
years Lieutenant Connor served in various positions from
private to first sergeant, in the Third Infantry and Seventh
and Eighth Cavalry, being honorably discharged from the
latter regiment in 1894. With the Third Infantry he participated in the Crow Indian uprising in 1887, at Fort Custer,
Mlontana, and in the Sioux outbreak in 1890 and 1891. For
a number of years he was headquarters clerk and regimental
printer at Fort Custer, Montana, and Fort MAeade, South
Dakota. IUpon his discharge in 1894 from  the army, he
returned to Philadelphia, Pa., with the intention of engaging in newspaper work. HIowever, after a year's residence
there, during which he wrote a number of western romances
for the Philadelphia Times, he longed for the freedom of
western life, and returned to Sturgis, S. D., and began the
publication of the Black Hills Press-a weekly newspaperof which he is still the editor. During the session of the
South Dakota legislature, in 1897, he was elected to fill the
position of first assistant chief clerk to Chief Clerk Jonas
IT. Lien-the late lamented Captain and Adjutant of the
First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry-and both made enviable records during that session. In the winter of 1898,
Lieutenant Connor was appointed as one of the members of
the South Dakota Mark and Brand Commission by Governor
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Insurance Commissioner for the state of South Dakota, which
position he still holds. In the organization of Troop D, Lieutenant Connor was most active, securing in less than three
days a list of valuable young men numbering seventy-three.
On account of his knowledge of army papers and methods of
procedure, Lieutenant Connor was appointed commissary officer of the Black Hills Squadron on the trip from Sturgis to
Camp Thomas, Ga. His accounts were among the first ones
settled and receipts received from the Commissary General.
When Colonel Grigsby was appointed to the command of
the First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, and Adjutant Sues
promoted to the Adjutant Generalcy, Lieutenant Connor was
detailed Acting Regimental Adjutant, which position he held
from June 2, 1898, to August 22, 1898, when he was taken
sick and had not fully recovered when the regiment was mustered out.
SECOND LIEUTENANT WALTER L. ANDERSON.
Walter L. Anderson was born at Sidney, Iowa, February
19, 1868. IHe was graduated from the College Department of the State University of Iowa in June, 1889, and from
the Law Department of the same University in June, 1891.
At the time of his graduation Lieutenant Anderson was third
officer of the University Battalion, with the rank of Captain,
in the Iowa National Guard. Hie removed to Hot Springs,
S. D., in April, 1892, and served as United States Circuit
Court Commissioner for South Dakota from December 27,
1892, until the abolition of the office on June 30, 1897. He
was appointed State's Attorney for Fall River County, S. D.,
October 1, 1894; was elected to the same office in November,
1894, and was re-elected in November, 1896. He joined the
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry at the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war and was commissioned Second
Lieutenant, Troop D, which position he held, serving continuously with his regiment until muster-out September 8, 1898.
He was appointed and acted as Adjutant First squadron of the
regiment during his last month in service. After his muster-out he returned to Hot Springs, S. D.; was tendered and
refused the Republican nomination for State Representative
in the fall of 1898 such nomination being equivalent to an
election. On September 1, 1899, he removed to Lincoln,
Neb., and is now a member of the law firm of Tibbets Bros.,
Morey & Anderson, with offices in Lincoln and Hastings, Neb.
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the Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., and in 1899, was elected to
the position of Senior Vice Commander of the Division of
South Dakota.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM N. RAY.
First Sergeant William NT. Ray, is a soldier by profession,
having served a great many years in the United States Cavalry and participated in a nmnber of campaigns and Indian
skirmishes. IIe is an excellent horseman, a splendid shot,
and was as well-posted a First Sergeant as there was in the
regiment. He is at present in the United States Hospital
service, serving on the U. S. S. Relief at Manila, but it is
only a question of time before he will come back to his first
love, the cavalry branch.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT EDWARD C. STEELE.
Quartermaster Sergeant Edward C. Steele is also a professional soldier with a long and honorable record in the regular army to his credit. He was particularly well-versed in
natters pertaining to the Quartermaster's Department. The
frequent and valuable discoveries of gold in the Black Hills
have tempted him to abandon his profession for a time and
engage in mining at Lead City, S. D.
SERGEANT GEORGE F. VON OSTERMANN.
Sergeant George F. Von Ostermann served two enlistments
in the Eighth United States Cavalry and participated with
that regiment in all of its recent campaigns. He is an excellent clerk and was for a long time clerk to the Adjutant at
Fort Meade, S. D., and is particularly well posted on army
papers. This knowledge of army clerical work was instrumental in securing for him a good position at San Juan, Porto
Rico, after his muster-out of the volunteer service, in the military department there, where he is at present serving.
SERGEANT CLARENCE DANGLER.
Sergeant Clarence Dangler is a typical cavalryman, he having been in that branch of the service for a number of years
on the western frontiers. A good story is told of his connection with the brigade commissary at Camp Thomas. A member of the Kentucky cavalry desired to make a purchase and
found that everyone at the commissary had gone to dinner,
leaving only the sentinel in charge, who told the Kentuckian
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it once or twice, and walked along the line inquiring for "the
'Sergeant with the oilstove name that works in the commissary."
SERGEANT BERNHARD STURTMER.
Sergeant Bernhard Sturtmer is another of the non-commissioned officers of Troop D who is a professional soldier, having been a member of the Eighth United States Cavalry. He
is a splendid horseman and rifleshot, and at the present time
is a cowboy on the great range between the Missouri river and
the Black Hills.
SERGEANT FRANK BALL.
Sergeant Ball, who was originally mustered in with this
troop, was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, same regiment, May 30, 1898.
(For Biography, see Chapter VII.)
TRUMPETER GEORGE G. EBERSOLE.
Trumpeter George G. Ebersole served one enlistment in
the regular cavalry and afterward settled down at Lead City,
S. D., in the saddlery business. He was detailed into the regimental band August 1, 1898, where he played second cornet,
and was a member of that organization until muster-out, after
which he returned to Lead City and to his business.
PRIVATE CHARLES SCHNEFF.
Charles Schneff is an old Dakotan who has been in the state
for many years. For a long time he resided in Marshall
County, where he was engaged in the livery business at Britton. In 1897 he sold out his business at Britton and went
across the range to Deadwood, where he was located when he
enlisted in Troop D. Since muster-out he has been at Two
Bit, engaged in mining.
ROSTER OF TROOP D, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.      Occupation.      Address.
Captain:
t*John E. Hammon..... Stockman...... Sturgis, S. D.
First Lieutenant:
t*David F. Connor......Publisher....... Sturgis, S. D.
Second Lieutenlant:
t*Walter L. Anderson.. Lawyer.........Lincoln, Neb.
First Sergeant:
t*William N. Ray....... Soldier......... Manila, P. I.
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Name and Rank.


Occupation.


Address.


Quartermaster Sergeant:
*Edward C. Steele.....
Sergeants:
t*Geo. F. Von Ostermann
Franklin M. Jones....
Elmer C. Parker......
tGeorge Cassells.......
*Bernhard   Sturtmer...
tGeorge D. Hammon...
Corporals:
Charles C. Kohrdt.....
tRay Mayhew..........
tDaniel Trazivick......
William J. Stewart....
Columbus Bessant....
Frank E. Drake.......
fJohn Watkins.........
Trumpeters:
tJohn E. Hammon......
t*George C. Ebersole....
Farrier:
Charles W. Ranger....
Blacksmith:
Charles W. Billups....
Saddler:
Theopile Bonneau.....
Wagoner:
tLawrence H. Sargent..
Privates:
Aaberg, Lars..........
Armstrong, William...
tBahler, Christian......
Baird, William A......
Blalock, Marcellus A..
Burk, George...........
Cady, James.........
Casteau, Emil J.......
Cranshaw, Jack........
t*Dangler, Clarence.....
tEadie, Charles.........
Eliason, John T.......
Ettinger, Frank.......
Fish, Charles L........
Fordyce, John.........
Grinnell, Joseph......
Hauschild, Edward W.
Henry, David T.......
Holzer, Josef..........
tJaques, Joseph F......
fJohnson, Carl L.......
tJohanson, Thomas.....
tKarki, Walli..........
tKaun, Augustus.......
tKelly, Samuel.........
tKing, James L........
Ludwig, Charles.......
Mansfield, James......
*tSee foot note on Page 179.


Miner........... Lead City, S. D.


Clerk...........
Farmer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Blacksmith......
Soldier.........
Cowboy.........
Miner...........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Saddler.........
Miner...........
Blacksmith......


San Juan, P. R.
Fort Meade, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
See remarks.
On the range.
Fort  Yellowstone,
Mont.
Helena, Mont.
Fort Meade, S. D.
San Juan, P. R.
Terry, S. D.
On the range.
Hot Springs, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Fort Meade, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Hot Springs, S. D.
Hot Springs, S. D.


Saddler.........Lead City, S. D.
Soldier........ Fort Meade, S. D.
Cowboy........ Terraville, S. D.
Miner........... Terraville, S. D.
Cowboy........ See remarks.
Cowboy......... Sturgis, S. D.
Miner........... Sturgis, S. D.
Cowboy........ Sturgis, S. D.
Jockey......... Rapid City, S. D.
Miner........... Deadwood, S. D.
Cowboy........ Sturgis, S. D.
Miner........... Lead City, S. D.
Soldier........ Fort Meade, S. D.
Miner........... Hudson, S. D.
Miner........... Deadwood, S. D.
Soldier......... Sturgis, S. D.
Cowboy........ Lead City, S. D.
Cowboy......... Lead City, S. D.
Cowboy......... Sturgis, S. D.
Electrician.......Lead City, S. D.
Miner........... Lead City, S. D.
Soldier......... Lead City, S. D.
Soldier....... Sturgis, S. D.
Soldier......... Sturgis, S. D.
Soldier......... Lead City, S. D.
Soldier......... Sturgis, S. D.
Soldier....... Lead City, S. D.
Soldier......... Sturgis, S. D.
Cowboy......... Lead City, S. D.
Farmer......... Terry, S. D.




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Name and Rank.


I    Occupation.


Address.


Privates:
Means, Charles.......
Miller, Frederick......
Olson, Thomas........
Parry, Messick.......
tParsons, Nicholas.....
Phillips, Charles.....
Rau, Herman.........
Reed, Ernest..........
Robinson, George F....
Saunders, George R...
Skane, James M......
Schaffer, Arthur......
*Schneff, Charles.......
Schwender, Frederick.
Skutt, Roy N..........
Spence, Edward.......
Sommers, John........
Stephan, Henry.......
Stout, William........
Summay, John P......
Teasdale, Frederick...
Thain, George.........
Thorrell, John.........
Tribbett, Absalom.....
Underhill, Ubertram...
Vorce, Charles C......
Wales, Frederick.....
Waldron, Elijah........
Whitehead, James P...
Wilson, George H.....
tYates, James W.......


Cowboy........
Farmer.......
Laborer........
M iner...........
Soldier.......
Cook...........
Stone Cutter.....
Cook..........
Miner...........
M iner...........
Farmer........
Miner...........
Miner...........
Stone Cutter.....
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
M iner...........
Miner...........
Clerk...........
Farmer.........
Miner...........
Farmer.........
Saddler.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........


Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Lytle, Ga.
Deadwood, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Two Bit, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Lead City, S. D.
Sturgis, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Hot Springs, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Terry, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Deadwood, S. D.
Portland, S. D.
See remarks.


*See Biographies, this troop.
tSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
Where present address is not known, that at the time of enlistment is griven.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN AND
REMARKS.
Captain John E. Hammon; served in Transportation Department,
United States Quartermaster's Department, in Havana and Puerto
Principe, Cuba, from muster-out, September 8, 1898, to September 11, 1899.
First Lieutenant David F. Connor; detailed as Acting Regimental
Adjutant from June 2 to August 22, 1898, when relieved on account of sickness contracted in the service and line of duty.
Second Lieutenant Walter L. Anderson; detailed as Adjutant First
Squadron August 5, 1898, in which position he served until muster-out September 8, 1898.
First Sergeant William N. Ray; re-enlisted in United States Hospital service, and is now serving on United States "Hospital Ship
Relief," and stationed at Manila, P. I.
Sergeant George F. Von Osterman; entered United States service
at Porto Rico after muster-out, and is now Clerk in Civil Department at San Juan, P. R.
Sergeant Clarence Dangler; originally mustered in as Second Duty
Sergeant, reduced to the rank of Private August 19, 1898, per
General Orders No. 52, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. On detail from June 2 to June 28, 1898, as
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Sergeant George Cassells; drowned in British Columbia, July, 1899,
place of interment not known. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Sergeant George D. Hammon; originally mustered in as First Corporal, promoted to Sergeant August 19, 1898, per General Orders
No. 52, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
vice Dangler reduced; re-enlisted in First United States Cavalry
(Troop M), and is now serving at Fort Yellowstone, Mont.
Corpora Daniel Trazivick; re-enlisted in United States service after
muster-out, and is now keeper of a castle at San Juan, P. R.
Corporal John Watkins; originally mustered in as private; promoted to Corporal August 19, 1898, per General Orders No. 52,
Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, vice Hammon promoted.
Corporal Ray Mayhew; re-enlisted in First United States Cavalry,
in which regiment he is now serving as Sergeant of Troop G, at
Fort Meade, S. D.
Trumpeter George C. Ebersole; detailed in regimental band August 1, 1898, in which he served until muster-out with his troop,
September 8, 1898.
Wagoner Lawrence H. Sargent; re-enlisted in Troop I, First United
States Cavalry, and is now serving with his troop at Fort Meade,
S.D.
Private Charles Eadie; re-enlisted in Troop G, First United States
Cavalry, and is now serving with his troop at Fort Meade, S. D.
Private Charles W. Yates; died of accidental gunshot wound October 10, 1898, at Long Pine, Neb., while serving in First United
States Cavalry. Is interred at Fort Robinson, Neb. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Trumpeter John E. THammon, Jr.; appointed Chief Trumpeter from
Trumpeter Troop D, July 6, 1898, per General Orders No. 22,
Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Transferred to Troop D as private July 20, 1898, per General Orders
No. 27, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and
reappointed Trumpeter Troop D. Re-enlisted in First United
States Cavalry, and is now serving in the band of that regiment
at Fort Meade, S. D. (For biography see Chapter VII.)
Private Joseph F. Jaques; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Carl L. Johnson; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Thomas Johanson; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Walli Karki; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Augustus Kaun; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Samuel Kelly; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private James L. King; re-enlisted, present service not known.
Private Nicholas Parsons; re-enlisted, present service not known.
RECAPITULATION-TROOP D.
OCCUPATIONS.
Stockmen................   1   Electricians...............  1
Publishers................  1  Stone  cutters..............  2
Lawyers..................   1   Laborers.................  1
Professional soldiers.......  16  Cooks....................  2
Clerks....................  2  Miners....................  18
Farmers..................   6   Cowboys.................. 26
Blacksmiths..............   2                            -
Saddlers..................  3   Total...................  83
Jockeys...................  1




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Sturgis, S. D...............
Lincoln, Neb...............
Manila, P. I................
San Juan, P. R.............
Lead City, S. D............
Fort Meade, S. D...........
Deadwood, S. D............
On the range..............
Helena, Mont..............
Fort Yellowstone, Mont....
Rapid City, S. D...........


27
1
1
2
15
5
10
2
1
1
1


Hot Srings, S. D...........  4
Portland, S. D.............  1
Terraville, S. D............  2
Terry, S. D...............   5
Two  Bit, S. D..............  1
Lytle,  Ga..................  1
Total...................  80
Dead..................  3
Aggregate..............   83




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CHAPTER XV.
TROOP A, NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD (TROOP K, THIRD
UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.)
In obedience to a request of General Thayer, then Governor of the State of Nebraska, Captain J. H. Culver organized Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, which was
mustered into the state service by Adjutant General A. V.
Cole on July 22, 1887. Each member was requested to furnish his own mount, and the troop was equipped by the state.
The troop elected J. H. Culver, Captain; Wolsey Weyant,
First Lieutenant, and C. L. Smith, Second Lieutenant. In
1890, these commissions having expired, Captain Culver and
Lieutenant Weyalt were re-elected, and First Sergeant Vosburg was elected Second Lieutenant.  In 1893 Captain
Culver was again re-elected, and also Lieutenant Weyant
and Lieutenant Vosburg. In 1894, a vacancy occurring in
the position of First Lieutenant by reason of Lieutenant
Weyant leaving the state, Lieutenant Vosburg was elected
to fill that office and First Sergeant Kinney was elected Second Lieutenant.  In 1896 Captain Culver was again reelected, and the year following (1897) Second Lieutenant
Kinney was elected First Lieutenant, and First Sergeant
Elwin Culver was elected Second Lieutenant.  The last
named officers, holding their respective commissions, were
mustered into the United States service May 14, 1898, retaining the same rank they held in the National Guard.
The month following organization the troop was marched
overland to the State National Guard encampment at Lincoln.
The organization was kept up and responded to all calls
for duty, including the state encampments at Wahou, Beatrice, Grand Island, Burlington Beach, Lincoln, Hastings,
Lincoln Park and David City. It was called out in the
Sioux war of 1890-91, and at the conclusion of that trouble,
and the night after the dismissal of the troop, the 17th day
of January, 1891, the brick armory which had been built
for the troop caught fire and was burned, together with the
equipments and also the library donated by the commander
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men who were supposed to be sleeping in the armory, was
thrown by the explosion of the building down the outside
stairway, thereby severely injuring his right shoulder and
left foot. He was rescued by his son, Clarence Culver, just
in time to save further injury.
During the following encampment at Grand Island the
camp was struck by lightning, the First Sergeant's tent was
demolished and ten of the troop injured, including Lieutenants Vosburg and Kinney, First Sergeant Seymour, Sergeants Liebben and Wickoff, Corporal Bromwell, Trumpeter Culver and Privates Corr, Leger and Smith.
The troop gained a state reputation and was in demand at
the various military gatherings, and during the eleven years'
service marched 1,083 miles, the desire of the commander
being to make practical soldiers, which proved to be of value
when finally mustered into the United States service. For
their gentlemanly and soldierly conduct while a part of the
Nebraska National Guard they received the commendation
of the state generally.
The following extract, taken from the official report of
Captain Culver to the Adjutant General of the State of
Nebraska, gives the full history of Troop A, Nebraska
National Guard, afterward Troop K, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, in the Spanish-American war:
To the Adjutant General State of Nebraska:
A report of the services of Troop K, United States Cavalry, although the command was not accredited to the state as a part of
her quota, may properly form a part of the historical records of the
state. I therefore submit the following for your consideration and
publication in your next biennial report:
Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, was assembled by my order
for day drill on April 16, 1898. In accordance with expressed
wish of command, on that day I tendered the service of the troop
to the Secretary of War.
On the 26th of April I again assembled the troop for six-day
drill, following the precedent established in omitting the winter
drills in our branch of the service and deferred the day drills to
some convenient spring month.
Camp was established on the west bank of the Blue river just
north of the Soldiers' Home, at Milford, and instructions in drill
regulations and camp duties were proceeded with.
Having assurance that the troop would be accepted for service
in the Spanish-American war by the War Department, I made repeated requests to the Adjutant General to have the troop ordered
into camp and placed on the same footing and subsisted by the
state as the First and Second Regiments, Nebraska National Guard,
then assembled at Camp Alvin Saunders; but to no avail. The following telegrams are self-explanatory, and indicate the necessity of
assembling the troop:




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Washington, D. C., April 30, 1898.
Captain Culver:
Troop as organized accepted for Third Cavalry. Examine at
Milford.
W. L. STARK.
Washington, D. C., May 2, 1898.
Captain J. H. Culver:
Government pay for horses. Have plenty at muster. Eightyone enlisted men.
W. L. STARK.
Washington, D. C., May 6, 1898.
Captain Culver:
Orders have been given to muster your troop into Colonel Grigsby's South Dakota Regiment.
G. D. MEIKLEJOHN,
Assistant Secretary of War.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 7, 1898.
Captain Culver:
Appoint Dr. W. K. Loughridge, of Milford, Examining Surgeon
for your troop.
MELVIN GRIGSBY, Colonel.
Washington, D. C., May 8, 1898.
Captain J. H. Culver:
Have just advised Colonel Grigsby to appoint you Captain, and
such other officers as you recommend.
G. D. MEIKLEJOHN,
Assistant Secretary of War.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 9, 1898.
J. H. Culver:
Sent commissions for yourself and lieutenants by General Gage.
Was advised by Meiklejohn.
GRIGSBY.
Milford, May 10, 1898.
General P. H. Berry, Adjutant General:
Having received orders from the Secretary of War to enlist a
troop for the Third United States Cavalry, I have proceeded to do
so, and the members of Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, are now
duly enlisted in the United States service.
J. H. CULVER.
Lincoln, Neb., May 10, 1898.
J. H. Culver:
You are directed to hold your command in readiness to move at
once to Camp Alvin Saunders on receipt of orders.
P. H. BERRY.
On the morning of May 12 I received the following extract of Special Order No. 31 from state headquarters, dated
May 11:
Captain J. H. Culver, commanding Troop A, Cavalry, N. N. G., is
hereby directed to move his command to Camp Alvin Saunders, Lincoln, Neb., for the purpose of inspection and muster into the United
States service on Thursday, May 12, 1898.
P. H. BERRY, Adjutant General.




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Just prior to the receipt of the last telegram I received a
telephone message from General Holcomb, asking my presence in the Capitol. I drove in a private conveyance to
Lincoln and reported to the governor late that night, meeting him in his office. He informed me that he desired to
have a change made in the commissioned officers of the troop.
I informed him that my Lieutenants had been raised from
the ranks, passing through the successive grades to the positions they now occupied; that I had confidence in them and
therefore objected to any change being made. He insisted,
but no conclusion was reached, and I left for Milford. Arriving there I found a letter that had been received by a
citizen of Milford from Adjutant General Barry, which
had been made public, to the effect that I had no authority
to convene the troop. This, with the aid of troublesome
parties, made some dissatisfaction in the troop. I had permitted a large number of the troop to visit their homes,
where they were when I received the first telegram from the
Adjutant General to hold my command in readiness. I
therefore sent out orders in every direction to assemble the
troop as speedily as possible and marched overland to Camp
Saunders.
The original troop membership was forty-two, but having
enlisted the additional number required, it left a larger part
of the command dismounted,. and no transportation being
furnished, the march was therefore gauged as if all were
dismounted in order to keep the command intact. Reported
to the Adjutant General in camp at 3 p. m. on May 13, 1898;
went into camp; and all of the members being examined by
the attending surgeons, the troop was mustered into the
United States service May 14, 1899.
Up to the time of our arrival in camp the troop had been
subsisted, and forage furnished, at my personal expense.
Remaining in Camp Saunders until lMay 20, I was ordered to move my command by special train to Chickamauga
Park, Ga., having been assigned the letter "K" in the Third
Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry. We left Lincoln over the M. P. at 6 p. m. on that date, going east to
Weeping Water, thence southeast to Kansas City, thence
east to St. Louis, thence south over the Louisville, Nashville & Chattanooga, arriving at that place the evening of
the 22d, and there awaited the arrival of Colonel Grigsby.
Reporting to that officer, I was moved over the road leading
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first troop of the regiment to report. We were ordered to
camp in the timber on the east side of the La Fayette road,
one mile from Lythe Station, going into camp on May 23d.
By the 1st of June all of the troops of the regiment had
arrived and the regiment organization was completed.
Troop K was assigned to the right of the First Squadron,
and the command was splendidly mounted and equipped and
commenced the active duties of camp life, drill and discipline.
On the 30th day of July, 1898, the regiment broke camp
and moved to Brotherton Field, on the west side of the La
Fayette road, at the junction of the road leading west from
the Dyer House, and went into camp on the open ground,
which proved to be more healthful. At the time of moving
the camp quite a number of the regiment were sick with the
measles and some cases of typhoid and malarial fever had
developed.
The drill of the troop, squadron and regiment was continued through the months of July and August, at the end
of which time the regiment was well equipped for active
service. A practice march in heavy marching order was
made on the 14th day of August, to Rignold and return.
On the 1st day of September orders were received for the
muster-out of the regiment,which was proceeded with until all
troops of the regiment had been mustered out of the service,
Troop K being the last, being mustered out on the 11th day
of September, 1898. Good discipline was maintained to the
last and the troop was moved into Chattanooga and mustered
out at the Custom House, receiving the commendation of
Major Baldwin, mustering officer, and Major Wilkinson remarked as the last name was called, "This troop was the
most orderly and paid the greatest respect to its officers of
any company in the Park." The troop was then disbanded
and the members went to their homes, disappointed in not
having seen more active service, but with the satisfaction of
having performed all the duties assigned them.
I desire to express my gratitude to Senator Thurston,
Congressman Stark, Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn,
and General James D. Gage, for their assistance in securing
recognition for the troop and the final mustering into the
United States service.
I cannot too highly compliment Lieutenants Kinney and
Culver and the non-commissioned officers of the troop, and
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rendered the organization in the equipments and drill of the
troop, as well as the members of the troop generally for the
good discipline maintained.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN JACOB H. CULVER.
Captain Jacob H. Culver was born in Mercer County,
Ohio, June 19, 1845; moved with his parents to Sheboygan
Falls, Wis., in 1847; attended the district schools until he
was sixteeen years of age, when he enlisted in Company K,
First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry as a drummer September 17, 1861; served as such until October 8, 1862, and during the battle of Perryville, Ky., the right marker was killed
and he abandoned the drum for the flag, which he carried
through all of the successive campaigns and battles of the
Army of the Cumberland. Returning home at the close of
the war, he attended the State University of Wisconsin,
passing through the military department of that institution;
then removed to Milford, Neb., where he still resides. He
has been engaged in newspaper editorial work, the flour
milling business and stock raising. He is accredited with
securing all of the public enterprises at Milford for the
town. He served in various positions of honor and trust
in the Grand Army of the Republic, including that of Department Commander. July 22, 1887, he organized Troop
A, Nebraska National Guard, by which organization he was
elected successively as Captain, and kept up the organization
until May 14, 1898, when the troop was mustered into the
United States service and became Troop K of the Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, and he was commissioned
Captain of same, being mustered out September 11, 1898.
Returning home to his stock business at Milford, he secured
the permanent establishment of the Soldiers' Home at Milford through an act of the legislature. On July 8, 1899,
he was appointed Captain and commissioned in the Thirtysecond Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, now
en route to the Philippines. He is well known in Nebraska.
FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM S. KINNEY.
William S. Kinney was born in Belmont County, Ohio,
November 7, 1868. In 1872 he came West with his parents, who settled in Seward County, Nebraska. Here young




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Kinney attended the public schools and spent his boyhood
days in the saddle on the Nebraska plains as a cowboy. He
soon became an expert horseman and rifle shot. His early
experience especially fitted him for the position he afterwards occupied in Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment. Having
an early military inclination, he enlisted in 1887 in Troop
A, Nebraska National Guard, and served in the cavalry
branch of the state for eleven vears, participating with his
troop in all the state encampmcnts, practice marches and in
the Indian campaign of 1890-91. He served in all the vatious grades from private to First Lieutenant, which latter
position he occupied when the troop was mustered into the
United States service on May 14, 1.898, and in which position he served during the entire time the troop was in the
volunteer service. After muster-out September 11, 1898,
lie returned to Milford and was instrumental in the organization, or rather re-organization of Troop A, of which organization he was elected Captain, a position he still holds.
SECOND LIEUTENANT ELWIN E. CULVER.
Elwin E. Culver was born January 1, 1875, at Milford,
Neb., enlisted July 3, 1888, in Troop A, Nebraska National
Guard, at the age of thirteen, as Trumpeter; served three
years as such, then re-enlisted as private; promoted to corporal the following year and then to First Sergeant, serving
as such for five years; elected Second Lieutenant in 1897;
commissioned as Second Lieutenant by the President May
13, 1898, in the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and
assigned to Troop K of that regiment. He was serving with
Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, when called out in the
Sioux Indian war in 1891, participating in the various
marches and encampments of that noted troop in the ten
years of service; attended the State University of Nebraska,
taking a military course in the institution; commanded
Troop K at Chickamauga while his father was in command
of the First Squadron, the First Lieutenant being sick much
of the time and absent on furlough while the troop was in
service; returned home after being mustered out of the service and took charge of his father's stock business, where he
showed considerable tact and business sagacity in handling
quite an extensive enterprise.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM D. SMITH.
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QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT SIMON CAMERON.
Simon Cameron is an attorney at law by profession and
enjoys a lucrative practice, not only at his home in Broken
Bow, Neb., but in the entire state. However, when war was
declared he did not hesitate a moment, but closed his office
and hastened to Milford to answer his country's call for volunteers. Having had considerable experience in the saddle,
he enlisted as a private in Troop K, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, and passed rapidly through the grades
of Corporal and Sergeant, and the beginning of June found
him at Camp Thomas in the responsible position of Troop
Quartermaster Sergeant, in which position he served until
muster-out, after which he returned to Broken Bow and his
law practice. He is senior partner of the law firm of Cameron & Reese.
SERGEANT GEORGE A. EBERLY.
George Agler Eberly, born at Fort Wayne, Ind., February
9, 1871; removed with his parents to Stanton County, Nebraska, in 1873; graduated from Stanton high school as valedictorian of class of 1888; from law department of University
of Michigan as LL. B. in 1892, and as M. L. and president of
class in 1893; commenced practice of law in Stanton, Neb.,
1894; mustered with Troop K, as Sergeant, May 14, 1898,
and discharged as such at Chattanooga, Tenn., September
11, 1898, by muster-out of regiment. Elected county attorney on return home; married August 2, 1899.
CORPORAL HARLEY E. BROMWELL.
Corporal Harley E. Bromwell, eldest son of William H.
Bromwell, who was a veteran of the civil war, grew to manhood in Seward County, Neb., then spent three years in
Colorado teaching school and doing ranch work for the Prairie Cattle Company, of Trinidad, Col. He entered the
ministry in the M. E. church in 1896 and became a student
in the Nebraska Wesleyan University; enrolled in Troop K,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 10, 1898; was
mustered out of service September 8, 1898; was never sick
a day, and was on duty all that time.
CORPORAL SAMUEL E. RAYMOND.
Samuel E. Raymond was born in Chicago, Ill., November
25, 1878, and when quite young moved with his parents to
Colorado. Later he removed to Nebraska with his parents, where young Raymond was educated in the public




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schools, graduating from the high school at Utica in 1897.
When war was declared he at once enlisted in Troop A,
Nebraska National Guard, which afterward became Troop
K, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at Milford, Neb.
While on the march from Milford to Camp Saunders, Lincoln, Neb., his horse fell with him and fractured Raymond's
ankle, which disabled him for a long time, as it required
him to walk on crutches. As soon as possible he reported
for duty and served with the troop until muster-out. After
discharge he went to Denver, Col., where he is now employed
as clerk in the large wholesale house of the C. S. Morey
Mercantile Company.
CORPORAL SEYMOUR S. SIDNER.
Seymour S. Sidner was the junior Corporal of Troop K,
in point of rank; however, in age he was closely matched with
Corporal Raymond and several other non-commissioned officers in the troop, and in point of experience was not behind
any of the others. He enlisted in Troop A at the first murrmur of war, and was mustered into the volunteer service with
that organization when it became Troop K, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry. He remained at Camp Thomas
during his entire service, and after discharge returned to
Fremont, Neb., where he now resides, as a member of the
firm of Courtright & Sidner, attorneys at law.
TRUMPETER FREDERICK D. CULVER.
Trumpeter Frederick D. Culver imbibed the military
spirit from his father and brothers, and when but a small
boy joined Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, commanded
by his father.  Young Fred went to war with his father and
three brothers, in the same troop, and did his duty manfully
and well. He was detailed as cornet player in the regimental band on August 1, and served with the band during
the rest of his service. Ile re-enlisted in the Thirty-second
United States Volunteer Infantry under his father, with
whom he is now doing duty in the Philippine Islands.
TRUMPETER CLARENCE C. COLBY.
Clarence C. Colby was born in New York City, March 6,
1882, and moved to Nebraska three years thereafter;
adopted son of Brigadier General L. W. Colby; enlisted in
Lincoln, Neb., May 14, 1898, as Trumpeter; served with the
regiment till August, 1898, when he was assigned by order




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of General Breckinridge, commanding Camp George H.
Thomas at Chickamauga Park, Ga., as Brigade Trumpeter
and Mounted Orderly to Brigadier General Colby; afterward by special orders No. 282, A. G. 0., was transferred
as first-class private to United States Volunteer Signal
Corps, to date September 7, 1898, and assigned to the Seventeenth Signal Company at Anniston, Ala.; on December
22 was ordered by Captain A. W. Yancey, commanding signal station, to report for detached duty in charge of telephone
and other special service at headquarters Second Brigade,
Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, commanded by Brigadier General L. W. Colby; honorably discharged February 6, 1899, with record of service, honest and faithful.
Residence, Beatrice, Neb.
PRIVATE REUBEN L. BOWEN.
Reuben L. Bowen was born in Forest City, Mo., October
7, 1858. In 1887 he came to Milford, Neb., where his home
has been ever since. He enlisted in Troop K, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry May 10, 1898. He was highly
respected in the troop and the entire regiment on account
of his common sense, his kindness of heart and his unselfish
devotion to the sick. He was mustered out with the troop
at Chickamauga, after which he returned to Milford, where
he is now engaged in the carpenter business.
PRIVATE JOHN 0. BERKLEY.
John O. Berkley, of Troop K, was probably known to
every man in the regiment, perhaps not by name, but from
being the mail carrier during the first two months in camp.
Every one of the thousand men in camp looked for his coming and had him execute some commission for them at Lytle.
Berkley was a man who easily adapted himself to any situation, having been superintendent of schools in Nebraska for
years, where he was in command; but he uncomplainingly
placed himself under the command of even the lowest corporal, and obeyed his orders, too, unhesitatingly and without
complaint. He was a good soldier. No better or more fitting compliment could be applied to a military man. About
the beginning of August Berkley was transferred to the
United States Signal Corps, by order of the Honorable Secretary of War, and served with that branch in Porto Rico
under Captain Glassford, who was General Brooke's Chief
Signal officer. While in Porto Rico, Berkley was on detached service for ten days for the purpose of investigating
the public school system of the island, and visited every town
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PRIVATE IVER S. JOHNSON.
Iver S. Johnson was born May 17, 1880, in Stanton
County, Nebraska, of Norwegian parentage. He was educated in the public schools and was a student in the Stanton
high school when the Spanish war broke, out. He at once
left his studies and enlisted in Troop K, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, and served creditably with his troop until muster-out, after which he returned to Nebraska and took
up his interrupted studies.
PRIVATE ROBERT PORTER.
Robert Porter was born in Morgan County, Ohio, October
28, 1867; enlisted in Troop K, Grigsby's Cowboy's at Milford, Neb., May 12, 1898; discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 11, by muster-out of regiment. He grew up to
manhood in the Elkhorn valley, in Northern Nebraska, to
which he removed with his parents in 1869. His boyhood
days were spent in the saddle as herder and as rider of race
horses. He is the son and a grandson of soldiers, and is
himself a soldier in all the term implies.


