The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-02
OHIO'S BEST TROOP
WILL ESCORT TAFT
Famous Militia Guard Has
Honor Post in Parade.
LONG DISTINGUISHED RECORD
Troop 4 Has Attended Every Ohio
President 10 White House. from
Hayes TO McRinIey-AccOmpan
GarfeId's Body TO Last Resting
PIace-TnifOrm Like HuSSars'.

No more picturesque, no more martial
and soldierly company viii ride IN the
inaugural parade on March than Troop
A. Ohio National Guard which win es-
cort Presideut-elect Taft 10 the Capitol,
and then escort President TaFt 20 the
White House.
One Of the most famous military organ
izations IN recent American history. the
troop VIII appear distinctive from the
other militiamen and regulars In the pa
rade On account OF its uniforms and
mounts-s Move Ike a troop Of King Ed
wards Hussars VIII the militiamen ap-
pear than ike one OF Uncle sans or
CARNATIONS.
Troop a has many claims 10 dlstlnc-
ton II has seer active service doing
duty at Santiago. and IN the suppression
Of riots. and in queliing the night riders
OF Ohio and Tennessee. The troop also
has had the honor OF escorting every
Buckeye state President 20 the White
House. from Hayes to Mckinley.
In 1S1 the troop acted as escor. 70
President Garfield. and IN the fal OF the
same year had the sad honor Of escorting
his body 10 its last resting place. Il has
taken part IN every large public event
in Ohio, and many outside Of the State
and holds many records Of prowess on
the drill and target fields
Includes Yale Men.
Making the troop a more peculiarly
appropriate escort to Mr. Taft IS t5e fact
that about twenty Of the members Of the
organization are Yale graduates, d few
being classmates OF Mr- Taft
The following men are Yale graduates:
Otto Miller. IS; Reuben Hitchcock. %;
Il. p. Tuttle. 81; Lewis H Williams. 'ss;
Edward B. Greene. 1899; Richard Spencer.
-0l: Jeptha Z Wade it.. '01; Robert c
Norton. %: Gardner Abbott, %: ". h
Lamprecht %: Harold 7. Clark. '03: Fay
ette Brown, %; Horatio Ford, "a; Wilson
3. Hickox, %; Donald Mcbride. ,0s: Ches-
ter c Brooke -O6; Amssa Mather. 81. and
Julian F. Devereux, '0s
Troop A was organized IN 1S7 as the
First City Troop, and numbered among
its charter members men who have been
prominently identified with the growth
and prosperity OF Cleveland. Three vet
erans Of the civil war at that time Off
eered the troop-Capt William Hamilton
Harris, a graduate OF West Point. 81.
who resigned as captain OF ordnance IN
1870. having been breveted major and
lieutenant colonel in the wilderness cam
paign; First Lieut. Edward Seraphim
Meyer. who left active service IN 1S72
being 2 brigadier general bv brevet. nov
a major On the retired list. and Second
Lieut.. George Armstrong Garretscn. who
saw service in the cisal war before being
entered IN West Point. where he-graiJl-
ated in TSS7 He won distinction as 8 gen.
erai Of brigade in the war with Spain,
being recommended for the bTevet Of ma-
/ Jor general for gallantry IN action.
independent Ten Years.
For ten years the troop was an inde-
pendent command. It entered the service
/ Of the State as unattached cavalry in
Iss7. and since JSs5 has been oficlaIIy
/ designated as Troop a. from which or
ganization sprang Troops B and G IN The
First Ohio Regiment Of Cavalry durine
the war with Spain. Troop 4 forming the
nucleus for the regiment
After service Of seven years Capt
I Harris gave way to Capt. Garretson. VII,
remained in command until 1891. tn,
succeeding troop commanders were Capts
J B. Perkins, C c Bolton, Russell E
Bur6ick. who had command during III,
wartime service or the troop: Frank z
Bunts. a graduate Of the United State
Naval Academy. who served as majo
and brigade surgeon during the Spanish
/ American war. and William VI. scohsld
who commanded Troop c. First Ohio Vol
unteer Cavalry. and who later was a cap
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