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OLENA, EDGAR J .- Private, Co. D, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 4, 1898, at Troy, N. Y.
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O'MALLEY, EDWARD .- Private, Co. B, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, at City Hospital, Geneva, N. Y.
O'SHAUGHNESSY, FRANCIS J .- Private, Co. C, Ninth Infan- try. Died of typhoid fever, September 21, 1898, at New York city.
OSTRANDER, WILLIAM R .- Private, Co. D, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of angina pectoris, October 3, 1898, at Camp Meade, Midddletown Pa.
PARKER, FRANK N .- Private, Co. I, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid-pneumonia, September 22, 1898, at Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, N. Y.
PARKER, ROBERTSON A .- Private, Co. L, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 5, 1898, at Third Division Hospital, Fernandina, Fla.
PARKS, JR., FRANK L .- Corporal, Co. K, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 13, 1898, at South Glens Falls, N. Y.
PATTERSON, HARRY D .- Private, Co. G, Eighth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 21, 1898, at Camp Thomas, Chick- amauga, Ga.
PEET, GEORGE L .- Artificer, Co. G, First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, January 9, 1899, at Post Hospital, Fort Logan, Col.
PFISTER, EDWARD .- Private, Co. E, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, August 28, 1898, at Detention Hospital, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
PIERCE, ALLEN M .- Private, Co. B, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 27, 1898, at United States General Hos- pital, Fort Myer, Va.
PIERSON,, WILLIAM D .- First sergeant. Co. M. Seventy-first Infantry. Died of malarial fever, August 23. 1898. at Deten- tion Hospital, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
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PLATTS, WILLIAM G .- Private, Co. C, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 5, 1898, at Division Hospital, Anniston, Ala.
PLUMPTON, JOHN H .- Corporal, Co. C, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 20, 1898, at Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
PORTER, CLARENCE H .- Private, Co. H, First Infantry. Died of disease, October 2, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, II. I.
POWERS, ANER E .- Private, Co. M, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 21, 1898, at hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga.
PREGER, WILLIAM .- Private, Co. A, Seventy-first Infantry. Killed in action, July 1, 1898, at San Juan Hill, Cuba.
PURACKER, GEORGE .- Private, Co. F, Sixty-fifth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 25, 1898, at First Division Hos- pital, Camp Alger, Dunn Loring, Va.
PUTNAM, FRANK A .- Private, Co. M, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 31, 1898, at Third Division Hospital, Fernandina, Fla.
PYNE, WILLIAM .- Private, Co. B, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 27, 1898, at Fourth Army Corps Reserve Hospital, Huntsville, Ala.
QUARTY, FRED .- Private, Co. L, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 14, 1898, at German Hospital, New York city.
QUEVEDO, RICHARD .- Private, Co. I, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of typhoid malaria fever, September 3, 189S, at New York city.
QUILTY, JOHN J .- Private, Co. C, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, August 26. 1898, at General Hospital, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
QUINN, JOSEPH .- Private, Co. C, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 21, 1898, at Charity Hospital, Morristown, Pa.
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QUINN, THOMAS F .- Private, Co. C, Two Hundred and Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, November 5, 1898, at Lan- caster, l'a.
RAIHL, NICHOLAS R .- Private, Co. A, Sixty-fifth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 5, 1898, at Buffalo, N. Y.
READ, JR., JAMES H .- Private, Co. E, First Infantry. Died of double pneumonia, August 9, 1898, at Post Hospital, Presidio, Cal.
REARDON, GEORGE .- Private, Co. E, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 2, 1898, at Chickamauga Park, Ga.
REED, OSCAR .- Artificer, Co. G, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 24, 1898, at Division Hospital, Annis- ton, Ala.
REILLY, JOHN .- Private, Co. M, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 12, 1898, at Fourth Army Corps Reserve Hospital, Huntsville, Ala.
REMERS, HENRY .- Private, Co. K, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, July 22, 1898, at Second Division, Third Army Corps Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
REYNOLDS, DANIEL K .- Private, Co. D, Seventy-first Infan- try. Died of dysentery, August 30, 1898, on board transport " Roumania," at sea.