ROSTER OF TROOP K, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVLARY.


Name and Rank.


Occupation.


Address.


Captain:
t*Jacob H. Culver..... US. Army......
First Lieutenant:
t*William  S. Kinney.... Farmer.........
Second Lieutenant:
*Elwin E. Culver....... U. S. Army......
First Sergeant:
tWilliam D. Smith..... Publisher.......
Quartermaster Sergeant:
t*Simon Cameron....... Lawyer........
Sergeants:
William E. Lynch...... Farmer........
Harry H. Culver...... Student.......
Clifford I. Funk...... Clerk...........
Frederick L. Berry.... Clerk..........
*George A. Eberly..... Lawyer.......
tClaude L. Abbott...... Cowboy........
Corporals:
James D. Morford..... Student........
Clinton C. Norris......Soldier.........
*Harley L. Bromwell.. Cowboy.........
tHerbert A. Forrester.. Cowboy........
James C. Henderson... Farmer........
tThomas A. Majors.... Cowboy........
*Samuel E. Raymond... Clerk........
t*Seymour S. Sidner... Student...
*+See foot note, Page 199.


Milford, Neb.


Milford, Neb.


Milford, Neb.


~ See remarks.


iBroken Bow, Neb.


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Milford, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb.
Milford, Neb.
Milford, Neb.
Stanton, Neb.
Crete, Neb.
Beaver Crossing, N.
Table Rock, Neb.
Milford, Neb.
Valentine, Neb.
Tamora, Neb.
Peru, Neb.
Denver, Colo.
Fremont, Neb.




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Name and Rank.


Occupation.


'Address.


Trumpeters:
*Frederick D. Culver...
*Clarence C. Colby.....
Blacksmith:
Chester D. Fisher.....
Farrier:
Harrison E. Foster....
Saddler:
Sherman W. Mason...
Wagoner:
George Hancock.......
Privates:
Ackels, Paul J........
Alley, Franc...........
Ashton, William L....
Atwood, Gilbert C.....
Auterson, John........
Baldwin, William S....
Beardsley, William S..
*Berkley, John 0......
Bohanan, Clarence L..
*Bowen, Reuben L......
Burner, Claude J......
Chizek, Rudolph C....
Clift, Charles E.......
tCowden, Thomas R...
Currans, James.......
Dewell, Robert J......
Elsner, Ernest H......
Gearhart, Roy H......
Given, Frederick A....
Gump, Arthur C......
Hageman, William....
Hawk, Judge M.......
Higbee, John N.......
Hiller, George E......
Huffman, Charles D...
Johnson, John D......
*Johnson, Iver S.......
Klinger, Otto M.......
Leger, Maurice N.....
Lowley, Earl..........
Lucas, Alvin W........
McCallister, Milton S..
tMcNichols, Claude D..
McNeil, Laren K......
McLaughlin, Walter...
Mahaffey, Ezra C......
Mason, Sherman W....
Middleton, John W....
Molton, Frederick A..
Mossbargar, Claude G.
Murphey, George H...
Murphey, John K......
Murphey, Harry L.....
Murphey, Clarence W.
Noyes, Alexander......
Nye, Cornelius........


Soldier.........
Student.........
Blacksmith.....


Milford, Neb.
Beatrice, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb.


Veterinary..... Seward, Neb.
Saddler......... Stanton, Neb.
Farmer......... Milford, Neb.
Cowboy......... Stanton, Neb.
Student........ Lincoln, Neb.
Cowboy......... Seward, Neb.
Cowboy......... Milford, Neb.
Artist.......... Lincoln, Neb.
Farmer......... Milford, Neb.
Clerk......... AMilford, Neb.
Teacher........ Lincoln, Neb.
Soldier......... Lincoln, Neb.
Carpenter....... Milford, Neb.
Cowboy......... Stanton, Neb.
Railroadman..... Lincoln, Neb.
Cowboy......... Stanton, Neb.
Cowboy......... See remarks.
Stockman.......Tamora, Neb.
Cowboy......... iFremont, Neb.
Clerk...........Arlington, Neb.
Student........ Lincoln, Neb.
Student......... Wymore, Neb.
Clerk.......... Pleasant Dale. Neb.
Cowboy........ Pleasant Dale, Neb.
Student......... Crete, Neb.
Student......... Crete, Neb.
Farmer......... Seward, Neb.
Cowboy......... Tamora, Neb.
Cowboy.........Cordova, Neb.
Student......... Stanton, Neb.
Cowboy........ Seward, Neb.
Clerk........... Milford, Neb.
Cowboy........ Seward, Neb.
Student......... Stanton, Neb.
Cowboy......... Gohner, Neb.
Clerk.......... See remarks.
Farmer......... Utica, Neb.
Farmer......... Milford, Neb.
Cowboy.........Seward, Neb.
Clerk.......... Stanton, Neb.
Cowboy........ Beaver Cross'g, Neb.
Cowboy.........Tamora, Neb.
Cowboy......... Stanton, Neb.
Cowboy......... Utica, Neb.
Student......... Lincoln, Neb.
Farmer......... Utica, Neb.
Clerk.......... Lincoln, Neb.
Cowboy......... Tamora, Neb.
Clerk...........Lincoln, Neb.


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Name and Rank.
Privates:
Oliver, Joseph A......
Page, Edward........
Perdue, Curtis........
*Porter, Robert.......
tPowell, Willis M......
Rhine, Madison........
Robinson, Frederick..
Rumsey, John W......
Schutz, Henry C......
Schutz, Gottlob........
Virgin, David T.......
Wallace, James P.....
Wehrs, Henry........
Woods, Lewis A.......


Occupation.         Address.
Cowboy......... Utica, Neb.
Farmer........ Stanton, Neb.
Farmer......... Beaver Cross'g, Neb.
Stockman...... Stanton, Neb.
Stockman....... See remarks.
Cowboy......... Crete, Neb.
Cowboy......... Crete, Neb.
Clerk........... Beaver Cross'g, Neb.
Farmer......... Beaver Cross'g, Neb.
Student......... Lncoln, Neb.
Cowboy......... Utica, Neb.
Farmer......... Beaver Cross'g, Neb.
Stockman....... Lincoln, Neb.
Clerk........... Lincoln, Neb.


*See Biographies, this troop.
+See Changes, A Iterations and Remarks, this troop.
ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Captain Jacob H. Culver; commissioned Captain Company K, Thirty-second United States Volunteer Infantry, 1898, and is now
serving with his company in the Philippine Islands.
First Lieutenant William  S. Kinney; was on twenty days' sick
leave from disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty,
1898. Since muster-out has been commissioned as Captain Troop
A of Cavalry, Nebraska National Guard.
First Sergeant William D. Smith; died of typhoid fever at Milford,
Neb., September 27, 1898, contracted at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga. Interred in Blue Mound Cemetery, Milford,
Neb. (See chapter 26.)
Quartermaster Sergeant Simon Cameron; originally mustered in
with the troop as Private, appointed Corporal and Sergeant, per
General Orders No. -, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.  Appointed Troop Quartermaster Sergeant, per
troop orders.
Sergeant Clarence C. Culver; originally enrolled and mustered in
as Quartermaster Sergeant Troop K, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant,
per General Orders No. 5, Headquarters Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, May 31, 1898. Is at present in the Quartermaster's Department at Manila, P. I. (For biography see Quartermaster's Department.)
Sergeant Claude L. Abbott; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Corporal same troop, promoted to Sergeant, per General Orders,
Headquarters Third United States volunteer Cavalry.
Corporal Herbert A. Forrester; originally enrolled and mustered in
as Private, promoted Corporal same troop, May, 1898, per General
Orders, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Corporal Thomas A. Majors; originally enrolled and mustered in
as Private, promoted Corporal same troop, May. 1898, per General Orders No. -, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Farrier Harrison E. Foster; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Private and appointed Farrier same troop, May, 1898, per Troop
Orders.




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Corporal Seymour S. Sidner; originally enrolled and mustered in
as Private, promoted to Corporal same troop, May, 1898, per General Orders No. -; Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Private Claude D. McNichols; died in Sternberg Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., August 26, 1898, of typhoid
fever. Is interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
(See Chapter XXVI.)
Private Willis M. Powell; died in Leiter Hospital, Camp Thomas,
Chickamauga Park, Ga., August 6, 1898, of typhoid fever. Is
interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. (See Chapter XXV1.)
Private Thomas R. Cowden; died at Lincoln, Neb., of disabilities
contracted in service since discharge. (See Chapter XXVI.)


Professional sole
Farmers........
Publishers.....
Lawyers......
Students.......
Clerks.........
Cowboys.......
Blacksmiths..
Veterinarians..


RECAPITULATION-TROOP K.
OCCUPATIONS.
liers.......  5   Saddlers..............................  13  Artists...............................   1   Teachers.............................   2   Carpenters...........................  13   Railroadmen.........................  13   Stockmen............................  27...........   1     Total..................


1
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RESIDENCES.


Milford, Neb...............
Lincoln, Neb...............
Cordova, Neb.............
Crete, Neb.................
Beaver Crossing, Neb......
Table Rock, Neb...........
Valentine, Neb.............
Tamora, Neb...............
Peru, Neb................
Denver, Col................
Fremont, Neb..............
Beatrice, Neb..............
Seward, Neb...............


15
14
1
5
6
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
6


Arlington, Neb............    1
Wymore, Neb..............      1
Pleasant Dale, Neb.........    2
Gohner, Neb...............    1
Utica.....................    5
Broken Bow, Neb..........      1
Stanton, Neb............... 11
Total................   81
Dead......................    4
Aggregate............... 85




THE SECOND SQUADRON
THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
(THE INTER-DAKOTA SQUADRON)
Troops B, E, G and H.
MAJOR ROBERT W. STEWART,
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Xowhllere il the world can be found a finer specimen of
physical manhood, a better shot or more accomplished horseman than the American cowboy; nowhere in the United
States can be fonnd a better specimen of that same cowboy or
a nore loyal and patriotic citizen than is represented in the
cowboy from the ranges of the country tributary to Pierre,
S. ).
When war between the United States and Spain was declared the offers of enlistment made by the cowboys in the
vicinity of Pierre were only limited by the quota allowed to
be enlisted.
These men who had roughed it for years upon the plains,
encountering all manner of hardship and exposure, were
ideal men for the cavalry service.  They were just the men
to stand the )physical d(eman(ls a campaign in Cuba would
make upon the volunteer. It was thought, however, that
they would not be as easily led or commanded as were men
accustomed to the discipline of the workshop or factory, and
consequently required a master hand to make them compliant to the many irksome restrictions which military laws,
rules, regulations and customs impose upon the man who has
been accustomed to absolute freedom of thought and action.
No class of men can be more easily handled or more suecessfully commanded than the cowboy when he recognizes
in his commander a broad-minded, fair, impartial, courageous man; none harder to control if discriminated against or
domineered over.  Fully cognizant of the requirments necessary in a leader of such men, Colonel Grigsby unhesitatingly placed his choice upon Robert W. Stewart, of Pierre.
Stewart, although not a cowboy, but a lawyer who had spent
the days since his graduation among these stalwart sons of
the plains, himself tall and athletic, a fine shot and en expert horseman, possessing a personal magnetism that readily
attracts and holds his immense circle of friends, was an ideal
leader of the men he was selected to command. This selection was unanimously indorsed by all.  There was not a man
among them who was not acquainted with "Count Robert,"
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Stewart's adaptability and attention to detail soon brought
his troop (E), and incidently himself, prominently into the
notice of the regimental commander, who saw in the man he
had selected for a troop commander the most promising material for a squadron commander, which resulted in the selection of Stewart as Major of the Second squadron on May
18, 1899.
Stewart was succeeded in commnand of Troop E by that
tried and true soldier and frontiersman, Joseph B. Binder.
Binder had served in the regular establishment for a period
of five years, and for many years had been engaged in cattle-raising and ranching in South Dakota. He was ably
seeonlded bly First Lieutenant John AV. TLaughlin, a horseman and cowboy known from the "Jim" river to the "Forks
of the Cheyenne," and by Second Lieutenant Lowell G. Fuller, of Huron, who had several years service in the regular
army to his credit.
Inasmuch as Stewart was still with the command, his loss
was not a severe one to his former troopers. His relationship was merely changed from troop to squadron commander.
In Binder, Laughlin and Fuller he had comrades and coworkers upon whom he could rely to have his original policy
in regard to the troop carried out.
When the command reached the temporary rendezvous at
Sioux Falls, and were joined by 13, under that veteran cowboy, ranger and Indian fighter, Captain "Jack" Foster, Lieutenant George Grigsby and Second Lieutenant "Jack"
'Wright, the impossibilities of achievement of this commnand
were naught.
At Chickamauga Park, Troop G, under that well known
national guardsman of North Dakota, Charles E. Gregory,
First Lieutenant Newton A. Way, for ten years one of the
most expert rifle shots of the regular army, and Second Lieutenant Dana Burkholder, also of the regular establishment,
and a troop made up of the cream of horsemen of North Dakota, and Troop H, under George A. Nugent, but recently
graduated from West Point, but who has the blood of a long
line of Western pioneers and frontiersmen coursing through
his veins, with his two able Lieutenants, Charles E. Stowers
and Albert E. Sunderhauf, and his troop of matchless "Red
river valley boys" were added to the squadron, it made an
aggregation of fighting talent equaled by few and excelled by
none.
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ing after drill he would assemble his officers, and together
they would discuss the merits and demerits of the morning's
work and formulate plans for the future. This assembly,
or school, as it was termed, was a feature of squadron work
On one side were arrayed those who had seen fighting and
campaigning. They were known as "Beans and Bullets."
On the other, those who had merely a technical knowledge
of the science of war, and they were called "The Schoolmasters."  Between these two sides there was a mutual interchange of knowledge that was most beneficial, and soon made
them all thorough and competent officers.
On August 8, 1898, Major Stewart was confined to quarters with an attack of typhoid fever, and was later transferred to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago for treatment,
reporting for duty September 1, having been granted twenty-five days sick leave, per Special Order No. 75, Headquarters Camp Thomas. In the meantime both Captains Foster
and Binder commanded the squadron at times. The squadron was mustered out with the regiment on September 8,
1898.
The Second squadron was likened to a large family. The
officers and men had the most absolute confidence in each
other and entertained the kindest of feelings of mutual respect and admiration. Their service drew them together
with bonds stronger than steel into a matchless friendship
which is destined to exist to the grave.
The record of Headquarters of the Second squadron is not
complete without a mention of "Clarence," the negro servant. Clarence was the only name he had, which was abbreviated to "Klance" by the other darkies who had employment in the regiment. He was what was known as a
"bruiser," and scarcely a day passed that did not find
Klance in the ring competing for fistic honors with the ebonyhued representative of some other squadron. As a consequence many complaints were brought to Major Stewart,
who spent no little time in keeping Klance's affairs of
honor straightened out. Clarence had a very queer and
rather loose idea of ownership of property. No matter what
he found-and he was always finding something-or where
he found it, he was wont to remark: 'I'se gwine ter beliebe
dis 'longs ter Majer Bob twell someone shows me deffent." As a result, as soon as anything was missed in the
squadron, the first place searched was Major Stewart's tent,
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away by Klance.   The Major labored with his man to
point out to him the errors of his way, but with little result. The last seen of Clarence he was stealing a ride on a
freight train-"the ruling passion strong in death."
MAJOR ROBERT W. STEWART.
Major Robert Wright Stewart was born in Cedar Rapids,
Linn County, Iowa, March 11, 1866. His father was a wagon
manufacturer at Cedar Rapids, and was one of the pioneers of the state. At an early age Miajor Stewart entered
the public schools at Cedar Rapids and graduated from
the high school, and also from Coe college, located at the
same place. He next went to Yale college and graduated
third in his class and took the Townsend prize for oratory
in the law school. He came to South Dokota in November,
1889, settling at Pierre, the capital, where since that time
he has pursued the avocation of lawyer, being a member of
the firm of Horner & Stewart. He held the office of state's
attorney of Hughes County, South Dakota, for a term of two
years. In 1893 he was appointed supreme court reporter
of the state, which position he still holds. He has been
counsel in some of the most noted cases in South Dakota,
among which may be mentioned the "Taylor defalcation," the
"famous election cases of 1890," and the famous cases of the
State of South Dakota against Auditor Mayhew and Insurance Commissioners Hipple and Kipp, and represented the
Regents of Education in the quo warranto proceedings
brought against them. He is at present State Senator from
the Twenty-fourth Senatorial district of South Dakota, comprising Hughes and Sully counties. He was commissioned
Captain of Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
May 2, 1898, and Major of the same regiment May 18, 1898.
Upon the mustering out of the regiment he returned to his
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CHAPTER XVII.
TROOP B, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.
Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, was organized at Sioux Falls, S. D. From the time the "Maine"
was blown up in the harbor of Havana until war was officially declared, on April 21, 1898, war talk ran high and
patriotism had full sway in Sioux Falls, as elsewhere. Many
of the young men joined their first love-Company B, First
South Dakota National Guard-while others wanted to get
into a cavalry organization, because it appeared that the cavalry branch had a better chance of getting to Cuba, then the
main seat of war. All kinds of rumors were coming from
Washington, where Attorney General Grigsby had gone to
advocate his Cowboy scheme. When the organization of the
Cowboy Regiment became an assured fact, applications began to flow in fast and thick to George Grigsby, who had in
the meantime opened a recruiting office in the Hollister block.
On the morning of May 2, 1898, General Grigsby arrived at
home from Washington with his commission to organize, and
with him came John N. Wright, who had been in Washington acting as stenographer for Senator James E. Kyle. The
actual work of organizing began at once.  Otto L. Sues
was commissioned as Captain, to organize Troop B, and he
set to work at once, ably assisted by George Grigsby and
John N. Wright. Sergeant Peter Gardner, who had seen
service in the Eighth United States Cavalry, was detailed
as Drill Sergeant, assisted by Sergeants Woods, Hicks and
James. As early as the morning of the 7th of May, just
five days after actual recruiting began, Sergeant Gardner
had a squad of forty-two men at drill, while another squad,
equally as large, was going through the preliminary examination.  In the meantime John Foster had wired from
Chamberlain that he could fill an entire troop with genuine
cowboys from the ranges around that place at twenty-four
hours' notice, and requested that a vacancy be left in the
troop for him for at least fifteen men. Justice demanded
that this request be complied with, which was done. Flandreau had sent in its delegation under Clark D. Sanders, a
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pose, as near as possible, to divide the membership of the
troop among the towns in the eastern part of the state. The
weeding out was proceeding under Doctors Roselle, of Alexandria, and Keller, of Sioux Falls, and a great many men,
at least 45 per cent, were rejected as unfit for the cavalry
service.
On the 10th, Foster arrived with his Missouri River Cowboys, and the membership of the troop was completed. Two
days were spent in preparation of the muster rolls and final
medical examination, which latter was under charge of Dr.
Frederick H. Files, of Sioux Falls.
In the meantime it became necessary to change the plans
in regard to Regimental Adjutant, and Captain Sues was
requested by the regimental commander to assume that position. This left a vacancy for Captain in Troop B. John
Foster, having been for years in charge of a large ranch and
in command of cowboys, wherein he had displayed marvelous tact and adaptability in properly enforcing discipline,
besides being highly recommended by the entire Chamberlain delegation, was chosen Captain, with George Grigsby
and John N. Wright as his First and Second Lieutenants,
respectively.
On May 12, 1898, everything was in readiness for muster-in of the troop. Lieutenant Ely, Twenty-second United
States Infantry, had been appointed mustering officer for the
regiment at Sioux Falls, S. D., and to his efforts was due the
perfect arrangement prevailing at muster-in. At twentyfive minutes after ten on the night of the 12th of May, in the
fitful light of a few candles and lanterns, the troop was drawn
in line, the roll called, and, taking the oath of allegiance,
they became a part of the army of the United States.
The official records show this to be the first military organization to have been mustered into the service in South Dakota in the Spanish-American war, and the first troop in the
regiment, although Troops A, C and D, through an error in
their muster rolls, have evidently been thus deprived of this
honor.
The troop was assigned to the Second squadron on May
17, and on the 19th left, under command of Major Stewart,
for Chickamauga Park, Ga., where the troop was engaged
in routine camp duty until muster-out September 8, 1898.
The selection of the officers proved to be a very wise one,
all demonstrating their fitness and adaptability. Captain
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on duty with his troop, and in addition commanded the Second squadron, off and on, for over a month. HIe was a little
brusque of manner, but was kindness and bravery personified. His worth would have been more thoroughly appreciated had the opportunity presented itself to get into action.
Both Lieutenants Grigsby and Wright proved themselves
good officers, and efficient. First Sergeant Kelsey was unfortunate in that he became ill, even before the troop left
Sioux Falls. He practically did not recover during his entire service, and thus the conspicuous service his education
and talent gave promise of was never realized.
The troop had the highest percentage at target practice
by 4 per cent., which reflects credit upon its members. In
this connection an unfortunate accident occurred for which
no real blame can be lodged: Private Grimes, at mounted
revolver practice, was riding a rather fractious horse. He
approached the firing place at "raise pistol," full cock, and
his horse, already excited by the previous firing, jumped
just as Grimes was about to fire, which threw the muzzle
of the revolver down and discharged the same. The bullet
passed through the horse behind the right shoulder, from
which he died almost immediately.
B.IOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN JOHN FOSTER.
Captain John Foster was born in Gonzales County, Texas,
December 2, 1855, in which county he resided until he was
18 years of age. He received a common school education and
early took a fancy to the saddle and rough life of the cowboy. At 18 he left Texas with a large herd of cattle for
the Kansas City market. The trail lay through the Indian
Territory and western Kansas. At that time the territory
was about as wild a strip of country as can be well imagined,
and such property as a large drove of cattle required constant
vigilance and considerable bravery to get through safe. After
~ leaving Kansas City, Foster drifted through Utah and Wyo-: ming, and finally landed in Montana, where he was engaged
in mining and prospecting until 1876. In the fall of 1876
he came down the Missouri river to Bismarck, D. T., and
entered the employ of the Northwestern Stage and Transportation Company, then operating a line of stages and
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The scenes in and around Deadwood in early days are
familiar to almost everyone, and in these the life of Captain
Foster formed quite an interesting chapter. In 1879 he
took up his residence in Deadwood, and for two years mined
and prospected there. In 1881 he crossed the reservation
and came to Chamberlain, then just being settled. He remained in the vicinity of this city from that time to muster-in
in 1898. For nine years Captain Foster was city marshal
of Chamberlain, when the office required coolness and nerve
to deal with the cowboys from "across the river," and for
four years he was Deputy United States Marshal under Marshal Dan Maratta. Like all frontiersmen, Captain Foster
was engaged in a number of Indian skirmishes and engagements with cattle rustlers and horse thieves. At the time
of muster-in, and for a number of years previous thereto,
Captain Foster had been in Lyman County, South Dakota,
in charge of the ranch of the Iowa and Dakota Bank of
Chamberlain, S. D.
FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE B. GRIGSBY.
Lieutenant George B. Grigsby was born in Sioux Falls,
S. D., December 2, 1874. His childhood was spent in Sioux
Falls, where he also attended the public schools. Later he
entered the State University at Vermillion, S. D., and graduated with high honors. His father early inspired him with
the spirit of patriotism and love of country, which had its
result in Lieutenant Grigsby volunteering at the first murmur of war. Early in April, 1898, he enlisted in Company
B, First South Dakota National Guard, under Captain
Alonzo B. Sessions, at Sioux Falls, and was soon promoted
to the rank of Sergeant. However, when his father, Colonel
Melvin Grigsby, was authorized to organize the Cowboy regiment, Sergeant Grigsby applied for and obtained his discharge from the South Dakota National Guard in order
that he might enlist at the recruiting of the Third Cavalry.
Lieutenant Grigsby rendered excellent service in recruiting
Troop B, of which troop he was mustered in as First Lieutenant on May 12, 1898.
On July 8, 1898, Lieutenant Grigsby was appoined Aidede-Camp on the staff of his father, Colonel Melvin Grigsby,
then commanding the First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps. In
this capacity Lieutenant Grigsby served until muster-out, doing duty with his troop whenever his turn came. It can be said
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most popular officers in the regiment. Lieutenant Grigsby
is a lawyer by profession and since service has been a member of the firm of Putney & Grigsby, Chicago, Ill.
SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN N. WRIGHT.
Lieutenant John N. Wright, or "Jack" Wright, as he
was affectionately called bv his brother officers, was born
in a military atmosphere. His father was an officer of the
regular establishment, and from early life "Jack" imbibed a
military liking. He was born in Logansport, Ind., September 27, 1870, and educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D. C., and at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., as a civil engineer. For two years
he practiced his profession, and then entered the United
States Senate, in 1892, as stenographer, remaining there
until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, when he
resigned to accept commission as Second Lieutenant in Troop
B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. In the recruiting and organization of this troop he assisted materially. He
was mustered in with his troop May 12, 1898. He was Acting Commissary of Subsistence and Acting Adjutant of the
Second squadron on the trip from Sioux Falls to Camp
Thomas, Ga.; Acting Regimental Commissary Officer until
July 10, when relieved to act as Regimental Adjutant, August 10 to August 22, 1898, during the absence of the Regimental Adjutant on leave; mustered out with his troop September 8, 1898; appointed Second Lieutenant, Fourth
United States Volunteer Infantry, January 10, 1899, serving with his regiment-being attached to Company H-at
the most inland post in Cuba, Jiguani, Santiago Province;
returned with the regiment in May and mustered out June
8, 1899; appointed Second Lieutenant, Thirtieth United
States Volunteer Infantry, June 5, 1899; accepted commission June 15, 1899, and reported for duty at rendezvous
at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and acted as Regimental Adjutant
during the organization of that regiment; promoted to First
Lieutenant, Thirtieth United States Volunteer Infantry;
passed examination August 22 for Second Lieutenant, United
States Marine Corps, and passed fourth out of twenty-six,
fifteen of whom failed altogether; assigned as Assistant Recruiting Officer at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 13, 1899,
pending appointment in United States Marine Corps; resigned October 8, 1899, to accept commission as Second
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FIRST SERGEANT JOHN S. WELLS.
John S. Wells was born atFairbault, lMinn., March 17, 1877,
leaving there with his parents when but 3 years of age, and removed to the Crow Creek Indian Agency in South Dakota,
where he has lived ever since, with the exception of one year
at the Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minn., and two
years at the Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kan. His father,
Wallace Wells, is the proprietor of "The Elkhorn Ranch,"
and, as John was the oldest son, he was called upon to perform his part as a cowboy early in life. The members of the
Wells family are well known as scouts, guides and interpreters. James Wells, the grandfather of the subject of this
sketch, was the scout, guide and interpreter for General
Sully during his entire campaigning against the Sioux. Wallace Wells, the father of the sergeant, is now and has been,
the interpreter and guide at Crow Creek for many years.
Sergeant Wells was mustered in with Troop B, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, May 12, 1898, and was promoted
from Sergeant to First Sergeant August 6, 1898, in which
position he served until muster-out September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to the ranch at Crow Creek.
SERGEANT JAMES E. PATTEN.
James E. Patten was born in Cherry Valley, Ill., September 2, 1865, and removed with his parents to Crawford
County, Wisconsin, the following year, where he received his
education in the proverbial mud-plastered log school house.
In 1882 he took the notion that all young men have, to go
out and see what the rest of the world looked like, and
started in his sight-seeing by rafting railroad ties down the
Kickapoo river. lHe soon tired of this, however, and 1883
found him in the office of the Soldiers' Grove (Wisconsin)
Journal, which paper he edited from the spring of 1883 to
the spring of 1884, and then came west to South Dakota.
During 1884-5 he edited papers at Canova, Winfred and
Wentworth, S. D., and in the fall of 1885, after concluding
that a little more education would not come amiss, he entered
the state normal school at Madison, S. D. While there he published the Normal Topic, a school paper which had an extensive circulation in the school and in Madison, and which
was widely quoted on educational matters by the newspapers throughout the state. In 1887 he established the Salem
Special at Salem, S. D., of which paper he has been the
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ground in Madison and brought back with him a wife, in the
person of Miss Katie B. Moher. When the Spanish War
was declared and recruits were called for, Patten, being
anxious to serve his country, and concluding that it would
be very poor policy to preach patriotism through the columns
of his paper and not practice it when the opportunity offered,
turned over the editorial keys, pens, shears, etc., to his wife
and enlisted in Troop B, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered in as
Sergeant. On account of an injury contracted in the service
he was sent home on sick furlough August 25, and was not
discharged until long after the regiment was mustered out.
After service he returned to his sanctum at Salem, where he
nowv wields the pen and shears. He is associated with the
Adjutant General in the publication of this work.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT PETER GARDNER.
Peter Gardner was a professional soldier when he enlisted in Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
having served in the Eighth United States Cavalry, and was
well posted on military matters. "Sergeant Pete," as he was
familiarly called by the boys, was made Troop Quartermaster
Sergeant on account of his military knowledge, and acquitted
himself in a very creditable manner. He was usually selected for important details. After service, Sergeant Gardner returned to Sioux Falls, S. D., where he is now engaged
in the plumbing business.
SERGEANT PEARL R. KELSEY.
Sergeant Pearl R. Kelsey, who was mustered in as First
Sergeant of Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, had the misforture to contract a severe cold at Sioux
Falls during the days of recruiting, which settled on his
lungs, and from the effects of which he suffered during his
entire service. He was sick in hospital at Sioux Falls when
the troop went south, and after he rejoined it at Camp
Thomas he had a relapse, as a result of which he was sent
on sick furlough August 6, and was not mustered out with
the troop. At his own request, Sergeant Kelsey was reduced first from First Sergeant to Sergeant, and then to
private, in order to give some man the position who was
physically able to fill it.  Sergeant Kelsey is a bright
lawyer, who has a large practice at Mankato, Minn., and it
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possessed.
SERGEANT WALTER H. JAMES.
Sergeant Walter H. James served a number of years in
the English army in Africa and was well fitted for service
in the Cowboy Regiment. Although he had successfully
weathered the summers in Africa, he was unable to withstand
the ravages of a summer in Georgia, but was discharged
on surgeon's certificate of disability August 15, 1898.
SERGEANT JOHN H. KIPP.
(For Biography, see Chapter VIII.)
CORPORAL JACOB A. PRICHARD.
Jacob A. Prichard was born in Shelby County, Iowa,
December 13, 1864. He was graduated at Cornell College
in 1895, receiving the degree of A. B.; received the degree
of M. A. in 1887; graduated from the law department of
the State University of Iowa in 1889, and practiced his profession in Smithland, Iowa. Corporal Prichard is a good
horseman and a splendid rifle shot, and was well fitted for a
position in the Cowboy Regiment. He came to Sioux Falls,
S. D., after recruiting began, for the express purpose of enlisting in Troop B, with which organization he was mustered in as private May 12, 1898, promoted to Corporal July
25, 1898, and served as such until muster-out, after which
he returned to his law practice at Smithland, Iowa.
SERGEANT ROY S. AVERY.
Roy S. Avery is another Sioux Falls boy who would have
made a record for himself had the regiment ever gone into
action. He is a good horseman and very fond of sports,
maintaining a large pack of running grayhounds, with which
he has traveled almost all over the United States. He was
mustered in as Corporal in Troop B, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, May 12, and promoted to Sergeant same
troop August 25, 1898, and so served until muster-out September 8, 1898. His home is at Sioux Falls, S. D., where he
is one of the proprietors of the Queen City Laundry.
PRIVATE HARRY T. BROWN.
Harry T. Brown was born at Sioux Falls, S. D., June 18,
1873, and was educated in the public schools of that city. At
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ger, Sioux Falls, S. D., printers and bookbinders, of which
his father is the senior member, and learned the printer's
trade. For some time he worked at his trade, and then entered the employ of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railroad, in the freight department, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
in which capacity he was serving when mustered in with the
troop, May 12, 1898. During his entire service he served
as Troop Clerk of Troop B, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry. After muster-out he again entered the service of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway, and is
now serving in the "right-of-way department" of the company.
PRIVATE CLARK D. SANDERS.
(For Biography, see Quartermaster's Department.)
PRIVATE GEORGE W. BYRNES.
George Washington Byrnes was born February 22, 1867,
in Green County, Wisconsin, where he received the ordinary
public school education. In 1882 he took the "Dakota fever"
and left for that territory, driving through and camping en
route. He settled in Lincoln County, six miles north of
where the town of Beresford now stands, following the business of farming and stock-raising. In addition to farming
he established the first clothing store in Beresford, in 1894,
and owned the same until 1896. He is a prominent member
of the I. O. O. F., K. of P. and A. O. U. W., and in 1897
donated a ten-acre tract of land to the A. 0. U. W. for an
Orphans' Home, upon which a fine structure has been erected
and is now open to the homeless children. At the outbreak
of the Spanish-American War he promptly enlisted as a
private in Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
and shortly after arriving at Camp Thomas, Ga., was made
head nurse in the regimental hospital, where he rendered
valuable service to his sick comrades, all of whom have nothing but the kindest words for him. He was mustered out
with the troop September 8, 1898, after which he returned
to South Dakota, and is now engaged in stock-raising in
Aurora county.
PRIVATE ROBERT S. McDONALD.
Robert S. McDonald was born in Liverpool, England,
May 2, 1867, and came to Canada September 6, 1886, where
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He joined the Northwest Mounted Police May 11, 1889,
and served in that organization until discharged May 10,
1894, or expiration of term of service. He went to St. Paul,
Minn., in 1896, and was engaged as a proof-reader, at the
same time taking out his first papers of citizenship. At the
outbreak of the Spanish-American War, being a rough rider
of considerable experience, he went to Sioux Falls and enlisted in Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
with which organization he was mustered in May 12, 1898.
He was honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability on August 18, 1898, and returned to St. Paul, Minn.,
where he remained until the outbreak of the English-Boer
War in South Africa, when he hastened to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and enlisted in "Strathcona's Horse," a regiment of
Canadian rough riders, with which organization he is now
serving in South Africa.
PRIVATE JOHN McKEON.
John McKeon was born in Luverne, Minn., October 17,
1876. In 1882 his parents moved to Sioux Falls, S. D.,
where John attended the public schools until 14 years of
age, when he entered the St. Rose Academy, from which he
graduated in 1894. After leaving the school he entered the
employ of the McCrossan Fruit Company, at Sioux Falls,
where he was at work when he enlisted in Troop B, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization
he was mustered in May 12, 1898. From early childhood
John displayed dauntless courage, to which he later added a
proficiency in horsemanship and perfection in marksmanship
which easily entitled him to a place among the best of his
companions in this regiment of men possessing these qualifications. He was slightly injured in the line of duty on
August 24, in camp, on account of which he was quite disabled at muster-out. After returning to Sioux Falls he was
again given his former position in the McCrossan Fruit
Company.
PRIVATE TOBIAS RODEMAKER.
Tobias Rodemaker is an old, experienced cowboy, having
served on the range many years. He was among the first
to enlist in Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and was appointed Troop Wagoner June 1, being returned to duty as private July 1, on account of sickness, from
which he was suffering, and on account of which he was sent
on sick furlough August 25, 1898, and was not present at
muster-out. After his discharge from the service he again
enlisted in the regular army and is now serving in the Twentieth United States Infantry in the Philippines.




