Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-13


II was announced this morning that
the ship would not sail before O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon at any rate. As
soon as the steamer reached her wharf
this morning, she began taking on the
coal needed to complete her voyage.
ADD ARMY
RANKING OFFICERS OF THE
FIFTH U. S. CAVALRY
The ranking officers of the two
5quadrons Of the Fifth Cavalry, now
here. are as follows:
Colonel Walter S. Schuyler, com.
handing regiment; Lieutenant Colonel
George X. Hunter: Captain John NJ.
jenkins, commanding first squadron;
Major Foster, commanding third squad.
ron: Captain William ID. Forsyth, reg.
mental adjutant: Captain Clarence X.
Day, regimcntal quartermaster: Cap
tain Harry o. willard, commanding
Troop X; Captain Wallace B. Scales,
commanding Troop NJ; Captain Chas.
II. IIaight, commanding Troop |; Lieu.
tenant Daniel p. Quinlan, commanding
Troop c: Lieutenant Charles c. Win.
mia, commanding Troop ID; Lieutenant
Robert NJ Barton, commanding Troop
A: Lieutenant William Il. Wheatley
commanding Troop l.: Lieutenant Al
bert d. Dockery, commanding Troop b.
A FAMOUS REGIMENT is
THE OLD FIFTH CAVALRY.
The Fifth Cavalry has one OF the
most distinguished records of any reg.
| iment In the service. II was organized
as the Second Regiment Of Cavalry by
an Act of Congress of March ., 1885.
On August 8. 1861, its numerical des.
| ignation was changed TO the Fifth Cav.
airy.
Throughout the great Civil War Is
bore It's full share of the brunt Of the
| fighting. with the close of the war,
! the regiment was sent out onto the
! frontier and, for two decades, IL was
kept busy lighting renegade Indians,
Il was the Fifth Cavalry that Captain
Charles King, the noted author oil
stories Of Army life, spent most OF
| his active service.
Officers Record.
| Colonel Schuyler, the commanding
officer of the regiment. entered the
United States Military Academy at
West Point In 1866. In 1870 he gradu
ated and was commissioned second
lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry. In 'S1
ne reached his captaincy, became Maj
or in the Ninth Cavalry In 80, lieuten
ant colonel in '03 and colonel in 1906.
During the war with Spain he served
In the volunteers. On May ~ he was
commissioner Major and Assistant Ad
jutant General, resigning In the fol
lowing July to accept the command o.
the 2O3rd New York Volunteer Infan
try In 1899 he became colonel OF thu
FOrty-sixth United States Voluntee
Infantry.
Colonel Schuyler was brevetted frs
lieutenant on February q, 1890, fo
gallant services in action against In
dams at Muchos Canyon, Ariz,, Ser
TENDER 20. 1872, on Lost River, Ariz
June &c, 1873, at Salt River, Ariz., Apr
2S, 1874 and In the Red Rock Country
Ariz., on May 4, 1874. At the sam
time he was breyetted captain for ga
lantry in action against the Indians II
fhc Big Horn Mountain, Mont, Noven
Der &c, 1876.
Lieut.. Col. Hunter was appointed I
West Point in 1873, graduating II
SIT. He reached his captalncy 4
1891, was made major in '0l and liel
tenant colonel of the Fifth Cavalry o
June 30, 1906.
Major Foster graduated from Yves
Point with the class Of 1872, becam
second lieutenant Of the Fifth Cayalr
the same year, captain in 1896 an
major In 1904.
Captain jenkins graduated frol
West Point in 1883 and reached h
present rank In 1901.
Captain willard graduated frOl
West Point in 1892 and began capital
in 1902.
Captain Day graduated in 1898 an
Icache his present rank in 1908.
Captain Scales graduated from We
Point in 1894 and was commissions
!. captain in 1904.
Captain Haight graduated from c
lumbla University with the degree
l.. S. In 1898. He served In the vi
with Spain in Squadron A, New Yoj