US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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Je lg -N 'pf W 3' M. 'V .a - - if ja -7 -66 1 :m ov Territory and to keep out the marauding white settlers. Then followed a transfer to Indian Reservations in New Mexico and Arizona, where the old historic posts of Fort Apache, Fort Bayard, Fort Grant and others were occupied until the first move into civilization in 1897, when for the first time the regiment was united at Fort Douglas, Utah. During the long period of frontier service some of the most gallant officers of Civil War fame served as regimental commanders. From General Ronald S. McKenzie, the first Colonel of the regiment, the list contains such names as General H. Potter, General A. S. Doubleday, General Z. R. Bliss, General J. F. Kent, and Colonel E. H. Liscum. The second period in the history of the 24th Infantry came with the Spanish-American War and constitutes a record of gallant field service in Cuba and in the Philippines. Could the facts be condensed to fit the scope of this brief narrative it would be of considerable interest to trace in detail the fortunes of the regiment during this period. But the outstanding achieve- ments only can be recorded. These were, in Cuba, the participation in the campaign before Santiago and in the capture of Fort San juan, the stone block house, which is depicted on the regimental coat of arms. But a more heroic service than on the battlefield, and one which evoked the special com- mendation of the Commander-in-Chief in General Field Orders, was perform- ed by the colored soldiers from july 16 to August 25, 1898. This was the tour' of duty at the yellow fever camp of Siboney, Cuba, where for forty-one days they nursed fever patients, endeavored to clean up the congested and filthy pest camp, buried the dead, were themselves stricken and buried. After less than a year of garrison life at Fort Douglas, Utah, the regiment was again ordered to take the field, this time against the insurrectos of Emilio Aguinaldo in the Philippines. The story of campaigning under the tropical skies of Luzon, of innumerable hardships endured, of three years of bush- whacking, marching and skirmishing, includes many acts of individual bravery and devotion on the part of officers and men. Aguinaldo was captured in 1901, after important information as to his whereabouts had been obtained and transmitted to General Funston by an officer of the 24th Infantry. Thereafter, until embarked for the States in July, 1902, the regiment rendered valuable service in aiding to restore civil government and to suppress the plundering bands of Ladrones which infested the country. It is interesting to note that while all of the regiment except one com- pany was serving three years, under the blazing sun of the tropics the exi- S - 'E vig? qi-- I Inf!