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ROSTER OF TROOP B, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY, AT MUSTER-OUT, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898.


Name and Rank.


I


Captain:
*$John Foster...........
First Lieutenant:
**George B. Grigsby...
Second Lieutenant:
*$John N. Wright.......
First Sergeant:
$*John S. Wells.........
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*Peter Gardner.........
Sergeants:
James S. Woods......
t*John H. Kipp.........
tGeorge F. Petrie......
*tRoy S. Avery.........
John B. Benson.......
tCharles L. Wade......
*tThomas W. Wilkes....
*tWalter H. James......
Corporals:
Montague A. Cass.....
Harry P. Bond.......
Charles E. Spawn.....
Thomas R. Marshall...
*tJacob A. Prichard....
tFrederick Jones.......
tWilliam  Rigney.......
tMichael F. Lawler....
Trumpeters:
Henry G. Caskey......
tMilton Douglass.......
tPatrick W. Murphy....
Farrier:
David G. Dales........
Blacksmith:
tJoseph Coverdale......
Saddler:
Carl W ild.............
Wagoner:
tCharles Conklin.......
Privates:
Anderson, Daniel L....
Arrowsmith, Thomas J,
tAskson, Mads.........
tBarbour, Harry L...:.
fBeach, Algernon J.....
Beecher, Jacob........
tBills, Luther W.......
*Brown, Harry T.......
Bryant, Arthur T......
Burr, George L.........*Byrnes, George W.....
Carlson, Carl W.......
Cease, George L......


I




Occupation.
Stockman.......




Address.
Chamberlain, S. D....~~- - - -


Lawyer......... Sioux Falls, S. D.


U. S. Mar. Corps Washington, D. C.


Cowboy......... Estherdale, S. D.


i


Plumber........ Sioux Falls, S. D.






Farmer.........
36th U. S. V. Inf.
Railroadman....
Laundryman....
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Lawyer.........
Hotel Keeper....
Photographer...
Elevator Man....
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Lawyer.........
Cowboy.........
1st U. S. Inf.....
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Clerk...........
Soldier.........


Sioux Falls, S. D.
Philippine Islands.
Sioux City, Iowa.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Hotch City, S. D.
Flandreau, S. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Tyndall, S. D.
Eldora, Col.
Wentworth, S. D.
Armour, S. D.
Flandreau, S. D.
Smithland, Iowa.
Oacoma, S. D.
Cuba.
Kimball, S. D.
Winfred, S. D.
Crow Creek, S. D.
Chattanooga, Tenn.






Horseman....... Sioux Falls, S. D




Blacksmith..... Elk Point, S. D.


Saddler....... Bristol, S. D.




Horseman...... Hurley, S. D.




Lawyer.........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Clerk...........
Cowboy.........
Printer.........
Printer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Merchant......
Cowboy.........
Cook...........


Elrod, S. D.
Flandreau, S. D.
Webster, S. D.
Webster, S. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
St. Louis, Mo.
Woonsocket, S. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Chamberlain, S. D.
Beresford, S. D.
Pukwana, S. D.
Webster, S. D.


*+tSee foot note on Page 229.




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Name and Rank.
Privates:
tCopelin, William F....
Creason, Augustus....
Engler, Nicholas......
Erickson, Perry E.....
Fors, Hans..........
Foster, Frederick J...
Grimes, George E.....
Hardin, Emery F.....
tHicks, Thomas W.....
Hill, Charles H.......
Holland, John N......
tJenkins, Clinton C.....
Johnson, Samuel E....
Kearney, Elmer E.....
*tKelsey, Pearl R.......
tKnott, John A........
Knowles, Walter......
Law, John.............
Lawler, William F....
Lee, William H.......
Lovell, Roy...........
McCormick, Martin J..
McDonald, Robert S...
Mahaney, William.....
Manson, Frederick W.,
tMattison, Benjamin...
*tMcKeon, John.........
*tPatten, James E......
*tRodemaker, Tobias....
Sanders, Clark D......
Sanderson, Elmer E...
Spawn, Clarence W...
Spawn, James L.......
Squires, Howard......
tStevens, Harry L......
tStevens, Everett L...
Suckey, Frank J.......
tThompson, Charles.....
Wager, Elmer..........
Waring, Thomas.......
tWebb, Samuel.........
Wilkes, William E.....
tWilliams, John L......


— I
-1 ---

Occupation.


Address.


Clerk........... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Farmer......... Morton, Mo.
Farmer......... Bristol, S. D.
Farmer.........  Canton, S. D.
Farmer.........  Brookings, S. D.
Cowboy......... Clark, S. D.
Cowboy......     Ellis, S. D.
Horseman...... Ross, Iowa.
Cowboy......... Santee Agency, Neb.
Horseman...... Luverne, Minn.
Clerk........... Wentworth, S. D.
Cowboy......... Waubay, S. D.
Cowboy......... Henry, S. D.
Cowboy......... Chamberlain, S. D.
Lawyer......... Mankato, Minn.
Laborer........ Bristol, S. D.
Laborer......... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Farmer......... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Cowboy......... Kimball, S. D.
Carpenter....... Yankton, S. D.
Cowboy......... Pukwana, S. D.
Farmer......... Flandreau, S. D.
Proofreader..... South Africa.
Cook........... Webster, S. D.
Clerk........... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Cowboy......... Sioux Falls. S. D.
Clerk........... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Publisher....... Salem. S. D.
Cowboy......... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Publisher....... Flandreau, S. D.
Cowboy......... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Cowboy......... Brandt Lake, S. D.
Cowboy......... Brandt Lake, S. D.
School Teacher.. Flandreau, S. D.
Cowboy......... Crow Creek, S. D.
Cowboy......... Crow Creek, S. D.
Photographer.... Millerville, Minn.
Cowboy......... Interior, S. D.
Cowboy......... Pukwana, S. D.
Farmer......... Ellis, S. D.
Liveryman...... Mitchell, S. D.
Actor........... Sioux Falls, S. D.
Cowboy......... Sioux Falls, S. D.


*See Biographies, this troop.
ISee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
First Sergeant Pearl R. Kelsey; enrolled as First Sergeant; reduced to Duty Sergeant per troop order, August 6, 1898; reduced to rank of private by his own request August 6, 1898.
On sick furlough at time of muster-out of regiment.
Sergeant Thomas W. Wilkes; enrolled as Sergeant and served as
such; on detail at Regimental Headquarters as Postmaster
from May 28 to July 11, 1898; sick in hospital with malarial
poisoning and discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability on July 21, 1898.




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Sergeant James E. Patten; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Sergeant; reduced to private at his own request August 25,
1898, per General Orders No. 58, Headquarters 'Tird United
States Volunteer Cavalry; furloughed August 25, 1898, on
account of injuries contracted in the service and line of duty.
Was on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment.
Trumpeter Patrick W. Murphy; served as Acting Chief Trumpeter
of the regiment from muster-in to July 6, 1898; dishonorably discharged per S. O. No. 57, series of 1898, headquarters
First Army Corps and Department of the Gulf, in pursuance with sentence of General Court Martial July 15, 1898.
Sentence of Court Martial was disapproved and Murphy restored to duty by Headquarters of the Army subsequent to
muster-out of regiment.
Sergeant John H. Kipp; originally enrolled as Corporal, and served
on detail in office of Regimental Quartermaster and detailed
as Acting Brigade Quartermaster Sergeant, First Cavalry
Brigade; promoted Sergeant July 25, 1898, per General Orders No. 22, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry; re-enlisted in Thirty-sixth United States Volunteer
Infantry, and at present writing is serving as Quartermaster
Sergeant of the said regiment.
Sergeant George F. Petrie; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private; promoted Sergeant per General Orders No. 22, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, July 25, 1898.
Sergeant Walter H. James; originally mustered in as Sergeant;
honorably discharged August 15, 1898, upon Surgeon's certificate of disability.
Sergeant Roy S. Avery; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Corporal; promoted to Sergeant August 25, 1898, per General
Orders No. 58, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Sergeant John B. Benson; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private; appointed Corporal July 29, 1898, Per General Orders No. 37, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, and promoted Sergeant August 25, 1898, per General
Orders No. 58, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Corporal Jacob A. Prichard; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Private; appointed Corporal July 25, 1898, per General Orders No. 32, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Corporal Frederick Jones; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private; promoted Corporal August 25, 1898, per General
Orders No. 58, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry.
Corporal William Rigney; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private; promoted Corporal August 25, 1898, per General
Orders No. 58, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry; was sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga.,
at the time of muster-out of the regiment.
Corporal Michael F. Lawler; originally enrolled and mustered in
as private; promoted to Corporal August 25, 1898, per General Orders No. 58, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Blacksmith Joseph W. Coverdale; foot injured in service and line
of duty.
Trumpeter Milton Douglass; originally enrolled and mustered in
as Corporal; reduced to private at his own request July 29,
1898, and appointed Trumpeter July 31, 1898, per troop orders.




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Wagoner Charles Conklin; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private; promoted to Troop Wagoner per troop orders July
21, 1898; was sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga.,
at muster-out of regiment.
Private Mads Askson; was on sick furlough at time of muster-out
of regiment.
Private Harry L. Barbour; was on sick furlough at time of musterout of regiment.
Private Algernon J. Beach; was on sick furlough at the time of
muster-out of the regiment, and died at Champion, Mich., of
disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, Septemper 21, 1898. (For biography, see Chapter XXVI.)
Private Luther W. Bills; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Corporal; reduced to private at his own request July 29, 1898,
per General Orders No. 37, Headquarters Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry.
Private William F. Copelin; was present with the regiment at muster-out, after which he proceeded to Hot Springs, Ark., where
he died September 23, 1898. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Private Thomas W. Hicks; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Sergeant; reduced to private at his own request and detailed
as Ambulance Driver in Regimental Hospital Corps, per Special Orders No. 62, July 23, 1898. (See Chapter IX.)
Private George W. Byrnes; detailed as 'Hospital Attendant June 20,
1898, per Special Orders No. 1, Headquarters Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry.
Private Clinton C. Jenkins; detailed as Hospital Attendant June 20.
1898, per Special Orders No. 1, Headquarters Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry.
Private John A. Knott; on sick furlough at the time regiment was
mustered out. Origin not stated.
Private Benjamin Mattison; deserted at Camp Thomas, Ga., July
28; apprehended at Nashville, Tenn., July 29, 1898, and returned to Camp Thomas, Ga., under guard consisting of Sergeant Peter Gardner and Private John McKeon, and placed
in confinement at the latter place August 1, 1898; was in
confinement, awaiting trial for desertion, at the time regiment was mustered out.
Private John McKeon; injured in the line of duty at Camp Thomas,
Ga., August 24, 1898.
Private Tobias Rodemaker; appointed Troop Wagoner June 1, 1898,
and returned to duty as private July 1, 1898; was on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment.
Private Robert S. McDonald; honorably discharged upon Surgeon's
certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the
service and line of duty, August 18, 1898.
Private John Law; honorably discharged upon Surgeon's certificate
of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and
line of duty, August 16, 1898.
Private Roy Lovell; honorably discharged upon Surgeon's certificate
of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and
line of duty, August 15, 1898.
Private Harry L. Stevens; sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., at the time of muster-out of regiment.
Private Everett Stevens; originally mustered in as Corporal Troop
E, same regiment; transferred to Troop B, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, as private, June 9, 1898, per General Orders No. 14, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. On sick furlough at muster-out of regiment.




232                GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS.
Private Charles Thompson; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Wagoner same troop; returned to duty as private June 1,
1898, per troop order. Was on sick furlough at the time of
mustering out of the regiment.
Private Samuel Webb; injured in the line of duty. On sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the rigment.
Private William E. Wilkes; honorably discharged upon Surgeon's
certificate of disability August 9, 1898.
Private John L. Williams; sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., at the time of muster-out of regiment.
RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPAVIONS.


Actors....................
Blacksmiths...............
Carpenters................
Clerks....................
Cooks.....................
Cowboys..................
Elevator men...............
Farm ers..................
Horsemen.................
Laborers..................
Lawyers..................
Laundrymen..............
Liverymen...............
Merchants................


1
1
1
5
2
27
1
14
5
2
5
1
1
1


Plumbers................. 
Photographers............    2
Professional soldiers.......  4
Proofreaders..............  1
Publishers.................  2
Saddlers..................  1
School teachers............  1
Stockmen.................   1
Railroad men..........,...    1
Printers..................  2
Hotelkeepers...............  1
Total....................  84


RESIDENCES.


Canton, S. D...............
Clark, S. D.................
Santee Agency, Neb........
Waubay, S. D..............
Mankato, Minn.............
Salem, S. D...............
Millerville, Minn............
Interior, S. D...............
Mitchell, S. D..............
Chamberlain, S. D..........
Sioux Falls, S. D...........
Washington, D. C..........
Estherdale, S. D...........
Philippine Islands..........
Sioux City, Ia..............
Hotch City, S. D............
Flandreau, S. D............
Eldora,  Col................
Wentworth, S. D...........
Armour, S. D..............
Smithland, Ia..............
Oacoma, S. D..............
Cuba.....................
Kimball, S. D..............


1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
20
1
1
2
1
1
7
1
2
1
1
1
1
2


Winfred, S. D..............    1
Crow Creek, S. D..........    3
Elk Point, S. D.............   1
Bristol,  S. D............... 3
Hurley, S. D...............  1
Elrod, S. D................   1
Webster, S. D..............    4
St. Louis, Mo..............    1
Woonsocket, S. D..........    1
Beresford, S. D.............   1
Pukwana, S. D.............     2
Morton, Mo...............     1
Brookings, S. D............   1
Ellis,  S.  D.................  2
Luverne, Minn.............    1
Henry, S. D................    1
Yankton, S. D..............    1
Brandt Lake, S. D..........    2
Total...................  82
D ead.....................   2
Aggregate...............  84




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CHAPTER XVIII.
HISTORY OF TROOP E, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
The men who afterward composed Troop E, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, first put Colonel Grigsby into the
notion of going to Washington, D. C., and urging the insertion of the clause in the volunteer bill for the formation of
three regiments of men possessing special qualifications as
horsemen and marksmen. He saw, while serving at Pierre,
S. D., as Attorney General of the state, hundreds of cowboys
coming into Pierre, and was quick to note their faultless
horsemanship, their superb physical manhood, their excellent
marksmanship and their dauntless courage. He became acquainted with many of them, and soon found that they were
as patriotic and as loyal to their country as they were wellqualified in other directions. It must be understood that
Pierre is one of the largest inland cattle markets in the
world. At this place the cattle from the great ranges hundreds
of miles west and many miles north and south are brought to
market, and with each herd there is quite an army of cowboys.  Among all the cowboys who come into Pierre,
or all the stockmen who sell at the Pierre market, none
is better known than Joseph B. Binder, "from out on the
Cheyenne." Binder has a long and honorable service in the
regular army to his credit, after which, like a great many
other old soldiers, he settled on the range in 1883, and went
into the cattle business. His long residence among the stockmen west of Pierre, his sterling qualities and firm friendship made him known and beloved for miles around. Naturally when the hostilities between the United States and
Spain commenced, and it was said that there would be an
organization of cowboys, all that was needed was the word
passed along, "Joe Binder is going," to get the whole population from the range to flock into Pierre to enlist. Only
those who were the very first to come could be taken, as the
rolls were filled in less than twenty-four hours after recruiting commenced; and as Huron had been deprived of a troop,
it was assigned a squad in Troop E, and that agreement had
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Lieutenant, while the town of Blunt, also in Hughes county,
in which Pierre is situated, was given the Second Lieutenancy. Robert W. Stewart, the idol of all the boys, had been
selected to command the troop, and everything moved along
under the most favorable circumstances. Lowell G. Fuller,
of Huron, was appointed First Sergeant, partly on account
of his previous military experience and especial fitness for
the position, and partly because Huron was entitled to the
next highest office, at least, all things being equal.
John Laughlin, who was chosen to the Second Lieutenancy,
resides at Blunt, and is a horseman in every sense of the
word. As far back as he can recollect he has been in the
saddle, and is known from Blunt as far west as the Black
Hills, and his selection gave universal satisfaction. Lieutenant Laughlin is a typical frontiersman and hates a tenderfoot or a dude with an inborn hatred that can only be compared to the hatred of a Kentuckian for water as a beverage.
On May 9 Captain Stewart moved his troop from Pierre
to the general rendezvous at Sioux Falls, S. D., in pursuance
to orders received from Colonel Grigsby. After the medical
examinations, which were conducted by Dr. F. H. Files, the
troop was mustered into the IUnited States service May 15,
1898, and assigned to quarters in the Central House in Sioux
Falls. On May 18 Captain Stewart was promoted to Major
and assigned to command of the Second Squadron, while Lieutenant Binder was promoted to Captain, Second Lieutenant
Laughlin to First Lieutenant and First Sergeant Lowell G.
Fuller to Second Lieutenant.  In this order the officers
served at Camp Thomas, Ga., until the troop was mustered
out September 8, 1898.
It may be said with perfect propriety that Captain Binder
was not only one of the very best troop commanders in the
regiment, but the peer of any in the volunteer service. He
was thoroughly conversant with all the requirements of a
troop commander, was thoroughly posted on military correspondence and procedure, had perfect control of his men, and
was never tardy for any duty. His example was reflected
not only in his subaltern officers and non-commissioned
officers, but in the entire troop. In connection with the good
record made by the troop, too much praise cannot be given
First Sergeants Stafford and Ball, both of whom were thoroughly posted in their duties.
Troop E had the misfortune to lose the first man in camp
by sickness. Herbert F. Lawrence, one of the youngest men
of the command, died on June 13, 1898, although every effort had been made to save him.




Captain Joseph B Bihnder-Commandting Troop B.




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GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS.


BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. BINDER.
Joseph B. Binder was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 14,
1859, where he was educated in the public schools. In May,
1878, he enlisted in the general service, United States Army,
and was shortly thereafter assigned to Company I, Eleventh
United States Infantry, then stationed at Fort Snelling, Mill.
In August, 18878, his company was sent to Fort Bennett, Dakota, where they remained until December, 1879. During
the interim he participated with his company in the campaign against the Southern Cheyennes in the fall of 1878.
In the beginning of 1880 he was made a non-commissioned
officer. In December, 1879, his company was sent to Fort
Sully, Dakota, where they remained until October, 1882,
when they were sent to garrison Fort Bennett, Dakota, where
Binder was discharged in 1883. In 1884 he moved to Little Bend, Dak., and engaged in the Indian trade on the Missouri river and cattle-raising until the spring of 1894, when
he sold his mercantile interests, since which time he has been
engaged exclusively in stock-raising. Captain Binder is
well known all over the Dakota range and the Indian reservations, where he has hosts of friends both among the cowboys and Indians.
At the declaration of war between the United States and
Spain he turned over the ranch to his wife and was among
the first to arrive at Pierre, forty-five miles distant, where
he was promptly appointed First Lieutenant of the Cowboy
Troop forming there. I-Ie was mustered in May 15, 1898,
as First Lieutenant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and was promoted to Captain same troop May
1898. He was mustered out with his troop September 8,
1898, since when he has been living at Pierre, S. D., engaged in the stock business, having moved his family in
from his ranch.
FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN W. LAUGHLIN.
John W. Laughlin was born at Mount Pulaski, Ill., January 2, 1860. He was brought up on a farm and attended
public schools there until he moved to Hughes County, Dakota, in 1883, where he established a stock ranch. If there
is anything in the world that Laughlin takes pride in it is a
good horse, and he is wont to introduce himself as "John
Laughlin, breeder of standard trotters and fancy drivers,"




LOtieueat JohW. Leuzgh.-Trop At  i.t-nBnt Lb.dlL M Fuler-Tto# a




238               GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS.
and he has every reason to be proud of the title.  He is a
genial, good-hearted, good-natured Western man, who has
but to meet a man to enroll him among his host of friends.
John is also famous as a story-teller, and many pleasant evenings were spent in camp by his brother officers listening to
his string of anecdotes, among which his "owl story" was
easily the most popular.  When Troop E, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry was organized, Laughlin was made
Second Lieutenant, and was mustered in with his troop May
15, and promoted to First Lieutenant May 18, 1898. He
was an efficient, painstaking officer, and after muster-out September 8 he returned to his home at Blunt, S. D., and once
more resumed charge of his temporarily neglected stock
ranch.
SECOND LIEUTENANT LOWELL G. FULLER.
Lowell G. Fuller is the son of Carlos R. Fuller, a veteran
of the civil war, from whom his son Lowell, born at Centralia, Ill., August 19, 1867, inherited his military proclivities.
At the age of sixteen young Fuller moved with his parents
to Dakota and settled near Huron, where the old homestead
still bears the evidences of the early efforts of the family to
reduce the raw prairie to tillable land. Through his own efforts Lowell saved enough to enable him to enter the Brookings Agricultural College, at Brookings, S. D., in 1887,
where he became a member of the first militia company
formed there during that year by Commandant Kerr. In
1888 he went to St. Paul and enlisted in the general service,
United States Army, and was assigned to Company C,
Twelfth United States Infantry, at Fort Sully, S. D. After
wrestling with the hardships that are usually piled upon a
recruit, and spending some months in the awkward squad, he
was finally turned to duty and succeeded in capturing "commanding officer's orderly," which is usually given to the
most military looking man on guard. Soon thereafter he
was appointed Corporal, and in quick succession company
clerk and post school-teacher, the latter being an appointment by special authority of the Honorable Secretary of
War. Upon returning to civil life he became First Sergeant
of the militia company at Huron (G), and so served until the
beginning of hostilities between the United States and Spain,
when, preferring the cavalry branch to the infantry, he tendered his services and was accepted as First Sergeant of
Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with




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239


which troop he was mustered into service MVay 15, 1898; promoted to Second Lieutenant same troop May 18, and mustered out with same on September 8, 1898. After leaving
the volunteer service he returned to Huron, where he can
now be found "running the mess" at the Dakota House as
landlord.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT HARRIE GRANT.
Like most of the Quartermaster Sergeants in the regiment,
Quartermaster Sergeant Harrie Grant had seen service in
the regular army and fell naturally into the position he was
called upon to fill in Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, in which he was mustered in as Sergeant May
15, and promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant May 18, 1898.
Sergeant Grant proved himself a competent and efficient
non-commissioned officer, and after muster-out September 8
he returned to his ranch near Fielder, S. D.
SERGEANT JOHN W. MURPHY.
John W. Murphy, who was Second Duty Sergeant of
Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which he was mustered in May 15, 1898, has been in Dakota
for many years. For a number of years he lived at Yankton, where he was connected with the Pierce Hotel, and afterward at Mitchell, S. D., where he was clerk at the Alexander Mitchell Hotel. In the spring of 1897 he moved to
Blunt and went upon a ranch and engaged in the stock business, where he lived when he enlisted in Troop E, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization
he was mustered in May 15, 1898. On August 1 he was detailed as Band Sergeant in the regimental band, in which he
played snare drum and had general charge of the band; was
mustered out September 8, 1898, after which he returned to
Blunt.
SERGEANT JOHN KETELSON.
Sergeant John Ketelson is a Huron boy, where his parents
have resided for a number of years. He was practically
raised in the saddle on the Dakota prairies and was well fitted for a position in the Cowboy Regiment. He was mustered into Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
May 15, 1898, and served as "Guidon Sergeant" of the troop
after Sergeant Murphy was detailed into the regimental
band. He resides at Huron, S. D.




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SERGEANT GEORGE E. SEELYE.
Sergeant George E. Seelye enlisted in Troop E, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, among the very first, and
was mustered in with the troop May 15, 1898. After discharge he returned to East Pierre, S. D., where he is now
engaged in the stock business.
SERGEANT WILLIAM I. DE WITT.
Sergeant William I. De Witt of HIighmore, S. D., hastened
to Pierre, S. D., as soon as word was received that a troop of
cowboys was to be organized, and was mustered in with the
troop May 15, 1898.   Sergeant DeWitt is a horsebreaker
by occupation, and is probably one of the best all-round horsemen in the country.
SERGEANT HARLAND STAFFORD.
Sergeant Harland Stafford is another Huron boy who
early answered the call for volunteers and enlisted in Troop
E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered in May 15, 1898. On July 7
he was detailed as Sergeant Major of the Second squadron,
in which position he served until muster-out September 8,
1898.
CORPORAL CLIFFORD E. BRADLEY.
Corporal Clifford E. Bradley made up his mind when war
was declared between the United States and Spain that he
would serve in the cavalry, as he had had considerable experience in the saddle and was a good shot, consequently he
went to South Dakota, and, after presenting his qualifications, was deemed eligible and enlisted in Troop E, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization
he was mustered in May 15, 1898. He served as First Corporal.
CORPORAL THOMAS K. LUDLOW.
Thomas Kane Ludlow was born June 24, 1876, at Sabinsville, Pa.; attended school at Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.,
until seventeen years of age, when he went to Fort Pierre, S.
D., where he attended school one year. In 1894 he went to
Sioux Falls, S. D., where he attended the Baptist College one
year, and then went to Alaska, where he remained a year,
and then returned to Sioux Falls, where he resided when he
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with which he was mustered in as Corporal MIay 15, 1898.
At Camp Thomas he contracted typhoid fever and his life
hung in the balance for many days, during which time his
father, General George A. Ludlow, was constantly at his
bedside, and when the Corporal was able to be moved, he took
him north, where the change of climate brought about a
speedy recovery. He was not present at muster-out of troop,
being discharged later.
CORPORAL WILLIAM J. WAGENKNIGHT.
William J. Wagenknight was born at Philadelphia, Pa.,
April 18, 1864, where he attended the public schools. At
the age of seventeen he learned the machinist trade, at which
he worked until 1888, when he entered the law offices of Walton & Andre, Philadelphia, Pa., for the purpose of reading
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He immediately
entered upon a successful practice of the law, practicing in
all the state courts and the United States District and Circuit courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He
has represented a number of corporations, and together with
Hampton L. Carson, Esq., defended A. F. Cutaiar, Jr., in
the Famous Logue homicide case. Being a patriot and a
good horseman and splendid marksman, Mr. Wagenknight
went to Camp Thomas and there requested permission to enter the Cowboy Regiment upon his qualification, and upon
which he was enlisted as private in Troop E, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, and afterward made Corporal of
the same troop. He served until muster-out September 8,
1898, after which he returned to Philadelphia, Pa., where
he is now engaged in the practice of his profession.
TRUMPETER CARL S. McCOY.
Trumpeter Carl S. McCoy is an old Dakota boy, having resided with his parents at Faulkton for a number of years.
Ite has always been fond of music and is a capable performer upon several instruments, which accomplishment
made him very popular in camp, where the boys had many
pleasant "singing bees" under his leadership and accompaniment upon the guitar. McCoy was mustered in as trumpeter
Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 15,
1898, and on August 1, was detailed as cornet player in the
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PRIVATE DREW P. BLYMYER.
Drew P. Blymyer possesses a tenacity of purpose very seldom found in one so young. When the "Maine" was blown
up he was on the coast of South America, and hastened to
the United States as fast as steam could carry him, and arrived at St. Paul shortly after the declaration of war. When
authority was granted to muster-in a regiment of Rough
Riders he thought himself especially fitted by reason of his
varied experience in different parts of the Americas, and
proceeded to Sioux Falls to enlist in the Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry. He was accepted so far as his qualifications were concerned, but was rejected on medical examination on account of being twelve pounds light as compared
with his height. After an unsuccessful effort to have the
War Department waive the disability almost any young man
would have given up. Not so with Blymyer. He accompanied the regiment at his own expense to Camp Thomas, in
the meantime eating heartily and doing as little as possible,
with the result that by the middle of June he had made up
the weight he lacked, and after another examination he was
enlisted in Troop E, where he served until muster-out September 8, 1898.
PRIVATE HENRY HEMPHILL.
Private Henry Hemphill was born in Linn County, Iowa,
August 30, 1874. He moved with his parents to Kimball,
Brule County, S. D., in 1882, where he attended school, and
was afterward school teacher himself during the winter
months. IHe has been engaged in cattle-raising ever since
coming to South Dakota, and is an expert horseman and good
rifle shot. He enlisted in Troop E, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered
in May 15, and served with the troop until muster-out,
September 8, 1898, after which he returned to Kimball,
where he now resides.
ROSTER OF TROOP E, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY..................
Name and Rank.       Occupation.      Address.
Captain:
*tJoseph B. Binder...... Stockman....... Pierre, S. D.
First Lieutenant:
*tJohn W. Laughlin..... Stockman....... Pierre, S. D.
Second Lieutenant: 
*tLowell G. Fuller....... Hotel Keeper.... Huron, S. D.
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Name and Rank.
First Sergeants:
tFrank Ball............
Wesley T. Stafford....
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*tHarrie Grant.........
Sergeants:
John P. Purcell.......
*tJohn W. Murphy.....
*John Ketelson........
*George E. Seelye......
*William I. De Witt....
*tHarland Stafford......
Corporals:
*Clifford E. Bradley....
*Thomas K. Ludlow....
Carlos E. Hensley.....
Richard W. Seiffert...
Robert Coleman.......
Robert W. Lumley.....
William A. Cleland....
*tWm. J. Wagenknight..
Trumpeters:
*tCarl S. McCoy........
Sim  Goddard.........
Farrier:
William B. Wolfe.....
Blacksmith:
Charles H. Croome....
Wagoner:
tJohn C. Connor.......
Saddler:
Irving Pritchard......
Privates:
Arnold, William.......
Batchelder, John E....
Beyer, William L.....
*Blymyer, Drew P......
Bown, Avry A........
Boyden, Earl E.......
Burnett, De Witt S....
Carney, Arthur L.....
Clouse, Albert S.......
Crim, John A.........
Cook, Charles W.....)
Dunning, Elmer.......
Dunning, Raymond....
Fouch, Anthony S.....
France, Arthur F......
Gebhart, Harry L.....
Giblin, Martin.........
Gregg, Henry H.......
Haas, Walter K.......
Hagan, Clement P.....
tHagler, William L....,
Hanscom, Luther P...
Harmon, Walter L....,
Hemphill, Henry......
tHodgeson, Ernest G...
*+See foot note on Page 246.


