The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-25
FAMOUS FOURTH CAVALRY
WILL LEAVE FORT WAlLA
WALLA FOR THE PHILIP.
PINE ISLANDS.
Soon to Begin Second Tour Of Duty In
Foreign Lands Aeross
the Pacific.

and accoutrements Of the Fourth
cavalry safely loaded into baggage
and freight cars and Ave tourists for
the use of the enlisted men and one
standard sleeper for the officers, every
thing is in readiness for the removal
of the headquarters, band and Troops
A, B and C from Fort Walla Walla to
the Preside at San Francisco prepare
tory to the regiment being transport
ed to the Philippine Islands.
Promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning the special train provided by
the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company will leave the garrison
bound for Portland. At about 8 o'clock
The band and the troops will be as
sembed on the parade ground and
when formed will proceed to the train
and board the cars. The train will
then pull out and make a straight run
to Portland without stop. After a de.
lay of about three hours in the Oregon
metropolis the cars will be trans
ferred to the Southern Pacific and
be taken to San Francisco.
At the Preside will be assembled
the other two squadrons Of the organ
ization and on September
they will take passage on the
United States transport Buford for
the Philippines. Arriving at Manila
it is expected that the Fourth cavalry
will then proceed to the Island Of Min
danao. where it will relieve the Four
teenth cavalry, which has been ordered
to return to the United States and &C.
cupy the forts made vacant by the re-
moval of the Fourth. Its arrival In
the United States will be about De-
cember /.
Historical Regiment.
The Fourth cavalry is one Of the
most noted regiments in the service
of the United States and has been in
existence for a half century. The fol-
lowing brief history Of the regiment,
written by Captain L. G. Shearer,
will undoubtedly prove interesting to
the readers of the Evening States
man:
Early in President Lincoln's admin
istration august 3rd, 1861 an order
was issued Remembering the mounted
regiments then in the army, and thus
what was formerly the First was made
the present Fourth cavalry, and its
history, therefore. practically dates
from the time Of organization Of the
First cavalry, March 3, 1855.
previous to the civil war the SER
vice of the regiment IS most intimate
ly connected with the name Of General
James Mcintosh killed In action.
The first affair in which any Of the
newly named regiment participated
was Wilson's Creek, at Springfield.
Mo-, and since that time the regiment
has distinguished itself by brilliant
record in many engagements and bat
ties. In the civil war the vicisitudes
of service took the regiment over an
extensive stretch of territory under
orders of many superior commanders,
and skirmisnes. At the battle OF
Franklin, April 10, 1868, the regiment
under Capt Mcintyre, greatly dis
tinguished itself, charging, mounted
and capturing a battery Of six guns
and 800 prisoners.
In October, 1864. the regiment be-
came part of the cavalry corps and
took part in the battle Of Nashville
/ Though only IT'S men strong, another
| battery was charged, driven of the
field and finally captured after a pur-
suit of one mile.
The regiment participated In the
campaign of Selma and in the march
to Macon, during the course of which
it again greatly distinguished itself
by a gallant mounted charge on the
enemy's earthworks.
After the war the regiment went tc
Texas where it did most arduous SER
ice against the desperadoes Of north
EN- Mexico, on several occasions cross
| ing the border and fighting on Mexi-
can territory. In this service the regi-
ment was commanded by General
| Ranold S. Mckenzie.
I'm 1880 the regiment from Colorado
engaged in a campaign into the Un-