REYNOLDS, THEODORE J .- Private, Co. I, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 21, 1898, at Philadelphia, Pa.
RICE, WALTER C .- Private, Co. I, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever. October 27, 1898, at Arnot- Ogden Memorial Hospital, Elmira, N. Y.
RIKEL, WILLIAM H .- Corporal, Co. K. Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 30, 1808, at Sternberg Hos- pital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
ROACH, RICHARD E .- Private, Co. K, Twenty-second Infantry. Drowned, August 4, 1898, at Fort Schuyler, New York Harbor.
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ROACH, ROYAL T .- Private, Co. K, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 23, 1898, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
RODGERS, JAMES L .- Corporal, Co. K, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, September S, 1898, at Camp, Wikoff, N. Y.
RONAN, DANIEL F .- Private, Co. A, Two Hundred and Third. Infantry. Died of pneumonia, January 2, 1899, at Second Division Hospital, Camp Wetherill, Greenville, S. C.
ROOT, EDGAR W .- First sergeant, Co. A, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of typhoid-malaria, September 8, 1898, at Yonkers, N. Y.
RORRICK, MICHAEL A .- Private, Co. M, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 16, 1898, at Elmira, N. Y.
ROSENBOHM, ALBERT .- Private, Co. A, Eighth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 21, 1898, at Bellevue Hospi- tal, New York city.
ROSS, REUBEN .- Private, Co. M, Seventy-first Infantry. Killed in action, July 2, 1898, at San Jaun Hill, Cuba.
ROSSMERSSEN, SOREN P .- Private, Co. D, Twelfth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 26, 1898, at Camp Hamilton, Lexington, Kentucky.
ROUSE, FRANK E .- Private, Co. K, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, August 18, 1898, at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
RUSK, WILLIAM A .- Corporal, Co. G, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of entero collitis fever, September 10, 1898, on board transport " Missouri."
RUSSELL, JOHN W .- Private, Co. B. Forty-seventh Infantry. Died of consumption, December 14, 1898, at San Juan, Cuba.
RYAN, PATRICK .- Private, Co. F, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 3, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
RYBA, CHARLES .- Private, Co. L. Ninth Infantry. Died of uraemic coma, September 25, 1898, at Fort Thomas. Ky
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SAWYER, JAMES H .- Private, Co. D, First Infantry. Died of disease, December 11, 1898, at Albany, N. Y.
SCALLEY, JOHN .- Private, Co. M, Forty-seventh Infantry. Died of consumption, February 14, 1899, at Josiah Simpson, Hospital, Fort Monroe, Va.
SCHEID, HENRY J .- Corporal, Co. F, Seventy-first Infantry .. Wounded in action, July 1, 1898, at San Juan Hill, Cuba; died of wounds, July 3, 1898, at Division Hospital, San Juan, Cuba.
SCHEPP, JOSEPH .- Private, Co. F, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of pneumonia, March 21, 1899, at Camp Weth -- erill, Greenville, S. C.
SCHILLING, FREDERICK .- Private, Co. D, Eighth Infantry .. Died of typhoid fever, August 22, 1898, at Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
SCHMIDT, CHRISTOPHER J .- Private, Co. H, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of disease, October 9, 1898, at German Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHROTER, AUGUST F .- Private, Co. K, Seventy-first In- fantry. Died of fever, August 23, 1898, at Camp Wikoff, Mon- tauk Point, N. Y.
SCHUG, NICHOLAS J .- Private, Co. G, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 29, 1898, at Phila- delphia Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHUTZ, GUSTAV C .- Private, Co. L, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, August 13, 1898, on board transport " La Grand Duchesse," at sea.
SCOFIELD, SIDNEY A .- Private, Co. K. Seventy-first Infantry. Killed in action, July 1, 1898, at San Juan Hill, Cuba.