Occupation.
Soldier........
Lawyer.......
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Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Laborer........
Engineer.......
Cowboy.........
Brickmason..
Cowboy.........


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Sioux City, Iowa.
Fielder, S. D.


Pierre, S. D.
Blunt, S. D.
Huron, S. D.
East Pierre, S. D.
Highmore, S. D.
Huron, S. D.
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Frankfort, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Okobojo, S. D.
East Pierre, S. D.
Huron, S. D.


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Merchant....... 
Cowboy......... 
Engraver....... ]
Farmer......... ]
Carpenter...... 
Teacher........ ]
Electrician.....
Cowboy......... 
Farmer.........
Cowboy......... 
Laborer.....
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy....
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Laborer........
Veterinary...
Cowboy..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Blunt, S. D.
Armour, S. D.
)nida, S. D.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Pierre, S. D.
Hermosa, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Miller, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Hawley, S. D.
Yankton, S. D.
Armour, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Webster, S. D.
Blunt, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Waterloo, Iowa.
Armour, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
U. S. Army.
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Name and Rank.
Privates:
Hoisington, Levi M...
Hostetter, John C.....
Johnson, Amos C.....
King, Myrt J..........
Kleinschmidt, Ernest G
Lanning, Burt........
fLawrence, Herbert F.,
Lewis, William.......
Loomis, Samuel J.....
Luce, Walter A.......
McMartin, Charles R..
McKean, Scott E......
Nickerson, Arthur G..
Nelson, John P.......
O'Donnell, Bernard-J..
Parkhurst, Fred A.....
Plunkette, Algernon A.
Pyle, Francis R.......
Porter, Frank A.......
Riley, William E......
Ritchie, William.......
Rohweder, Herman G..
Saffell, Peter C........
Skogstad, Carl........
Spaulding, Richard C..
Stanage, Charles T....
tStevens, Everett G....
Strevel, Oren.........
Templeton, Elmer U...
Toothaker, William F..
tTrask, Wilbur C......
Tucker, William.......
Urquhart, Howard G...
Vilas, Elbert C........
Waldrip, Charles R...
Wilcox, Walter J......
Woodring, Emory G...


Occupation.
Cowboy.........
Carpenter......
Barber.........
Stage Driver...
Stockman.......
Merchant.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Laborer........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Jockey.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.......
Farmer.........
Laborer........
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Drayman.......
Driver..........
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Farmer........
Cowboy.........
Saddler.........
Cowboy.........
Laborer........
Saddler........
Farmer..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Address.
Pierre, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Pierre, S. D.
Blunt, S. D.
Yankton, S. D.
See remarks.
Blunt, S. D.
Pipestone, Minn.
Pierre, S. D.
Okobojo, S. D.
Fielder, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Harold, S. D.
Miller, S. D.
Faulkton, S. D.
Highmore, S. D.
Fort Bennett, S. D.
Blunt, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Goodwin, S. D.
Fielder, S. D.
Flandreau, S. D.
Armour, S. D.
Yankton, S. D.
Crow Creek, S. D.
Faulkton, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Blunt, S. D.
Elrod, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.
Huron, S. D.
Clark, S. D.
Huron, S. D.
Cheyenne Ag'y, S. D.
Pierre, S. D.


*See Biographies, this troop.
tSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Captain Robert W. Stewart; originally mustered in as Captain
Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 15,
1898. Promoted to Major same regiment May 18, 1898.
Captain Joseph B. Binder; originally mustered in as First Lieutenant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry May
15; promoted to Captain same troop May 18, 1898.
First Lieutenant John W. Laughlin; originally mustered in as Second Lieutenant Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May
15; promoted to First Lieutenant same troop, May 18, 1898.
Second Lieutenant Lowell G. Fuller; originally mustered in as
First Sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry May 15; promoted to Second Lieutenant same troop
May 18, 1898; detailed as Adjutant Second Squadron July
12, and served as such until muster-out. On detail as Canteen officer from May 30, 1898, to September 8, 1898.




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First Sergeant Wesley T. Stafford; originally mustered in as Quartermaster Sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry; promoted to First Sergeant same troop May 18,
1898. Promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major July 7, 1898.
(For biography, see Chapter 7.)
First Sergeant Frank Ball; originally mustered in as Sergeant
Troop D, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted
to Sergeant Major same regiment May 30, 1898. Transferred
to First Sergeant Troop E, same regiment, July 7, 1898.
(For biography, see Chapter 7.)
Sergeant Harrie Grant; originally mustered in as Sergeant Troop
E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to
Quartermaster Sergeant, same company, May 18, 1898.
Sergeant John W. Murphy; on detached service from August 1 to
September 3, 1898, as Sergeant in charge of regimental band.
Sergeant Harland Stafford; originally mustered in as Corporal;
promoted to Sergeant May 18, 1898. Acting Sergeant Major
Second squadron July 7 to September 8, 1898.
Corporal William J. Wagenknight; enlisted at Camp Thomas, Ga.,
June 15, and promoted Corporal, same troop, E, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry.
Trumpeter Carl S. McCoy; on detail in regimental band as First
Cornet from August 1 to September 8, 1898.
Private Ernest G. Hodgeson; enlisted in Troop E, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Thomas, Ga., June 21,
1898.
Private Herbert F. Lawrence; died June 13, 1898, at Leiter Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted in
service and line of duty. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Private Everett G. Stevens; transferred to Troop B, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, June 25, 1898.
Private Wilbur C. Trask; originally mustered in as Private Troop
E; promoted to Regimental Saddler Sergeant per General
Orders No. 5, May 31, 1898. (For biography, see Chapter 8.)
Wagoner John C. Connor; originally mustered in as Private and
appointed Wagoner per troop orders. Discharged August
21, 1898, on Surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities
contracted in the service and line of duty.
Private William L. Hagler; detailed as Regimental Veterinary Surgeon May 30, 1898, and so served until July 13, 1898; detailed
in regimental hospital as nurse August 1, 1898, and served as
such until muster-out September 8, 1898. (For biography,
see Chapter 8.)
RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS.
Cowboys..................  48  Farmers.................. 7
Stockmen.................  2  Carpenters...............  2
Hotelkeepers..............  1   Teachers..................  
Professional soldiers.......   Electricians...............1
Laborers..................  6  Veterinarians.............
Engineers................  1   Barbers....................   1
Brickmasons..............  1   Stage  drivers.............. 1
Lawyers..................  2  Drivers...................
Horseshoers..............   1  Jockeys................... 
Saddlers..................  3  Draymen.................
Merchants................  2..
Engravers................  1    Total................   88
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RESIDENCES.


Kimball, S. D..............
Harold, S. D..............
Fort Bennett, S. D........
Flandreau, S. D............
Elrod, S. D................
Clark, S. D................
Cheyenne Agency, S. D...
Sioux City, Iowa.........
Pierre, S. D...............
Huron, S. D...............
Lead City, S. D...........
Fielder, S. D...............
Blunt, S. D................
highmore, S. D...........
Rock Rapids, Iowa.........
Sioux Falls, S. D.........
Frankfort, S. D............
Okobojo, S. D.............
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Faulkton, S. D.............
Shiloh, S. D...............


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Lampassas, Texas..........   1
W esley, S. D...............  1
Onida, S. D.............   1
Minneapolis, Minn.........   1
Hermosa. S. D.............    1
Miller,  S.  D................  2
Hawley, S. D..............  1
Yankton, S. D..............   1
Webster, S. D..............   1
Waterloo, Iowa.............  1
United States Army........    1
Pipestone, Minn...........    1
Highmore, S. D............   1
Goodwin, S. D.............    1
Crow Creek, S. D...........   1
Armour, S. D..............    4
Total..................  87
Dead.....................   1
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CHAPTER XIX.
HISTORY OF TROOP G, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
When the President's proclamation of April 23, 1898,
calling for volunteers to take up arms in the war with Spain
came flashing over the wires the excitement all over the coun- 
try was intense. In North Dakota the declaration of war
had fanned the patriotic spark which the call for troops augmented into a gigantic flame. Business was practically suspended while citizens in groups discussed the situation. In
Colonel Creel, Major Fleming, Captain Gregory, Lieutenant
Way, Lieutenant Burkholder, Lieutenant Nugent, and a
great number of others that could be mentioned, first-class
military talent was not lacking, and to these men the
citizens looked for the first step in the organization of
the volunteer force that was to represent the state. In
those early days of the war the number and class of troops
that were to be furnished by the state were very much
in doubt, as rumor followed rumor and each changed the
number and class of troops that were to be called for. At
first it was to be a certain number of infantry companies,
considerably less than a regiment; then it was to be cavalry, and finally it was decided that it should be both infantry and cavalry. The state was to furnish one regiment of
infantry of two battalions, and two troops of cavalry. As this
number was far beyond the quota of the state under the proclamation, a great deal of credit is due the congressional delegation from the state in bringing about this result. Naturally the national guard of the state was looked to to furnish
the regiment of infantry, which left only the two troops of
cavalry to be organized outside of the national guard. Colonel Creel, by reason of his previous military experience,
nwas entitled to a higher command than a troop, and would
probably not have accepted if tendered such command, as his
experience and advice were more useful in other ways; which
may also be said of some of the other gentlemen mentioned.
Through the influence of his friends the qualifications of
Captain Gregory, who had had a number of years of service
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of the second troop open for the time being. With his customary foresight and good judgment, Gregory at once put
himself in communication with Newton A. Way, of Devil's
Lake, and Dana Burkholder of Bismarck, N. D., both of
whom had seen considerable service in the regular establishment, and whom he thought the best men for First and Second Lieutenants respectively. Active recruiting began at
once in Langdon, Devil's Lake, Cando, Bottineau, Bismarck,
Fargo, Dickinson and a number of other towns in the state,
with the result that in a very short space of time a sufficient
number of the "cream of horsemen" of the Red river valley
and other points had been secured to fill the troop to its maximum number. On the evening of May 10, Captain Gregory left Fargo for Devil's Lake and Langdon, returning on
the afternoon of the 11th with the recruits from both of these
places, and the physical examinations of the men, under the
direction of F. D. Pease, Captain and Assistant Surgeon,
U. S. A., and Nelson N. Black, Captain and Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A., was begun shortly thereafter. On May 21,
1898, eighty-one suitable men had been secured who had
passed the required physical examination, and the troop was
mustered in on that date by Lieutenant F. H. Albright, U.
S. A. On May 24 Privates Leslie A. Simpson and Thomas
AMack were mustered in, which raised the troop to maximum.
Considerable trouble was experienced in the meantime in selecting a commander for the second troop, which was also being organized under the general supervision of Captain
Gregory as the senior officer of the regiment in North Dakota. On May 16 George A. Nugent, but just graduated
from West Point Military Academy, was decided upon to
command the second troop, thus relieving Captain Gregory of
the responsibility of naming the Lieutenants of the second
troop, and the latter turned over his authority and all papers
pertaining to the second troop to Captain Nugent on the same
day. The first troop, commanded by Captain Gregory, was
assigned in the regiment as Troop G, and the one commanded
by Captain Nugent as Troop H. Both troops proceeded to
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., under command of
Captain Gregory, where they arrived May 29, and reported
for duty the same day. The troop remained in camp from
May 29, 1898, to muster-out September 8, 1898, doing routine camp duty.
The troop was noted for its excellent non-commissioned
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son, a prominent attorney who for two years represented his
county in the state legislature; Sergeant Clayton L. Worst,
son of ex-Lieutenant Governor Worst, who is known as one of
the finest athletes and college men in the state; Sergeant
Charles J. Jones, prominent in North Dakota National
Guard circles; Corporal Anatole A. Mauger, who for ten
years saw service in Africa with the French army, with which
he served through all the grades from private to First Sergeant of Artillery, and many others that could bt mentioned.
Troop G has also the distinction of having the highest average in its officers and non-commissioned officers of any troop
in the regiment, indicating mature and experienced men.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN CHARLES E. GREGORY.
Charles E. Gregory was born in Nauvoo, Ill., August,
1858. He attended the public schools and later graduated
in law and settled down to practice in North Dakota in early
days. He has made his home both in Dickinson and Devil's
Lake, but his popularity is not confined to these towns; he is
known over the entire state as an eminent and successful expounder of the law. For a number of years he served in the
national guard as an officer, and his experience and military
knowledge placed him in a conspicuous position at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. On May 21, 1898, he
was mustered into the volunteer service as Captain of Troop
G, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, which troop had
been recruited and organized under his direction. He commanded the squadron of North Dakota cavalry from musterin until arrival at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga.,
where he reported for duty with his regiment, with which he
served until muster-out September 8, 1898. In camp and in
the regiment Captain Gregory was popular and made many
friends. After discharge Captain Gregory went to Washington, D. C., Chicago and various other points in search of
much-needed rest, after which he returned to his law practice at Dickinson, N. D., where he can now be found.
FIRST LIEUTENANT NEWTON A. WAY.
Newton A. Way was born in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa,
July, 1856. At an early age he entered the United States
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years. His hobby is and has been rifle shooting, at which
he excels. Ile is a scientific sharpshooter, having made
windage, driftage and atmospheric effects upon a shot at the
various ranges an especial study, and is probably one of the
best instructors in marksmanship in the country. While in
the army he was a member of almost every team of note, representing the company, the regiment, the department or military district in which he served, and in 1892 was the second
man selected by General Miles to represent the United States
in the international contest. He is the holder of a number
of medals for marksmanship at known-distance firing and
skirmishing. He is also an experienced tactician and a
thorough military man. IIe was mustered into the volunteer
service on May 21, 1898, at Fargo, N. D., and served as
First Lieutenant of Troop G until mustered out September
8, 1898, after which he returned to Devil's Lake, N. D.,
where he is now engaged in business.
SECOND LIEUTENANT DAN BURKHOLDER.
Dan Burkholder was born at Stouchburg, Berks County,
Pa., on the 16th day of April, 1861. He was educated at
Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa. In 1880 he went West
to Chicago, where he enlisted in the regular army, and was
assigned to Troop G, Second United States Cavalry, then
stationed at headquarters of the regiment at Fort Custer,
M. T. He was promoted to Corporal when but three months
in the service, and to Sergeant about two years later. In
1883 his troop acted as an escort to President Arthur on his
trip through the Yellowstone National Park, which was at
that time an almost unexplored region, and is now one of
the greatest, most magnificent and wonderful natural parks
in the world. During his service in the regular army his
troop had but one engagement; that was with a band of halfbreed Indians who were attempting to steal about one thousand five hundred River Crow ponies, and run them across
the line into the British possessions. Troop G overtook the
Indians near the present site of Fort Assinaboine, and after
a short but hot skirmish they recaptured the horses and
killed several Indians. In this engagement Burkholder was
slightly wounded in the left forearm. In 1884 his regiment
exchanged stations with the First United States Cavalry,
then Washington Territory, headquarters of the Second going to Walla Walla, one of the most beautiful posts in the
Northwest, where Sergeant Burkholder was discharged, and
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and there engaged in the manufacturing of cigars. In this
business he continued until the war was declared between
the United States and Spain. 1-e volunteered his services
again to his country, and had the honor of being the first man
in the great state of North Dakota to take such action. In
consequence of this he was offered and accepted a commission
as Second Lieutenant of Troop G, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Captain Gregory. The
troop being organized mostly at Devil's Lake, N. D., was
christened "Gregory's Devils," and was mustered into service
at Fargo, N. D., on the 21st day of May, 1898. He was
appointed Commissary Officer for the North Dakota squadron by Captain Gregory immediately after muster-in, and
served as such until the squadron reported for duty at Camp
Thomas, May 29, 1898. He served with his troop at Camp
Thomas until mustered out September 8, 1898. After service he went to Washington, D. C., for a short time, after
which he returned to North Dakota, settling at Dickinson,
where he is now engaged in the mercantile business. Lieutenant Burkh6lder is well known in North Dakota as an
experienced military man.
FIRST SERGEANT JOSEPH DENOYER.
Joseph Denoyer was born in Sibley County, Minnesota,
November 9, 1867. He is the son of David and Margaret
Denoyer, well known Minnesota pioneers. Sergeant Denoyer
attended the public schools in Minnesota, and in 1882 he
came to Benson County, North Dakota. After engaging in
farm work for some time Sergeant Denoyer studied law and
was admitted to the bar at Devil's Lake in 1891. He was
elected State's Attorney of Williams County, North Dakota,
when only twenty-three years of age. Sergeant Denoyer's
extensive acquaintance and prominent position among the
young men of the state resulted in his selection as First
Sergeant of Troop G, with which troop he was mustered in
May 21, 1898. He served with his troop at Chickamauga
Park, Ga., and was mustered out September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to his law practice at Devil's Lake, N.
D., where he now resides.
SERGEANT CLAYTON L. WORST.
Clayton Le Roy Worst was born in Lattasburg, Wayne
County, Ohio, July 27, 1877, and emigrated with his parents
to Emmons County, North Dakota, in the spring of 1884.




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His education was obtained at the Bismarck high school and
the North Dakota Agricultural College, of which latter his
father is president. At college he took a great interest in
military drill, and excelled at football and athletics generally, winning the gold medal as the best all-round athlete at
the college, and four state medals at inter-colle.iate contests.
From 1892 to 1898 he followed ranching the greater part of
the time. He enlisted in Company A, First North Dakota
Volunteer Infantry, shortly after the declaration of war, but
owing to his cowboy experience, he was transferred to Troop
G, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which troop
he was mustered in May 21, 1898, as First Duty Sergeant.
He remained with his troop until about July 27, 1898, when
he was stricken with malarial fever and was in hospital
for some time. When he became convalescent, he was sent
home on sick furlough, which had not expired when the regiment was mustered out. He did not obtain his discharge until December following.
SERGEANT CHARLES J. JONES.
Sergeant Charles J. Jones was born at the village of West
Blue Mounds, Iowa County, Wisconsin, February 12, 1872,
from which place he moved with his parents to Ellendale, N.
D., in the fall of 1884, and since which time Ellendale has
been his home. In 1890 Sergeant Jones graduated from the
Ellendale high school and the same year attended a competitive examination at Grand Forks, N. D., for a cadetship at
West Point, but was defeated. When war with Spain was
declared he enlisted in Captain Gregory's troop at Fargo,
with which troop he was mustered in as Second Duty Sergeant, May 21, 1898. He was afterwards made Guidon
Sergeant, and served as such with the troop at Camp Thomas
until mustered out of the service September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to Ellendale, N. D. In the fall of 1898,
when the Third Battalion of the First Regiment of the North
Dakota National Guard was organized, Ellendale was
recognized mainly through the efforts of Sergeant Jones, and
upon the organization of Company M, he having declined
the Captaincy, was elected and commissioned First Lieutenant, in which capacity he is now serving.
SERGEANT LESLIE A. SIMPSON.
Leslie A. Simpson was born at Deer Island, Me., December, 1868. He was educated in the public schools at Port



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land, Me., where he resided until he was eighteen years of
age, when he came West and settled in Minneapolis, Minn.
He read law in the "Flour City" and attended the legal department of the Minnesota State University, from which he
was graduated. He was admitted to the bar in 1889, and
immediately located at Dickinson, N. D. In 1892 he was
elected to the state legislature to represent Stark County,
North Dakota. His services gave such general satisfaction
that he was returned to the legislature in 1894 by an appreciative constituency. In 1896 he was elected State's Attorney of Stark County, and was so serving when hostilities between the United States and Spain broke out. Owing to the
large amount of business matter which had to be attended to
before he could leave for the front, Sergeant Simpson was
not ready for muster-in on May 21, when the troop was mustered, and he and Thomas Mack were mustered in as privates
on May 24, 1898. Private Simpson was regularly promoted from private to Corporal, and then to Sergeant, on occount of his excellent qualifications, and his promotion to a
commission simply depended upon the duration of the war
and a vacancy. For some time Sergeant Simpson was on
detail in the office of the Adjutant General, First Cavalry
Brigade, First Army Corps, where he was employed upon
the proceedings of boards of survey, for which position his
legal knowledge especially fitted him. Sergeant Simpson
was mustered out with his troop on September 8, 1898, and
upon returning to Dickinson was elected to the office of
State's Attorney in Stark County, North Dakota, in which
position he is now serving.
CORPORAL ANATOLE A. MAUGER.
Anatole Adolphe Mauger was born in France in 1861. He
was graduated at the College of Chartres, France, August,
1879. He enlisted November 12, 1879, in the Thirteenth
Battery of the Twelfth Regiment of Artillery at Vincennes,
France; transferred to the Second Battery in Africa, December 12, 1879; promoted Corporal and transferred to the
First Battery of the Seventh Regiment of Artillery, February 13, 1881; served in the war against the Arabs in Tunis, from April to July, 1881, and on the frontier of Iorocco and the Sahara Desert from September, 1881, to April
1883; promoted Sergeant and transferred to the Second Battery of the Fourteenth Regiment of Artillery, April 28,
1883;First Sergeant, same battery, November 1, 1883; hon



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orably discharged September 26, 1884. Corporal Mauger
came to the United States in July, 1885, and settled in Minneapolis, Minn., where he was graduated from the Curtiss
Business College August 7, 1893. Shortly thereafter he
went to Devil's Lake, N. D., where he is engaged in the hotel business. Corporal Mauger was mustered in with his
troop (G) on May 21, 1898, and served as a non-commissioned officer until muster-out September 8, 1898. Corporal
Mauger is easily numbered among the very best soldiers the
regiment contained.
PRIVATE WALTER G. BLACKORBY.
Walter G. Blackorby was born in Lincoln County, Mo.,
January 31, 1879. At the age of seven he emigrated with
his parents to North Dakota, which state he has since galled
home. He attended the public schools and was graduated
from the high school at Cando. At the age of eighteen he
began to teach school and was so engaged when he enlisted in
Troop G, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which troop he was mustered in May 21, 1898. Although
almost the youngest man in the troop, private Blackorby is
recommended as an honest, efficient and faithful soldier.
He was mustered out with the troop September 8, 1898, after
which he returned to North Dakota, and is now located at
Maza.
PRIVATE EDWARD S. BEATTY.
Among the best known and most highly respected enlisted
men in the regiment was Edward S. Beatty. At an early age
he removed with his parents to the new territory of Dakota
and settled on a farm near Cando, in what is now North Dakota. Here young Beatty received the ordinary public
school education. A great deal of his early life was spent
in the saddle and he soon became proficient both as a
horseman and rifle-shot. Being of a very patriotic turn of
mind he was among the very first to volunteer for service at
the declaration of war between the United States and Spain,
enlisting in Troop G, with which organization he was mustered in May 21, 1898, at Fargo, N. D. He served with his
troop at Camp Thomas, Ga., part of the time on detail as a
hospital nurse, in which position so many kind and attentive young men were required, and was mustered out September 8, 1898, after which he returned to Cando and is once
more following the occupation of farming and stock-raising.




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ROSTER OF TROOP G, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.


Name and Rank.


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Captain:
*Charles E. Gregory....
First Lieutenant:
*Newton A. Way.......
Second Lieutenant:
*Danna Burkholder.....
First Sergeant:
*Joseph Denoyer.......
Quartermaster Sergeant:
tFrank E. Parker......
Sergeants:
t*Clayton L. Worst......
t*Charles J. Jones.......
Robert E. McHugh....
tJohn F. Sinclair.......
tAlbert Rolling........
Charles H. Poppe......
Corporals:
t*Leslie A. Simpson.....
William N. McLaughlin
George L. Fulwiler....
Frank J. La Riviere...
Clide B. Strayer.......
Charles A. Keogh......
John F. Reynolds....
*Anatole A. Mauger....
Trumpeters:
Joseph La France.....
Frank M. Delano......
Farrier:
tDelbert Wheeler......
Blacksmith:
Peter E. O'Hara.......
Saddler:
Henry Archer.........
Wagoner:
tJohn McDonald........
Privates:
Abraham, Nathan.....
Anderson, Casper....
Barsness, Simon 0.....
Barsness, Nels E......
*Beatty, Edward S......
Black, Arthur E.......
*Blackorby, Walter G...
Blake, Frederick N.....
Branchflower, Allen...
Canfield, Edwin S....
Carlin, John A........
Carter, Robert A......
Charrier, George C....
Clancy, Edward J......
Clem, William A......
Clements, Isaiah.....
Crisp, George C.......
Davidson, Harry F....




Occupation.
Lawyer.........
Traveling Salsn..
Merchant.......
Lawyer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Merchant.......
Clerk...........
Telegrapher....
Soldier.........
Horseman......
Lawyer........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Engineer.......
Painter.........
Barber..........
Cowboy.........
Hotelman.......
Farmer.........
Printer.........
Cowboy.........
Blacksmith.....
Saddler.........
Cowboy........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Farmer.........
Laborer........
Teacher........
Laborer........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Horseman......
Butcher.......
Printer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Address.


Dickinson, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Dickinson, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
See remarks.
Fargo, N. D.
Ellendale, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
See remarks.
U. S. Army.
Dickinson, N. D.
Dickinson, N. D.
Dunseith, N. D.
Dunseith, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Church's Ferry, N.D.
Dunseith, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Willow City, N. D.
Maza, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Towner, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.


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Name and Rank.
Privates:
Desmarsais, Edmund..
Dulin, Hume M.......
Duncan, Charles W....
Ford, John P..........
Groves, George W.....
Harwood, Fred E.....
Howe, Harry J........
tHughes, Robert E.....
Johnson, David.......
Johnson, Ernest.......
tJohnson, Joseph.......
Jordan, John H.......
tKeane, William.......
Keegan, Frank J......
Kitchell, William H...
Lemon, John W.......
Linn, Bennie L........
tLudvigson, John F.....
Mack, Thomas........
tMay, Charles J........
McLean, James.......
Montgomery, Isaac E..
Montgomery, Robert R
Murray, John.........
tNimmons, James E....
Oke, Thomas..........
Paden, Winton J., Jr..
Poirier, Joseph A......
Raycik, Gustav......
tReed, Edward.........
Riordan, Martin.......
tRivers, Michael.......
Ross, William.........
Sebery, James........
Silvester, Henry D....
tStokes, William H.....
Surber, James W.....
fTaggart, Jacob F......
Thank, John J........
Willard, Walter R....


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Occupation.
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Blacksmith.....
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Tinner.........
Cowboy.........
Trick Rider......
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Farrier.........
Machinist.......
Jockey..........
Cowboy.........
Liveryman......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Teamster.......
Cowboy.........
Teamster.......
Teamster.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Farmer.........
Cowboy........
Soldier.........
Cowboy........
Printer.........


Address.


Langdon, N. D.
Bismarck, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Rugby, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Willow City, N. D.
Grand Forks, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Church's Ferry, N.D.
Towner, N. D.
Fargo, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
U. S. Army.
Langdon, N. D.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Jamestown, N. D.
Fargo, N. D.
See remarks.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
U. S. Army.
Willow City, N. D.
Cando, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Fargo, N. D.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Fargo, N, D.
Dickinson, N. D.
Bismarck, N. D.
Langdon, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Bismarck, N. D.
Philippiie Islands.
Devil's Lake, N. D.
Bismarck, N. D.


*See Biographies, this troop.
+See Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Quartermaster Sergeant Frank E. Park; accidently killed in Montana since muster-out. Particulars as to death and place of
interment not known. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Sergeant Charles J. Jones; enlisted in the National Guard of North
Dakota after muster-out, and is now serving in that organization as First Lieutenant of Infantry.
Sergeant John F. Sinclair; died in service of disabilities contracted
in line of duty; date of death and place of interment not obtainable. (See Chapter XXVI.)
Sergeant Albert Rolling; re-enlisted in United States Volunteer
service after discharge from Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, and is now serving with the army in the Philippines.




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Sergeant Leslie A. Simpson; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Private; promoted to Corporal and later to Sergeant.
Private William H. Stokes; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Corporal; reduced to grade of Private at his own request.
Private John F. Ludvigson; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Farrier; reduced to Private by troop orders.
Farrier Delbert Wheeler; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Private; appointed Farrier, vice Ludvigson, per troop orders.
Private Robert E. Hughes; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Wagoner; reduced to Private per troop orders.
Wagoner John McDonald; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Private; appointed Wagoner, vice Hughes, per troop orders.
Private George C. Crisp; deserted from Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., August 8, 1898.
Private Joseph Johnson; was sick with fever in Sternberg Hospital,
Chickamauga Park, Ga., at the time of muster-out. An unconfirmed rumor reports him as having died there.
Private William Keane; re-enlisted in United States volunteer service after discharge, and is now serving with the army in the
Philippines.
Private Charles J. May; died in Leiter Hospital, Chickamauga Park,
Ga., of typhoid fever, contracted in the service and line of
duty. (Chapter XXVI.)
Sergeant Clayton L. Worst; was furloughed August 25, 1898, on
account of disabilities contracted in the service and line of
duty, and was on furlough at the time of muster-out; was
finally discharged December, 1898.
Private Jacob F. Taggart; was on detail in the office of the Regimental Adjutant as Clerk almost during his entire service;
re-enlisted in the United States volunteer service after discharge, and is now serving with the Fourth United States
Cavalry in the Philippines. Was promoted to Corporal just
prior to muster-out.
Private Michael Rivers; was on detail as cook for the officers' mess
of the Second Squadron until muster-out.
Private James E. Nimmons; re-enlisted in the United States volunteer service after discharge, and is now serving with the
army in the Philippines.
Private Edward Reed; re-enlisted in the United States army after
discharge, and served with the army in Cuba until July, 1898,
when honorably discharged.
RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS.


Lawyers..................
Traveling salesmen.........
Merchants................
Cowboys..................
Clerks...................
Telegraphers...............
Professional soldiers.......
Horsemen.................
Farmers.................
Engineers.................
Painters..............
Barbers...................
Hotelmen.................
Printers...................


3   Blacksmiths.............     2
1   Saddlers..................  1
2   Laborers..................  2
36   Teachers..................   1
1   Butchers..................   1
1   Tinners...................  1
4   Trick  riders...............  1
2   Farriers..................  1
10   Machinists................   1
1   Jockeys...................   1
1   Liverymen................    1
1   Teamsters.................   3
1
3     Total...................  83




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RESIDENCES.


Dickinson, N. D............
Devil's Lake, N. D........
Fargo, N. D................
Ellendale, N. D...........
Langdon, N. D.............
Dunseith, N. D.............
Cando, N. D...............
Church's Ferry, N. D.......
Bottineau, N. D............
Willow City, N. D..........
Maza, N. D...........
Towner, N. D..............


5
13
5
1
17
3
9
2
6
3
1
2


Bismarck, N. D............    4
Rugby, N. D............... 
Grand Forks, N. D.........    1
Jamestown, N. D...........   1
Sioux Falls, S. D...........  1
Minneapolis, Minn........     1
In United States Army.....    4
Total................... 80
Died in service and since...  3
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CHAPTER XX.
HISTORY OF TROOP H, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
"Wheatland was alive last night with bands and bonfires, with
musketry and oratory. The war fever ran high and everybody is
with the government, with money and with fighting grit. The following is an evidence of the intensity of the feeling:
"'Notice-All able bodied male citizens, being eighteen years old
and under forty-five, who will join with the undersigned in forming a volunteer company and will enlist with me in the Cuban war,
please meet at my office Thursday, April 28, 1898, at 7:30 p. m.
"'CHARLES E. STOWERS.'"
The above was published in the Fargo Forum and Daily
Republican in its issue on the evening of April 22, 1898, and
the notice referred to was a copy of one posted that same
evening at the postoffices at Wheatland, Chaffee, Absaraka,
Erie and Casselton, Cass County, North Dakota, and was the
first step taken toward the formation of Troop IH, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, and entitled Mr. Stowers
to the distinction of being the first volunteer from North Dakota. An enrollment blank was drawn up from such meager knowledge of army papers as could be found, which
blank was easily signed. It was the purpose to get into the
Rough Rider organization, but as no territory had been assigned and no definite plans made in Washington, that had
been promulgated, telegraphic communication was at once
opened with the National Capitol, which here follows and
explains itself:
Washington, D. C., April 22, 1898.
Charles E. Stowers, Wheatland, N. D.:
Formation of volunteer companies and appointment of all officers from Colonel down, inclusive, entirely in hands of governors.
H. C. HANSBROUGH.
Wheatland, N. D., April 20, 1898.
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C.:
Have thirty cavalrymen enrolled; will have eighty Thursday;
will you accept their services?
CHARLES E. STOWERS.
Washington, D. C., April 27, 1898.
Charles E. Stowers, Wheatland, N. D.:
Am exceedingly sorry have no authority to take North Dakota
men; only wish I did have.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.




