The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-20


and dangerous, and ever responding with
an ardor that made their sobriquet, "rhe
Rifles" of which they are still SO proud, n
synonym for loyalty and daring. The Third
has always been n ,rack 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, 1t has made its way,
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 Third was in al
most every important battle. 1t was with
jackson at New Orleans and 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 straggler, and It was
at Appomattox when Lee surrendered. It's
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; Fredericksburg, Murfreesboro, Get
tysburg Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge
Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Noun
tain, Atlanta, Jonesboro.
Many and severe have been its conflicts
with the lndians-C Greeks. Seminoles, Nav
ajos, Apaches, Modocs, Sioux. With How
ard in his 1900 mile chase after Chief Jo-
seph's 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
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 1900 men,
became part Of the army of occupation in
Texas, under command of General TAYLOR,
and March s, lS46, commenced tho advance
toward the Rio Grande.
The Third was conspicuous for gallantry
at Palo Alto and Resaca de In Palma, rout-
ing the Mexicans and pursuing them across
the Rio Grande, in which many were
drowned. AT Monterey, where the Third
and Fourth formed the principal assaulting
force upon the eastern defenses, the fighting
was terrific or - officers of the Third q
were killed and wounded, and of the men
10 were killed and 20 wounded. The reni-
ment participated actively in the capture OF
Chapultepec and was with the division
which hosted the stars and stripes over the
capitol in the City OF Mexico ON the morn
ing Of Sept. IA, 1871.
During the civil war 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
retary 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 dstin-
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 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 IL has been
quartered at Fort Smelling. 1t WAS there
rs long ago as the year lS;i2, the famous
year OF the Seminole war, and at that time
i was under the command of Colonel Zach
ary Taylor. afterward president Of the
United States. More glory TO THE Rifiesp'