Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-20
PLAYED"GARRY OWEN"
Regimental Air Accompanied
the Seventh Cavalry.
LEFT FOR THE ORIENT
WILL SAIL FROM SAN FRANCISCO
FOR MANILA.
Departure CT Casters CID Command
LEFT FOR THE ORIENT
Departure CT Clusters Ga Gonna :,
After a Stay at Fort Myer Since
Last September.

With the band playing Garry Owen. to
music of which the regiment marched out
for the Little Big Horn campaign in 'T6
the troopers of the 9TH Cavalry pulled out
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station
today shortly after noon. bound for the
Philippine Islands. via San Francisco. The
regiment is to sail from San Francisco in
three sections. The first section. including
the members of the I'd Squadron departed
April 30: the second section. including the
officers and men of the LIST Squadron. which
left here today. sails May II on the trans
port Sherman. and the third section, includ
ing the Sd Squadron and regimental head
quarters. sails July 1.
Scene at the Station.
The men were marched to the street car
lines this morning and conveyed to the sta
ton in this manner. The horses of the
squadron were left at Fort Myer for the
second squadron of the 18th Cavalry, which
will arrive here within a week or ten days
from the Philippines. A large party of Of
ficers of the army stationed at Fort Myer,
Washington barracks and at the War De-
partment were at the depot to see the troops
depart. Among the officers was QuartermaS S.
ter General Humphrey, whose son, Lieut..
Evan II. Humphrey, commands c Troop of
the It'll.
The train consisted of five Pullman tourist
sleepers and two regular Pullman parlor-
craving room sieepers. There were 2i0 men
IN the squadron. together with the band and
the reg1mental non-commissioned staff. The
regimental headquarters Were on the train
also, Col. Morton and his staff arranging
to leave the squadron at San Francisco.
When the time came for the train to leave
the band was marched to the platform.
where 1t played a variety of airs appropriate
to the occasion.
After the last goodbye had been said and
the train was pulling out of the station
the strains of Garry Owen fioated back
from the car. where the band was stationed
and the crowd on the platform cheered.
The officers who left with the regiment
were Col Charles Morton, Mai William j
Nicholson, Capts. Nathan X. AverilI Thos.
II. Roberts and Robert Walach; First
Lieuts. Evan H. Humphrey, Charles H.
Boice Daniel H. Gienty, Emory S. West
and Thomas H. Jennings; Second Lieuts
Orlando G. Palmer, James A Shannon.
John e. Montgomery, Edward NJ ZeIl and
Win Blair.
The preparations for the departure of the
squadron from Fort Myer have been in
progress for weeks. All the baggage and
pieces of equipment of the troops not
needed on the voyage to the Philippines
was packed in freight cars last week and
shipped west.
Stay at Fort Myer.
The first squadron of the Tth Cavalry.
which left here today was" stationed at
Fort Myer, Va. 1t came to Fort Myer in
September last to relieve the second squad
ron of the 18th Cavalry which was sent to
Fort Ethan Allen. The transfer was made
Immediately after the maneuvers at Ma
nassas, and the men of the four troops
were encamped on the parade ground at
the post for two months after their ART
val. During their stay here the officers Of
the regiment have taken a prominent part
in the social festivities of the national CAPT.
tai.
The 1th is one of the most famous of the
cavalry regiments and is noted particularly
as Clusters old command, a part of which
died with him in the fateful campaign
against the Sioux in 1876 Throughout the
winter weekly exhibition drills were given
by selected troops Of the squadron in ev
initiated with sham fights between the sad
die and bareback squads. The regiment was
elected for duty in the Philippines last fall
and has been expecting orders to depart
ever since it arrived at Fort Myer. The
orders came a few weeks ago, when the
Second squadron. stationed at Fort OgIe-
thorpe, Ga, was ordered to San Francisco
and set sail April 30 The other squadreus
proceed in regular order.
The squadron has been selected for duty
at Batangas. to which it VIII go directly
after landing from the transport to relieve
the 18th Cavalry, which has been ordered
home. The transport which carries the
First Squadron will also carry the regi-
mental headquarters of the 10th Infantry
from Mcpherson, Ga, and a part of that
regiment, the regimental headquarters of
the 1th Cavalry will sail with the Third
Squadron on July 1.