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Bismarck, N. D., April 27, 1898.
Charles E. Stowers, Wheatland, N. D.:
Under present call we can't use cavalry. Colonel Melvin Grigsby of Sioux Falls is raising a cavalry regiment; will use two troops
from North Dakota. Communicate with him.
PHELPS (Governor's Secretary).
A telephone message to Major Edwards and a talk at
Wheatland with Major Fleming then caused Mr. Stowers to
send the following telegram to Washington, D. C.:
Wheatland, N. D., April 28, 1898.
Colonel Melvin Grigsby, Washington, D. C.:
Governor Briggs refers me to you. Can you use our troop of
cavalry volunteers. Answer. Reference. Hansbrough.
C. E. STOWERS.
Receiving no reply to this message and not wanting to be
left if a matter of hustling could get his troop into service,
Mr. Stowers sent a second telegram to Colonel Grigsby, this
time to Sioux Falls, to which he received reply that the Colonel would be at home on May 2, after which full instructions would be sent out. The next information received was
on Sunday, May 1, as follows:
Devil's Lake, N. D., May 1, 1898.
Charles E. Stowers, Wheatland, N. D.: 
I have authority to raise cavalry troop; will you and your men
join me. Answer here, stating number.
C. E. GREGORY.
To which the following reply was sent:
Wheatland, N. D., May 1, 1898.
C. E. Gregory, Devil's Lake, N. D.:
Yes, with forty men if you and I can agree; answer what terms.
CHAS. E. STOWERS.
In reply to this message Mr. Stowers was informed by
Gregory that he (Gregory) had no authority to make terms
of any kind and further word was received through Major
Edwards that is was the request of General Alger that the
Governor and Senator Hansbrough name the officers for the
North Dakota troops, and after considerable telegraphing
backward and forward, the final result was the appointment
of George A. Nugent, Fargo's West Point graduate, who had
just passed his examination with high honors, as Captain of
Troop H, while Charles E. Stowers of Wheatland, was made
First Lieutenant, and Albert E. Sunderhauf, of Wahpeton,
Second Lieutenant, thus amicably settling what at first gave
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Stowers were principally instrumental in bringing about this
peaceful settlement.
On Tuesday, May 10, the volunteers from Wheatland embarked for Fargo, amid the strains of the local cornet band,
and a shower of flowers from the patriotic ladies of the town.
After arriving at Fargo the men were quartered on Broadway, where they were soon joined by thirty picked men from
Wahpeton under Lieutenant Sunderhauf, and actual steps
taken to have the command ready for muster-in. Captain
Nugent, who was on leave of absence at Fargo, was taken
over and introduced to the men and began to shape them into
a military company at once. Lieutenants Stowers and Sunderhauf soon made themselves very valuable in this preliminary work, as did First Sergeant William Ray, who had a
long service in the regular army to his credit, and was most
efficient in his new duties. The men were given their physical examinations on May 18 and 19, and on May 23, just
before noon, the troop was mustered into the United States
service by Lieutenant F. H. Albright, Twenty-fifth Infanty.
At 4:30 p. m., May 25, 1898, the North Dakota squadron,
consisting of Troops G and H, under command of Captain
Charles E. Gregory, left over the Great Northern railroad
for the front. They arrived at Camp Thomas May 29, and
were at once assigned to the Second (or "Inter-Dakota")
squadron under Major R. W. Stewart. The selection of officers proved a most wise one, as was shown by the record of
promptness, soldierly qualities and genera] military efficiency made by the troop while in camp. The troop was
mustered out at the Custom House, Chattanooga, Tenn., on
Sunday morning, September 11, 1898, and almost all left
Chattanooga before night.  They have returned to their
peaceful avocations with nothing but the most pleasant recollections of their days at Camp Thomas.
Too much credit cannot be given Majors Edwards, Fleming and Fish, all of North Dakota, the latter subsequently
Major and Surgeon of the regiment, for valuable services
rendered in the organization of this troop.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN GEORGE A. NUGENT.
George A. Nugent came to North Dakota at an early age,
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ing of a military turn of mind he secured the appointment
as military cadet to West Point and entered the school at
that place in 1894, and graduated No. 6 in the class of 1898
in line of division. Lieutenant Nugent was the first North
Dakotan to graduate from West Point and consequently the
state felt very proud of him. He was in Fargo on leave of
absence when Troop H was being organized and was at once
selected as the most fitting man to command the troop. Permission being granted by the Honorable Secretary of War,
Lieutenant Nugent was mustered in May 23, as Captain of
Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. At
Camp Thomas his military knowledge was of benefit to the
officers of the Second squadron. Captain Nugent was appointed Judge Advocate for the general court martial convened in the First Cavalry Brigade, officiating as such at every
trial coming before the general court in the brigade. On
September 11, 1898, Captain Nugent was mustered out of
the volunteer service and returned to duty as Second Lieutenant Fourth United States Artillery, per Special Orders
No. 218, Headquarters of the Army, dated September 15,
1898. He is at present serving with his battery at Fort
Trumbull, Connecticut.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES E. STOWERS.
Charles Elias Stowers, the first child of Rev. C. N. and
Maria Bowen Stowers, was born at Wilbraham, Mass., November 29, 1861. He was educated at the State Normal
school, Whitewater, Wis., and at the Lawrence University,
Appleton, Wis. In 1877 he went to Idaho and was appointed as farmer at the Lemhi Indian Agency, at Lemhi, Idaho,
in which capacity he served until the close of 1878, when he
was appointed school teacher at the same place and served
until 1880, when he went to Wheatland, N. D., and after
teaching a year went upon a farm part of the time and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1889. He was trustee
of the state penitentiary from 1890 to 1894; president of
the school board at Wheatland from 1893 to 1899. He has
an extensive stock farm two and one-half miles from Wheatland, which he personally superintends in connection with
his law practice. He was enrolled as a volunteer in the
Spanish-American war April 22; mustered in as First Lieutenant Third United States Volunteer Cavalry May 23,1898,
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scientious officer; always on duty and ready for any duty he
might be called upon to perform. He was mustered out with
his troop September 11, 1898, after which he returned to
Wheatland, where he has resumed the practice of his profession and the management of his stock farm.
SECOND LIEUTENANT ALBERT E. SUNDERHAUF.
(For Biography, see Chapter X.)
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM RAY.
First Sergeant William Ray is a professional soldier, having served in the regular establishment for a number of years
on the Western frontiers. His prior service was very valuable to him in his position as First Sergeant, which he filled
in a most acceptable manner.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT ROBERT E. WESSEL.
Quartermaster Sergeant Robert E. Wessel, who was chosen
to fill the responsible position of Quartermaster Sergeant, enlisted in Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
May 7, 1898, and served with the troop at Camp Thomas,
where he performed the duties of Quartermaster Sergeant
very creditably and to the satisfaction of his troop commander. After discharge Sergeant Wessel returned to
Hankinson, N. D., where he is now engaged as a collector.
TRUMPETER CARL FAY.
Trumpeter Carl Fay enlisted from Ashley, N. D., where
he has resided for a number of years. He was mustered in
with Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May
23, 1898, and served as trumpeter in the troop until August
1, when he was transferred to the regimental band to play
tuba. He served with the band until muster-out September
11, after which he returned to Ashley, N. D., where he is
now engaged in the barber business.
SERGEANT JOHN G. SMYLIE.
Among the first to enlist under the call issued by Lieutenant Stowers was John G. Smylie of Wheatland, N. D. Although a school teacher by calling, he had had considerable
experience in the saddle that fully entitled him to a place in
the regiment.  He was appointed one of the original duty
sergeants and was mustered in with Troop H, on May 23.
He served honestly and faithfully and was mustered out
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SERGEANT JOHN F. DANIELS.
Sergeant John F. Daniels headed the delegation from
Wahpeton under Lieutenant Sunderhauf when the quota
from that town was sent to Fargo to help make up Troop
H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Daniels was
mustered in as the Junior Duty Sergeant of the troop and
was conspicuous for his attention to duty until the final muster-out, September 11, after which he returned to Wahpeton.
PRIVATE FRANK E. EASTLING.
Frank E. Eastling enlisted May 13, in Troop H, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, at Fargo, N. D., where he
happened to be at the time, although his home was at Stevens
Point, Wis. He made many friends among the North Dakotans, especially by his attention to the sick, while he was
serving as hospital nurse. He was mustered out with the
troop on September 11, 1898.
PRIVATE ROBERT McCOSKERY.
Private Robert McCoskery enlisted at Wheatland April
26, among the very first to enroll their names upon the roster
of Troop H. McCoskery was an efficient, willing soldier,
always ready to serve where he could be of the most good.
When men were called for to nurse in the hospital he volunteered and was soon thereafter made ambulance driver, a
responsible position when it is considered who the passengers
are likely to be. He lives at Wheatland, N. D.
PRIVATE JOHN K. WEIR.
John K. Weir enlisted at Fargo,?May 12, in Troop H,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, leaving a lucrative
and responsible position to answer his country's call. He
was at once appointed troop clerk and filled that position
with much satisfaction to his superiors until mustered out
with his troop, September 11, 1898. He is now stenographer
and confidential clerk of one of the leading law firms of
North Dakota, and resides at Fargo.




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ROSTER OF TROOP H, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.


Name and Rank.
Captain:
t*George A. Nugent....
First Lieutenant:
*Charles E. Stowers....
Second Lieutenant:
tAlbert E. Sunderhauf.
First Sergeant:
t*William X. Ray.......
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*Robert E. Wessel.....
Sergeants:
Harvey R. King.......
tWilliam  I. McMertre..
*John G. Smylie.......
Thomas W. Gillespie..
tSid 0. Morgan., Jr.....
*John P. Daniels.......
Corporals:
James E. Ellsworth...
La Forest B. Reed.....
* Henry W. Stebbins...
William A. Stout.....
Arthur B. Dutton......
Jonathan S. Henderson
George E. McDonald..
Joseph O. Klienhemple
Trumpeter:
t*Carl Fay..............
Farrier:
Charles A. Moore......
Blacksmith:
Elery Lurue...........
Saddler:
Archie I. Halliday....
Wagoner:
John W. Larson.......
Privates:
Adkins, George........
Ast, Paul.............
Ballard, Albert........
Ballard, Ralph E......
tBarrett, Arthur D......
Beck, John...........
Beck, Phillip W.......
Bills, George......... 
Bryan, Charles F.....
Burget, Amy..........
Busta, Frank S........
Clintsman, Frank D...
Cook, William P.......
t*Eastling, Frank E.....
Eilertson, Richard....
tEckdol, August........
Gift, John W..........
tGipson, John W.......
*tSee foot note, page 279.


Occupation.           Address.


U. S. Army....
Lawyer.........
Lawyer.........
U. S. Army.....
Collector.......
Cowboy.........
U. S. Army.....
Teacher......
Contractor       
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Dentist.........
Salesman.......
Cowboy.........
Printer.........
Engineer.......
Printer.........
Farmer.........
Cowboy.........
Barber.........
Horseshoer......
Blacksmith.....
Saddler.........
Teamster.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Laborer........
Cowboy.........
Student.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Stockman......
Engineer.......
U. S. Army......
Cowboy.........
Stockman......
U. S. Navy......


Ft. Trumbull, Conn.
Wheatland, N. D.
Wahpeton, N. D.
Mantanzas, Cuba.
Hankinson, N. D.
Erie, N. D.
War Department.
Wheatland, N. D.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
See remarks.
Wahpeton, N. D.
Oakes, N. D.
Casselton, N. D.
Tower City, N. D.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
Fargo, N. D.
Henning, Minn.
Kent, Minn.
Wahpeton, N. D.
Ashley, N. D.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
Bottineau, N. D.
Wheatland, N. D.
Wheatland, N. D.
Wheatland, N. D.
Big Lake, Minn.
Casselton, N. D.
Casselton, N. D.
Bethlehem, Pa.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
Oakes, N. D.
Poygan, Wis.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
St. Paul, Minn.
Harriman, Tenn.
Stevens. Point, Wis.
Manila, P. I.
See remarks.
Ledgerwood, N. D.
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Name and Rank.


Privates:
Godejohn, Gustave....
Gougler, Charles L....
Harrop, Eli F.........
Heeb, Charles J......
Hetherington, Irvine J.
Hoist, John 0.........
Horan, John...........
Ingalls, Otto A.......
Jackson, Andrew.......
Johnson, Frank.......
Johnson, Henry.......
tJoslin, Sherman.......
Kaderabek, Joseph F.
Kitzing, August B. W..
Krieger, Charles C....
Larson, Emil.........,
Leckan, Alfred A......
Landa James J........
Marlow, Joseph.......
t*McCoskery, Robert....
McDaniels, James.....
McFadden, Dennis....
Mechalek, Albert......
O'Brien, Alfred........
Olander, Swan J.......
Olson, Albert..........
Oleson, Charles C.....
Peterson, George S....
Plouzek, Joseph.......
Rak, Olric............
Rahn, John E.........
Richardson, Frank A..
Smith, William E......
Smylie, William A.....
Snelbaker, Charles H..
Suthers, William M....
Svien, Lewis..........
Tippit, William A.....
Urbach, William 0....
fWhalen, James J....
t*Weir, John J..........
Wisnewski, John J.....


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Occupation.         AddressStockman....... Wahpeton, N. D.
Stockman....... Hilton, Oklahoma.
Stockman....... Wheatland, N. D.
Baker..........Wahpeton, N. D.
Cowboy.........Buffalo, N. D.
Stockman....... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Stockman....... Waseca, Minn.
Stockman....... Cloma, Wis.
Cowboy......... Fargo, N. D.
Mechanic.......St. James, Minn.
Cowboy.........Webster, Minn.
Cowboy.........Kingston, Wis.
Plasterer....... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Tinner......... Casselton, N. D.
Butcher......... Hankinson, N. D.
Cowboy.........Elbow Lake, Minn.
Cook.......... Hankinson, N. D.
Stockman....... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Stockman....... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Cowboy.........Wheatland, N. D.
Stockman.......Barboursville, Ky.
Cook.......... Casselton, N. D.
Clerk.......... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Cowboy......... Breckenridge, Minn.
Stockman....... Wheatland, N. D.
Student.........Fargo, N. D.
Stockman....... Patterson, Wis.
Butcher......... Oakes, N. D.
Butcher......... Ledgerwood, N. D.
Cowboy.........Ledgerwood, N. D.
Butcher.........Hankinson, N. D.
Cowboy......... Wheatland, N. D.
Painter.........Leonard, N. D.
Stockman.......Wheatland, N. D.
Cowboy.........Ledgerwood, N. D.
Cowboy......... Freesport, Pa.
Cowboy.........Ledgerwood, N. D.
Salesman.......Gatesville, Texas.
Cook...........Livingston, Mont.
U. S. Army...... Chicago, Ills.
Stenographer.... Fargo, N. D.
Stockman....... Ledgerwood, N. D.


*See Biographies, this troop.
fSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Captain George A. Nugent; Second Lieutenant Fourth United States
Artillery, and accepted captaincy in Third United States Volunteer Cavalry by special permission from Secretary of War.
Was returned to duty as Second Lieutenant Fourth United
States Artillery upon muster-out of the volunteer service
September 8, 1898, per Special Orders No. 218, Headquarters
of the Army, dated Washington D. C., September 15, 1898. Is
now serving with his regiment at Fort Trumbull, Conn.
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Second Lieutenant Albert E. Sunderhauf; appointed Acting Regimental Ordnance Officer June 25, 1898, and Regimental Commissary Officer July 31, 1898. In charge of Officers' Mess
Headquarters, First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, from August 1 to September 8, 1898; July 13, 1898, appointed Range
Officer and Inspector of small arms practice. (For biography,
see Chapter X.)
First Sergeant William Ray; re-enlisted in United States military
service, and is now serving with Troop E, Second United
States Cavalry, at Mantanzas, Cuba.
Sergeant George A. Steel; originally enrolled and mustered in as
Quartermaster Sergeant Troop H, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to Hospital Steward Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry June 15, 1898, per General Orders
No. 10, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer Infantry.
Re-enlisted in United States service, from which honorably
discharged. (For biography, see Chapter IX.)
Sergeant Sid. O. Morgan, Jr.; died at Hot Springs, Ark., September, 1898. Place of interment not known. (See Chapter XIV.)
Sergeant William I. McIntire; re-enlisted in United States military
service, and is now serving in the Philippines.
Private Sherman Joslin; enlisted as Private from Kingston, Wis.;
deserted at Chicago, Ill., May 28, 1898.
Private John W. Gipson; enlisted at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga
Park, July 8th, 1898, in troop; assigned to duty as Orderly
for General Melvin Grigsby, commanding First Cavalry Brigade, and served as such until muster-out. Re-enlisted in
United States naval service, and is now serving as Electrician
United States Navy.
Private August Eckdol; was killed in Chicago, Ill., September 13,
1898, by being run over by a trolley car. Place of interment
not known. (See Chapter XIV.)
Private James J. Whalen; enlisted at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga
Park, Ga.; was detailed as stenographer at Headquarters
First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, and appointed Acting
Sergeant Major of said brigade July 27, 1898; is now serving as Clerk in the Headquarters Department in connection
with the building of an ice plant at Manila, P. I.
Private Arthur Dean Barret; enlisted at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., June 15, 1898; after being mustered out
he went to Washington, D. C., and re-enlisted in Troop H,
Sixth United States Cavalry; was sent to Porto Rico, and
then to Huntsville, Ala., afterwards to Fort Riley, Kans.,
from where he was honorably discharged. He is now attending college at Bethlehem, Pa., his address being 235
Broad street, Bethlehem, Pa.
Trumpeter Carl Fay; on detail in regimental band from August 1
to September 8, 1898.
Private Frank E. Eastling; on detail on Regimental Hospital as
Hospital Nurse.
Private Robert McCoskery; on detail in Regimental Hospital as
Ambulance Driver.
Private John K. Weir; on detail as Troop Clerk from May 23 to
Steptember 8, 1898.




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RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS.


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Stenographers.............     1
Clerks................... 
Cooks.....................    3
Professional soldiers.......   5
Lawyers..................
Collectors.................    1
Cowboys.................      28
Teachers.................      1
Contractors...............     1
Dentists..................     1
Salesmen......2...........     2
Printers...................   2
Engineers................    2
Farmers..................      1
Barbers....................    1
Blacksmiths..............


Saddlers.................     1
Teamsters...............      1
Laborers..................     1
Students..................    2
Stockmen.................    15
Professional sailors........  1
Bakers....................     1
Mechanics...............      1
Plasterers.................   1
Tinners...................   1
Butchers.................     4
Painters.................   1
Horseshoers..............     1
Total...................  84


RESIDENCES.


Elbow Lake, Minn.........
Breckenridge, Minn........
Leonard, N. D............
Gatesville, Texas...........
Livingston, Mont...........
Chicago, Ills...............
Buffalo, N. D..............
Fort Trumbull, Conn......
Wheatland, N. D...........
Wahpeton, N. D............
Ledgerwood, N. D..........
Cuba.....................
Hankinson, N. D..........
Erie,  N. D.................
War Department...........
Oakes, N. D................
Casselton, N. D............
Tower City, N. D...........
Fargo, N. D...............
Henning, Minn.............
Kent, Minn................
Ashley, N. D..............
Bottineau, N. D...........


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Big Lake, Minn............     1
Bethlehem, Pa.............    1.
Poygan, Wis...............    1
St. Paul, Minn............. 
Harriman, Tenn.......... 
Stevens Point, Wis........     1
Manila, P. I...........1.... 
Navy Department..........     1
Hilton, Oklahoma..........    1
Waseca, Minn.............     1
Cloma,  Wis................ 
St. James, Minn...........     1
Webster, Minn.............    1
Kingston, Wis.............. 
Barboursville, Ky...........  1
Patterson, Wis............    1
Freesport, Pa..............   1
Total..............   82
Dead....................    2
Aggregate..............    84


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THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
(THE MONTANA SQUADRON)
Troops F, L, M and I.
MAJOR JAMES H. MONTEATH,
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CHAPTER XXI.
HISTORY OF THE THIRD SQUADRON, THIRD UNITED STATES
VOLUNTEER CAVALRY-(Montana Squadron).*
In no state in the Union can there be found a broader
patriotism or a more ready response to a call for duty, when
the nation needs her sturdy sons, than in Montana. After
the destruction of the "Maine," and before the actual declaration of war, patriotic meetings were held at Missoula, Butte,
Billings, Miles City, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, and in
fact in every town of note in the entire state. Missoula,
however, was the first to take steps in the organization of a
military company for the Spanish war. On March 30, 1898,
Will Cave of Missoula circulated a paper, to which he secured over fifty signatures in a few hours, the signers pledging themselves to enlist for the war in case of open hostilities.  Mr. Cave at once notified Governor Smith that
Missoula was ready to furnish a company for the war, should
it be declared. On April 2, the governor wrote to Mr. Cave,
acknowledging receipt of his communication, thanking him
for the information and promising to file the letter and consider the contents carefully in case war was declared. Thus
is Missoula entitled to the credit of taking the first steps in
the organization of what afterward became the Montana
Squadron of Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment.
Billings already had a cavalry organization under command of Captain Bond, which only needed to be recruited
to a war footing. Miles City also had an organization which
had been in existence for several years and had done good
service, commanded by that veteran Joseph T. Brown. Butte
was fast proceeding with an organization under the direction of Messrs. Stivers, Wedekind and Hankins, and the
ground plan of the squadron was laid. After several days
had elapsed, following the memorable twenty-first of April,
and nothing definite was known as to how the regiments
were going to be organized, word was finally received that
Montana would be entitled to a full squadron of cavalry
*We are indebted to Mr. Arthur L. Stone, of Missoula, Mont., for considerable of the
data upon which this article is based, as written by him in "The Anaconda Standard,"
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in the regiment of cowboys being organized by Colonel
Grisby in the Northwestern states. On May 5 commissions
were received by Frank Higgins of Missoula, John C. Bond
of Billings, D. Gay Stivers of Butte and Joseph T. Brown
of Miles City, Mont., appointing them Captains and authorizing them to organize troops for the Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, the official designation of Grigsby's regiment, while the cities of Great Falls and Bozeman, which
had also raised troops, were omitted on account of the immense pressure brought to bear from the entire Northwest
for a place in this regiment, and membership in which, after
a consultation with the congressional delegations in Washington, was divided as follows: South Dakota, five troops;
Montana, four troops; North Dakota, two troops, and Nebraska, one troop.
The next few days were spent in the preliminary medical
examinations and preparations for muster-in.  Troop F
was mustered in at the Union Opera House, Missoula, Mont.,
May 13, 1898, by Captain Ahern, Twenty-fifth Infantry,
and was the first troop mustered in in Montana and the
second troop in the regiment. The other troops were examined and mustered in in a short time, the last troop being
mustered in at Miles City May 19, 1898.
There was no question about these men being especially
fitted for the service they had been called upon to enter.
Every man was an accomplished horseman and a fine rifleshot-there are no better in the world. The Cowboy or
Rough Rider regiments were selected for the purpose of performing especially hazardous and perilous service and would
have had ample opportunity to display their fortitude and
bravery had the Spaniard held out a little longer. It would
have been a proud moment for these men to demonstrate to
their friends in Montana that they had not been underrated
and that the honor and prestige of the great commonwealth
of Montana could be safely entrusted to their keeping. What
an array of the best manhood of the state and under what
magnificent leadership! Captain Higgins, himself an athlete, horseman and rifle-shot the peer of any in the country;
Captain Stivers, born and reared in a military atmosphere
and conversant with all the little strategical tricks so necessary to a military man's knowledge; Captain Bond, that
old regular who had served on the frontier for years as scout
and in other important positions, and the veteran Captain
Brown, who had known the whistle of the bullet in actual
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tana expect from these men? What couldn't the nation expect from these men? And the subaltern officers of the
squadron were equally as capable in their respective offices
as were their troop commanders.
The next question was to select an officer to command these
men. All eyes centered upon James H. Monteath of Butte,
Mont. Who in Montana had not heard of Monteath? As
well known in the halls of the state legislature as he was
well known in the National Guard of the state in which
he served for many years, and to know "Jim" Monteath is
to love him. He is a competent, capable officer; firm when
necessary, gentle as a woman to those sick or in distress, and
one who could lead these sturdy sons of Montana to the other
side of the world. His selection gave general satisfaction.
Major Monteath first saw his entire squadron assembled
at Camp Thomas May 30, 1898, and those who had not met
their squadron commander and had some doubts how they
would get along with him, found all their fears dispelled in
the frank, open look of iheir major. In camp the squadron
was assigned the extreme left of the regiment until the
change of camp on July 30, when the squadron was moved
up to its proper position in the center of the regiment. The
regiment was proud of its Montana squadron and the best
of friendship prevailed between the troops from the various
states. As the squadron began to settle down to camp life
and the officers to warm up to their duties and responsibilities, it was easily noticeable that no mistake had been made
in the selection of these men. Captain Higgins, who was
the ranking captain in the squadron, can have anything he
wants from the men who formed his command. They regard him highly as an officer and a friend.  A native Montanan, he was familiar with horses and firearms from that
practical experience that is gained in plains life, and he
brought to his position, combined with this experience, rare
judgment and devotion to duty.
Captain John C. Bond has been in the regular army and
served in the state militia before he entered the volunteer
service. His experience was valuable in developing the
squadron, and the men all have a good word to say for him.
Captain Joe Brown of the Miles City troop served in
the Confederate cavalry under Forrest, when he was only
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mand. He had long experience as a plainsman and Indian
fighter, and was splendidly equipped for the service.
Captain D'Gay Stivers was the son of an officer of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry and had grown up in the army. He
had always lived in the West and knew his men and their
dispositions. He made a good officer and was always ready
when duty called.
Lieutenant Will Cave of Troop F possesses the honor of
inaugurating the first organization of volunteers in the country. He carried through his term of service the same enthusiasm  and earnestness that characterized  his efforts in
organizing his troop. Hle is a native Montanan and had
hunted through the mountains of western Montana. He had
also had some experience in Indian warfare.
Lieutenant Charles H. Hall is a Kentuckian, the son of
one of Forrest's cavalry officers. He was familiar with
warfare and a good horseman. More than that, he knew
his men and had their confidence and respect. He returned
with a record for devotion to duty that is worthy of him and
his company.
Lieutenant McKay of Troop I was an old scout and frontiersman.  He had arrested the Indian murderer of the
sheepherder Hoover, in eastern Montana, when the reds had
threatened death to any man who attempted to take this
brave. Joe Brown, afterward his captain, on this occasion
led a party to his relief.
Lieutenant McEnterf was a Western cowboy. He could
ride anything and was an artist with the six-shooter. He
had fought the Commanches in Texas and had all the qualities that make a good soldier and officer.
Lieutenant Leavens of M troop had been on the plains most
of his life. He had been at the battle of Wounded Knee
and knew what war meant.
Lieutenant Bailey, whose services as Regimental Quartermaster accomplished so much for the comfort of the boys,
was a man who knew what to do and how to do it. All the
cowboys have a good word for him.
Lieutenant Wedekind of Butte was an Annapolis man, a
classmate of Hobson of kissing fame. He did not possess
the osculatory predilections of his classmate, but was every
whit as brave.
Lieutenant Haskins of Butte was born in the West and
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One of the most pleasant incidents in camp was the visit
of Senator Carter, on which occasion he presented the squadron with a squadron flag, the gift of loving friends at home.
Although that standard was never riddled with bullets, nor
dropped into the dust by its slain bearer, it is safe to predict
that in the keeping of those Montana boys, although it might
have been torn into shreds and stained with blood and discolored with the rains and the mud, not one star upon the
blue field of that emblem would have been dimmed by the
dishonorable or cowardly act of any man who marched under
its folds.
The squadron was always ready and willing for any duty
and when the war was finally at an end and apparently all
further prospects of active service gone, they desired to be
mustered out and returned to their homes and occupations
with the proud knowledge that although they did not get
into an engagement, they were in active service in everything
the term implies, and performed their duty as become
patriotic citizens.
In October, 1899, the state of Montana presented each
soldier from that state with a medal of honor, and both the
squadron of cowboys and the gallant First Montana Infantry
well deserved this honor heaped upon them by a grateful and
patriotic commonwealth.
MAJOR JAMES H. MONTEATH.
James H. Monteath was born in New York in 1853, where
he received his education in the public schools. In 1877 he
took the advice of Horace Greeley and went West to grow
up with the country, settling that same year at Butte, Mont.,
of which city he has been an honored resident ever since.
For eighteen years he was the business manager of the Butte
Tnter-Mountain, the leading Republican newspaper of Montana, and has occupied other positions of trust. He served
five terms in the legislative assembly of the state and has
many friends of all political complexions in Montana. Major
Monteath was among the organizers of the Montana National
Guard, in which he served a number of years, and was retired shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war. As soon as hostilities were declared he again joined
the National Guard and was made Sergeant Major of the
First Montana Volunteer Infantry, being actively engaged
in the muster-in of that regiment, which has made such an
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pines. On May 21,1898, Major Mlonteathwas commissioned
Major, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and at once
left for Chickamauga Park, Ga., to report for duty. Upon
arrival he was assigned to command of the Third Squadron
and commanded the same until muster-out,September 8,
1898. Major Monteath has been largely engaged in mining,
and since his muster-out has been secretary of the American
Sanitary Ventilating Company of Chicago. He is at present
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CHAPTER XXII.
HISTORY OF TROOP F, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Ever since its location the town of Missoula has been
known as the "Garden City" of Montana and has well sustained its name. There is perhaps no fairer city in the
entire Northwest; in addition to this title, Missoula has now
the distinction of being the first city in the entire United
States to recruit a company of soldiers for the SpanishAmerican war. Ever since the "Maine" had been blown up
the question of a probable war with Spain had been discussed
at the clubs, the hotels, on the street corners and in the old,
familiar meeting place-the lobby of the postoffice-and the
opinion was unanimous that the "Dons" should be licked,
and licked right well. Will Cave, one of the old settlers of
the city and an energetic hustler, who had just mastered
the hardships in Alaska, and who thought he would like to
meet those of the south and the tropics, struck the keynote
of the public pulse when on March 30, 1898, he circulated
his papers for the purpose of getting a list of men who were
ready to go to the front and by force of arms establish the
doctrine that the United States had been advocating through
diplomatic circles-that the Cubans by right and title should
be a free and independent people. The whole of Missoula
was aroused, and in a few hours he had the signatures of over
fifty of the best citizens, and could have found five hundred
more had they been needed. Old veteranstoldofthe firstdays
of the civil war, merchants and fathers of families who owed
their first duty to those depending upon them bewailed the
fate that prevented them from closing up their establishments and preparing for war, and altogether the war fever
was intense. Mr. Cave at once notified Governor Smith that
he had a company ready for the war, and within a few days
received word from his excellency that he would consider
Missoula in case troops were needed. This was the prevailing condition at Missoula as one event led to another until
finally the news was flashed over the wires on April 21 that
war had actually been declared. Missoula was jubilant. The
hardships, the privations, the dangers and the results of war
were temporarily forgotten in the joy that was felt at the
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in what could be termed nothing less than involuntary slavery. The same wave of patriotism that animated the inhabitants of Boston in the early days of the revolutionary war
swept over Missoula and did not spare a single citizen. Old
and young, rich and poor, all were affected alike. Then
came Dewey's magnificent victory of the first of May that
fairly set the people wild, and on May 5th came a commission to Frank Higgins as Captain Third United States Cavalry, with authority to organize a troop of cavalry at Missoula for that regiment. The arrival of Captain Ahern,
Twenty-fifth Infantry, hastened the preliminaries, and on
May 13, in the Union Opera House, to standing room only,
the troop was mustered into the United States service. The
troop at once went into camp at Fort Missoula, Mont., where
they were drilled almost night and day in the elementary
drills. While at Fort Missoula they were uniformed and
supplied with the necessary camp outfit by the quartermaster's department. At the same time their horses were being
purchased by the board of army officers selected for that
purpose. They worked hard, and by the time they left the
state they were quite proficient in the simpler maneuvers.
May 22 was an important day in Missoula. On that day,
by order of the war department, Troop F left its temporary
camp at Fort Missoula and started for Camp Thomas,
Chickamauga Park, Ga. At Silver Bow, Mont., Troop F
was joined by Troop L, and a warm friendship sprung up
between the membership of these two troops that will last
as long as any member of either organization shall survive.
At Camp Thomas the troop occupied the right of the Montana squadron by reason of the rank of its captain and was
noted for its efficiency in readiness for every military duty.
The hot summer months were spent in Camp Thomas uncomplainingly, so long as there appeared the slightest chance
for active duty at the front; but as soon as it was definitely
decided that peace must ensue, every effort was bent towards
securing a mustering out of the regiment. In this movement the Montana squadron, and especially Troop F, took
the lead. Senators Lee Mantle and Thomas R. Carter had
used their best endeavors to secure the enlistment of the
squadron, and in obedience to the expressed wish of the men,
they now strenuously insisted upon the regiment being disbanded. The troop did not care to do garrison duty in the
new possessions; they had enlisted for the war with Spain,
had done their full duty as patriotic American citizens, and
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them to enlist now called them home to again build up their
neglected business. Though the record of the troop is not
embellished with victories achieved in a score or more of
battles, what greater service can a man render his country
than to do his duty in whatever position he may be placed?
The promptness with which this troop was organized, the
record made by the troop in camp as competent, obedient
soldiers, will redound to the everlasting credit of each member and to the fair city of MIissoula.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN FRANK G. HIGGINS.
Frank G. Higgins was born December 28, 1863, at Hell
Gate, near the present site of the city of Missoula, Mont.
His father, Captain C. P. Higgins, was one of the earliest
settlers in Montana, and at an early age young Frank learned
to ride, hunt and shoot, and the bracing air and free life of
the plains developed him into a physical giant. He was
always fond of manly sport and is an expert athlete. He
was educated at Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minn.,
and graduated at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.
HI., class of 1884, and from the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, class of 1886. He was
admitted to the bar in Montana the same year and was the
first native Montanan to be admitted to practice in all the
courts of the state. He was elected to the first legislative
assembly in 1889 and again in 1890; elected mayor of Missoula in 1890 and was tendered the democratic caucus nomination for governor of the state in 1892, but was compelled
to decline on account of being under the constitutional age;
was a member of the delegation from Montana to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1892. He was
very actively engaged in the organization of Troop F, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, with which troop he was mustered
into the United States service May 13, 1898, being the ranking captain in the Montana squadron and the second ranking
captain in the regiment. He served with his troop at Camp
Thomas, Ga., until muster-out September 8, 1898, after
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FIRST LIEUTENANT WILL CAVE.
Will Cave was born in the Ruby Valley, near Virginia
City, Mont., December 8, 1863. The first ten years of his
life were spent in the various towns, valleys and mining
camps of western Mlontana. In 1873 he removed with his
parents to Missoula, Mont., where he has since resided. He
was educated in the public schools of Missoula and finished
his education by a two years' course in the "Institute," which
is now known as the College of Montana, at Deer Lodge.
Much of his youth was spent in the saddle chasing cattle over
the Montana hills, on which occasion he always carried his
rifle and soon became an expert both in the saddle and with
his gun. In 1884 he became identified with the Missoula
Mercantile Company, one of the largest mercantile establishments in the Northwest, which he left in 1891 to become
auditor of Missoula county. Since that time he has served
the county in various capacities. In August, 1897, he went
to the "Klondike" and put in seven weeks on the much-advertised Skaguay trail. He returned that same year to make
a report to some parties at Kansas City whom he was representing, and in January, 1898, left Seattle, again headed
for the Yukon. The steamship "Corona," upon which he
was sailing, was wrecked off Lewis Island on the British
Columbian coast, and on account of the losses occasioned by
that wreck he was compelled to return to Montana. While
he was arranging for another trip north, the war with Spain
became so evident that he abandoned his Alaskan intentions
and directed his attention to raising a company for the war.
He has the distinction of being the first volunteer in the
entire United States for the Spanish-American war, beginning to organize his company on MIarch 30, 1898, or twentytwo days before the declaration of war. He was mustered
in as First Lieutenant Troop F, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 13, 1898, and served with his troop at
Camp Thomas, Ga., until muster-out September 8, 1898.
SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES H. HALL.
Charles H. Hall was born at Blondville, Ky., August 12,
1869. He was educated in the public schools of Paducah,
Ky., and at Clinton College. He moved to Missoula, Mont.,
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Supreme Court of Montana. In 1895 he went to Kentucky
and took a special course in law, returning to Missoula in
March, 1896, where he engaged in the practice of his profession. When the call came for volunteers for the SpanishAmerican war he closed his law office, took down his shingle
and took an active part in the organization of Troop F, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization
he was mustered in as Second Lielitellnat May 1 3, 1, 189. lHe
served at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, with his troop
and was among the few who did not succumb to typhoid
fever. He was mustered out with his troop September 8,
1898, after which he returned to Missoula, where he is now
engaged in the practice of law.
ROSTER OF TROOP F, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.


