The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-10
SIXTH CAVALRY Is
ANXIOUS TO SERVE
Eight Hundre Men En- Route
to China on the
Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S-Onicers
and men of the Sixth Cavalry, now at
the Preside, are delighted with the
prospect of seeing active work in Chi
ma, and are getting themselves in trim
as rapidly as possible for the duty be-
fore them. There will be intense dis
appointment If the regiment Is ordered
TO the Philippines instead of China. All
feel that history Is awaiting them in
the ilOwery empire, and as most of the
officers are ambitious and the men full
of vim there is eagerness to get to the
front.
In all 500 officers and men of the Sixth
win leave on the Grant, presumably for
Chefoo. These comprise two squadrons,
the First and Third The Second squad
ron will remain in California.
Troop ID arrived yesterday from Fort
Sill, making up the eight troops await
ing transportation on the Grant. The
First Squadron consists OF A Troop,
from Fort Riley, Captain w. w. For
syth: B Troop from Fort Leavenworth,
Lieutenant A. V. =. Anderson; C Troop,
from Fort Logan, Captain Grote Hut
Crimson, Lieutenant c. D. Rhodes, Lieu
tentnt Warren Dean; d Troop, from
Fort Sill, Captain A. Blockson, Lieuten-
ant Corcoran. The Third squadron is
composed of | Troop, from Fort Sill,
Lieutenant William Lee Karnes; X
Troop. from Fort Leavenworth, Cap
tain r. b. Paddock, Lieutenant r. T.
Buchan; l. Troop, from Fort Reno
Lieutenant b. h. Hyer; NJ. Troop, from
jefferson Barracks Captain de Rosey
C. Cabell.
The Colonel of the Sixth Cavalry is
Brigadier-General S. S. Sumner, who
commanded n cavalry brigade in Cuba
and who is now attache at the London
Legation. The acting commander is
Lieutenant-Colonel r. j. Wint, who is
the only veteran of the Civil War
among the officers of the regiment. All
the others are young men, though most
of them are veterans of the Spanish
War.
When Brigadier-General a. r. Chat
fee boards the Grant to proceed to Chi
ma to take command of the American
forces he will, no doubt, be pleased to
find the Sixth Cavalry on the vessel
1t was with the old Sixth that General
Chaffee began his military career. The
regiment was organized in 1861. Cen
eral Chaffee, then youth of is, enlist
ed as n private in 1862, and rose sue
cessively to corporal and first sergeant
of * Troop, being then promoted to
Second Lieutenant. He remained with
the regiment until 1883. when he was
made Major of the Ninth Cavalry. He
is now Colonel of the Eighth Cavalry in .
the regular Army and Brlgader-Gen- |
eral of volunteers
The old Sixth Regiment saw arduous
service during the Civil War, mostly in .
&
After the war 1t went to Texas, and lat /
er was in hard Indian campaigns in
New Mexico and Arizona. 1t |
was active in the Geronimo campaign
Of lSS5-S6, and again in the Wounded .
Knee campaign against the Sioux in (
ls90-9l, When the war against Spain
broke out two squadrons of the Sixth.
including most of the troops now here,
formed part of General Skaters army
Of invasion, and shared in the brief but
vigorous Cuban campaign, including
the charge up San Juan hill. At the
close OF the war, in December 1898, the
regiment went into barracks in differ
ent places in the West until called to
the duty that now confronts 1t.
lieutenant Colonel Wint has an hon
>rable record as fighter, both in the
Civil War and in the recent Spanish
War. His staff consists OF Lieutenant
John Nance, regimental Adjutant;
Lieutenant John Furlong, acting Ad-
utant: Lieutenant @. c. Barnhart, act
ng Quartermaster.
A telegram received here at Army
headquarters yesterday from the War
Department at Washington. ordering
additional supplies and equipments for
he Sixth Cavalry, is taken as certain
rdication that the regiment is destined
or service in China, The original or I
Ter was for the ordinary supplies and
'atlons for troops going to the Philip
'ires, where the Government has stores
md supplies, which are constantly re-
'lenished The order that the troops
90 TO Nagasah and await additional I
nstructions there gave rise to the SUR I
Mise that their ultimate destination /
niPht be China. Yesterdays cipher
Ilspateh for additional ratlons and sup
lies confirms the former surmise
Mr.. and Mrs r. NJ Hatch have re-