Douglas Island news., 1919-02-07
l4TH INF. HAS
 GREAT HISTORY
Regiment in Which Alaskans Have Been Serving Has Great
 Traditions

J fourteenth Infantry ul inc lulirn states Army win Doc of interest to Itu Alasbms, as it is Che regiment that contains very nearly an of the drafted men of Che Territory. lt is the regiment that was doing gar- !uson duty m Alaska during Che war
 This account is taken from Trench and Camp, Che soldiers paper print ad at Camp Grant, ll...
 Speaking of old timers. thp llth Ircgulars SO back a little way These real inhabitants Of Camp Grant during thc days when other organ izations como and go belong Go % regiment with a history extending back Co Che war of 1872. The orig iual members of thc unit took part iu eight battles of that war before l they were mustered out on May 75. |lSl5.
 The regiment was rcorsguizcd u IlSGl and took part u twouty-ouc important battles and several minor engagements. After thc civil war thc lith tool, a hand n thc Indian lighting m Che days of thc real "wild west"
 When Che spanIsh-Amor.ean war broke out thc llth was ol Vancouver barracks. The command was orlord to Manila in 1898 and took part in Che capture of that city. Afurwarl Jrcrc were number of sE.rmiaHc with thc Fulipiuos, besides riots and iusurrcctious Co rcprcss
 When Che Boxer troubles upset China Che regiment was sent over Co ion thc international force. going into action at Pie Tmng and Yans Tmu. and taking part in thc cap. urc of Pcldu Then followed two tours of four years In thc Philip pines. with more lighting and cNpc. ditIous against thc puialmcs m samar.
 Upon their return to fho United States Che men of thc llth were called upon Co preserve martial law i'm san Francisco after the earth quake of lo05. The regiment rc- maiucd m Che west most ol thc tim" after that at Fort William Henry Harrison. Helena Mont; Fort Nils. soula. Mont; Fort Lincoln N D.. and Fort Wright Washington The. Ist battalion was u Alaska four years.
 Part of thc llth took part i'm Che Mexican border pauollmg of l9l5- 1916. and part was ou guard duty at Camp Lewis. American Lake. Wash. The lith infantry arrived here from Camp Dodge Iowa, on December l2th.
 At present tho regiment ia doing guard duty ut Camp Grant lt is. made up of men of unusual physique and orderly bearing and thc camp is proud not only of tho long and honorable history of thc regiment but also of Che personnel Of thc or- ganizatiou as it is now constituted.
 Just how long thc lith regimen. will remain intact is not known Most of the members enlisted or wgrg nductcd into thc service after the law was changed Co make all oul.at- mcnts for Che duration war only When thc mastering out of such members is accomplished there win be only about 10 per cent of thc regiment left Co serve out their old enlistment terms. The present strength is 2I0O men. thc author ized strength being $500.
 Col. A. l. Lasscignc was recently transferred from Che Goth infantry to take command of Che lith. Lieut. Col. William Brooke having been in temporary command. Maj. O. N Bradley was Che only battalion com- mandcr of that rank during thc early part of the regiments stay at Camp Grant. Mais Harrison, Car rison and Sanford have been assign ed here us commanders of thc re- manmg battalions. Capt D. H.. Burt is rcgimcntal adiutant, and Capt. Roger W. Morse is personnel adjutant. Company commanders arc' Cant Arthur R. Collins Of A com- pany: S. c. Forrest B. company; In. l.. stoncr. C; R C. Throclmorton. 'D; Cyrus R. scarcy. E; Andrew To- land. F: Maxwell Miller. G; Samuel ! Oakley, II; John r. Glcaycs l; John . McNaughtou. K; Lewis PerrIne L; David X. Rcdrick. NJ; Herman Mcy- CTS. headquarters company; Edgar suncg, supply company and Au- gustus B. O'Conucll, machine gun company
 Chaplain John lnzcr has been with the regiment for a number of years, while Chaplain Gabriel Farrell has been with it only a few months Capt. Harry L.. Bromsor and Capt. Julius c. Chippert are medical of-
 dccrs. with seven medical reserve
 first lieutenants.