Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
Third Squadron Under Com
mand Of Capt. King on Way
to TT. Des Moines
LEFT FORT SMELLING JUNE t6
Squadron Consists of One Hundred and
Fifty Enlisted Men and Seven Off
cers-The Horses Of One Troop Are
in Observation-Disclosures Have Been
Well Trained for Service.
Special to Times-Republican

Iowa Falls, June 27.-The Third
squadron, comprising troops l, l. and
M, of the Second United States cav
airy. under command of Captain Edwin
L. King, spent most of yesterday and
last night in this city, resuming the
march towards Fort Des Moines early
this morning. The squadron left Fort
Smelling on the 10th inst, and has beer
and will probably reach Fort Des
Moines, where the squadron will be
stationed Indefinitely, Sunday. The
squadron consists of $50 enlisted men,
seven officers, one contract surgeon
and eight civilian transfers. The de-
tachment of cavalry reached here at
II a. m, yesterday morning after hav-
ing spent the previous night at Hamp-
ton. The next stopping place will be
Hubbard where they will go into camp
this afternoon and spend the night. To-
morrow they will reach Nevada and
SpSAfa llAS III ShSs eiAS why NthSA oeOf
between Nevada and Fort PES Moines
being Elkhart. The points at which
the squadron has stopped since leav-
ing Fort Smelling are Rosemont, North
field, Fairbault, Owatonna, Albert Lea,
Northwood, Rockwell, Han pton and
Iowa Falls. This squadron has been
stationed at Fort Smelling since its re-
turn from the Philippines March 10,
1906. While in the Philippines, this
detachment saw six months service in
rounding up the notorious outlaw,
Felizando, who was killed after his
band of followers had been dissipated.
The squadron saw two years service
in the islands and was engaged in con-
siderable hard service. When this
detachment reaches Fort Dies Moines,
the Second United States cavalry will
be complete. While the horses used by
these troops look thin they are re-
ported as in excellent condition con-
sidering the government has been put
ting the horses in the army on half
rations. All the horses used by this
squadron were fresh from the range
when the troops arrived al Fort Shell
ing from the Philippines. The famous
grey horse troop of horses We're all
bronchos, a year ago, and it seems al
most incredible to think that these
horses have all been so we'll trained
for army service. They will all lie
down at command, in twenty seconds.
Captain King personally commands the
famous grey horse troop. The squad
ron is made up Of four troops of sixty
five men each, one of the troops hav-
ing been left behind on account of the
horses being in quarantine. Many OF
the men with this squadron have seen
long service with Uncle SANS army, in
fact a number being entitled to retire.
ment, having served four and five en-
listments of three years each.
1t is a rather remarkable fact that
since being on the march not one OF
the troops have been under physi-
clans care. At each stopping place of
the squadron considerable foraging is
necessary, and the daily requirements
in the culinary department and for the
horses includes $500 pounds of hay,
$500 pounds of oats. 800 pounds of
fresh beef, 200 pounds of bread, 200
pounds of potatoes and onions, besides
numerous other items. Each troop has
two cooks. and the commissary depart
ment follows the troops several hours
later. This squadron had long
march last year in going to maneuvers
at Minneapolis from Rock Island and
back, making ride of 700 miles. At
tached to the squadron as a servant is
a young Filipino, who has been nick-l
named "Pat," and is popular with ali
the members of the squadron. He is
now II years old, and accompanied the
troops on their return from his native
country. He speaks English quite well
and seems to think well Of his adop-
ton Each man in the squadron Is