The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-18
Leaves Fort Myer Today
on Its Long Trip to
the Philippines.
CROWD AT THE STATION
VIII Embark on the KiIpat-
rick at New York and Sail
for Manila on Sunday.

Col W. 5. EdgerIy. fegimental COM
mander. eighteen onicers and 800 or more
cavalrymen. the regimentai officers. and
officers and men Of the second squadron
of the Second Cavalry. US. A. which
has been stationed at Fort Myer Va.
since january 2s. Is02. left Washington
( On board Baltimore and Ohio train
ct o'clock this morning to &C 70 New
York city This afternoon they 80
aboard the transport Fitzpatrick. and
there they viii lenlairl until Sunday
morning. by which TINS the First Squad
ron. together with Troops I and K OF
the Third Squadron. from Fort Ethan
Allen. win have boarded the slip
On Sunday morning anchor viii be
raised and the Second Regiment. com
pIete. without horses. viii be OF for
the Philippine Islands 20 take tire place
OF the Eleventh Cavalry. which has
spent two years in the archipelago. The
horses left by the Second Cavalry at
Fort Myer viii be used by the Fifteenth
Cavalry, which viii arrive at the vir-
ginia garrison within the next few days
The horses to be left by the Eleventh
Ca~aIry in the Philippines win Ee used
by the Second CavaIrv-
yarewells az Station.
Throughout the thae the cavairymen
have been quartered at Fort Myer they
have been seen In s5ageants. parades.
celebrations and funerals more often
even than the District militia boys. and
have thousands of friends and admirers
IN Washington. A large crowd gathered
at the station this morning and gave
j the gallant second squadron boys n
roUsing send-off. which they will long
remember. Contrary 10 custom. the
train was not divided into sections. The
800 men were comfortably accommodated
in the ten cars of the special tram. and
no complaint was heard.
! The Second Cavalry was orea nfzed in
1856. 1t first saw acsive service in he
Seminole war and at the close OF that
fight was stationed along the frontier.
i where 1t remained practically IatfI the
outbreak of the Spanish war There arc
twelve troops 10 the regiment. the first
being called A and the last NJ The
twelve were divided into three squad
rons. assigned to various posts along the
frontier In 1898 the squadron composed
of Troops F. Capt LIoyzi NJ Brett. now
adjutant of the District militia; 4. Capt
T. J. Lewis: d. LIEUT. A. T. AI,en. and
c. Lieutenant Clark. was ordered from
Fort Riley to Cuba. Chickamauga Park.
Ca. was reached on April p. 1898.
Record N Cuba
From there the troops. composed Of so
men and Officer. went to Port Tampa.
i Fla. and land1d IN Santiago on June -
in and around Santiago on July l. ? and
8. and acquitted themselves commend
ably. On August =. the squadron left
Cuba and restched Monta'Ik several days
later. While az MontaG < the troopers
i were ordered TO Matan.as. Cuba, and
performed police duty there for three
years. r@
i on January Il. 1902. ar5 5ops z. F. G.
and II composing the second squadron
OF the regiment and tha beaduuarters
officers. were ordered to Fort Mver. and
reached that garrison January q. 1902.
When the troops came up they we're
commanded as follows: Troop +, by
Capt. Lloyd NJ Brett; Troop z. by
Lieut. William Moore. until Captain
Lieutenant Wade of the Fifth Cavalry
was promoted 40 captain and took
charge; Troop q. by Capt, Ralph Har-
rison. and II, by Capt H c. Trout
Colonel Huggins was assigned to Fort
Nyer - commander Of the Second Cav
airy. in 1902. with Lieut.. Col f. ID.
Dimmick second in rank. and Capt
I. J. Lewis as adjutant In tire wiz
ter of the present year Colonel Hug
gins was retired as a brigadier general.
and Lieutenant Colonel Dinlmick made
colonel. On February II. 1908. LieuteR-
ant Colonel Edgerly OF the Seventh Cav
airy vas made colonel, and succeeded
Colonel Dimmick, Who was retired as
brigadier general. Lieut.. Col. W. S.
Schuyler was assigned as second in
command under Coloiel E4gerly-
Third Squadron to Join
The first squadron OF the regiment
and Troops / and X of the third
squadron were at Fort Ethan Allen
and Colonel Schuyler was sent thcre
to command them Only three troops
of the third squadron could be accom-
modated at Fort Sheridan. III. Tnese
three troops will leave San Francisco
about January to go % the Philip
pines TO join the regiment. The Fort
AIyer and Fort Ethan Allen troop Will
so 10 Manila by way OF the Suez Canal
route.
Major Herbert Slocum is in command
OF the second squadron. with Adjutant
J. w Moore and Squadron Quartermas-
ter and, Commissary F. ]. Pike on his
staff.
The Government has decided to re-
duce the force OF cavalry in the archl-
pelago. and the Second Cavalry is 10
take the place OF the Fifteenth and
Eleventh Regiments. which have beea
kept in the Philippine Islands for more
than two years The Fifteenth, COM
manded by Col w. NJ. Wallace. comes
10 Fort Myer next week