The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-20
CRACK CAVAlRYMEN
ON DRESS PARADE
Fearless Riders Of Frontier Posts
and West Point Are the
Pride Of Our Army.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Nov. 1s.-Cnds Sans caval
ryman. of1cer, trooper or cadet, has long
BEEN the pride of our army. while as good
q Judge OF ~cavalrymen - the Kaiser has
characterized them as none better In the
world" Al great oak trees from little
aoorns crew. so many Of our crack cav
st1ymen first put their foot into a stirrup
In the riding school at West Point. Many
Of the cadets have never been in the sad-
die and 20 know next to nothing about
their new dutieA They soon learn to ride
e H., f e g nG II. s s14a Si:m sp3 s ss Do Do
many Gymnasdo feats. "Hea6srs into
tAe tanbark become fewer and fewer; until
The third-clase man can not only "a 2
that 50 q allowed to ride on ~the plain"
pc % i1y Of the road In the vicinity Of
4hs cadet soou learns to trust a ersat
deal TO luck and more. 70 his. horse. He
Oooo n0ws enough to fSk the horse alone,
70 Gtve him his head and just keep firm
t6e drM % often that he obeys the trum-
pSe md follows the others mechanically;
The Instruction embraces the 'school Of
ct The troop. formation Of troop" n
vision into platoon .%fosnat aI, Of tic col.
.s ! c sna left s4t fr'aa dr. ,ns9 . nlsssSeAa s s1li
G EsnsEaI;KK Axe, S.H !. e sss h, as sa,l y csnn.
horss. During the nr.t year h h. a
Knows which animal he Is to ride. This
= done 81 to .n aGcnsso1 9ns him to inc rs ai.er and
habits. A horse 500 knows his rider. and
within q few moments he knows whether
he or the cadet on his back is to be the
The great training, however, Of the cav
efrymen has been found In the Indian
wars. Their work there was rough riding
In the very truest sense of the word, and
nowhere could mar or horse be found
more perfectly Joined As a fighting unit
than on tho:e Wild backgrounds on which
the white man n the red man Fought
their last fights.
EXHIBITION DRILLS.
At the headquarters Of every cavalry
regiment and at every cavalry school in
the United States Army there are not MY
the usual drills Of instruction. but IRE
give the trooper and his horse mutual con-
fdence.
The horse IL thoroughly trained to obey
tas " voice. o. to eSm answer 70 the N"0s call i, Of his
whistle, to follow him about and to stand
absolutely still until, ordered to move.
gina, W Which APPEARED At the military
tournament in Madison Square Garden last
spring. contains men who are believed to
sands Of Washington society people go out
TO witness their weekly exhibition drills
and are not only interested, but excited,
for there is nothing more thrilling than
Q drill with the vigor, snap and precision
cavalry. beginning with the simpler evo-
1utions, the troopers 70 through the
school OF 1.-THE troop at all gaits with
equal precision and q marvellous uniform
fty.
while dashing down the drill ground. do
ing some intricate movement, the troop
receives the command. "Dismount to tight
men are in an infantry skirmish line and
their horses are being led to the rear, at q
full gallop. by. the No. 4 Of each set Of
sby voreys," sby platoons." by squads"
'frinG at Will. Upon. arriving at the
proper distance magazine rapid IRE" Is
Is charged and captured. Then follow the