Name and Rank.
Captain:
*Frank G. Higgins......
First Lieutenant:
*W ill Cave.............
Second Lieutenant:
*Charles H. Hall.......
First Sergeant:
Daniel Heyfron, Jr....
Quartermaster Sergeant:
Rich Guffy............
Sergeants:
Robert B. Hill.........
Clyde Hatch...........
Duncan McDonnell....
Charles T. Dodge......
William H. Burns.....
Benjamin Searight....
Corporals:
F. Owen..............
Roy. L. Francis.......
Lewis E. Kennedy.....
Harry Dorman........
Frederick W. Poe.....
George B. Wilds.......
Percy Jordan..........
H. D. Vence...........
Farrier:
F. D. Campbell........
Blacksmith:
Frank M. Cronkrite....
Trumpeter:
William Mannahan...
Saddler:
James E. Naughton....
Wagoner:
Joseph G. Kennedy..., 
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Privates:
Ackerlund, G. S......
Adams,  H............
Baker, Edwin.........
Burton, W. F..........
Brandon, G. B........
Benton, E. W.........
Birdsley, G. O........
Barton, Thomas.......
Balch, Howard........
Crowley, J. P.........
Chandler, G. W........
Cormier, William......
Calhoun, William......
Davis, C. E............
Dickey, L. L..........
Dobbins, Robert.......
Fossler, John A.......
Femrite, P. J.........
Glaus, M..............
Garnett, George........
Hartley, H.............
Haight, James.........
Hartwick, F...........
Harris, G. N..........
Hammond, H. H.......
Hughes, Charles......
Hicks, M..............
Johnson, C. E.........
Johns, E..............
Koopman, F.........
Little, F. A............
Morris, L. C..........
Morris, William.......
Morris, Richard......
Marshall, J...........
McKinney, D. F.......
Munn, Merton.........
Murphy, James........
Newman, D. A.........
Olquist, J. S...........
O'Mara, J. M..........
O'Neill, D.............
Parent, Joseph........
Patterson, E..........
Perry, Bert...........
Peterson, C. E........
Powers, G. L.........
Sanders, C............
Scott, Clinton C.......
Slocum, George E...
Storey, F. A...........
Thurman, L. C........
Tracy, J. S............
Vaughn, W. W........
Vaughn, John.......
Wilcox, C. L..........
Willson, H. B.......
Woodward, R.........


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Note of Explanation.-For the benefit of the relatives and
friends of the members of Troop F, especially those who have died,
and the members themselves who are yet alive, we deem it our
duty to state that we have failed, after repeated efforts by mail and
a personal interview in our behalf, to secure the data from the
captain that would enable us to give this troop the proper space
and attention it is entitled to. For this reason we are compelled
to omit the occupations of the men, the changes, alterations and
corrections since muster-in and the information about the dead
members that is given in Chapter XXVI of all the other troops. We
are also compelled to omit the sketches about the individuals
among the enlisted men, furnished by all other troop commanders.
There are only two sets of records of these troops in existence, one
in the War Department and one in the hands of the various troop
commanders. The first cannot be obtained at all on account of
the policy of the War Department, and the second we failed to
obtain through the refusal of the captain to co-operate with us in
this matter. As we have no late addresses of the membership of
this troop, we give place of enlistment.  THE AUTHOR.




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CHAPTER XXIII.
HISTORY OF TROOP L, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
If Butte, Mont., prides herself on anything in particular,
it is upon her patriotism, and takes second place to no city
in the West or anywhere else on that score. When the news
was flashed over the wires that the 'Maine" had been destroyed, thinking men could see that it was bound to end in
a clash of arms between the two nations that had been fighting a diplomatic battle for years over the conditions existing
in colonial Cuba and the war that was being waged against
an almost defenseless people.  The "Maine" had entered
Havana harbor on a peaceful mission, had been piloted to
her moorings by a Spanish official and was blown up at that
same mooring. Wie will not discuss the question here as to
the responsibility of Spain for that dastard act; suffice it
to say that every thinking American, especially in the West,
arrived at the conclusion, and without the slightest trouble,
that the time had come when the world must be taught that
there is such a country as the United States, and that every
city, every county and every state held hundreds of Paul
Joneses, hundreds of Washingtons, Grants, Jacksons, Lees,
and thousands upon thousands of men who would desert
everything and fight to pin the stars and stripes where they
rightfully belonged-in the highest notch among national
standards. Nor was that all. There was a humanitarian
question that appealed to every lover of liberty-the struggling, starving Cubans-and the country was ablaze with a
patriotism and devotion to the principles of equal rights and
freedom to all men that did not spare Butte. It was but a
short time after it was seen how the tangled affairs from
February to April, 1898, were going to culminate before
actual steps were taken to organize a company for the war.
At that time the nature of the organization was rather vague,
but that mattered not. Men would be needed, and Butte
had them in plenty.
D. Gay Stivers, himself born and reared in a military
atmosphere and well acquainted with army ways, took the
initiatory, and with him were associated George Wedekind,
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kins, a man who could adapt himself as readily to the details
of a military life as he had to a legal one, and the nucleus
of the troop was formed.  Miners, cowboys, professional
men, men of all political shades and previous conditions
flocked into Butte to join the army. On one side the infantry
was recruiting to a war footing, while the organization of
which Mr. Stivers was the head was intended for the cavalry.
On May 5 a commission was received by Mr. Stivers, appointing him Captain in the Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry and authorizing him to recruit a troop for Grigsby's
Cowboy Regiment. When it became definitely known that
Butte was to furnish a troop for the much-talked-of Rough
Rider organization, there was great rejoicing and at the same
time much weeding out among the recruits to retain only
those who would be sure to fill all the requirements of them.
After the preliminary examinations, the troop was mustered
in at Butte, May 15, 1898, as Troop L, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry. The troop left Butte May 23, 1898,
and at Silver Bow, Mont., joined Troop F, from Missoula,
and together they journeyed on to Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga. In camp the troop was conspicuous by
its attention to duty and general military efficiency. To
date it has lost more men than any other troop in the regiment, with a total of five. Three members of the troop died
in hospitals in camp, while two have died since the troop
returned to Butte, through the instrumentality of exposure
to fever in Camp Thomas. Twenty members of the troop
were unable, on account of sickness, to be present at musterout on September 8, 1898, and five men have re-enlisted in
the regular army after discharge from the volunteer service.
Troop L was the first troop to be mustered out and Captain
Stivers the first officer who severed his official connection
with the regiment by muster-out. The personnel of Troop
L was far above the average, the men willing, intelligent and
capable, and altogether was an organization, which, although
it did not have the opportunity to demonstrate in actual
battle the same grit, the same endurance and the same military efficiency that made the First Montana Infantry conspicuous in the Philippines, it did what duty it was called
upon to perform, willingly and well, bowed submissively to
the decree that gave the honors of the war to many less
capable and worthy organizations, returned to civil life and
took up the occupations that had been temporarily laid aside
for a military life, and on the whole was a military body of
which Butte and the entire state of Montana can well be
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BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN D. GAY STIVERS.
D. Gay Stivers was born at Fort Davis, Texas, in 1869,
where his father was serving as Captain, Twenty-fifth United
States Infantry, at the time. IIe received his preliminary
education at the post schools in the army, from the old-time
soldier school teacher, and was early taught the value of military discipline and attention to details. Life at the frontier
army posts made him an excellent horseman and an expert
rifle shot, qualifying him as a sharpshooter. He soon took
a fancy to ranch life and stock raising, and has had considerable experience in the cattle business in Texas, Montana
and Wyoming, in which latter state he now owns a cattle
ranch in the famous district known as "Jackson's Hole Country."  He saw service against the Apache and Commanche
Indians in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, and also served
one year in the Texas Rangers. After studying the higher
branches of education, he was graduated in law and has followed the legal profession for a number of years, together
with his stock business. He is an ardent hunter after big
game, and not finding enough excitement in that sport after
many hunts in the United States, extended his trips to British
and South America. He was chiefly instrumental in the
organization of Troop L, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered in as
captain May 15, 1898, after the declaration of war between
the United States and Spain. He served with his troop
at Camp Thomas, Ga., and was mustered out September 8,
1898, after which he returned to his home in Butte, Mont.,
where he holds the position of junior counsel of the "Anaconda Copper Mining Company," spending his vacations
in Wyoming looking after his cattle interests.
FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE WEDEKIND.
George Wedekind was born in Lebanon, Lebanon county,
Pennsylvania, February 12, 1872, and when quite small
removed with his parents to New York City, where young
George attended the public schools until fifteen years of age,
at which time he was appointed a cadet to the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., class of 1892. He remained at Annapolis for a term of three years, and then
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to San Diego, Cal. After a short stay in San Diego, he
removed to Trail, British Columbia, in the employ of the
British Columbia Smelting and Refining Company, and in
1896 removed to Butte, Mont., where he was engaged as
chief clerk for F. A. Heinze, president and general manager
of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company, one of the greatest
mining and smelting companies in the world, in which
position he was serving when elected First Lieutenant of
Troop L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which
organization he was mustered in May 15, 1898. He served
as First Lieutenant with his troop at Camp Thomas, Ga.,
during his entire service, and after muster-out returned to
Butte and to his former position.
SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANK W. HASKINS.
Frank W. Haskins was born at Woodstock, Ill., in 1870,
and when but eight months old he removed with his parents
to Pueblo, Col. His parents died before he reached the age
of six years, and with the assistance of friends he maintained
himself at school, graduating in 1885 from the Colorado
public schools, subsequently attending the State University
at Boulder, Col. In 1890 he commenced the study of law
under Judge William M. Stewart. During this period he
was Deputy County Treasurer and Deputy County Clerk and
Recorder. He was admitted to the practice of law August
10, 1893, in all the courts of Colorado. He practiced law
with L. I. Henry until March, 1894, when he removed to
Butte, Mont., where he has since been associated in business
with his uncle, Senator Lee Mantle of Montana. At the
declaration of war between the United States and Spain,
he promptly identified himself with the organization of
Troop L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which
organization he was mustered in May 15, 1898, as Second
Lieutenant. He served with the troop at Camp Thomas,
Ga., until August 27, 1898, when he was taken sick and was
on sick leave at the time the regiment was mustered out.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM J. RANKIN, JR.
Although Sergeant Rankin was brought up and lived on
a farm for the best part of his life, he did not neglect his
studies and found lots of time to become proficient both as a
horseman and rifle-shot. These accomplishments stood him
in good stead when Troop L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, was organized at Butte, Mont., for the Spanish



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American war, and Rankin was made First Sergeant, the
most important non-commissioned officer in the regiment.
He was mustered in with his troop May 15, 1898, and after
muster-out on September 8 he re-enlisted in the Fourth
United States Cavalry and is now serving in the Philippine
Islands with his regiment.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT J. CHARLES SULLIVAN.
J. Charles Sullivan was a newspaper man before the opening of hostilities between the United States and Spain, but
when the country needed men he did not hesitate, but laid
aside his pencil and pad and donned a uniform, willing to
serve in any capacity in which he could be most useful. Being a good business man, keen and alert, he was given the
important post of Quartermaster Sergeant in the troop and
filled his position in a most acceptable manner. He was
mustered in with the troop May 15, 1898, served at Camp
Thomas, Ga., and after muster-out returned to Butte, where
he is now engaged looking after "scoops" and "exclusive
items."
SERGEANT JOHN P. MITCHELL.
Sergeant Mitchell, by reason of his profession, would have
proved a valuable member of the regiment had it been the
good fortune of the "Cowboys" to get to the front. A civil
engineer is always most handy to military men when there
are such obstructions as mined roads, barbed wire breastworks and swollen streams to overcome. Added to his professional knowledge, Sergeant Mitchell had an experience
that was varied and of considerable benefit to him. He was
taken sick during the last month in camp and was sent home
on sick furlough. During the time he was away on furlough,
the regiment was mustered out, Sergeant Mitchell being
discharged later.
SERGEANT RALPH G. RICHARDS.
Ralph G. Richards is a typical Western man, and had
resided in Butte for a number of years before the breaking
out of hostilities. His home is in Spokane, Wash., but he
has traveled extensively over the West. He has been in
almost every kind of business from cowboy to running a
laundry and has acquitted himself well in whatever he undertook. He was appointed Third Duty Sergeant of Troop L,




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Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and mustered in
with that organization May 15, 1898. He was present and
ready for duty during his entire service. After muster-out
he returned to Spokane, where he now lives.
SERGEANT EDWARD J. DIERKS.
Edward J. )ierks is a native of Reedsburg, Sauk county,
Wisconsin, where he was born December 12, 1873. In 1882
he removed with his parents to Bloomer, Wis. He was
educated in the public schools of Reedsburg and Bloomer,
and in the Catholic Parochial School at Bloomer, and the
University of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1892 he entered the
law department of the University of Wisconsin, and in June,
1894, graduated at the age of twenty, with the degree of
LL. B. In. October 1894, lie formed a co-partnership with
W. F. Collins at Stevens Point, Wis. This firm was dissolved when Mr. Dierks accepted a position with the law firm
of Cate, Jones & Sanborn of that city in May, 1895. He remained with that firm until its dissolution in January, 1896,
and then went to Butte, Mont., where he engaged in the
practice of the legal profession.  In February, 1897, he
formed a co-partnership with Stephen DeWolfe, justice of
the Montana Supreme Court, and F. W. Bacorn, the firm
being DeWolfe, Bacorn & Dierks. In Mlay of the same year
he was appointed Assistant City Attorney of Butte, which
position he held until a short time before his enlistment in
the United States Volunteer Army.
In May, 1898, he enlisted as a private in Troop L, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, but was soon appointed a
Sergeant. He was not discharged until October 26, 1898.
A-+<T ra;nhcE rcll h- TiTOc rn to l\- f%1rt-aiiiO;iIT-0  W;  d nr tr ptpd
the law office of Senator Julius E. Roehr, and on April 1,
1899, formed a partnership with Senator Roehr, under the
firm name of Roehr & Dierks.
CORPORAL ROBERT W. BAKER.
Robert W. Baker enlisted in Troop T, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, May 10, 1898, and was mustered in with
that organization on May v15, 1898, as private. His attention to duty soon made him conspicuous among his comrades,
and on July 27, 1898, he was promoted to Corporal, which
rank he held until he was mustered out. After leaving the
service, Corporal Baker determined to see more of military
life and re-enlisted in the Fourth United States Volunteer
Cavalry, in which organization he is now serving.




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CORPORAL RICHARD H. POST.
Corporal Richard lI. Post is an old Butte boy, having been
in the photographic business at Butte for a number of years.
On M:ayT 9, 1898, he exchanged the camera for the saber and
took the oath of allegiance as a soldier, being mustered i:
as a Corporal of Troop L, Third 1United States Volunteer
Cavalry, Alay 15, 1898. Corporal Post was a good non-commissioned officer and made many friends in the regiment.
PRIVATE ROBERT CARLTON.
Robert Carlton has had a varied experience in the saddl
on the great cattle ranges of MIontana, and was a fine horse
man and good rifle-shot. He enlisted in Troop L, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organizatior
he was mustered in May 15, 1898. He was taken sick at
Camp Thomas, Ga., and was on sick furlough at the time
the regiment was mustered out, after which he returned to
Butte, MAont.
PRIVATE WILLIAM F. JOHNSON.
William F. Johnson is well known in Butte, where he has
been a cowboy, miner and clerk. IHe enlisted in Troop L,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, among the very
first, and rendered valuable assistance in making out rolls,
etc. Soon after muster-in he was appointed Troop Clerk
and served in the position during his entire service, and no
more important position can be found among the enlisted
men of a troop than that of Troop Clerk, which Mr. Johnson
filled to the perfect satisfaction of his officers and comrades
alike.
CORPORAL THOMAS MATTHEWS.
Thomas Matthews was a cowboy, prior to the breaking out
of the Spanish-American war, but as soon as he heard there
"was a scrap on," he hastened into Butte and enlisted in
Troop L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. He was
promoted to Corporal July 27, 1898, and shortly thereafter
fell a victim to the prevailing camp diseases. He was sent
to the hospital and later to Butte on furlough, but did not
recover in time to be mustered out with the command. He
was discharged later, but having had his run of fever, he
knew he was in good condition to stand the hot climates and
re-enlisted in the Fourth United States Cavalry and was
soon on his way to Manila to join his new regiment.




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PRIVATE HENRY M. REYNOLDS.
Henry M. Reynolds is a bookkeeper by occupation, but
he has resided in the West a great many years and is quite
as handy with both the rifle and revolver as he is proficient
as a horseman. He enlisted in Troop L, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, when that troop was being organized,
and was mustered in May 15, 1898. In camp he was always
ready for duty and willing to perform any service he might
be called upon to do. Hle was mustered out with the troop,
after which he returned to Butte, where he is now engaged
at his former occupation.
SERGEANT EDWARD S. McROBERT.
Edward S. McRobert lives at Tacoma, Wash., but his occupation as telegraph operator has taken him all over the
Northwest, and in 1897 took him to Butte, Mlont., where he
was engaged at his business when the Spanish war broke out.
Hte at once bade farewell to the "key and sounder" and
enlisted in Troop L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
of which organization he was made the Junior Sergeant and
mustered in with the troop May 15, 1898. Sergeant McRobert was one of those lucky ones who escaped the fever at
Camp Thomas, Ga.
TRUMPETER JOHN M. TOBIN.
John M. Tobin is an old Butte boy. He is an engineer by
profession and has sounded many a signal on the steam whistle. His friends say that was his cause for espousing the
_1 -I  _...  I I 1 -   -l T.
trumpet, so ThaI he could counLiilut Lu blvvk tLo oi6 lO.... V w.
ever that may be, Tobin was always on duty and willing to
answer any call that was made upon him. He is a good
horseman and a fine shot and would have made a mark for
himself in a longer or more exciting service.
PRIVATE JESSE E. KARN.
Jesse E. Karn enlisted at Butte, Mont., when Troop L,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, was organized, and
was mustered in with the troop May 15, 1898. It was soon
realized when the command struck Camp Thomas that a
good cook was as much a military necessity as a strategist
and Karn was put into the kitchen. With the army methods
entirely new to him, he acquitted himself in good shape while
so serving the troop.




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PRIVATE EDWARD J. KENNEDY.
Private Edward J. Kennedy, after receiving the usual publie school education, tried various occupations-among which
was that of a cowboy-that gave him experience and added
to his knowledge.  Whlen Troop L, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, was organized at Butte, Mont., he was
among the first to enlist. Although he was somewhat disappointed with his life in camp, ihe realizes that the experience was of value to him and will aid him to appreciate the
good things he meets in life. After service Private Kennedy
returned to Butte, where he is now engaged in the real estate
business.
CORPORAL HARRY C. BRYANT.
Harry C. Bryant enlisted among the very first in Troop
L, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered
in as corporal. For a short time he stood the climate very
well, but it proved too much for him and he soon succumbed
to the heat. IIe was honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability on August 20, 1898.  His comrades
regretted very much to see him leave, but there was no alternative-he could not successfully combat the miasmatic enemies that were attacking him.
PRIVATE WILLIAM J. WEEKS.
William J. Weeks is a prospector by occupation, one of
that great army that has been bringing to light the mineral
wealth of the West since 1848. When the Spanish war broke
out he saw what he thought was "a rich prospect" for a fight
witfh the Srnniirdl. lind he drorned his nick and hastened
to Butte to enlist in Troop L, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry. He was on duty with the troop during its entire
service, after which he returned to Butte, Mont., where he
now resides.
ROSTER OF TROOP I, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.       Occupation.       Address.
Captain:
*D. Gay Stivers........ Lawyer......... Butte, Mont.
First Lieutenant:
*George Wedekind..... Clerk........... Butte, Mont.
Second Lieutenant:
tFrank W. Haskins... Lawyer......... Butte, Mont.
First Sergeant:
t*William J. Rankin, Jr. Soldier......... War Department.


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Name and Rank.
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*Charles J. Sullivan....
Sergeants:
tWilbur L. Boyce.......
*John P. Mitchell.......
*Ralph G. Richards.....
tJames C. Collins.......
t*Edward J. Dierks....
*Edward S. McRobert...
Corporals:
t*Harry C. Bryant.....
Thomas J. Walker.....
Paul A. Hudtluff.......
*Richard H. Post.......
John Wraith..........
Robert Ellis, Jr......
tThomas Judson Brown.
John C. Gillespie......
Trumpeters:
t*John M. Tobin.......
Carl Goertz...........
Farrier:
Andrew F. Gray.......
Blacksmith:
John Cameron.........
Saddler:
John A. Osborn........
Wagoner:
tCharles F. Dooley.....
Privates:
tAllen, Joseph..........
Alley, Edgar N........
Amsden, Hiram, Jr....
Anschutz, Harry P....
t*Baker, Robert W......
tBelliveau, Wilfred.....
Callan, Peter..........
*Carlton, Robert.......
tCaylor, Edgar J........
tChennette, John.......
tChristianson, Emil.'...
tConnors, Charles S....
Cunningham, Alonzo C.
Darlington, Richard B.
Deloughery, Patrick F.
tDempsey, John.........
tDes Jardin, Louis M...
tDiamond, Miles K....
Evans, Charles D......
Ferguson, Frank J....
Gillespie, William S....
tGillette, William F....
Haldeman, Delbert J..
Fisher, Joseph.........
tHanson, Lawrence F...
Harley, Daniel L......
Hill, Jackson J........
tHunt, Thomas.........


Occupation.


Address.


Reporter.......
Cowboy........
Civil Engineer...
Laundryman....
Laundryman....
Lawyer........
Telegr. Operator.
Civil Engineer...
Clerk...........
Clerk...........
Photographer...
Clerk...........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Cowboy.........


Butte, Mont.
See remarks.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Spokane, Wash.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Tacoma, Wash.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
War Department.
Butte, Mont.


Engineer....... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Anaconda, Mont.


Blacksmith..... Butte, Mont.


Blacksmith..... Butte, Mont.
I Bte ot


Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........


Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.


Cowboy.........Butte, Mont.
Cowboy........Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Ravenswood, W. Va.
Cowboy....... Butte, Mont.
Soldier......... War Department.
Tailor..........Butte, Mont.
Miner.......... Butte, Mont.'
Cowboy.........Butte, Mont.
Butcher....... Olathe, Ran.
Cowboy.........Anaconda, Mont.
Clerk.......... Racine, Wis.
Cowboy........See remarks.
Cowboy.........New Matamoras, 0.
Woodman...... Chicago, Ill.
Miner.......... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy.........Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... See remarks.
Brakeman...... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy.........Butte, Mont.
Cowboy........Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Gaines, N. Y.
Cowboy......... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Butte, Mont.
Cowboy.........Brigham City, Utah.
Line Repairer... Butte, Mont.
Carpenter.......Butte, Mont.
Cowboy......... Gibbonsville, Idaho.




*fSee foot note on Page 314.








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Name and Rank.
Privates:
t*Johnson, William F....
t*Karn, Jesse E.........
Kerr, Clinton H.......
*Kennedy, Edward J...
Kobloth, Alphonse.....
Lane, James..........
tLangley, Clarence S...
fLewis, George V.......
Lloyd, John R.........
tMcDougall, Angus D...
tMartin, Fred..........
Matheson, William B..
*tMatthews, Thomas.....
Newman, Charles A....
O'Malley, Edward V...
Pearson, Nels W......
tPhilbrick, Henry......
Price, Vincent..........
Ragan, Mack W.......
*Reynolds, Henry H....
Roach, Joseph.........
Shay, Edward.........
tSweet, William  S......
Simpson, Robert W....
Taylor, Cass W........
Turnbull, Samuel......
Van Gordon, Harry....
Walker, Arthur C......
*Weeks, William J......
Wright, William I.....
tWycoff, James R.......


Occupation.             Address.


Cowboy.........
Cook...........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Soldier.........
Dentist.........
Cowboy.........
Smelterman.....
Cowboy.........
Teamster.......
Cowboy........
Soldier.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Carpenter.......
Cowboy.........
Bookkeeper.....
Cowboy.........
Blacksmith.....
Blacksmith.....
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Tinsmith.......
Blacksmith...
Machinist.......
Prospector......
Operator........
Cowboy.........


Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mlont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
War Department.
See remarks.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
War Department.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
War Department.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
See remarks.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Butte, Mont.


*See Biographies, this troop.
fSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Second Lieutenant Frank W. Haskins; absent on sick leave from
August 27, 1898; not mustered out with the troop September
8, 1898.
First Sergeant William J. Rankin; re-enlisted in the Fourth United
States Cavalry after muster-out of the volunteer service, and
is now serving with that regiment in the Philippine Islands.
Sergeant Wilbur L. Boyce; died at Butte, Mont., June 14, 1899.
(See Chapter XIV.)
Sergeant John P. Mitchell; on sick furlough per General Orders
No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.;
not mustered out with the troop.
Sergeant James C. Collins; on sick furlough at Butte, Montana,
from August 20, 1898, in pursuance with G. 0. No. 114, series
of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; was not mustered
out with the troop.
Sergeant Edward J. Dierks; sick in hospital with malarial fever at
the time of muster out; was not mustered out with the troop.
Corporal Harry C. Bryant; honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability, August 20, 1898, on account of disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty.




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Corporal Thomas Judson Brown; re-enlisted in the Fourth United
States Cavalry, after muster out of the volunteer service, and
is now serving with that regiment in the Philippines.
Corporal Thomas Hunt; originally enrolled and mustered in as pri.
vate, promoted to Corporal July 27, 1898, and served as such
until muster-out.
Corporal Thomas Matthews; originally enlisted and mustered in as
private, promoted to Corporal July 27, 1898, and served as
such until muster-out; on sick furlough at Butte, Mont., at the
time of muster-out of the regiment, under G. 0. No. 114, series
of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; re-enlisted in the
Fourth United States Cavalry, after discharge from the volunteer service, with which regiment he is now serving in
the Philippines.
Corporal Robert W. Baker; originally enrolled and mustered in as
private, promoted to Corporal July 27, 1898, and served as
such until muster-out; re-enlisted in Fourth United States
Cavalry after muster-out of volunteer service, with which
regiment he is now serving in the Philippines.
Corporal Angus D. McDougall; originally enrolled and mustered in
as private, promoted to Corporal July 27, 1898, and served as
such until muster-out; re-enlisted in Fourth United States
Cavalry, after muster-out, with which regiment he is now
serving in the Philippines.
Wagoner Charles F. Dooley; originally enrolled and mustered in as
troop wagoner; absent on sick furlough at the time regiment
was mustered out; not mustered out with the troop.
Trumpeter John M. Tobin; on detail in regimental band from August 1 to September 8, 1898.
Private Joseph Allen; on detail as troop cook.
Private Wilfred Belliveau; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. O. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Robert Caylor; on sick furlough at the time of muster-out,
under G. O. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Edward J. Caylor; on sick furlough at the time of muster-out,
under G. 0. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private John Chennette; on detail as troop wagoner; on sick furlough at the time of muster-out, under G. O. No. 114, series of
1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out
with the troop.
Private Emil Christianson; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. 0. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Gal.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Charles S. Connors; died in First Division hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted in the service and
line of duty, July 25, 1898; place of interment not known.
(See Chapter XIV.)
Private John Dempsey; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. O. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Miles K. Diamond; died at Butte, Mont., March 10, 1899;
place of interment not known. (See Chapter XIV.)
Private Louis M. Des Jarden; on detail as troop cook.
Private William F. Gillette; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. O. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Gal.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private William F. Johnson; on detail as troop clerk from enrollment to muster-out September 8, 1898.




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Private Jesse Karn; on detail as troop cook.
Private Clarence S. Langley; died of disabilities contracted in the
service and line of duty, August 20, 1898, in First Division hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga.; place of interment not known. (See
Chapter XIV.)
Private George V. Lewis; on sick furlough at the time of muster-out,
under G. O. No. 114, series of 1898, HIeadquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Fred Martin; on detail as troop wagoner.
Private Henry Philbrick; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. 0. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Lawrence Hanson; appointed lance Corporal July 27, 1898,
and so served until muster-out, September 8, 1898.
Private William S. Sweet; died in Sternberg general hospital, September 10, 1898, of disabilities contracted in the service and
line of duty; place of interment not known. (See Chapter
XIV.)
Private James R. Wycoff; on sick furlough at the time of musterout, under G. 0. No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS.


Lawyers..................
Clerks....................
Professional soldiers......
Reporters................
Cowboys...............
Civil engineers.............
Laundrymen..............
Telegraph operators........
Photographers............
Engineers.................
Blacksmiths.........
Tailors...................
Miners..................
Butchers..................
R
Butte, Mont...............
War Department...........
Spokane, Wash...........
Tacoma, Wash.............
Milwaukee, Wis...........
Anaconda, Mont............
Ravenswood, W. Va........
Olathe, Kan................
Racine, Wis...............
New Matamoras, Ohio.....


