Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-16
FOURTH ON WAY
FROM FL PASO
Regiment Will Spend More
Than Two Weeks on
long Hike to TT.
Huachuca
IN WARREN JUNE 30


States cavalry left III raao yes
terday on their overland march to
Fort Huachuca. The troopers are
scheduled 10 arriye in BisDee ON June
30. and an effort will be made TO
have them remain in the district until
july q. so that they may be the
guests OF the district during the i've
days celebration Of the Fourth OF
july
Colonel +. T. Steeyer will remain al
- Paso. and has taken quarters at
The II PasO country club, while he
IS In command OF the department of
Texas. The wives of the officers OF
the Fourth have already left Fort
Bliss for Fort Huachuca though they
viii join their hus bands here on July
4 and 3.
Major Thomas b. Dugan viii be ia
command of the MARCHING trOoDs. and
he will make q number OF tests on
the hike as 10 The best time for the
soldiers to be on the march. Stops
VIII be made in the middle of the
day. and early morning marches will
be tried Then the order will he re-
Versed. and the men viii march in
the mornings
The trip will he made in seventeen
days, during which time 29S miles
viii be covered, and seventeen towns
and stations visited. The cavalry
squadron will stop at Columbus. n
NJ. on June 20, and al Douglas June
%
The complete itinerary Of the
Fourth CaYalrys march overland to
its new station follows.
June Miles
Is From Fort Bliss to Pelea. n Nj IL
ID Pelea To- Noria. n. M...... 10
n Nofia To Monument, n. NJ ri
Is Monument to Arena. \. M II
10 Arena To Columbus. ~ NJ . T.
20 Lay over al Columbus. n. NJ.
p Columbus 10 Ilermanas. n NJ. 20
% Hermanas TO Hachita, ~ NJ %
% liachita 10 Playas. n. NJ. w 10
~ Playas TO Pratt. \. M...... Is
p Pratt 10 ATache, AriZ . %
% Apache TO Rernardino Ariz Il
- Bernardino 10 Douglas. Ariz. p
2S Lay over At Douglas, Ariz.
20 Douglas TO Crook AriZ.. ... II
30 Crook to Warren, Ariz .. Il
The plans of Major Dugan al the
time the intinerary was given ont at
III Paso do not include a stop in the
warren district longer than over
night, but being so close To the post.
Sc is hoped that the matter of the
stay-oyer until July 6 can be ar
ranged. The soldiers will lay over Q
day at Douglas. according To- The
itinerary a. given out at RI Paso.
The fourth was relieved at Fort
Bliss by the second regiment, which
has just returned from the Philip
pine Islands. The fourth is popularity
called the Fighting Fourth" but the
second is also proud Of its history.
IL has Just completed service OF
Two and half years in the islands.
The second regiment OF cavalry has
a splendid history. Il was organized
in 1886 as the second regiment OF
Dragons, and was converted into a
regiment of ritiemen by act Of August
%. 1912. but reconverted into the sec
ond regiment Of Dragons in 1914.
and its designation changed TO the
second cavalry August 3. 1861. II
fought gallantly through the civil war.
and gave to the country some OF It's
most noted officers. Following the
civil wan the regiment saw much ac-
tive campaigning against the Indians
IN the west, just as il had seen hard
service in the same service while
known as the second dragons In
the Spalish-American and Philippine
vars the second also saw service