Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-12

an ardor that made their sobriuuet. s.The
Rifles" of which they are still so proud, a
synonym for loyalty and daring. The Third
has always been a crack regiment. In ev-
cry war the country has had and in almost
every important campaign it has been in
the lead. From the Atlantic to the Pacific.
along the great lakes and from our north
ern border to the gulf, it has made it's wav
through forests: across deserts, over noun
tains and plains, contending against every
force which has dared to oppose the Ameri-
can soldiers in battle.
IN the war of 1919 the Thir.axas in al
most every important battle. It was with
Jackson at New Orleans and with Mad An
thony Wayne in his Ohio campaign. It
was in the Blackhawk and Seminole wars
and won glory in every big fight in Mexico.
1t was on the disastrous field of the first
u Run, from which It retreated in pood
order and without a stragghr, and it was
at Appomattox when Lee surrendered. Its
flag tells the story of its most Important
battles, but only those in which more than
half the regiment has been engaged are in
scribed upon it's standard. The list does
not include the scores of skirmishes and
battles in which less than half the men
have been engaged. It is as follows:
Fort Defiance, Resaca de la Palma, Mon
terey, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cherubusco.
Chapultepec, City of Mexico, Bull Run
1861; Santa Rosa Island, Fort Pickens, Shi.
lob, Gaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Bull Run.
1862; Fredericksburg, Murfreesboro, Get
tysburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge.
Resaca. New Hope Church, Kenesaw Noun
tain, Atlanta, Jonesboro.
Many and severe have been it's conflicts
with the Indians-Creeks, Seminoles, Nav
ajos, Apaches, Modocs, Sioux. Wirh'How-.
ard In his 1000 mile chase after Chief Jo-
seph's Nez Perces, it won glory and a star
for General Miles, who caught the Indians
on the fly.
in 1874 the Third and Fourth infantry
and Second dragons constituted the armv
OF observation on the Texan border. In
ls45 they were transferred to Corpus Christi
and, in connection with the Fourth, Fifth.
Seventh and Eighth infantry, seven COM
panies of the Second dragons, four regi-
ments of light artillery and one of heavy
artillery, numbering in all about 5000 men.
became a part of the army of occupation in
Texas, under command of General TAYLOR.
and March 8, 1916, commenced the advance
toward the Rio Grande.
The Third was conspicuous for gallantry
at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, rout-
ing the Mexicans and pursuing them across
the Rio Grande, in which many were
drowned. At Monterey, where the Third
and tourth formed the principal assaulting
force upon the eastern defenses, the fighting
was terrific. OF 10 officers of the Third &
were killed and wounded, and of the men
10 were killed and 20 wounded. The repi-
ment participated actively in the capture of
~Chapultepec and was with the division
which hoisted the stars and stripes over the
capitol in the City of Mexico on the morn
ing of Sept. IA, 1S47.
During the civil wal the regiment was
divided, one battalion serving in the east
and one in the west, how gallantly there is
not space here to tell. The record inscribed
upon their flag by authorization of the sec
rotary OF wal speaks far more elouuently
b any meager description could.
From b ranks of the Third have come
some of the bravesr, best and most distin-
guished officers of the army, and few in
deed are those of them who have been not
ed for any but the highest, noblest. most
soldierly qualities.
Men whose names lave become great in
the civil and political history of the country.
too, have seen service in the ranks of the
Third. United States senators, members.
OF congress, great %jurists, governors of
states and territories and men distinguished
in other ways for talent and ability have
fought beneath it's banners. Thisi is not the
first time in its history that it has been
quartered at Fort Smelling. TWAS there
as long g as the year 1882, the famous
year of the Seminole war, and at that time
it wa under the command Of ColonelZach-
ary Taylor. afterward president, of the
United States. More glory to '.The Rifesyo