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... four sections . The first section con- sisted of one Pullman sleeper for the Colonel , Surgeon Davis , the Adjutant and Quartermaster , and the officers of Companies G , H , I , K , L and M , nine tourist sleepers occupied by Companies ...
... four sections . The first section con- sisted of one Pullman sleeper for the Colonel , Surgeon Davis , the Adjutant and Quartermaster , and the officers of Companies G , H , I , K , L and M , nine tourist sleepers occupied by Companies ...
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... four hundred yards from " race track " camp of the first two detach- ments . August 27th , 11 a . m . , United States troopship " Scandia " left San Francisco with the remainder of the regiment , consisting of headquarters band ...
... four hundred yards from " race track " camp of the first two detach- ments . August 27th , 11 a . m . , United States troopship " Scandia " left San Francisco with the remainder of the regiment , consisting of headquarters band ...
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... four months however . By order of the Secretary of War . Major General E. S. Otis , San Francisco , Calif . H. C. CORBIN , Adjutant General . Washington , D. C. , July 14 , 1898 . It is reported here that Colonel Barber objects to going ...
... four months however . By order of the Secretary of War . Major General E. S. Otis , San Francisco , Calif . H. C. CORBIN , Adjutant General . Washington , D. C. , July 14 , 1898 . It is reported here that Colonel Barber objects to going ...
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... Four years a cadet at the United States Military Academy . Eighteen years a commissioned officer in the 1st Artillery , United States Army . Three years and ten months and six days in the National Guard , State of New York . Nine months ...
... Four years a cadet at the United States Military Academy . Eighteen years a commissioned officer in the 1st Artillery , United States Army . Three years and ten months and six days in the National Guard , State of New York . Nine months ...
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... four to twenty - two men were thrown out of each company . Their places were filled by recruits sent from the home stations , and on Saturday , the 14th , the work of examination of both officers and men was practically con- cluded ...
... four to twenty - two men were thrown out of each company . Their places were filled by recruits sent from the home stations , and on Saturday , the 14th , the work of examination of both officers and men was practically con- cluded ...
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Adjutant Albany appointed April armory Army Corps arrived artillery August Battalion Adjutant battle Brigade Brigadier-General Camp Black Camp Wikoff Captain Cavalry Chaplain Colonel Downs command commissioned Company F Cuba December Department detailed died of fever drill Dunn Loring duty EDWARD DUFFY encamped enlisted Fernandina field George Governor Morgan headquarters Honolulu honor Hugh Hastings Hundred Island James John July June Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel list of officers Major Major-General March ment miles military record militia Montauk N. Y. Vols National Guard November October orders organization pany Port Tampa Private promoted Quartermaster received recruits regi Regiment Infantry resigned San Juan Hill Santiago Second Lieutenant Second Regiment Separate Company September Sergeant Seventy-first Seventy-first Regiment ship Siboney sick soldiers staff subsequently Tampa teers tents Third Regiment tion transport troops Troy typhoid fever U. S. service United States Army United States service Virginia Washington William wounded York city York Volunteers
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Page 120 - If by reason of defects in existing laws, or in the execution of them, in the several States, or any of them, it shall be found necessary to provide for enrolling the militia and otherwise putting this act into execution, the President is authorized in such cases to make all necessary rules and regulations...
Page 29 - for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the Rebellion,
Page 104 - He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, in 1821, and in February of the same year he was elected to the United States Senate, and re-elected in 1827.
Page 313 - Gloucester was due mainly to the accuracy and rapidity of the fire. The efficiency of this fire, as well as that of the ship generally, was largely due to the intelligent and unremitting efforts of the executive officer, Lieutenant Harry P. Huse. The result is more to his credit when it is remembered that a large proportion of the officers and men were untrained when the Gloucester was commissioned. Throughout the action he was on the bridge and carried out my orders with great coolness.
Page 257 - July 1898 for diet gal in leading a charge of skirmishers against the enemy's rifle pits taking them with their occupants and stubbornly and successfully resisting two determined attacks of the enemy to retake the works in front of Atlanta Ga 3 Aug 1864 while serving as capt A 30 Ind vol inf ami brig officer of the day; killed 19 Dec 1899 in battle of San Mateo 1
Page 63 - ... Stone was born September 30, 1824, at Greenfield, Massachusetts; graduated from West Point July i, 1845, and was assigned to the ordnance corps. During the Mexican War he was attached to the only siege battery in the army. He served on the staff of General Scott, and distinguished himself throughout the campaign which ended in the capture of the city of Mexico. He resigned from the army November 17, 1856, to go in the banking business in San Francisco. To General Stone, more than to any other...
Page 216 - Orders came to us about 9:00 o'clock for the Seventy-First Regiment at once to proceed along the trail where had gone the First United States Cavalry, and reinforce them, our troops having encountered the enemy, met with heavy losses and been repulsed. When we learned the real truth of the rumor all but the repulse proved to be so. The Seventy-First got under way in a few moments. Every man in it was ready for any duty he might confront. We had gone but a little way, when returning wounded men confirmed...
Page 313 - The escape of the Gloucester was due mainly to the accuracy and rapidity of the fire. The efficiency of this fire, as well as that of the ship generally, was largely due to the intelligent and unremitting efforts of the executive officer, Lieutenant Harry P. Huse. The result is more to his credit when it is remembered that a large proportion of the officers and men were untrained when the Gloucester was commissioned. Throughout...
Page 122 - The governors of the respective States will cause an enrollment to be made forthwith by the assessors of the several counties, or by any other officers to be appointed by such governors, of all able,bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45, within the respective counties...
Page 43 - Adelbert Ames : Outline of military and civil history from the Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to SECOND LIEUT., 20 ARTILLERY, MAY 6, 1861.