The chronicle=news., 1914-06-03

WasbiAsass. IA Ns .Issss a.-.Tsoi
rsEinsais Of cavalry. asrh viii kOa-
aSAbie records = sstis iosk. are ehaf-
Ias si0wa the plAiss 0f Texas asd
,soads sias 10 which al them The
lSwers that i4 here in the ssitoasl
rspitoi viii award the haHor u lead.
lss The WAY from Vera crus io Mss-I
ieo city.
There sss soans ssir-in fact eos-
: idsssLi~ kusbuL-is the rasks ot|
The aixih cavalry = i~~ weeks sso|
sh~s y certain isi-@~ NJ H-ss fisAstssi
ssaSs the line to Galveston. II ~ss
that coios~l Augustus T.
iiio~ksss. rossMsndiss the Third eas-
airy. had made farssaAi s,.ssi,. sitsa to
i.inii-y ~. Gsrrsss,n. SECRETARY os
VAR. 0n behalf of his offis-rs and
s.sn. ta Le allowed 4. i-ad the ad-
tasr~.
why NOT the Sissh." ho~isd the
Khaki clad has.~mes at that i~rsss-
stsn. '-Ain't ib-S si~ay. i-i- AIDED os
us befosr- bidnt ~- nnhs thist~-a
:.rasas of s-.iriiss. sos Ia si--ak al
III. t1iipinas and the Chinks ssa the
I.hssy R-iss Lark In ca
Ss ts- claims of the Risth we're -
ioLLbrd In the stale. no
ss.i nasy huiiaiss .. had Lera ihnss
81 their rivals sad st the psvsras
- ~siiins ih- mes 81 che 1isth si's~ss
In have . shaa~ the i,~-si ef II. They'll
probably hare th- iisss issi- of thas~
ss sssss~ p,siss al Vera csus. several
degrees hotter ssa dasst-s ihss the
T-xas sis-ssh-s aver With rotDs~o
.. A. 0ss,ss has hsi thea, is-kkisR
fas many = n,nna.
II record. there b little In eh.s.s
i,~t~~ ~~n III, i~o hsssaS~es Hut the
Third has the unique dis.inssioa nt
hssiaR L~~n St- advance guard al
the rsis-a aisiss ssuol.s wh~s f'~s.
srsi wsait-id sross. In 1857. ass~h~S
and shot saa s,i.-r-d his ~sy In r.r-
su Gesio sad Chsi.atiet,ec ssd ftssiiy
lo N~tF0 s1Vys
The s-xtm~at uas osgAaiyr.i oa
May -. i<ss. - the ls~sim~nt at
A1aant-d Rifiem-s. The d-.irsaiiaa
~As ehssera In Nei. It's fissi .o,.
oasl was r~ssit-s y. amiih. who later
i,-~am~ . hsisadt~s s-a~sal.
t.ssly In Nas~sss~s at ixte the s~s.
imUss wss ordered 10 M~siea. A
rnonsh h~sor- iwo sosarasi~s v~st se
tosas Isabel. ih~se- To Moai~s~y and
later To Tsapseo jnsaiss q l.pssss
iaissd. the pesk of t-srh 10 the ssif
which ramS isio issessasloasi pso0.
ia~ar~ s~ccs,iy ~hss liuests pst CAT
sh- iishs aud the raits.i States sail.
oes ~ hss up aaais.
Oa March ;. iss7. the s~ssa~si
sailed fro~ f.osos isiasa ssd six dsys
later they iaaded ss Sacrifice island.
They thea ird In the ins~ssm~as ot
Vera Cruz. which vss ezra Ices NJ .
rira,r than the isnd,ax = couple of
s.,oaths nen.
On tho masvh so Mexico city tho
prsfosa~d numrsups
deeds of ,sios aad Lost four offIocss
asd forty nca killed sad had s
large number woanded.
The Sixth cavalry II cv~n hotter
known ihaa tho Third. Il won dis
In the Civil war. tho Indian
wars and the Spanish. American war.
aad the Phiiippines.
The rcsimcni was orsanised May
4. 1861. Like the Third u has chang
I'd its title. curto.,sly too. tho sixth
was orsaniscd under tho name of tho
rhird Regiment of Cavalry. Five
later tho Sixth received It's
present title.
The regiment participated In the
campaign under the COM
nnnd Of General Stoncman. Il earned
perhaps It's first fame at tho hattie
II williamsburg which II opened. A.
'cr this engagement II pursued the
,ncmy through Yorktown.
Later the Sixth was at Malvern
,iii. IrcdcricksburE. Gettysburg the
S,,ottsylvania Court
louise. besidcs numerous lass impor-
aat hut often right sharp clashes.
the Civil war the regiment
vt out after Indians and was chas-
ng had rctiskins for many years. II
rave taste Of steel to the Chcyenncss !