Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31
The Tenth
Cavalry Here
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can border. helping keep order in
the Southwest and licking Kicka-
poos and Comanches TO keep itself
IT. II won name for itself In the
apache war and during the troubles
p Texas. New Mexico and Arizona.
The Tenth did strike duty in 1894
and kept pretty quiet after that I'M
I'll the Spsnish-American War came
along.
Few people. perhaps. have forgot
Ten how the black soldiers swept up
san Juan Hill and drove the Span
ards out of the trenches or how
they stood fast before 1t came time
20 change under a hail Of Mauser but
let's that were making some white
soldiermen Tetty shaky. They
were praised 10y Shafter and Bald
win and Roosevelt. 10 WIS years
later that a Governor Of Wyoming
wrote 10 Secretary of War about
them.
The Tenth Cavalry is a credit to
the country and their band is o1e
81 the best"
The regiment brou ght back with
them the body OF Col Jacob A. Au-
CUR, who commanded the Tenth
when IL went out 90 the East. Col.
Augur died in Manila on April is.
about month before the regiment
sailed for home Bis body will be
taken 10 Washington and buried In
the Arlington Cemetery. There
were siXty-thrce bodies on the Kill
patrick. All Of which will be shipped
90 Washington for interment in tho
national cemetery. They were the
remains OF soldiers who had died.
while the regiment was serving inI
che Philippines. Many OF the bodies
had been buried for months. bpt|
were eXhumed 90 be sent home.
Lieut-Col II. O.. Gale has been FIN
command OF the regiment and beI
brought it home yesterday Actual
command was vested ia Col. Cum
hne II. Murray Of the Fourth Cavai-l
~ who gave way later 20 Col. Levi
y Hunt, now on duty In Washing
ton. Col Hunt viii retire on An
gust ., and viii be succeeded bv
Lleut-Col. Thaddeus W. Jones
hrd Cavalry. now acting as chiefj
~ cavalry ia Washington.
The Tenth has two negro officers
lieut. benjamin O. Davis and Chan
am William T. Anderson. Lieut.
JAWS did not go 20 Manila with
.He regiment having been assigned
10 Quty az WHEREFORE University
Nlloeriorce. Ohio. as professor Of
military science and tactics lie Will |
-eJoln the regiment I'm September
AT Ethan Allen. Chaplain Anderson
came nome ahead OF the command
because OF III health and was order
"a 20 washington 20 undergo exam |
nation for retirement.
Save for southwest rnopsoo., /
Nnlcn ponded the Fitzpatrick be.
wen Aden and Colombo. the trans /
port had pleasant. comfortableI
.oyase. she left Manila on MAY 15 |
N41h 80 persons aboard. 634 neerol
loops the white officers and mel
-ahilles or the officers. The Tantb
= much married regiment so far
- me officers are concerned ana |
-AeIe were upward OF hundred |
women, wives and sisters OF the on
oeis, mat returned with the Tenth
Inc fitzpatrick stopped at Sinea-
80 colombo, Alden, Port Said
eAanuIla' Maltra and Gibraltar
GOT Two or three days usually al each
-. i''I I4iit port This gave the Off
'S ana 1helr women folk a chance
MAKE cfoss-country trips and
. i'Snu ENJOYABLE time sightseeingl
ashore FROM Port Said. for in
: : . -ll' ABOUT all OF the regiment Of
ana men, went to Alexandra
- ran and picked up the ship when
arrived al the Egyptian city
me lie aboard the transnor,
ossins the Atlantic was mucb
80 nat ~ had been in garrison. a lit
s@yer' perhaps. There wereI
80 concerts every afternoon and
. .,5Is dancing every night, much
= .use whist IN the officers quarters
-. sI perhaps the rattle OF ivory cubes
20 "ard among the soldiers. There |
a-e any number OF fine natural sing
- among the cavalrymen and there
- n%iuiy night when quartets OIL
Snllsted men were not heard
OuiceFs and men wore when they {
-, ashore the regular service
= 4. Gar broad Drimmed felt hats thar Z
- S nao used IN the Philippines. In
,;v OF the old fashioned ugly leg
the cavalrymen wore puttees !
49,, OF one length of woollen CLOTH {
- 80. 800 Oghtiy around the lower {
So. I'm ankle 10 knee. The United S
rr~N army borrowed that dev3col
~ .ne brltish army, which foun6 T
.e,-,., ~ouio wool puttee much more I
- ,iceaole In all kinds of climate 4
In iesslns. The negro soldiers S
800 very neat and trim in their
't 80 DIo1sers and trousers. SomeI
= 't az nad been paid to the AZ IL
.He garments. When the cavalry e
- n Ieit the fitzpatrick in souaSs I
= .nises ana tours, heading uptown I
Q visit friends or see the St~t.
.hey got lot of favorable comyn $3.50 (
rom persons in the streets - ,Ile
ooked like soldiers.
Inc negroes OF New York SIT
tanned 10 make this a dav thst 49, i
.enln. cavalry VIII remember On j
TOP VIII miss the celebration rroor c
uid not 20 to the Philippines =, r
rs stationed az Fort Riley. Kansas /
reputation OF negro citizens met v
ne Ienth when the Kilnatric.r 80 &