3   W oodmen.................
Brakemen...............
5   Line repairers.............
Carpenters..............
40   Cooks................
2   Dentists...................
2   Smeltermen...............
2   Teamsters................
1   Bookkeepers..........
1   Tinsmiths..............
5   M achinists................
1   Prospectors...............


i.
1
o. I.
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
84




1


-


Total


ESIDENCES.
60   Chicago, Ill................  1
6   Gaines, N. Y...............  1
1   Brigham City, Utah.......    1
1   Gibbonsville, Idaho.......... 1
2     Total...................  79
1   D ead....................  5
1     Aggregate...............  84
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CHAPTER XXIV.
HISTORY OF TROOP M, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
The hustling town of Billings, 'Mont., w as among the very
first to organize a company for the [Montana National Guard,
wrhich was later transferred to the cavalry branch of the
state service and largely maintained from the private funds
of the membership. John C. Bond, who had served in the
Pennsylvania National Guard and in the regular service as
a scout and guide on the frontier during numlerous Indian
troubles, was the prime mover in the organization of this
troop, of which he has been its head. Herbert V. Bailey,
a graduate from the Military Academy at Chester, Pa., was
the second officer in this troop and his practical experience
and technical knowledge soon placed the command among
the very best drilled organizations in the state. In their
work of building up this troop of cavalry the senior officers
were ably assisted by Second Lieutenant Robert Leavans
and First Sergeant William  1. Morse, both most capable
and efficient military men. When the first rumors of war
reached Billings preparations were at once made to recruit
the troop to a full war footing, authority for which action
was sent Captain Bond by the governor soon after the declaration of war on April 21, 1898. Rumors began to fly thick
and fast after that date, and every day the status of the troop
would be changed. One day they were to be dismounted
and become a part of the infantry regiment; the next day
there was to be nothing but cavalry from the Northwest,
and the day following the chances for getting into service
looked exceedingly slim. On May 5 all doubts were dispelled, as Captain Bond then received his commission as
Captain, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and authority to recruit a troop, to be known as Troop M, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, for Grigsby's regiment of Cowboys. It took but a short time to complete the organization
on a war footing, and Troop lM would have been the first
troop to be mustered into the United States service had the
nmustering officer been on hand when the troop was ready
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preparation of the muster-in rolls and the medical examinations. The officers and men spent their spare time in making
preparations to go to the front and in straightening up their
business affairs. Patriotic enthusiasm ran high. Almost every
male citizen of Billings and the country for miles around
wanted to join the troop, while the patriotic women of the
town were making preparations to give their soldier boys a
rousing send-off. Finally the mustering officer arrived, the
rolls were rapidly prepared and the medical examinations
gone through with. This preliminary work was completed
on the morning of Maay 13, 1898, and the troop was mustered
into the service that same day. For seven days there was
drill and preparation, and preparation and drill, until finally
the morning of May 24 dawned, which had been designated
as the day upon which the troop was to start for the front.
The enthusiastic farewell the boys received, the many admonitions to "do the Spaniards up right,' caused every individual in that command to firmly resolve that his record
would be such that he could point to it with pride, and
Billings would feel that it had been creditably represented
in the Spanish-American war.  The trip to Chickamauga
was made without particular incident. All along the line
the men were received with enthusiasm, and wherever there
was a scheduled stop of the train hot coffee and lunches
awaited the boys, who always managed to muster up a sufficient appetite to do the occasion justice. The command
arrived at Camp Thomas May 28, and was at once assigned
to the Third or Montana squadron after reporting for duty.
On account of his previous military training, Lieutenant
Bailey was made the Squadron Adjutant by Major Monteath Immediately after arriving ill camp. II vvlv,  li,
was not long to be allowed to remain thus only occupied with
the duties in the troop and squadron, but on June 2 was
made the Regimental Quartermaster in place of Captain
Parliman, who had been promoted to the Quartermaster's
position in the First Cavalry Brigade. It took every hour
of the day and a greater part of the night for Lieutenant
Bailey to attend to the duties of his new positions, and as
though that were not enough, he was also made the Regimental Ordnance Officer. However, in the latter position he
served but a short time, when he was relieved by Lieutenant
Sunderhauf of Troop H. Lieutenant Bailey continued in
the position of Regimental Quartermaster until he was taken
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Lieutenant Haskins of Troop L relieved him as Squadron
Adjutant.  Lieutenant Bailey made many friends in the
regiment by the efficient manner in which he conducted the
affairs of the Quartermaster's office. Troop AM was especially noted for its excellent discipline and proficiency in
drill, and its First Sergeant, although he had never served in
the regular establishment, compared very favorably with the
First Sergeants who had from tel to fifteen years' service in
the regular army to their credit. The troop was mustered
out September 8, 1898, after which the membership returned
to Billings, where they were enthusiastically received, and
soon settled down to their vocations in private life.
BIOGRAPHIES.
CAPTAIN JOHN C. BOND.
John C. Bond was born at Tamaqua, Pa., March 8, 1855,
and received the ordinary public school education, and at
an early age enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard as
a musician and served five years. In the spring of 1874 he
went to Texas and the following year went north "over the
trail" to Colorado. He was present at the birth of Colorado
as a full state in 1876, and that same year was appointed a
scout and guide for the United States government on the
frontier and served as such throughout the great Northwest
until 1879. In 1880 he went to Fort Custer, Mlont., as Post
Blacksmith, where he remained until 1882, when he removed
to Billings, Mont., and engaged in a general blacksmithing
business and also in the stock business, however devoting
most of his time to the wool-growing industry. He served
three years in the Montana National Guard as a musician,
and was appointed Captain of Troop A, National Guard of
AMontana, in 1896, which position he held when he was mustered into the United States service MaIy 17, 1898, as Captain
Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Captain
Bond was with his troop during his entire service, and after
muster-out returned to Billings, MIont., where he now resides.
FIRST LIEUTENANT HERBERT V. BAILEY.
Herbert V. Bailey was born at Ottumwa, Iowa, August
10, 1870. At the age of sixteen he was sent to the Military
Academy at Chester, Pa., from which he was graduated, with
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gineering in Pennsylvania until 1891, when he removed to
Montana and located at Billings, where he engaged in the
hardware business. At the organization of Troop A, Montana National Guard, he was made its First Lieutenant and
served with credit and distinction with his troop until May
17, 1898, when he was mustered in as First Lieutenant,
Troop NM, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. He was
made Regimental Quartermaster June 2, 1898, and served
as such until July 2, 1898, when he was taken sick with
fever and sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., for treatment. Htis
sickness practically incapacitated him for active duty during
the rest of his service, until muster-out September 8, 1898.
His previous military experience and his experience in business came very handy to him as Quartermaster and redounded to the benefit of the regiment. He was also on
detail as Adjutant, Third Squadron, from M\ay 28 until
July 2, 1898. After muster-out Lieutenant Bailey returned
to Billings, Mont., where he is now engaged in business.
SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT LEAVENS.
Robert Leavens was born at Beverly, N. J., August 24,
1869. At the age of three years his parents moved to England, where young Robert spent his boyhood days and received his education. In 1881 he decided to return to his
native country, and emigrated to 5Montana, settling in Fergus county, where he engaged in the stock business. In 1894
he moved to Billings, Yellowstone county, having a stage
line in operation at that time between Lewistown and Billings, Mont. After removing to Billings he engaged in a
general mail contracting business, and at the same time coniiuLeUAU ill 1tJ Isv0  Ut OsI.AlcU. L1~t NV CtUL c  LvCii UIC L
ant of Troop A, M/ontana National Guard, in 1896, and
served with that organization until he was mustered in May
17, 1898, as Second Lieutenant, Troop M, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry. Lieutenant Leavens was a very
capable and energetic officer and was always on hand for
duty. He was among the few who escaped the typhoid fever
at Camp Thomas, Ga. After muster-out September 8, 1898,
he returned to Billings, where he now resides.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM H. MORSE.
William HI. Morse was born at Gilmer, Ill., and when quite
young removed with his parents to Chippewa Falls, Wis.,
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1879 his parents removed to Montana, where he completed
his education. He became identified with Troop A, Montana National Guard, almost from its organization and served
faithfully in the ranks until promoted to First Sergeant,
in which capacity he was serving when mustered in as First
Sergeant Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
May 17, 1898. First Sergeant Morse was a conscientious,
painstaking, efficient non-commissioned officer, and would no
doubt have won promotion had opportunity offered. After
muster-out September 8, 1898, he returned to Billings, Mont.,
where he is now serving as Deputy Clerk and Recorder of
Yellowstone county, Montana.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT JOHN B. HERFORD.
John B. Herford is an old resident of Billings, Mont.,
and is a lawyer by profession. He enlisted in Troop A,
Montana National Guard, in 1896, and soon worked his way
up to Sergeant in the troop. He was mustered in as Quartermaster Sergeant Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 17, 1898, and served with credit until the
troop was mustered out September 8, 1898. The position
of Quartermaster Sergeant of a troop is one that requires
tact, diplomacy and considerable good common sense to successfully fill. However, Sergeant HIerford was equal to the
occasion, as will be testified to by all of his officers and
comrades. After discharge from the volunteer service he
returned to Billings, where he is now engaged in the no less
exciting occupation of fighting for the rights of his clients.
SERGEANT ELMER B. CARTER.
Sergeant Elmer B. Carter was also a member of Troop A,
Montana National Guard, at the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war, in which organization he had steadily advanced to the position of Sergeant, being the First Duty Sergeant of the troop, when he was mustered into the United
States service with a like rank in Troop M, Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, May 17, 1898. He was mustered
out with the troop September 8, 1898. Sergeant Carter has
been all over the great ranges of Montana in the various
capacities of stockman and cowboy and has an extensive
acquaintance among the Montana stock growers. He is an
excellent horseman, a good rifle-shot and an efficient soldier.
He now resides at Billings, Mont., where he conducts a livestock brokerage business.




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SERGEANT WILLIAM H. McCORMICK.
William H. McCormick has resided in Billings, Mont.,
for a number of years, and when Troop A, Montana National
Guard, was organized it was not long ere he determined to
become a citizen-soldier and accordingly joined the organization. He was mustered into the United States service
May 17, 1898, as Second Duty Sergeant of Troop M, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, and served with his regiment at Camp Thomas, Ga., until muster-out September 8,
1898, after which he returned to Billings, where he now
resides.
SERGEANT STANLEY GUY.
Stanley Guy is somewhat of an itinerant. IHe has traveled all over Montana, especially the northeastern section,
where he is well and favorably known. At the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war he was at Billings, Mont., and
at once enlisted in Troop M, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, of which organization he was made Sergeant and
mustered in with the troop May 17, 1898. He was mustered
out with the troop at Camp Thomas, Ga., September 8, 1898,
after which he returned to Glendive, Mont., where he now
resides.
SERGEANT JAMES H. JOHNSTON.
Sergeant James H. Johnston was mustered in as Fourth
Duty Sergeant of Troop M, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, May 17, 1898, and was probably as well posted a
non-commissioned officer as there was in the regiment. Sergeant Johnston, being a practicing attorney, was naturally
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ings as a soldier. He conducted himself in such a manner
as not to come into conflict either with the justice court (the
Captain), the county court (the Major), the circuit court
(the Colonel), or the supreme court (the Brigade Commander), as he was wont to dub his various superiors. After
muster-out September 8, 1898, he returned to his law practice
at Miles City, Mont.
SERGEANT ABRAHAM B. NEWMAN.
Abraham B. Newman joined Troop A, Montana National
Guard, when it was organized and served in the ranks for
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as Sergeant, and served at Camp Thomas during the entire
time the troop was in service. After muster-out he returned
to Billings, where he is now engaged at his previous occupation of bookkeeper.
SERGEANT JOHN E. HUGHES.
John E. Hughes has been engaged in the stock business
and interested in stage routes of northeastern Montana for a
number of years. HIe removed to Billings some years ago
and joined Troop A, Montana National Guard. On May
17, 1898, he was mustered in as Junior Sergeant, Troop M,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, in which organization he served until muster-out of the troop. He is at present
engaged as a mail contractor at Billings, Mont.
CORPORAL JOHN W. SELVIDGE.
John W. Selvidge resides at Carbonado, Mont., where he
is engaged as a tinsmith. Corporal Selvidge has traveled
considerably, especially over Montana, and at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war he hastened to Billings to enlist in Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
with which organization he was mustered in as First Corporal
May 17, 1898, ard mustered out September 8, 1898.
CORPORAL OTTO W. EASTMAN.
Corporal Otto W. Eastman, who was Second Corporal of
Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which organization he was mustered in May 17, 1898, is a
tinsmith by trade and has resided in Montana for a number
of years, where he is well known. IHe served with his troop
at Camp Thomas, Ga., until muster-out September 8, 1898,
after which he returned to Livingston, Moont., where he now
resides.
CORPORAL EDWIN J. RANGER.
Edwin J. Ranger is a barber by trade and has worked in
a number of towns and cities in Montana, especially in the
eastern portion of the state. When the Spanish war broke
out and recruiting commenced at Billings, he hastened there
and enlisted in Troop XM, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered in as
Corporal, as he had had previous military experience in the
National Guard of Montana. He was mustered out with the
troop September 8, 1898, after which he returned to Montana and is now located at Bridger.




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CORPORAL LORRIN B. CLARK.
Lorrin B. Clark was mustered in as Corporal Troop M,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, Alay 17, 1898. He
was actively interested in the organization of a company for
the Spanish war at Bozeman after the declaration of hostilities between the United States and Spain.  However,
when it became certain that Bozeman would not be entitled
to a company, Clark went to Billings and enlisted with the
troop there, being made Corporal. IHe was mustered out
with the troop September 8, 1898, after which he returned
to Bozeman, where he is now engaged in the dray business.
CORPORAL LEVI H. STODDARD.
Levi H. Stoddard has been a resident of Billings, Mont.,
for a number of years, where he was actively interested in
the National Guard of M-ontana. He is a printer by trade,
and when actual hostilities commenced, he dropped the
"stick" and buckled on the saber, being mustered in as Corporal Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry,
with which organization he was mustered in May 17 and
mustered out September 8, 1898. After muster-out he returned to Billings, where he is now engaged at his trade.
CORPORAL WILLIAM C. KING.
William C. King, who was Junior Corporal of Troop AM,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, was mustered in
with the troop May 17, 1898, and mustered out September
8, 1898. After leaving the volunteer service he again enlisted and is now serving with his regiment in the Philippine
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FARRIER AUGUST J. SCHEIBELHUT.
August J- Scheibelhut was born at Pottsville, Pa., where
he was educated and where he learned the butcher's trade,
which business he followed for fifteen years, afterward engaging in the hotel and liquor business. He has traveled
extensively over the United States, having been in thirtyseven different states, and has also traveled abroad. He went
to Billings, Mont., as soon as he heard that a troop of cavalry was being organized there, and was made Farrier of
Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which organization he was mustered in May 17, 1898, and
served at Camp Thomas, Ga., until muster-out September
8, 1898. After leaving the volunteer service he returned
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to Montana, and being an expert miner, is now engaged in
prospecting in the Judith mountains of that state.
PRIVATE GUY H. DAVIS.
Guy H. Davis is perhaps one of the best known cowboys
of eastern Montana. From early boyhood he has been in
the saddle and is an expert horseman and excellent rifle-shot.
He was a member of Troop A, Montana National Guard,
with which organization he was mustered into the United
States service May 17, 1898, when it became Troop M, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry. He served with his troop
at Camp Thomas, Ga., after which he returned to the ranges
in the vicinity of Billings, Mont.
PRIVATE BERT S. HARNER.
Bert S. Harner has been in the employ of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company for a number of years and had
become an engineer for the said company when the Spanish
war broke out. Notwithstanding that he had a lucrative
and responsible position with his company, he promptly
gave it up to become a private soldier in Troop M, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization
he was mustered in May 17, 1898, and mustered out September 8, 1898. In the military service, as in private life, he
was attentive to duty and always ready to answer any emergency call that might be made upon him.
PRIVATE ARTHUR J. HART.
Arthur J. Hart is a printer by occupation and has been
a member of Troop A, Montana National Guard, for a number of years. He was mustered in with Troop M, Third
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with the troop during its entire service at Camp Thomas,
Ga. After muster-out he returned to Billings, Mont., and
while he did not get an opportunity to stick any Spaniards,
he gets even now by sticking type.
PRIVATE EDWIN C. McCADDEN.
Edwin C. McCadden hastened to Billings, Mont., when
it became known that a troop of cavalry was being organized
there for the regiment known as Grigsby's Cowboys, and
being a good horseman and fine rifle-shot he concluded that
he was entitled to a place therein. He was mustered in with
the troop May 17, 1898, and was mustered out September 8,
1898. After muster-out he returned to Absarokee, Mont.,
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PRIVATE AUGUST SCHILLER.
August Schiller was born at Erfurt, Kingdom of Germany, where he was educated and also taught the blacksmith's trade. In 1875 he emigrated to the United States
and took up mining in the West, soon becoming an expert
miner and prospector. Before coming to the United States,
he traveled abroad a great deal as a "kandswerkbursche," and
after coming to the United States, together with his partner,
Scheibelhut, traveled in thirty-five different states. He has
been engaged at lumbering and blacksmithing, mining and
prospecting. I-Ie is at present prospecting in the Judith
mountains, in Mlontana. He was mustered in with Troop M,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 17, 1898, and
mustered out September 8, 1898. He was always ready for
any duty he might be called upon to perform.


ROSTER OF TROOP M, T]
Name and Rank.
Captain:
t*John C. Bond.........
First Lieutenant:
t*Herbert V. Bailey......
Second Lieutenant:
t*Robert Leavens........
First Sergeant:
t*William H. Morse......
Quartermaster Sergeant:
*John B. Herford.......
Sergeants:
*Elmer B. Carter.......
William H. McCormick.
*Stanley Guy...........
*James F. Johnston....
*Abraham B. Newman..
*John E. Hughes........
Corporals:
*John W. Selvidge......
Otto W. Eastman.....
*Edwin J. Ranger......
George Carpenter......
*Lorrin B. Clark.......
tWilliam B. Calhoun....
*Levi H. Stoddard......
t*William C. King.......
Trumpeters:
tJames Brown..........
Herbert E. Sammons...
Farrier:
*August J. Scheibelhut..
Blacksmith:
Charles N. Whipple....
*tSee foot note, Page 331.


HIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Occupation.    Address.


Wool Grower....


Billings, Mont.


Bookkeeper..... Billings, Mont.


Mail Contractor. Billings, Mont.


Clerk........... Billings, Mont.


Lawyer......... Billings, Mont.


Stockman.......
Clerk...........
Cowboy.........
Lawyer.........
Bookkeeper.....
Mail Contractor..
Tinsmith.......
Tinsmith.......
Barber..........
Stockman.......
Cowboy.........
Druggist........
Printer.........
Soldier.........


Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont
Glendive, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Carbonado, Mont.
Livingston, Mont.
Bridger, Mont.
Argo, Ill.
Bozeman, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
War Department.


Soldier......... War Department.
Cowboy......... Joliet, Ill.


Miner.......... Lewistown, Mont.


Blacksmith.....I Absarokee, Mont.




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Name and Rank.          Occupation.
Saddler:
Sanford W. Johnson... Saddler.........
Wagoner:
Fred E. Hortop........ Miner..........
Privates:
Belez, Charles.........Stockman.......
Bradley, George......Miner..........
Brooks, Charles D..... Stockman.......
tCarper,  Leo...........  Clerk...........
Caswell, Frank........ Cowboy.........
Collins, Richard....... Stockman......
Costello, Edward....... Tailor........
Daniels, John W....... Cowboy.........
Darrow, George L..... Plasterer........
*Davis, Guy H.......... Cowboy.........
Davis, Le Roy E...... Cowboy.........
Dodd, Guy M..........Cowboy.........
tEgan, Patrick J......  Cowboy.........
Edwards, George D.... Cowboy.........
Gilmore, Harry........  Teamster.......
Gilray, Robert......... Cowboy.........
Griffin, Archibald...... Cowboy.........
Gunn, John M......     Cowboy.........
Hall, John W......... Teamster.......
tHamilton, James....... Cowboy.........
tHanson, John C....... Photographer...
*Harner, Bert S........ R. R. Engineer...I
*Hart, Arthur J........ Printer.........
Hedger, Walter........  Sailor..........
Hochstatter, Philip.... Stockman 
Holmlund, Oscar....... Cowboy.........
Hortop, Almon S...... Miner..........
Johnston, George F.... Cowboy.........
tJulian, John W........Stockman.......
Lockard, Charles H.... Cook...........
Lumsden, Andrew S... Cook...........
Lyons, Edward........ Sailor..........
Meyers, Fred G....... Stockman.......
Mever. Moses M....... Clerk...........
Moore, James..........  Clerk...........
Magoon, William G.... Barber..........
Mill, Frank............ Stockman.......
Morehouse, Bert....... Stockman.......
Morgan, Merton....... Cook..........
tMorse, Frank A........ Clerk...........
Mount, James E....... Carpenter.......
*McCadden, Edwin C... Teacher........
McCormick, Wilber.... Cowboy.........
McGarry, John........ Stockan.......
O'Brien, Patrick....... Seaman........
Rea, Thomas J........ Clerk..........
Richards, James.......Cowboy.........
*Schiller, August....... Blacksmith.
Schule, Julius........  Cowboy.........
Smith, John A........ Cowboy.........
Smith, Lynd........... Cowboy.........
Sorenson, Chris....... Weaver.........
Steinbrueck, Anthony Ji Trainman.......




Address.


Billings, Mont.


Lewistown, Mont.


Billings, Mont.
Athens, Ohio.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Torkiln, R. I.
Fargo, N. D.
Livingston, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Summerfield, Ill.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Waverly, Kan.
See remarks.
Lewistown, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Livingston, Mont.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Livingston, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Prescot, Wash.
Billings, Mont.
Livingston, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Sag Harbor, N. Y.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Lewistown, Mont.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Evansville, Ind.
Billings, Mont.
Shelton, Wash.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Halbert, Mont.
Butte, Mont.
Junction, ivlont.
Midland, Mich.
Absarokee, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont
Billings, Mont.
Junction, Mont.
Absarokee, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
East St. Louis, Ill.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Lewistown, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
Billings, Mont.
West Superior, Wis.
Chicago, Ill.
Billings, Mont.


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Name and Rank.          Occupation.         Address.
Privates:
Thompson, Mark...... Cowboy........ Billings, Mont.
Todd, George.......... Cowboy......... Billings, Mont.
Williamson, Walli W...! Operator........ Omaha, Neb.
Wright, John R.......i Machinist....... Augusta, Ga.
Ziminski, Joseph...... Cowboy......... Billings, Mont.
Yockey, A. L..........i Clerk.......... Billings, Mont.
*See Biographies, this troop.
tSee Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
Captain John C. Bond; previous service as Captain Troop A, Montana National Guard, from 1890 to 1898.
First Lieutenant Herbert V. Bailey; previous service as First Lieutenant Troop A, Mbntana National Guard; appointed Regimental Quartermaster Third United States Volunteer Cavalry June 2, 1898, and Regimental Ordnance Officer same
date; appointed Adjutant Second Squadron May 28, 1898; on
sick leave from July 2 to September 1, 1898, on account of
fever contracted in service and line of duty.
Second Lieutenant Robert Leavans; previous service in Troop A,
Montana National Guard, as Second Lieutenant.
First Sergeant William  H. Morse; previous service in Troop A,
Montana National Guard as First Sergeant.
Sergeant William B. Calhoun; appointed Regimental'Hospital Steward, per General Orders No. 10, Headquarters Third United
States Volunteer Cavalry, June 15, 1898.
Trumpeter James Brown; appointed Chief Trumpeter per General
Orders No. 27, Headquarters Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, July 20, 1898. (See Chapter VII.)
Private Leo Carper; on detail as Chief Clerk Regimental Quartermaster's Department from June 12, 1898, to muster-out.
Private Patrick J. Egan; died in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., August 24, 1898, of typhoid fever; interred in
grave No. 13,252, National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Private James Hamilton; on detail as Special Mounted Messenger
for the Adjutant General First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps,
from June 1, 1898, to muster-out.
Private John W. Julian; deserted at Camp Thomas, Ga., August 14,
1898. Enlisted as of Evansville, Ind.
Corporal William C. King; re-enlisted in the regular army after
muster out of volunteer service, and is now serving with his
regiment in the Philippines.
Private Frank A. Morse; on detail as Chief Clerk at Headquarters
First Cavalry Brigade, First Corps, from June, 1898, to September 3, 1898; appointed Commissary Sergeant First Cavalry Brigade,' First Army Corps, September 3, 1898. (For
biography, See Chapter VII.)
Private John C. Hanson; on detail in regimental hospital as Hospital Nurse.




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RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS.


Wool growers..............    1
Bookkeepers..............     2
Mail contractors...........   2
Clerks....................    8
Lawyers.................      2
Stockmen.................    11
Cowboys..................    24
Tinsmiths.................    2
Barbers...................    2
Druggists...................  1
Printers..................   2
Professional soldiers.......  2
Miners....................    4
Blacksmiths..............     2
Saddlers.................     I


Tailors.................        1
Plasterers....1...........      1
Teamsters................       2
Photographers........      1
Railroad engineers.........      1
Sailors....................    3
Cooks......3.........        3
Carpenters................    1
Teachers.................       1
Weavers..................
Trainmen.................    1
Operators................       1
Machinists................
Total....................   84


RESIDENCES.


Billings, Mont.............
Glendive, Mont.............
Miles City, Mont...........
Bridger, Mont..............
Argo,  Ill...................
Bozeman, Mont............
War Department..........
Joliet,  Ill..................
Lewistown, Mont...........
Absarokee, Mont...........
Athens, Ohio..............
Torkin, R. I...............
Fargo, N. D................
Summerfied, Ill............
Waverly, Kan..............
Council Bluffs, Iowa.......
Prescot, Wash............
Sag Harbor, N. Y..........
Chattanooga, Tenn.........


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1
1


Evansville, Ind............  1
Shelton, Wash.............    1
Cleveland, Ohio............  1
Halbert, Mont..............  1
Butte, Mont..............  1
Junction, Mont.............   2
Midland, Mich.............    1
East St. Louis, Ill.......... 1
West Superior, Wis.........  1
Chicago,  Ill................ 
Omaha, Neb...............     1
Augusta, Ga...............    1
Livingston, Mont...........   5
Carbonado, Mont...........   1
Total...................  83
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CHAPTER XXV.
HISTORY OF TROOP I, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
From 1880 to 1887 there sprung up quite a settlement of
whites on the Tongue River, Montana, about 100 miles south
of Miles City, in Custer county. These families had just
succeeded in building themselves modest little homes and
had made other improvements about their ranches, when the
Secretary of the Interior included that )art of the country
in a reservation for the Northern Cheyenne Indians, and
some twenty white families were made homeless. Although
these families had as yet acquired no title to the land upon
which they had been living, they had taken the preliminary
steps, had built up what there was of a settlement and had
braved the dangers and hardships of the early pioneers and
thought they should be entitled to retain the homes they had
worked so hard for and braved so many dangers to obtain, or
at least be recompensed by the government for vacating.
They were neither allowed to retain their homes nor were
they paid to leave. This state of affairs naturally brought
about considerable bad blood between the Indians and the
whites, which was augmented not a little by the frequent
losses of stock and other property by the whites, which was
charged against the Indians. I)uring the ten years that followed three whites were murdered at different times in the
neighborhood, until the strained relations finally culminated
in an open rupture in 1897, following the murder of the
crippled and defenseless sheep herder, John Hoover. For
their own protection the settlers petitioned the governor of
Montana to allow the organization of a company of the National Guard, which was accomplished in 1897, and of which
Joseph T. Brown, who had been a settler in the country for
eleven years, was made captain. This organization, augmented by hundreds of white settlers from the surrounding
country, rendered valuable service in the threatened Indian
war of that year. The prompt action on the part of the
whites, together with the display of force, caused the Indians
to surrender the murderers of Hoover, and thus were open
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When war was declared in April, 1898, the Governor of
Montana, on account of this organization being composed of
expert horsemen, fine shots and old frontiersmen, transferred
the company to the cavalry branch of the state guard, and
when authority was granted to organize four troops of rough
riders for Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment, Brown's company
of rangers was made Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and assigned to the Mlontana squadron. A
number of the original members were rejected on physical
examination and the ranks filled by the flower of Custer
county and neighborhood. The military ability of Captain
Brown was well known, to which was added that of John
MYcKay, a veteran stockman and Indian fighter of Lee, Custer county, as First Lieutenant, and Edward McEnterf, a
typical cowboy and ex-Texas ranger, from Glendive, Mont.,
as Second Lieutenant. With these officers the success of the
troop was assured.
On May 16, Lieutenant G. P. Ahern, Twenty-fifth Infantry, reported at Miles City as mustering officer, and under his direction the preliminaries of muster-in were hastily
concluded and the troop mustered in on Miay 19, 1898. Immediately after muster-in the troop was ordered to Fort
Keogh, Mont., where they were given preliminary military
instructions until the 23d, when the troop, under command
of Captain Brown, left for Camp Thomas, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia, where they arrived and reported for duty
May 28.
The troop remained at Camp Thomas during its entire
service, doing routine camp duty, and was conspicuous for
prompt attention to duty and military efficiency. The troop
was mnusLeret OuIL wiuLl Ie i  giriiui l tilpUiLt1nur l, 1 38.
BIOGRAPIIES.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH T. BROWN.
Joseph Taliaferro Brown was born in Copiah county, Mississippi, January 26, 1849. On his father's side he comes
from the Scotch-Irish stock that settled in the Carolinas prior
to the Revolutionary war, and were of that band of patriots
who formulated the Mlechlenberg Declaration of Independence in 1775, one year prior to the great Declaration of Independence penned by Thomas Jefferson. On his mother's
side he is a descendent of the Taliaferro family who settled




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in Virginia in 1640, and were followers of William the
Norman at Hastings against the ill-fated Harold. Both
families were prominent in the Revolutionary war.
When the civil war commenced Captain Brown was a boy
of twelve, residing at his home in Mississippi, and naturally
his sympathies were with the South. He remained at home
for two years, but when fourteen years of age he shouldered
a gun and took his place in line to assist in repelling the
famous Grierson Cavalry raid in May, 1863. On that occasion he was really captured by some federal soldiers, but
his youth and the plausible excuse he made about being out
squirrel-hunting saved him, not only from being taken into
custody, but his gun as well. When but fifteen years of age,
he participated in the battle of Coleman's Lane, with the
command of General Wirt Adams, against four regiments of
United States colored troops and a regular battery, for which
action he was highly mentioned in the dispatches of Lieutenant Colonel Calvit Roberts, under whose immediate command he served. In February, 1865, he was regularly enlisted and mustered into the Confederate army in the Fourth
Mississippi Cavalry, under command of General N. B. Forrest, in which command he served until the declaration of
peace.
In 1866 Captain Brown entered the Kentucky Military
Institute, graduating as Senior Captain of his class in 1870.
He next entered the University of Virginia, from which
he was graduated in 1879, being one of thirty who won the
degree of Bachelor of Law out of a class of eighty-six. Immediately after leaving the university he entered the employ
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company as attorney and
civil engineer, and remained with this corporation twelve
years. In 1886 he settled on the Tongue River in Custer
county, Montana, where he was engaged in the cattle business until mustered into the United States volunteer service
as Captain of Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 19, 1898. IHe served with his troop at Chickamauga Park, Ga., until muster-out September 8, 1898. After
leaving the volunteer service, Captain Brown returned to
Montana, where he is now engaged in looking after his cattle
interests on the Tongue River.
FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN McKAY.
John McKay was born in Amherst township, Fillmore
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on a farm until 1891, when he concluded to "go West and
grow up with the country," and found himself in Custer
county, Montana, where he engaged in the cattle business in
the fall of 1894.:M[cKay has been very active in the cattle
business in eastern Montana, and when Company C, First
Montana National Guard, was organized in 1897 as a protection against the attitude of the Northern Cheyennes, he
was elected and commissioned Second Lieutenant of the
company and served with the same until May 19, 1898, when
he was mustered into the United States Volunteer Cavalry,
under which name his former company was mustered into
the service. Lieutenant 5McKay is known over entire eastern
Montana as an excellent horseman, good rifle-shot and firm
friend. He served with his troop at Camp Thomas until
muster-out September 8, after which he returned to Lee,
Mont., where he is now living on his Custer county stock
ranch.
SECOND LIEUTENANT EDWARD McENTERF.
Edward McEnterf was born in Fannin county, Texas,
January 22, 1860, and was practically raised in the saddle
of the "Pan Handle" country, where he became a cowboy
at an early age. When but sixteen years of age he enlisted
in the Texas Rangers under Captain Lee HIare, at that time
one of the most daring leaders in the Southwest, and under
his command young McEnterf served nearly three years.
During the eighties he drifted north with some of the large
cattle herds and finally went to Montana and located at
Ekalaka, where he resided at the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war. By reason of his experience he was appointed Second Lieutenant Troop I, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered in with his troop May
19, 1898. He remained with the troop at Camp Thomas
during its entire service, and was mustered out September
8, 1898, after which he returned to Montana, where he is
now on the great cattle range in the eastern part of the state.
FIRST SERGEANT FREDERICK H. OTTO.
Frederick H. Otto is an Iowa boy, his home being at
Bryan in that state, but his occupation of telegraph operator
has taken him over a greater portion of the Western country
and endowed him with a valuable experience. At the outbreak of the war he was living at Glendive, Mont., engaged
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where he was enrolled and mustered in as First Sergeant
of Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, which
position he filled in a most acceptable manner. After muster-out at Camp Thomas, September 8, 1898, he returned
to Bryan, Iowa, where he now resides.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT THOMAS A. MAPES.
Thomas A. Mapes is a clerk in the railway mail service
and was stationed at Helena, Mont., at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war. He at once hung up the mail sacks
and started for the recruiting office at Miles City, where
he was enrolled and mustered in as Quartermaster Sergeant
of Troop I, and so served until muster-out September 8, 1898.
Sergeant Mapes was an efficient, conscientious and painstaking non-commissioned officer, and what errors he did make
were due to his unfamiliarity with the army regulations and
not intentional.
SERGEANT JUDD P. 'HEDGES.
Judd P. Hedges was born in New York in 1857, where he
attended the public schools and graduated in dentistry and
came West in the seventies. lie is an accomplished sportsman and has owned many a "crack trotter" in his day. He
comes from a military family, his father and two brothers
having been in the civil war, while his mother was a volunteer nurse. Judd is beloved by all his comrades and is rated
as game as any that ever came down the trail. It is said of
him that he was never known to "take water." When Captain Brown called for volunteers for Troop I, Hedges hastened to Miles City from Ekalaka and was made Third Duty
Sergeant of Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which organization he was mustered in May 19,
1898. He served with the troop at Camp Thomas until
muster-out, after which he returned to Ekalaka, Mont., where
he now resides. Sergeant Hedges has the reputation of being
the best forager in the regiment, and was always on the skirmish for good things for his "mess."
SERGEANT JULIUS SCHANDEL.
Julius Schandel is an old Montana stockman, in experience
at least. HIe has ranched and worked on the range at Lee,
Lame Deer and various other places in eastern Montana,
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the Spanish-American war Schandel went to Miles City and
enlisted in the troop being organized by Captain Brown,
and was mustered in as Fourth Duty Sergeant May 19,
1898. He was with the troop during its entire service at
Camp Thomas, Ga., was always ready and willing for duty,
and never missed a day. After muster-out Sergeant Schandel returned to Lame Deer, where he now resides.
SERGEANT WIRT H. NEWCOM.
Wirt H. Newcom, "The Long Sergeant," was born in
Pennsylvania, and when quite young came West and settled
in eastern Montana. He went into the stock business and
was soon as expert a cowboy as there was in the country.
He later embarked in the livery business, and when the war
broke out he was chief clerk for King Brothers & Co., in
Miles City, which position he vacated to become a Sergeant
in Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which organization he was mustered in Mlay 19, 1898. Sergeant Newcom was another of those fortunate ones who
weathered the typhoid epidemic without getting the disease,
and never missed a day from duty. He was one of the bestnatured men in the command and made many friends by his
general good humor. After service he returned to Miles
City, where he now lives.
SERGEANT ISAAC FRASER.
(For Sketch of Sergeant Fraser, see Chapter 14.)
CORPORAL WILLIAM C. HENDERSON.
William C. Henderson, or "Billy the Sport," as he is
more familiarly known among his associates, is a thoroughgoing cowboy from Ekalaka, Mont. He and Sergeant Hedges
were "pards," and when they heard that a troop of cavalry
was being organized for the cowboy regiment at Miles City,
they saddled up and covered the distance between Ekalaka
and Miles, 100 miles, in one and one-half days. Corporal
Henderson was the best shot in the troop, as he demonstrated several times at target practice, and was an all-round
good soldier. After muster-out he returned to Montana and
is now living at Ekalaka.
CORPORAL WALTER L. BONNEY.
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for a number of years. At the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war he went to Miles City, Mont., and enlisted
in Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
which organization he was mustered in as Fourth Corporal
May 19, 1898. He was taken sick July 31, after which he
was practically unfitted for duty during the rest of his service, and in August was sent to Glendive, Mont., on sick furlough, where he was discharged some time after the musterout of the regiment.
CORPORAL CHAUNCEY NICHOLSON.
Corporal Chauncey Nicholson was another Glendive boy
who fell a victim to the miasmatic influences of Camp
Thomas, and was sent to the hospital on August 13, 1898,
after which he was not fit for duty with his troop, nor was
he able to be present at muster-out. He did not recover from
the fever until long after the regiment was mustered out,
after which he returned to Glendive, Mont., and to his occupation as cowboy; however, it was a long time before he was
able to do any riding or stand the hardships incident to range
life.
CORPORAL FRANK DUNNIGAN.
Corporal Frank Dunnigan of Miles City, Mont., is probably one of the best known young men among the list of
excellent non-commissioned officers Troop I could well be
proud of. He has been a resident of Miles City for a number of years, where he has filled an important clerical position. On June 4, 1898, he was detailed into the office of
the Regimental Adjutant as clerk, and filled the position with
great credit until he was mustered out with his troop, after
which he returned to Miles City and resumed his clerical
labors there. Corporal Dunnigan's long residence in the
West has made him an excellent horseman and a good rifleshot, which easily entitled him to a front rank in the troop
of good shots.
FARRIER GEORGE F. PARLIN.
George F. Parlin came West in early days when buffalo
hunting was still the order of the day, and located at Deadwood, Dakota. On account of his proficiency with the sixshooter and undeniable courage, he was appointed deputy
sheriff of Deadwood under Captain Night and filled that
position for a number of years. He afterward drifted "up
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into the stock business and general range work, and was
so engaged when he enlisted in Troop I, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry, with which troop he was mustered in
as farrier May 19, 1898. While at Camp Thomas, Ga..
owing to his general knowledge of horses and their ailments,
he was appointed Assistant Regimental Veterinarian and
so served for quite a time. He was mustered out with his
troop and returned to Ekalaka.
PRIVATE HARRY H. BARLAGE.
Harry H. Barlage, one of Miles City's cowboys, was
among the first in the regiment to be taken down with the
fever, and was sent to the hospital July 15. Only a strong
constitution and a determined will kept him  alive until
August 20, when he was able to travel, and was promptly
sent North on sick furlough, after which he did not rejoin
the regiment. He was discharged at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
some time after the regiment was mustered out. He was a
good soldier, and no one regrets more than he does his inability to perform more active duty than he was able to do.
PRIVATE ROBERT C. BROWN.
Robert C. Brown was born in Iowa and went to Montana
some years ago, where he became a cowboy on the ranges of
eastern Montana. He was located near Miles City when the
war broke out and promptly enlisted in Troop I, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry. He could not stand the
Georgia climate and was taken sick with fever. He was sent
north to Miles City, August 20, 1898, and did not rejoin his
troop, being mustered out at Fort Keogh, subsequent to the
muster-out of the troop. After he completely recovered he
returned to Iowa and is now living at Glencoe, in that state.
PRIVATE JOHN CAYWOOD.
John Caywood is a resident of Ann Arbor, Mich., where
he was educated in the public schools. At the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company A, Thirtyfirst Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and went south with
that regiment. Being a good horseman and a fine rifle-shot,
he arranged with Private Frank Gardner of Troop I for a
transfer, Caywood coming to the Cowboy regiment and Gardner going to the Thirty-first Michigan. Shortly after transfer Caywood was taken sick at Camp Thomas, Ga., and on