SCRIVEN, FREDERICK .- Private, Co. L, Fourteenth Infantry .. Died of typhoid fever, September 6, 189S, at Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
SEARING, WILLIAM J .- Private, Co. L. Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 19, 1898, at Third Division Hospital, Fernandina, Fla.
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SEARLES, JOHN B .- Private, Co. F, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of disease, February 5, 1899, at Second Division Hospital, Greenville, S. C.
SHANNON, JAMES P .- Private, Co. K, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 3, 1898, at Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
SHARROTT, EUGENE L .- First sergeant, Co. G, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 13, 1898, at Santiago, Cuba.
SHAW, JOHN A .- Private, Co. F, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of malarial fever, August 11, 1898, at General Hospital, San- tiago, Cuba.
SIMPSON, GEORGE McC .- Private, Co. B, Ninth Infantry. Died of intermittent fever, August 23, 1898, at Second Division Hospital, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
SKINNER, LOUIS B .- Private, Co. B, Seventy-first Infantry. Killed in action, July 1, 1898, at San Juan Hill, Cuba.
SMALL, LOUIS B .- Corporal, Co. B, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, September 3, 1898, at New York Hospital, New York city. .
SMITH, STANLEY A .- Corporal, Co. K, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 22, 1898, at Division Hospi- tal, Anniston, Ala.
SPINGLER, RAY P .- Corporal, Co. B, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 20, 1898, at Weedsport, N. Y.
SPRINGSTEEN, JOHN V .- Private, Co. G, First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, December 4, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, H. I.
STANTON, MARK F .- Private, Co. A, Two Hundred and First Infantry. Died of typhoid-malaria, September 2, 1898, at Post Hospital, Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, N. Y.
STEVENS, JOHN .- Musician, Co. K, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 1, 1898, at St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornellsville, N. Y.
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STEVENSON, JOHN G .- Quartermaster-sergeant, Co. C, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 1, 1898, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, Pa.
STILLSON, REUBEN E .- Corporal, Co. M, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 20, 1898, at United States General Hospital, Fort Myer, Va.
STOEHL, CHARLES .- Private, Co. F, Third Infantry. Died of disease, August 29, 1898, at United States General Hospital, Fort Myer, Va.
STOFFERS, GEORGE H .- Corporal, Co. B, Ninth Infantry. . Died of heart disease, October 9, 1898, at Sternberg Hospital, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
STOFFLET, CHARLES A .- Private, Co. M, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 17, 1898, at Stroudsburgh, Pa.
STORM, HOWARD J .- Quartermaster-sergeant, Co. D, Eighth Infantry. Died of acute urina, August 13, 1898, at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
STRAUSS, JR., WILLIAM .- Corporal, Co. G, Twelfth Infantry. Died of disease, August 6, 1898, at hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga.
STRICKER, WILLIAM F .- Private, Co. E, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 25, 1898, at United States General Hospital, Fort Myer, Va.
STUART, FRANCIS J .- Sergeant, Co. M, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 10, 1898, at New York Hospital, New York city.
STUCHEY, ARTHUR .- Private, Co. E, Forty-seventh Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, November 19, 1898, at United States Hos- pital, Ponce, P. R.
SWEENEY, WILLIAM .- Wagoner, Co. C, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died of malarial fever, September 5, 1898, at New York city.
TALCOTT, JR., WILLIAM A .- Corporal. Co. M, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of malarial fever and acute peritonitis, Septem- ber 1, 1898, at Watch Hill, R. I.
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TAYLOR, CARLTON W .- Private, Co. A, First Infantry. Died of disease, February 17, 1899, at Presidio, Cal.
TAYLOR, LOUIS O .- Private, Co. L, Sixty-fifth Infantry. Died of cerebral meningitis, June 6, 1898, at United States General Hospital, Fort Myer, Va.
TEASDALE, FRED C .- Private, Co. K, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 15, 1898, at University of Pennsyl- vania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
THAYER, CHARLES L .--- Private, Co. D, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, July 19, 1898, at hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga.
