Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31
Eleven Troops Of the Fighting 10Th
Here From Manila.


The Tenth Cavalry. or at least
eleven troops of IL, numbering 6SA
stalwart black men and fifty white
ofacers. got home from the Philip
pines yesterday after two years and
four months service az Fort William
Mckinley. six miles from Manila.
The negroes OF the city have planned
q big time for the cavalrymen today,
parade. luncheon az the Sixty
ninth Regiment Armory and enter
tainmeut az suffers Harlem River
PARK IN the evening. Tomorrow the
Tenth moves up TO Vermont 20. gar
rison Fort Ethan Allen. The men
Jeff their horses ia the Philippines
and new nags will be assigned 10
chem at Ethan Allen.
There were az least 500 negroes at
the foot OF Wall street yesterday az
lp.-M when tae army transport
Fitzpatrick came up the East River
and turned into dock. The bow OF
the transport was packed with the
joyful black soldiers who recognized
relatives and friends they hadn't
seen for more than two years. As
soon as the Kilpatrick's gangplanks
were dropped the wives and friends
f'N AAAN ANAAO NAN AAA AAANAA NNAN NfHA
mitted 20 go aboard and there was
great TO do for the next hour or
so.
The soldiers had been paid of az
Quarantine in the morning by Pay
master Captain Jarvis OF the Fourth
Infantry, who boarded the Fitzpatrick
with satchels containing more than
$4,000 Every enlisted man got
s Of
few OF the cavalrymen were met by
their wives, who promptly took pos
session OF a good share OF the money,
realizing perhaps the danger Of per-
hitting their men to run loose with
$50 in real United States money
after having been away from New
York for two years and more Others
who had no wives 10 greet them
turned half of their pay over to the
Quartermaster OF the Fitzpatrick 10
hold for them until IL was time 70
leave the fascinations OF Manhattan.
Not much had beer heard from the
Tenth Cavalry while it was on duty
n the Philippines. principally be-
cause IL had no fighting TO DO It's
business was to keep house for Uncle
Samuel at the biggest fort in the
Rial. six miles out OF Manila to
keep itself polished up IN drills and
20 be ready for ructions. The serv-
ice over there differed very little
from what il would have been at any
sizable post IN the United States
The enlisted men liked II and the
white officers found IL pleasant ex-
cept for the heat They were all
mighty glad 20 get home though
The Tenth came back polo champ
ions of the United States Army. at
least they claim the honor, and they
licked about everything that stack
ed up against them in the Philip
pines. They are strapping big men
nearly all of them, but lean and hard
and trained down TO muscle and bone
AS soon as they scattered over the
streets yesterday they attracted a
good deal of praise because of their
fine soldierly bearing. They weren't
too big to handle the regiments polo
ponies with such skill and dexterity
as TO grab OF every polo cup they
rode for.
The Tenth was there, too, when Il
came to playing baseball. It
took second place in the Post Leagu
at Fort william Mckinley in 1908
and 1t won second place in the Lu-
zon baseball tournament held at Ma
Mia in 1905. 1t was the same with
field sports and all round athletic
competitions. The regiment can
show a 100 yards dash man who is
good for 10 1-2 seconds, a fast half
miller and any number of distance
runners and weight experts. The
Te2th has always been good at fol-
lowing the ball. There was a hard
game played at Las Guasimas back
In 1888 for the championship OF
Cuba Some people may remember
lnat the black men OF the Tenth ran
np a big score that day, bigger than
the Rough Riders.
Ever since It was organized, back
"a 1866, and made part OF the
(Coutinned ON Eighth pare.l