Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

| teers with the LIST Tennessee Infantry.
He served as captain in the 37th Volun-
teer Infantry from July, 1899. to February,
1901, when he was commissioned a first
lieutenant in the 18th Cavalry with which
regiment he has served ever since.
First Lieut.. William C. Tremaine of Troop
Ii entered the volunteer service as a second
lieutenant in the 35th United States In
fantry in 1899 and served with his regiment
until his appointment as a first lieutenant
in the 10Th Cavalry in 1901. Lieut. Ire
maine had seen service in the army before
the war with Spain, however having en-
listed as a private in Battery B of the
9Th Artillery in 1884. He was promoted to
corporal and honorably discharged in 1889
He re,enlisted and served as a private in
the 10th Infantry, and later was trans
ferred to the 5th Artillery. in which regi
ment he became a corporal and finally
first sergeant of Battery D. He is re-
garded as one of the most efficient officers
of the regiment and is said to be one of
the best horsemen in the service.
First Lieut.. Christian BRAND of Troop
f has a record that is similar in many
ways to that of Lieut.. Tremaine. Lieut.
BRAND enlisted in the I'd Cavalry in 1884,
and served with that regiment in the various
capacities of private, corporal, sergeant
and first sergeant of Troop A. and later
as QuartermaSter sergeant. He was born
in Denmark and was appointed a first
lieutenant in the 9Th Immune Regiment
May 81, 1898. He served with this regi-
ment until the organization of the Porto
Rican Battalion, in which he secured
commission first lieutenant. He was
made a captain in this organization in
1900 and served as such until February
IL, 1907. Lieut.. BRAND was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the regular service
while he still held his commission in the
Porto Rican regiment and did not join
his troop until he was promoted to first
lieutenant and assigned to the 18th Cav
airy. Lieut.. BRAND Is very highly regarded
by all who know him. his comrades of the
"a Cavalry having spoken of him in the
highest terms.
Second Lieut.. Clarence c. Culver of
Troop H Is a native of Nebraska and is
son of the present adjutant general of that
state. Lieut.. Culver entered the army as
quartermaster sergeant of the Sd Cavalry
at the outbreak of the war with Spain. He
was appointed a first lieutenant in the Phil
ippine cavalry In April, 1900, and served
as such until his appoin tment as a second
1901 Lieut.. Culver is No 10 on the list of
second lieutenants of cavalry, and will
probably be promoted before he has served
long at Fort Myer.
The First to Arrive
Second Lieut.. Clifton r. Norton is the one
officer of the 18th Cavalry to be stationed
at Fort Myer with whom the people of
Washington can be said to be really &C
quainted Lieut.. Norton has been in this
country for several months and has been
on duty at Fort Myer for several weeks
past, preparing for the coming of his regi-
ment. He is a very popular officer with his
associates, and is trusted and respected by
his superors. During his service in the
Philippines Lieut.. Norton was intrusted
with several delicate missions all of which
he performed to the satisfaction of his COM
manding officer. He is native of Michigan,
and entered the army as a private of Bat
terry F of the 9TH Artillery in 1898. He was
transferred to Battery |, and later trans
ferred to the 4th Cavalry, in which regi-
ment he became corporal. He was COM
miSSioned a second lieutenant in 1901 and
was assigned to the 18th Cavalry. Lieut.
Norton will probably be quartermaster and
commissary of the squadron stationed at
Fort Myer.
ed in the volunteer service as a private in
the LIST Montana Infantry, and served with
this regiment as a private, corporal second
lieutenant and first lieutenant in the Phil
ippines. He enlisted in the 18th Cavalry as
q private on its organization, was promoted
to sergeant and first sergeant, and commits
stoned a second lieutenant in May 1901
Lieut.. Gardenhire is on duty with Troop e.
Second Lieut.. Milton G.. Holiday of Troop
F is a native of Kansas, and enlisted in the
32d Volunteer Infantry during the Philip
pine instruction. He served with his regi-
ment from 1899 to 1901, when he was APP
pointed a second lieutenant in the 10Th Cav
airy. Lieut. Holiday is a graduate of the
public and county high schools of Belle
pane ana Wellington, sumner county,
Kans.
Second Lieut.. Victor S. Foster of Troop
G is a graduate of the Military Academy
of the class of 1902. He is native OF Lou
isiana, and was appointed to West Point
from Texas in 1897. There are two of his
classmates in the squadron of the I'd Cav
airy which the 10Th relieves here and one
in the 4th Field Battery. stationed at Fort
Myer.
Veterinarian Walter B. Grutzman will
have charge Of the health of the horses of
the detachment stationed at Fort Myer
DR.. Grutzman is an officer of more than
the usual experience in his profession and
has served with the regiment in the Philip
pines. He has the confidence of all his SUI
periors. and, In addition to being an excel
lent veterinarian, he is one of the most
popular officers in the regiment.
The second squadron of the 18th Cavalry
was selected for the post at Fort Myer by
Col. Wallace because it is the only SQUAD
ron of the regiment which has all of its
troop commanders on duty with their
troops. Several of the captains in the 18th
are detailed away from the regiment, and
several Of them are off on long leaves of
absence. The band which the 18th brings
with it is an excellent musical organiza-
ton, 1t Is said, but has never been mount
ed. Horses for the band will be left at
Fort Myer by the I'd, and 1t is understood
that one of the first duties of the new post
adjutant will be to see to the mounting of
the band.