THOMA, FREADOLEON .- Private, Co. D, Third Infantry. Died of disease, September 1, 1898, at Syracuse, N. Y.
THOMPSON, CHARLES H .- Private, Co. H, First Infantry. Died of disease, October 15, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, H. I.
THOMPSON, SIDNEY .- Private, Co. B, Two Hundred and Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 7, 1898, at Post Hospital, Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, N. Y.
THORP, EDWARD Y .- Private, Co. B, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, September 4, 1898, at St. Luke's Hospital, New York city.
TICE. STEPHENS .- Private, Co. A, Two Hundred and First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 30, 1898, at Second Division Hospital, Camp Meade, Pa.
TOMLINSON, WILLIAM H .- Private, Co. L, Third Infantry. Committed suicide, November 23, 1898, at Elmira, N. Y.
TOOMBS, CHARLES F .- Musician, Co. F. Two Hundred and First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 6, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
TOWNE, OSCAR II. G .- Hospital steward. Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 10, 1898, at Tonawanda, N. Y.
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TRACY, JAMES .- Corporal, Co. A, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died of disease, September 10, 1898, at Fourth Army Corps Reserve Hospital, Huntsville, Ala.
TURNELL, HENNING D .- Private, Co. E, Sixty-fifth Infantry. Died of fever, September 24, 1898, at Women's Christian Asso- ciation Hospital, Jamestown, N. Y.
VALENTINE, WILLIAM S .- Private, Co. C, Seventy-first Infan- try. Wounded in action, July 1, 1898, at San Juan Hill, Cuba. Committed suicide, while temporarily deranged, August 11, 1898, at Sing Sing, N. Y.
VAN GAASBECK, WALTER E .- Sergeant, Co. M, First Infan- try. Died of disease, December 20, 1898, at hospital, Hilo, H. I.
VAN KEUREN, GEORGE .- Private, Co. M, First Infantry. Died of disease, November 4, 1898, at Post Hospital, Hilo, H. I.
VERNON, HARRY BOYD .- Private, Co. M, Ninth Infantry. Killed by accident, October 17, 1898, at New York city.
VON ETTE, ARTHUR .- Musician, Co. K, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, September 5, 1898, on board transport " Missouri," at sea.
VON HILLEBRANDT, OSCAR .- Corporal, Co. B, Eighth Infan- try. Died of typhoid fever, August 30, 1898, at First Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
WALSH, WILLIAM J .- Private, Co. D, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of malaria, September 19, 1898, at New York city.
WALTON, SAMUEL J .- Private, Co. C, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, August 20, 1898, at General Hospital, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
WANDS, ROBERT .- Private, Co. C, First Infantry. Died of dis- case, November 14, 1SOS, at hospital, Presidio, Cal.
WARDELL, FRED .- Private, Co. K, First Infantry. Committed suicide, November 30, 1898, at Honolulu, H. I.
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WARNER, NATHANIEL H .- Private, Co. C, Sixty-fifth Infan- try. Died of typhoid fever, August 30, 1898, at Buffalo, N. Y.
WATSON, JOHN W .- Corporal, Co. M, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 5, 1898, at New York city.
WEISMANTEL, JOSEPH .- Private, Co. C, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 27, 1898, at Division Hospital, Anniston, Ala.
WELLER, ALFRED C .- Private, Co. I, First Infantry. Died of disease, November 26, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, H. I.
WELLS, GRANDVILLE I .- Private, Co. M, First Infantry. Died of disease, December 1, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, H. I.
WENDLAND, EMIL .- Private, Co. D. Seventy-first Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 21, 1898, at New York city.
WEST, TRACY E .- Private, Co. L, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 7, 1898, at Third Division Hospital, Fer- nandina, Fla.
WESTBROOK, GEORGE L .-- Private, Co. I, Third Infantry. Died of cerebral congestion, August 19, 1898, at Second Divi- sion Hospital, Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa.
WHEELER, OSCAR R .- Corporal, Co. E, First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, November 6, 1898, at Post Hospital, Honolulu, H. I.
