Evening star., 1903-10-01
BOUND FOR MANILA
ORDERS GIVEN FOR TRANSFER OF
SECOND CAVALRY.
The Command to Be Relieved by the
18th Regiment Now in
Philippines.

Orders have just been given for the
movement of the I'd Regiment Of Cavalry
from the United States to the Philippines
to relieve the 11th Cavalry, which is one of
the new regiments organized in 1901, and
in which the enlistments all expire through
the coming winter ana spring. In accord
ance with the policy recently announced In
the case of the new infantry regiments or
dered home from the Philippines the 18th
will be returned to this country to be re-
cruited instead of sending out large draft
of recruits to the Philippines.
The I'd Cavalry is stationed at Fort Myer,
Va; Fort Ethan Allen, VT, and two troops
are at Fort Sheridan, Ill. The troops at
Fort Myer and Fort Ethan Allen will be re-
leved by the 18th Cavalry upon its arrival
in the United States and the horses Of the
I'd will be transferred to that regiment.
The 14th Cavalry sailed from San Francisco
September to relieve the 18th, which has
recently seen considerable service In the
Moro country.
1t will require some time to collect the
troops Of the 18th In Mindanao and get
them to Manila preparatory to taking the
transport for San Francisco. The two
troops of the I'd Cavalry stationed at Fort
Sheridan will sail from San Francisco on
the transport leaving that port about jan
uary / the rest of the regiment will sail
from New York on the transport 1lpatrie;
owing to insufficient accommodations for
officers, it is necessary to send two of the
troops and the squadron commander and
staff officers of one squadron by the San
Francisco route instead Of from New York.
Upon arrival in the Philippines the I'd
Cavalry will relieve the 11th, which will,
upon arrival in the United States, take sta
ton at the new post at Des Moines Iowa,
where barracks are being constructed for
two squadrons. One of these suuadrons will
be assigned temporarily to Fort Sheridan
and Jefferson barracks until its quarters
are completed at Des Moines; the remain
xr,tl1 <o1r CT, tin,
at the Cavalry and Field Artillery School,
Fort Riley, Kansas.
This will complete the cavalry contingent
of the garrison at Fort Riley, which re-
uuires one regiment of cavalry and five
batteries Of field artillery. Much difficulty
has been encountered in the transfer of
cavalry regiments recently. owing to the
necessity for caring for the horses OF regi-
ments leaving this country before the ar
rival of regiments from the Philippines,
which were to relieve them. This move
ment is arranged so as to avoid all this
difficulty; none of the horses are brought
home from the Philippines. and the regi-
ments going there will be provided with
remounts by reduction in the total
strength of the cavalry In that division
from five regiments to four.
The Philippine Establishment.
Upon the completion of this movement
the cavalry force in the Philippine Islands
will consist of the I'd, 18th. 18th and 14th
All of these regiments having been recently
ordered to the Philippines. no further
changes Of stations of cavalry regiments is
contemplated for some time to come.
AS soon as quarters are completed In the
United States for their accommodation 1t is
not unlikely that the number Of infantry
regiments in the Philippines will be corre-
spondingly reduced, making the infantry
garrison in that division consist of eight
regiments. -
The headquarters band and I'd Squadron
of the I'd Cavalry stationed at Fort
Myer. and have been there for almost two
years. The regiment is commanded by Col.
Winfield s. Edgerly. late Of the 7th Cav
airy, whose offices are at Fort Myer. The
I'd Squadron Is commanded by Maj. Angus
tus P. Blockson. and includes Troops F, H,
e and G. under Capts. Clyde e. Hawkins
Harry G. Trout, John P. Wade and Stephen
M. Kockersperger, respectively. The regi-
mental staff, including Capts Thomas j.
Lewis. adJutant; F. A. Clark, quartermas-
ter. and Ralph Harrison. commissary, is
also stationed here.