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August 26, 1898, was sent to Ann Arbor, Mich., on sick
furlough, after which he did not rejoin the regiment, being
mustered out at Ann Arbor some time in September, 1898,
and where he now resides.
PRIVATE WILLIAM GOODMAN.
Private William Goodman resides at Fargo, N. D. However, he was in Montana at the beginning of hostilities between the United States and Spain and he promptly enlisted
in Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at Miles
City. Like a great many others of the regiment, he was also
taken sick with fever and was sent north to Fargo August
26, 1898, where he now resides and where he was discharged
some time subsequent to the muster-out of the troop.
PRIVATE GEORGE A. HORKAN.
George A. Horkan resides in Washington, D. C., where
he belonged to the First Regiment of Infantry some time
before it was sent south. At Chickamauga Park he became
acquainted with the Cowboys, and being a good horseman
himself he made application for a transfer to the regiment,
which was granted June 25, 1898, and he became a member
of Troop I, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.   He
served with the troop at Camp Thomas, Ga., where he was
mustered out, after which he returned to Washington, D. C.,
where he now resides.
PRIVATE FINLEY McSWEYN.
(For Sketch, see Chapter XIV.)
ROSTER OF TROOP I, THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.       Occupation.       Address.
Captain:
*Joseph T. Brown...... Stockman....... Miles City, Mont.
First Lieutenant:
t*John McKay.......... Stockman....... Lee, Mont.
Second Lieutenant:
t*Edward McEnterf..... Cowboy......... Ekalaka, Mont.
First Sergeant:
t*Frederick H. Otto...... Telegr. Operator. Bryan, Iowa.
Quartermaster Sergeant:
t*Thomas A. Mapes..... R. M. S......... Miles City, Mont.
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Name and Rank.


Occupation. 


Address.


Sergeants:
tThomas Butler........
Florian Ford..........
*Judd P. Hedges.......
t*Julius Schandel........
*Wirt H. Newcomb.....
Itsaac Fraser...........
Corporals:
tFrederick S. Shaw.....
*William C. Henderson.
t*Chauncey Nicholson...
t*Walter L. Bonney.....
tAlvin M. Young.......
tCornelius Elliott.......
t*Frank Dunnigan......
tHarry G. Wright......
Trumpeters:
George F. Clark.......
Venrley H. Beeman....
Farrier:
*George F. Parlin.......
Blacksmith:
John A. Fraser.......
Saddler:
Wilson Owens.........
Wagoner:
Andrew J. Ritchie.....
Privates:
Anderson, August W..
tAston, Thomas.........
t*Barlage, Harry H......
Boyle, Daniel J........
Bruce, H. S...........
t*Brown, Robert C......
tBullard, John W......
Cantlin, Thomas H....
t*Caywood, John........
tCoffen, Eugene........
Connor, Thomas.......
tCornue, Melvin........
tDutrow, Walter C.....
Elder, Donald M.......
Faessler, Adolph.......
Fletcher, Christian D..
tForseth, Stephen......
tFoster, Herbert B.....
Friebel, Henry........
tGardner, Frank G.....
Glenn, James..........
t*Goodman, William.....
tHawn, Howard F......
Hayes, John...........
Hill, Clarence N.......
Hollingsworth Leon H.
tHollenbeck, Adolph W.
t*Horkan, George A.....
Howard, Edward L....
tHuff, George W........
Huffey, Edward T.....


Clerk...........
Stockman......
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Clerk...........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Clerk...........
Cowboy.........


Miles City, Mont.
Lame Deer, Mont.
Glendive, Mont.
Lame Deer, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
See remarks.
Jamestown, N. Y.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Glendive, Mont.
Glendive, Mont.
Kirby, Mont.
Seattle, Wash.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.


Electrician...... Miles City, Mont.
Clerk........... Miles City, Mont.


Cowboy......... Ekalaka, Mont.


Blacksmith..... Miles City, Mont.


Saddler......... Miles City, Mont.


Cowboy......... Ekalaka, Mont.


Stockman.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Clerk..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Saddler.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Stockman.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
U. S. Army......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Sailor..........
Photographer...
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Farrier.........


Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Glencoe, Iowa.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Lee, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
See remarks.
War Department.
See remarks.
Chelsea, I. T.
Fargo, N. D.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Jacksboro, Tenn.
Lee, Mont.
Washington, D. C.
Miles City, Mont.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.


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Name and Rank.
Privates:
tHussy, Harvey S......
tJames, Bert...........
Jenks, Eland..........
Keenan, Albert W.....
tKennedy. George A....
Larson, Robert T......
McDonald, William H..
McElhaney, James.....
McRobie, Charles......
tMcSweyn, Finley......
tMichels, Otto..........,.tMiller, Gustave........
Morrison, Elijah......
Renton, George H......
tReese, Raymond E....
Rhinehart, J. C........
tSamlin, John..........
tSalveson, Tobias......
Schryner, Charles E...
Schmidt, John F......
Seiders, Harry L......
tSmiley, George........
Smith, Thomas B......
Sprague, George A.....
Squires, Daniel........
Tangale, Robert M.....
tTaylor, Hamilton G....
Thompson, Joseph.....
tTolan, Edward........
tWarner, Edward.......


Occupation.
Printer........
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Printer.........
Butcher........
Cowboy.........
Barber..........
Lather..........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Stockman.......
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Blacksmith.....
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Miner...........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy.........
Cowboy........
Cowboy.........


Address.
Miles City, Mont.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Birney, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Logansport, Ind.
Miles City, Mont.
See remarks.
Miles City, Mont.
Beebe, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Omaha, Neb.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Birney, Mont.
Glendive, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Miles City, Mont.
Ekalaka, Mont.
Santa Rita, N. M.


*See Biographies, this troop.
+See Changes, Alterations and Remarks, this troop.
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS SINCE MUSTER-IN, AND
REMARKS.
First Lieutenant John McKay; absent on eighteen days' leave,
from August 10 to August 27, 1898, per Special Orders No.
65, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.
Second Lieutenant Edward McEnterf; on detached service, in charge
of horses at Fort Keogh, Mont., from May 25 to June 20, 1898;
absent without leave August 23, 1898.
First Sergeant Frederick H. Otto; absent sick in regimental hospi-.tal from August 24 to muster-out September 8, 1898.
Sergeant Thomas A. Mapes; on detached service at Fort Keogh,
Mont., from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Sergeant Thomas Butler; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 7 to August 19, 1898; on sick furlough at Miles City,
Mont., from August 20 to muster-out, per General Orders No.
114, c. s. Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; was not mustered
out with troop.
Sergeant Julius Schandel; on detached service at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Sergeant Isaac Fraser; died at Sternberg General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., September 10, 1898, of typhoid fever contracted
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Corporal Frederick S. Shaw; absent without leave four days from
August 23, 1898.
Corporal Chauncey Nicholson; on detached service at Fort Keogh,
Mont:, from May 25 to June 20, 1898; absent sick in regimental hospital from August 13 to August 18, and absent in
First Division Hospital from August 19 to muster-out September 8, 1898.
Corporal Walter L. Bonney; absent sick in regimental hospital from
July 31 to August 15, 1898; on sick furlough at Glendive,
Mont., from August 20, 1898, to discharge, per General Orders
No. 114, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out
with the troop.
Corporal Alvin M. Young; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 13 to 24, 1898.
Corporal Cornelius Elliott; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 16 to August 18, and in First Division Hospital from
August 19 to August 30, 1898.
Corporal Frank Dunnigan; on detail as clerk in the office of the
Regimental Adjutant from June 4 to September 8, 1898, per
regimental order.
Corporal Harry G. Wright; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 23 to August 31, 1898.
Private Thomas Aston; on detached duty at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private Harry H. Barlage; absent sick in regimental hospital from
July 15 to August 19, and on sick furlough at Miles City,
Mont., from August 20 to discharge, per General Orders No.
114, Headquarters Camp Thomas Ga.; not mustered out with
the troop.
Private Robert C. Brown; on sick furlough at Miles City, Mont.,
from August 20 to discharge, per General Orders No. 114,
series of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas Ga.; not mustered
out with the troop.
Private John W. Bullard; absent sick in regimental hospital from
June 22 to July 5, 1898.
Private John Caywood; joined troop August 18, 1898, by transfer
from Company A, Thirty-first Michigan Volunteer Infantry,
per Special Orders No. 120, Adjutant General's Office, War
Department, August 8, 1898; absent sick in regimental hospital from August 18 to August 25, 1898; on sick furlough at
An Arbor, Mich., from August 26 to discharge, per General
Orders No. 114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp George H.
Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Eugene Coffen; on detached service at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private Melvin Cornue; absent sick in Sternberg Hospital from
August 30 until after muster-out; not mustered out with the
troop.
Private Walter C. Dutrow; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 8 to August 10, and in First Division Hospital from
August 11 until after muster-out; not mustered out with
troop.
Private Stephen Forseth; absent sick in regimental hospital from
September 1 to 3, and in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., at the time of muster-out of regiment; not
mustered out with the troop.
Private Herbert B. Foster; died in Leiter Hospital, Camp Thomas,
Ga., August 19, 1898, of typhoid fever and spinal meningitis,
contracted in the service and line of duty; is interred in the
National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. (See Chapter XIV.)




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Private Frank G. Gardner; transferred to Company A, Thirty-first
Michigan Volunteer Infantry, August 8, 1898, per Special
Orders No. 120, Adjutant General's Office, War Department,
U. S. A.
Private William Goodman; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 19 to 25, 1898; on sick furlough at Fargo, N. D., from
August 26 to discharge, per General Orders No. 114, series
of 1898, Camp Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with the troop.
Private George A. Horkan; joined troop at Camp Thomas, Ga., by
transfer from Company A, First District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, June 25, 1898, per Special Orders No. 149,
Adjutant General's Office, War Department, U. S. A.
Private Howard F. Hawn; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 7 to August 19, 1898; on sick furlough at Rockford,
Ill., from August 20 to discharge, per General Orders No.
114, series of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; not
mustered out with the troop.
Private Adolph W. Hollenbeck; on detached service at Fort Keogh,
Mont., from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private George W. 'Huff; on detached service at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private Harvey S. Hussy; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 5 to August 10, 1898; in First Division Hospital from
August 11 to 25, 1898, and on sick furlough at Miles City,
Mont., from August 20, 1898, to discharge; not mustered out
with the troop.
Private Bert James; on detached service at Fort Keogh, Mont., May
25 to June 20, 1898; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 20 to 31, 1898, and in Sternberg General Hospital,
Camp Thomas, Ga., from September 1, 1898, to after musterout of regiment; not mustered out with the troop.
Private George A. Kennedy; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 25 to August 31, 1898; in Sternberg General Hospital
from September 1, 1898, to after muster-out of regiment; not
mustered out with troop.
Private Gustave Miller; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 6 to August 7, 1898; in Leiter General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., from August 8 to 25, 1898; on sick furlough at
Miles City, Mont., from August 26, 1898, to discharge; not
mustered out with the troop.
Private Finley McSweyn; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 1 to 7, 1898; in Leiter General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., from August 8, 1898, until after muster-out of
regiment; not mustered out with troop; drowned in Tongue
river, Montana, June, 1899; place of interment not known.
Private Otto Michels; absent sick in regimental hospital from August 25 to 31, 1898; in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp
Thomas, Ga., from September 1, 1898, to after muster-out of
regiment; not mustered out with the troop.
Private Raymond E. Reese; discharged on surgeon's certificate of
disability, July 22, 1898; honorable discharge and final statements furnished.
Private John Samlen; absent sick in First Division Hospital from
August 19 to September 3, 1898.
Private Tobias Salverson; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 8 to 25, 1898; on sick furlough at Muddy, Mont., from
August 26, 1898, to discharge, per General Orders No. 114,
series of 1898, Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out with troop.




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Private George Smiley; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 6 to 10; in First Division Hospital from August 11 to
25, 1898; on sick furlough at Miles City, Mont., from August
26, 1898, to discharge, per General Orders No. 114, series of
1898, (Headquarters Camp Thomas, Ga.; not mustered out
with the troop.
Private Hamilton G. Taylor; on detached service at Fort Keogh,
Mont., from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private Edward Tolan; on detached service at Fort Keogh, Mont.,
from May 25 to June 20, 1898.
Private Edward Warner; absent sick in regimental hospital from
August 11 to 18, 1898; in First Division Hospital from August
19, 1898, to after muster-out of regiment; not mustered out
with troop.


Barbers.............
Blacksmiths..........
Butchers.............
Clerks...............
Cowboys..............
Electricians..........
Farriers.............
Lathers..............
Miners...............
Photographers.......


RECAPITULATION.
OCCUPATIONS......   1   Printers.......................   2   Professional soldiers............   1   Railway mail service............   5   Saddlers.......................  54   Sailors........................  1  Stockmen......................  1  Telegraph operators........


2
1
1
2
1
10
1.....  1......  1.....  1


Total...................  86


RESIDENCES.


Beebe, Mont...............
Birney, Mont...............
Bryan, Iowa...............
Fargo, N. D................
Glencoe, Iowa..............
Glendive, Mont.............
Jamestown, N. Y...........
Kirby, Mont...............
Lame Deer, Mont...........
Lee, Mont..................
Logansport, Ind............
Miles City, Mont...........
Omaha, Neb...............


1   Santa Rita, N. M...........  1
2   Seattle, Wash..............  1
1   Jacksboro, Tenn............  1
1   War Department...........   1
1   Washington, D. C..........    1
4   Chelsea,  I. T...............  1
1   Ekalaka, Mont...........  9
1
2     Total...................  82
3   Transferred...............  1
1   Dead.....................  3
48
1     Aggregate.............. 86








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CHAPTER XXVI.
OUR HONORED DEAD.
When the regiment was assembled at Camp Thomas, in
Chickamauga Park, during the closing days of May, 1898,
it was indeed a pleasure to note the hale, hearty, healthy
aggregation of physical manhood. Those strong, hardy, muscular sons of the plains seemed capable of enduring any
hardship or successfully coping with any privation. They
were the cream of the Northwest, the flower of the pioneer
states. However, the climatical change from the high altitude and pure air of the Northwest to the sultry, heated,
humid atmosphere of the South at the very beginning of the
hot season, proved as fatal, and probably more so, than would
have the bullets and shells of the enemy.
How glorious it is to die upon the field of battle, in the
midst of the strife of the soul-stirring charge. The messenger of death has no terrors for the dying one, who closes his
eyes for the last time, realizing that his life has been a part
payment for the victory achieved, and amid the triumphant
shout of his comrades, as they carry their objective point,
he dies happy. What soldier would not court death in that
glorious way! What nobler sacrifice can man make than
to lay down his life upon the altar of his country in a war
that is being waged for the freedom, the enlightenment, the
betterment, the civilization and Christianization of mankind?
Even the bereaved widow or mother takes consolation for her
loss in the glorious memory of the loved one's death; the
nation applauds and the memory of the hero lives. Is it less
noble, less manly, less glorious to answer the call of duty
and while in the discharge of that duty, be it ever so humble,
be it ever so commonplace, to have met the deadly and pestilential foes that swarmed in the air at Chickamauga? Has
the soldier on the battlefield given more to his country than
his life? Isn't the soldier who met his death in the feverstricken camps of the South, while at his post of duty, just
as brave and as justly entitled to credit and to commendation
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sacrificed upon the field of battle? Doesn't the "God of battles" give the same credit mark for a life spent in the cause.of right and justice, whether that life was sacrificed upon the
field of battle or the hospital cot? Does the weeping widow
feel less the pangs of bereavement, or is the wail of the
orphan any less heartrending if the husband and father dies
as the victim of the fever germ or the bullet?
Chickamauga Park is apparently an ideal health resorthigh and dry-and would be selected by almost any authority
as a perfect summer camp. That the atmosphere teemed
with the deadly typhus microbe and other miasmatic germs,
no one conversant with the history of that camp will deny.
The cause we will not discuss herein; the effect is what we
have to deal with.
Twenty-seven members of our regiment laid down their
lives either in camp or as a direct result of disabilities contracted there, but one troop (C) did not lose a man-the
others lost from one to four each.
No more sorrowful or impressive scene has ever been
witnessed than a soldier's burial-a military funeral. There
is no weeping widow, no crying children, no sympathetic
relatives. Solemnly and slowly the men march, in reversed
order, to the tap of the funeral drum; each man, erect and
brave, but with the full knowledge that he might be the next
one to answer "here" when Death calls the roll. When the
grave is reached and the chaplain has read the simple service
and invoked Divine blessing, the coffin is lowered, and the
firing squad steps up and fires the parting salute; the
bugler sounds the beautiful and impressive "taps" (lights
out) and the ceremony is over. And when the departed one
has reached that far shore and has joined the vast armies
that have gone before, there will be one more soul to answer
"here" upon that great inspection day when the Master in-*
spects his legions and one more soldier to receive that glorious
commendation:   "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
Nor must it be imagined that because the soldiers do not
parade their feelings at the burial of a comrade, that their
hearts have not been touched as they pay this last tribute to
their departed comrade. If you are a close observer you can
readily note the silent tear as it trickles down the bronzed
cheek.  The feelings of these cowboys can be best illustrated
by the following extract from "The Cowboy's Tribute to
Captain 'Buckey' O'Neill," who was killed at San Juan
Hill:




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"I ain't much shakes at bawlin',
I reckon I don't know how;
But tear-drops fell on Buckey's face
Es I covered his pallid brow.
He warn't no better then most of us,
In religion 'way behind,
But he gev his life-'twas all he hedFer the freedom of mankind.
An' ef Saint Pete is half the man
I've reckoned that he be,
He's opened his ranch ter Captin Buck
Fer all eternity."
For the men of our regiment who laid down their lives for
the flag, we drop tears of sympathy; not alone for them and
the sad fate that has taken them to an early grave, but for
those at home who loved them, whose lives where entwined
with theirs, who built their hopes and their ambitions upon
the success of those who have passed away, and who have
felt the bitter pangs of bereavement.  Their consolation is
found in the proud reflection that their loved ones died at
the post of duty and for the honor, glory and welfare of their
country.
On June 13, 1898, Herbert F. Lawrence of Troop E died
at Leiter general hospital of typhoid fever, in spite of the
strenuous efforts made to save him. HIe was buried on June
15. In a driving rain storm the funeral cortege left camp
for Lytle, Ga., to embark on the train for the National Cemetery at Chattanooga. Chaplain Clevenger was in charge
of the funeral.  The pall-bearers were Sergeants Murphy,
DeWitt Stafford and Privates Clouse, Parkhurst, Porter and
Rhoeder, all of Troop E.  Trumpeter Carl McCoy of Troop
E officiated as trumpeter, and sounded "taps" over the grave.
Captain Binder, Lieutenants Laughlin, Stowers and Fuller
and many members of the troop attended the funeral.  Lawrence was buried as No. 13,141.
As the death of Lawrence was the first in the regiment, it
created more attention than did those that followed it, as the
others were attended usually only by the officers of the troop,
the pall-bearers, the trumpeter and the firing squad. The
faithful chaplain not only attended the last moments of
all of those who died, but personally conducted every funeral.
On account of the distance of the cemetery from camp, it was
rnot deemed advisable by headquarters at Camp Thomas to
allow any more men to leave camp, even for the purpose of
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There is perhaps no more beautiful place in the entire
United States than the National Cemetery at Chattanooga,
Tenn., where a number of the regiment are buried. The
handsome trees, shrubberies, lawns, walks and monuments
are excelled nowhere. In addition to the regular care given
the graves by the authorities, each soldier's grave is marked
with an appropriate headstone, giving his company and regiment and the time and place of his death, when known. On
Decoration Day each year these graves are decorated by the
military orders at Chattanooga and vicinity.
BIOGRAPHIES.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM D. SMITH.
William Dennan Smith, the ranking member of the regiment, who has died, was born in Madison County, Iowa.
December 25, 1875; residing there ten years, he moved to
Milford, Neb., where he was educated and married to Miss
Fannie J. Warner. One year he successfully published the
Burt County News, of Craig, Neb. He arose to be the very
cream of the young men of Milford-honored, respected
and loved. Being a lover of matters military he early enlisted in Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, of which organization he rose to be the First Sergeant, in which capacity
he was serving when he was mustered into the United States
service as First Sergeant Troop K, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Although Sergeant Smith was blessed with
a happy home and the fond love of a devoted wife, and although there were many single men willing to take his place
in the ranks, he regarded it his duty to answer his country's
call, and as a result has offered up his life as an example of
unselfish devotion to country and the duty of patriotic citizenship. It was plainly apparent to those who were at all
observant that the climate at Camp Thomas did not agree
with Sergeant Smith,'and that he was in reality a sick man
who should have been in the hospital rather than at the post
of duty, from which no one could move him. His was an
arduous task to which he stuck manfully and uncomplainingly.  Shortly after arriving at home in Milford, he was
taken very sick and died September 27, 1898, aged twentytwo years, nine months and two days. He was given a military funeral from the Congregational church at Milford,
many of his comrades attending to do him the last honor.




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Ile was mustered in with his troop Mlay 14, 1898, and mustered out September 11, 1898, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
PRIVATE ALGERNON J. BEACH.
Algernon Johnston Beach, the youngest of three brothers,
was born at Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wis., November
30, 1869. Ile received a high school education, after which
he learned the tinsmith's trade. He came to Sioux Falls,
S. D., in November, 1889, with his parents, and followed the
vocation of tinner. He entered the employ of the Great
Northern railroad soon after coming to Sioux Falls, and
after one year's service with that company he entered the
service of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway,
where he remained until he enlisted in Troop B, Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry, being mustered in with
the troop May 12, 1898. He was taken sick with dysentery
at Camp Thomas July 8, and gradually grew worse until he
was sent into the country to recuperate.  -Ie came back to
camp in an emaciated condition, and on August 23 was
granted a sick furlough and went north to the home of his
brother, Dr. George D. Beach, at Champion, Mich. It was
hoped that with good nursing and treatment and change of
climate he would be materially benefited, but notwithstanding the efforts made to save him, he died on September
21, 1898. When he was informed that he could not live, he
faced death as a soldier should, bravely and cheerfully, realizing that although his life may not have been needed, he
had not lived in vain, but had paid the highest debt that can
be exacted from the patriot and the soldier.
HIe was interred at Sioux Falls, S. D., September 24,
1898, many comrades and friends assembling to do him the
last honor. The funeral was in charge of Cyrenne Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar; besides there were many
members of Masonic bodies, Woodmen and Hose Company
No. 1, all of whom had claimed his membership when living.
PRIVATE GEORGE MACLAREN.
George MLaclaren was the oldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Maclaren of Humphreys, Neb. I-e was only twenty-one
years of age when he left Humphreys for Deadwood, in
March, 1898.  Shortly after arriving at Deadwood, war between the United States and Spain was declared, and young
AMaclaren was among the very first to enlist in Troop A,
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GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS.


359


he went south to Camp Thomas, Ga. He was taken sick
some time in August and sent to the First Division hospital,
where his symptoms rapidly developed into typhoid fever.
His comrades, the nurses and physicians did everything
they could to save him, without avail. He died September
S, 1898. His body was escorted by his former comrades to
the railroad station at Lytle, Ga., and from there shipped to
Humphreys, Neb., where the body was received by the local
lodge of Woodmen, who had charge of his funeral. Almost
the entire town attended the funeral and services in the
church, despite the heavy downpour of rain. The church
was handsomely decorated with the United States and Cuban
flags.
PRIVATE HERBERT F. LAWRENCE.
Herbert F. Lawrence was born in Carroll, Carroll County,
Iowa, March 8, 1880 When about four years of age he moved
to Miller, S. D., with his parents-James K. Lawrence, a civil
war veteran, and Irene Lawrence-where he was educated.
He was an expert horseman, a good rifle-shot, and an allround pleasant young man to meet. To know him was to
love him. He was taken sick shortly after arriving at Camp
Thomas, Ga., with Troop E, Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, in which organization he enlisted May 7, 1898. He
was sent to Leiter General Hospital, where he died of typhoid
fever, June 14, 1898. He is interred in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
PRIVATE HERBERT B. FOSTER.
Herbert B. Foster, who died in Leiter Hospital August
19, 1898, of typhoid fever, contracted while in the line of
duty, was a splendid soldier, cheerful and attentive to and
faithful in the performance of his duties. His death, being
the first in the troop, was sorrowfully mourned by the officers and companions of his troop. In sorrow and sadness
he was followed by them to his soldier's grave in the National
Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn., which is the resting place
of nearly fourteen thousand Union soldiers.
It is a singular coincidence that the death of young Foster
occurred on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the wounding of
his father in the great battle of Chickamauga, whose wounds,
though severe and permanent, were as naught in comparison
to the heart wounds received by him at the death of his only
Son.




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TROOP A.
Farrier Martin Gilligan; died at Deadwood, S. D., shortly
after muster out of service, from typhoid fever contracted at Camp Thomas, Ga., in the service and
line of duty. He is interred at Tecumseh, Neb.
Private George Maclaren; died of typhoid fever, at First
Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., September 5,
1898. He is interred at Humphreys, Neb.
Private William R. Williams; died of typhoid fever, at
Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga.;
contracted in service and line of duty, shortly after
muster-out of regiment. He is interred at Oshkosh,
Wis.
TROOP B.
Private Algernon J. Beach; died at Champion, Mich., September 21, 1898, of dysentery contracted in service
and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Ga. He is interred at Sioux Falls, S. D.
Private William F. Copelin; died at Hot Springs, Ark.,
September 23, 1898. He is interred at Sioux Falls,
S. D.
TROOP D.
Sergeant George Cassells; drowned in British Columbia,
July, 1899. Place of interment not known.
Private George Bahler; died at Leiter General Hospital,
Camp Thomas, Ga., July 11, 1898, of cerebo-spinal
meningitis, contracted in the service and line of
duty. Interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Private Charles W. Yates; died of accidental gunshot
wound, while serving in First United States Cavalry,
October 10, 1898. He is interred at Long Pine, Neb.
TROOP E.
Private Herbert F. Lawrence; died at Leiter General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., June 13, 1898, of typhoid
fever contracted in the service and line of duty. He
is interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Number of grave, 13,141.. ~ ~  -




TROOP G.
Quartermaster Frank E. Parker; accidentally killed in
Montana since muster-out. Particulars as to death
and place of interment not known.
Sergeant John F. Sinclair; died at Camp Thomas, Ga., after
muster-out of regiment, of typhoid fever contracted
in service and line of duty. Place of interment not
known.
Private Charles J. May; died at Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted in service and line of duty.
Interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Number of grave not known.
TROOP H.
Sergeant Sid O. Morgan, Jr.; died at Hot Springs, Ark.,
September, 1898, of disabilities contracted in service
and line of duty. Place of interment not known.
Private August Eckdol; killed in Chicago, Ill., September
13, 1898, by being run over by a trolley car while on
his way from Camp Thomas, Ga., to his home in
North Dakota.
TROOP I.
Sergeant Isaac Fraser; died at Sternberg General Hospital,
Camp Thomas, Ga., September 10, 1898, of typhoid
fever contracted in service and line of duty. Interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Number of grave not known.
Private Herbert B. Foster; died at Leiter General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., August 19, 1898, of typhoid
fever and spinal meningitis contracted in the service
and line of duty. Is interred in National Cemetery,
Chattanooga, Tenn. Number of grave not known.
Private Finley McSweyn; accidentally drowned in the
Tongue River, Mont., June, 1899. Place of interment not known.
TROOP K.
First Sergeant William D. Smith; died at Milford, Neb.,
September 27, 1898, of typhoid fever contracted in
service and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Ga. Is
interred at Milford, Neb.
Private Thomas R. Cowden; died at Lincoln, Neb., shortly
after muster-out, of typhoid fever contracted in service and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Ga. Place of
interment not known.
Private Claude D. McNichols; died at Sternberg General
Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever, August 20, 1898. Is interred in National Cemetery,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Private Willis M. Powell; died at Leiter General Hospital,
Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted in
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TROOP L.
Sergeant Wilbur L. Boyce; died at Butte, Mont., June 14,
1899, death directly due to service and line of duty.
Private Charles S. Connors; died at First Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted
in service and line of duty, July 25, 1898. Place of
interment not known.
Private Miles K. Diamond; died at Butte, Mont., March 10,
1899. Remote cause of death contracted in service
and line of duty. Place of interment not known.
Private Clarence S. Langley; died at First Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., of disabilities contracted in
service and line of duty, August 20, 1898. Place of
interment not known.
Private William S. Sweet; died in Sternberg General Hospital, September 10, 1898, of typhoid fever contracted
in service and line of duty. Place of interment not
known.
TROOP M.
Private Patrick J. Egan; died at Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Ga., of typhoid fever contracted
in service and line of duty, August 24, 1898. Interred in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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