WHITE, GEORGE .- Private, Co. M, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 25, 1898, at Saranac Lake, N. Y.
WHITE, HUBBARD W .- Private, Co. A, Seventy-first Infantry. ¡Died of yellow fever, September 1, 189S, at United States Gen- eral Hospital, Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, EDGAR K .- Private, Co. E, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, August 23, 1898, at Division Hospital. Montauk Point, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, JAMES T .- Private, Co. L, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, July 28, 1898, at Santiago, Cuba.
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WILLIAMS, STEPHEN D .- Private, Co. I, Two Hundred and Second Infantry. Died of malarial fever, October 11, 1898, at Pottstown Hospital, Pottstown, Pa.
WILSON, WARREN P .- Private, Co. K, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 30, 1898, at hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga.
WIND, HENRY J .- Private, Co. I, Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 5, 1898, at St. Mary's Hospital, Phila- delphia, Pa.
WITZ, JR., ANTON .- Private, Co. I, Fourteenth Infantry. Died of disease, no date, at Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
WOLD, FREDRICK .- Private, Co. E, Ninth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 1, 1898, at Sternberg Hospital, Chicka- mauga, Ga.
WOODBECK, BURTON .- Private, Co. G, First Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, November 11, 1898, at Post Hospital, Hono- lulu, HI. I.
WOODCOCK, SAMUEL C .- Corporal, Co. A, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 4, 1898, at Troy, N. Y.
WRAY, WILLIAM A .- Private, Co. K, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died of disease, July 26, 1898, at Fort Thomas, Ky.
WYLIE, JOHN L .- Sergeant, Co. D, Second Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, August 25, 1898, at Sisters' Hospital, Fernandina, Fla.
WYNN, THOMAS J .- Private, Co. F, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of disease, September 2. 1898, at New York city.
YORK, VOLNEY .- Corporal, Co. B. Third Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, October 12, 1898, at City Hospital, Geneva, N. Y.
YOUNG, CHARLES .- Private, Co. K, Eighth Infantry. Died of typhoid fever, September 26, 1898, at Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga.
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YOUNG, THOMAS .- Private, Co. C, Sixty-ninth Infantry. Died - of typhoid fever, September 25, 1898, at Fourth Army Corps Reserve Hospital, Huntsville, Ala.
YOUNG, WILLIAM D. S .- Sergeant, Co. E, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, July 29, 1898, at Santiago, Cuba.
ZIEGNER, HERMAN .- First sergeant, Co. E, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of fever, September 9, 1898, at St. John's Hos- pital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ZOLLER, FRANK H .- Private, Co. H, Seventy-first Infantry. Died of intermittent fever and diarrhoea, September 22, 1898, at New York city.
REGISTERS OF ORGANIZATIONS.
TROOP "A," CAVALRY.
Troop "A" was organized April 3, 1889, and performed duty at Buffalo during the switchmen's strike in August, 1892, and at Brooklyn during the motormen's strike in January, 1895. It was divided into two troops, to be known as troops 1 and 2, and these organized into a squadron designated "A," February 9, 1895. November 27, 1896, squadron "A" was divided into three troops, to be known as troops 1, 2 and 3.
Squadron " A," having volunteered its services, its command- ing officer was authorized in general orders, No. S, general head- quarters, state of New York, dated adjutant-general's office, Albany, April 27, 1898, to select from the three troops of the squadron sufficient officers and enlisted men to form one troop of cavalry to enter the service of the United States.
This order was promptly executed by the selection of the fol- lowing officers: Captain Howard G. Badgley, captain, troop 2: First Lieutenant Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., first lieutenant, troop 2; Second Lieutenant Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, second lieutenant. troop 3, and eighty-one enlisted men, equally drawn from troops 1, 2 and 3 of the squadron.
In accordance with special orders, No. 72, dated A. G. O .. Albany, May 1, 1898, this troop reported to Major Avery D. Andrews, at the squadron armory on May 2d, and at 10 a. m .. left there under command of Captain Badgley and marched via Fifth avenue, Thirty-fourth street and Thirty-fourth street ferry, Long Island City, and Jamaica turnpike to Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, where it arrived at 5 p. m., and went into camp; distance. 18 miles.
