The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-11-18
18th U. S. INFANTRY AT MISSOULA
CELEBRATES 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF
FIRST BATTLE, THAT OF TIPPECANOE

vance on Mexico City in April and on
the seventeenth and eighteenth OF that
month the little army forced It's way
through the mountain pass at Cerro
Gordo, where General n anna presl-
dent Of Mexico, had vowed to die rather
than permit the invading United States
troops to pass. 1t is only fair to state
that Santa Anna did lose a leg In the
battle, but the leg was a wooden one,
lost in his hasty flight.
Return to U. S. in 1S4S
The regiment returned to the United
States in 1849, and in 1852 embarked Tor
the Pacific coast. The trip across the
Isthmus of Panama was one Of the most
trying marches ever made.
On arrival on the Pacific coast, the
regiment was distributed among many
small posts a umbe OF which were
build by the organization.
The regiments first engagement in the
Civil war was the siege Of yorktown,
April 4 to May 5, 1862. Among other
actions, it participated in the battles Of
Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, the Wilderness, GettyS-
burg, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Peters
burg, Cedar Mountain, Laurel Hill, and
Bethsada Church and was present at
Lees surrender. The former Lieutenant
Grant, then commanding the armies Of
the Union, had not forgotten the regt-
ment with which he had served in Mex
leo and the Indian wars. AS a recognt-
ton of its valor during the Civil war, he
named it as guard for his headquarters
after the surrender.
In 1887 the regiment again came west,
again to deal with hostile tribes, as part
of General Crooks Big Horn expedition.
In June, 1893, shortly after the declara-
ton Of war with Spain, the regiment
embarked at Tampa for Cuba. Landing
at Daiquiri, the regiment participated in
the battle of FL Caney n the occupa-
ton Of Santiago. Fever decimated the
command, and, the campaign ended, it
was returned to New York in August.
Sails for Philippines
Quickly recruited at Fort Sheridan, it
sailed in January, 1899, for Manila, via
the Suez canal. It was the first organi-
cation Of United States troops to cross
the atlantic. No n imagined that only
10 years later the regiment again would
be crossing the Atlantic to take part in
the worlds greatest conflict.
The Fourth infantry, or units Of 1t,
, participated in the fights at La Iona
church, Mariquima, Desmarinas, linus,
Peunte Julien and elsewhere in the Phil
ippines, finally capturing Lieutenant
General Trias, second in rank to Aguin-
: aldo, the Spanish leader. In 1902 the
regiment returned to San Francisco after
, circumnavigating the globe.
After another tour in the Philippines
1903-1905, the regiment was stationed
in the East until October, 1906, when II
was moved to wyoming in time to STOP
I the Ute uprising, it's last campaign
against hostile Indians. In 1908 it was
ordered to the Philippines for the third
time, remaining until 1910.
Trouble with Mexico caused the regi
d ment to be concentrated on the south.
ern border in 1913, and in 1914 it tool
4 part in the occupation OF Vera Cruz
u camping almost on the same ground a.
: it had in 1847 under General Scott.
~ Fight in France
The entry Of the United States int,
n the World war found the Fourth in
fantry at Fort Brown, Texas. After re
cruiting and training, it left for Franc
on the first anniversary Of our entry int
the war. The regiment fought in tn
Aisne defensive, the Champagne-MaTn
q defensive, the st. Mihiel offensive an,
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The regi
u ment was commanded by Colonel (noV
a General) Halstad Dorey, who was severe
q ly wounded near Cunel.
After returning to the United State;
= the Fourth was stationed at Camp Pike
20 Ark, n then moved to Camp Lewis
y Wash. In 1922, the three battalion
y moved to Fort Missoula, Fort Georg
y Wright, Wash, and Fort Lawton. Wash
then occupied by battalions Of the Fifty
eighth infantry. That regiment, whic
~ had originally been formed in the earl
days Of the World wal by officers and en-
listed men from the Fourth, was reah
sorbed by the regiment.