Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-31

With a special train of eight cars
the two companies of the Twenty first
infantry and their officers left the
city this morning by the Northern
Pacic road on their trip to the presidio,
where they will be stationed pending
their departure for the. Philippines,
which will take place in the course of
few months. The two companies at
Fort Lincoln have been packing their
equipment and preparing for the trip
for several weeks past, and they have
loaded their paraphernalia on bag
gage cars which were taken down to
the fort on the Northern Pacific spur
tracks. Their train is a good sized
special, consisting of three baggage
cars, four tourist cars and a standard
Pullman sleeper for the officers of the
companies. The troops that are to
make the trip are: !.
Company I, Captain R. w. Rose,
First Lieutenant, Chase Doster, Second
tl
Lieutenant David B. Wood.
Company M, First Lieutenant Walter
B. McCaskey, Second Lieutenant John
c. Fairfax
Company M was commanded until a
few weeks ago by Captain Austin F.
Prescott. He has however, been trans
ferred to the Fifth infantry at Platts-
burg New York. Lieutenant McCas-
key of Company M has been away from
his company for some time; attending
post school at Leavenworth. and sub
sequently on leave of absence in the
east. He will join his company at the
Presidio.
The whole Twenty-first regiment
leaves today for the Preside. Eight
companies of the regiment will leave
Fort Smelling by the Omaha road, and
the route to the coast will be-Omaha
road to Omaha; Burlington line to
Denver; Union Pacific to Ogden, Utah !;
Southern Pacific to San Francisco
The first and second battalions will
reach the Presidio, San Francisco,
some time Friday morning. During
the same day they will probably be
joined by Companies and M of the
third battalion, from Fort Lincoln
and by Companies X and l. Of the same
battalion from Fort Keogh, Mont.
At the Presidio the Twenty.hrst will
relieve the Twenty-eighth infantry
which has been ordered to Fort Smell
ing. Ten companies of the Twenty
eighth, instead Of eight, may go to
Smelling, where the infantry barracks
have been enlarged since the Twenty
first arrived in June. 1902. !
From Smelling, Lincoln and Keogh
the Twenty-irst will take about S2(
men. Each company has been re
cruited to its full peace strength o1
sixty-five men. = J
A Distinguished Regiment.
The Twenty-fTst regiment which
leaves this department to be replaced
by the Twenty-eighth Is a distinguish
ed military organization. The regi
ment was organized by direction O.
President Lincoln May /, 1861, ant
confirmed by act Of congress July 20
1861, as the second battalion Of thu
Twelfth regiment of infantry. TIL,
designation was changed to Twenty
first regiment September 81, 1865, I'm
der the act Of July %, 1866. When, OF
March 3, 1869, congress reorganizet
and reduced the army to the skeleton
lied form under which 1t struggles
against peace ana Indians durinl
thirty years. the Twenty first was con
solidated with the Thirty-second IL
4 fantry. The Twenty-f first, however
did not lose Its name. 4, .} u .5si
AS part OF the Twelfth regiment, tn
TwentyArst took part, throughout th
civil war, IN many Of the most note
campaigns. The Twelfth served unde
Gen, Grant. was part Of the Army 9
& the Potomac. and fought with dii
tinguished gallantry AZ GAINESVILLE. Z
the Weldon railroad. in the Wilder
& ness, at Chanc ellorsyille, Frederick
burg, rhe second Bull Run. At Sieve
Pines, Gettysburg. and n many al
4 other historic struggle.
After the rebellion the regiment, =
the Twenty-irst, followed Gen. O. 4
Howard and Gen. Nelson A. Miles I
four important campaigns against IL
Indians the Apaches, Modocs. Ne
Perces ana Pintes The hrst colone
of the regiment after its hnal organ
! zation, 40 Hsn. gtoneman, famous
= governor q California