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camp, and one having received a commission as captain and quar- termaster in the United States volunteers, their places were filled in from the squadron, and on May 20, 1898, the troop was mus- tered into the United States service as "troop 'A,' New York volunteer cavalry."
May 22d, at 9 a. m., troop "A," accompanied by troop "C," left Camp Black, under command of Captain Badgley, en-route for Camp Alger, Va .; marched to Jersey City, N. J., twenty-four miles, arriving at 9 p. m., camping at the Arlington ball grounds.
May 23d, the troops left Jersey City by rail at 8.30 a. m., and arrived at Dunn Loring, Va., at 6 p. m .; marched to Camp Alger, a distance of three miles, and bivouacked for the night, making camp the next day.
May 24th, was put in squadron formation with troop " C," New York volunteer cavalry, and attached to headquarters of second army corps, Major-General Graham, commanding.
June 1st, Captain Badgley having been ordered to Fort Myer hospital on account of sickness, First Lieutenant Coudert was in command and continued so until return of the troop from Porto Rico, September 10, 1898.
June 6th, Second Lieutenant Frelinghuysen was ordered to New York city to obtain recruits to fill the troop to the maximum required by reason of the second call of the President and returned June 13th with twenty-two men.
June 17th to 19th, a detachment of the troop accompanied troop " C," New York volunteer cavalry, on a practice march to Holden's Ford, Bull Run, Va .; the Henry House, Bull Run battle- field, and return to Camp Alger.
June 20th, the troop, accompanied by a detachment of troop " C," New York volunteer cavalry, went on a practice march, encamped at Chain Bridge at 1 p. m., ten miles; June 21st, left camp at S a. m., and made camp at Great Falls at 11.30 a. m., eight miles; June 22d, marched at 8 a. m., and arrived at Camp Alger at 3 p. m., distance eighteen miles. The principal features of this march were, attack on wagon train of first brigade, first division, near Falls Church, Va., and swimming of horses in Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Great Falls.
July 11th, the troop, together with troop " C," New York vol- unteer cavalry, started on practice march at S a. in., and returned
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July 16th, covering about ninety miles and passing through Goose Creek, Leesburg. Big Spring, Oatville, Aldie, Beaver Dam, and Fairfax Court House, Va. During this march the same forma- tions were kept and all precautions taken as though the troops were passing through an enemy's country, and an accurate map of the route was made by four members of the two troops.
In compliance with orders received from A. G. O., U. S. army, on July 23d, the troop left Camp Alger by rail at 9 a. m., for New- port News, Va., arriving and going into camp at 5 p. m., July 24th. .
July 28th, the troops embarked on transport " Massachusetts " at Newport News, Va., with ninety-six men and two officers, and one hundred horses.
July 29th, sailed on transport bound for Porto Rico.
August 2d, arrived off Ponce, P. R., about 3 p. m .; August 3d, disembarked from transport and went aboard U. S. S. " Prairie;" August 4th, landed at Port Ponce at S a. m .; August 6th, moved to Ponce and made camp; squadron formation with troop "C," was discontinued and troop "A," on arrival at Ponce attached to the headquarters of Major-General Nelson A. Miles, commanding United States army.
August 10th, Second Lieutenant Frelinghuysen, with detail of sixteen men, started as escort to Captain Evans, nineteenth United States infantry, and United States funds to Utuado, distance about forty miles; August 14th, were joined by Sergeant Crom- well and four men and rapid fire gun with orders to escort, in company with detachment from second United States cavalry, Lieutenant Preston, United States cavalry, with flag of truce and notice of signing of protocol through Ciales, Lares, Las Marias, Mayuaguez, to Sagua La Grande; returned to Ponce, August 25th. a total distance of about 250 miles. This detachment, while never being actually under fire, were several times threatened by the Spanish and acted with great coolness and bravery.
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