The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-01

and dangerous, and ever responding with
an ardor that made their sobriquet, THE
Rifles" of which they are still 50 proud, a
synonym for loyalty and daring. The Third
has always been n 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 its way,
through forests, across deserts, over noun
tilins and plains, conuendng against every
force which has dared to oppose the Ameri-
can soldiers IN battle.
In the war of 1912 the Third was in al
most every important battle. 1t was with
jackson at New Orleans aud with Mad An
thony Wayne in his Ohio campaign 1t
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
Bull Run, from which it retreated in good
order and without a straggler, and it was
mt 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 its standard. The list does
not include the scores Of skirmishes and
battles in which less than half the men
have been engaged. 1t 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-
loh, Gaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Bull Run,
1862 Fredcricks Murfreesboro, Get
tysburc, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge,
Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Noun
tain, Atlanta, Jonesboro.
Many and severe have been its conflicts
with the Indans-Creeks, Seminoles, Nav
ajos, Apaches, Modocs, Sioux With How
ard in his 1900 mile chase after Chief Jo-
sephs Nez Perces, it won glory and star
for General Miles, who caught the Indians
on the fly.
In 1874 the Third and Fourth infantry
and Second dragons constituted the army
Of observation on the Texan border. In
1915 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 rcgi-
ments of light artillery and one of heavy
artillery, numbering in all about 5000 men,
became part Of the army of occupation in
Texas, under command Of General Taylor,
and March S, 1876, 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 We're
drowned. At Monterey, where the Third
and Fourth formed the principal assaulting
force upon the eastern defeuses, the fighting
was terrific OF 10 officers of the Third d
were killed and wounded, and of the men
10 were killed and 20 wounded. The regi-
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. II, 1871.
During the civil war the regiment was
divided, one battalion serving in the east
and one in the west, how calamity there i,
not space here to tell. The record inscribed
upon their flag by authorization Of the sec
rotary Of war speaks far more eloquently
than any meager description could.
From the ranks of the Third have come
some of the bravest, 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
solderly qualities.
Men whose names have 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 its banners. This is not the
first time in its history that it has been
luartered at Fort Smelling. 1t was there
As long ago as the year 1892, the famous
year of the Seminole war, and at that time
it was under the command of Colonel Zach
lry Taylor. afterward president of the
United States. More glory to The Rifles!