The Washington herald., 1910-04-03

! ticipated IN the taking of the various bat
teries along the Belen causeway, and was
among the first to march into the great
/ plaza of the city. and hoisted the Stars
4 and Stripes over the Halls Of the Monte
Zumas
The regiment lost in action during this
war 81 killed. including officers. and 14e
wounded, including Z officers. and 40
deaths from disease. OF the officers serv-
/ ing with the Third infantry during the
/ Mexican waf eight afterward became
generals during the civil war.
/ There is a drum majors baton now IN
I possession of the regiment presented by
Gen. Persifer f. Smith it's former brig
ade commander. The wooden portion was
part of the flagstaff Of the capitol build
/ ing, or national palace OF Mexico, with
Mexican dollars entering into the metal
part.
Ordered TO New York.
The elost of 1850 found the regiment in
Texas. with headquarters at Fort Clark,
few hundred miles west of San Antonio,
and other companies on the Lower Rio
| Grande. AS the war clouds approached
the regular troops were ordered to evacu-
ate the State by way Of the coast, and
/ the Third embarked for New York Har-
Dor. Three companies from the Lower
/ Rio Grande on the way TO the coast were
compelled to surrender 10 an oVerwheim-
! ing force of COnfederates, but were ex-
changed the following year. Six officers
| resigned from the regiment and joined
/ the Confederate army early in 1851
As part of the regular division of the
Army of the Potomac the regiment par
! ticipated in practically all the battles OF
/ the war of that justly celebrated corps
! from the first Bull Run until the final
! surrender of Lees army at ApDomattox.
In the grand review Of the armies before
/ President Lincoln at washington at the
close Of the war the Third, as part of the
provost guard. was the leading infantry
regiment Of the column.
The Third had borne meritorious part
In tWenty-one battles, actions, and sieges.
and lost in killed and missing 1Ss and 1S5
wounded a total of PA. nearly equal to
its average strength present during the
war.
Ten Years in Kansas.
Following the declaration of peace, the
regiment was recruited UP to its fun
strength and sent to Kansas. It's men
We're stationed at small posts throughout
the State and Indian Territory for ten
years, during which time. owing to the
hostile activity of the Indians. the regi-
ment was called upon for almost con-
| tinuaI escort duty, no one being permitted
to venture out of sight of a military post
without a strong escort. Escorts and
/ guards were furnished for the overland
mail route, for government and emigTant
/ trains. for construction parties and trains
on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. and for
various other causes. Such duties, varied
/ by an occasional expedition against the
Indians. kept the regiment constantly
! employed
In 1874 the Third was transferred to the
east Of the Mississippi River. where it
was on duty in connection with the en-
! forcement of the civil rights bill in the
South and utilized in suppressing the rail-
road riots in Pennsylvania in 1877. The
/ regiment was sent 10 Montana in the fall
of 1871. remaining eleven years, doing
/ frontier duties, building the posts at
/ Helena and Missoula, and constructing
] military and telegraph lines.
/ The Third Regiment was one of the
| first 10 move South at the outbreak Of
/ the Spanish war, starting for Mobile,
/ Ala, April. 70. and later joining Gen.
/ Skaters expedition at Tampa, Fla The
regiment took part IN the capture of FL
| Caney. and the next day was az San
Juan Hill. where it remained in the
trenches until the surrender OF Santiago
| In August 1t embarked for MOntauk
/ Point. and soon after its arrival there re-
turned 20 its old post at Fort Smelling.
| The Santiago campaign cost 1t one officer
and thirty-four enlisted men from wounds
and disease.
! Fought the FiIipiBOs.
The entire regiment. under Col. John II.
Page, sailed from New York February ,.
| 1893, en- route 20 Manila by way OF
the Suez Canal. being among the first
| troops sent that way. News was re-
ceived at Gibraltar of the Filipino insur-
rection and attack on Manila. and orders
were received to proceed without unnec-
/ essary delay, reaching Manila March y.
| ffty-one days out The regiment was
| rushed to the front the day after landing,
participated in Gen. Macarthur advance
on Malolos. suffering numerous casual
ties, and afterward with Gen. Lawton IN
| his advance TO the north
Until the final establishment of civil
government. July 4. 1901, the Third was
| of insurgents and criminals That dis
trict was fun of noted ladrone bands and
chiefs and the swamp country between
the Rio Grande and Polo was infested
with pirates and insurTectos. The task
of clearing out this swamp section, all
water and nipa, involved much labor and
risk and cost the lives of many men,
/ After three years on the Islands the regi-
ment sailed on March Il, 1892. for San
Francisco by way of Nagasaki, Japan
On arrival the majority of the officers
and men wer sent to Fort Thomas
From Tropics 10 Alaska.
In the early spring of 1904 the Third re-
ceived notification TO make immediate
preparations to take station on the 18th
mus of Panama as guard for the canal
After supplying itself with tropical raj
ment and appurtenances the orders were
| changed TO Alaska, for which rather diff
ferent cline the regiment sailed from San
Francisco on July I, under Col. Thomas
c. Woodbury.. commandant.
| The regiment remained in Alaska two
| years, during which time il was variOusly
occupied in protecting caribou herds from
| indiscriminate slaughter for commercial
purposes and looking after destitute and
starving natives. but principally in build
ing and repairing the military telegraph
lines throughout that country Working
in winter with a temperature frequently 81
and at times 20 degrees below zero. the
sun in places not appearing above the
horizon for sixty consecutive days, and
during that time living in tents. frost
bites were of such common occurrence
that they finally received only little at
tention.
| The summers were hardly better except
for the presence of the sun. The pest OF
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