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BROWN, EDWARD D .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, May 2, 198. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal. Troop C, May 20, 1898; died of typhoid fever, July 16, 1898, in hospital. Fort Meyer, Va.
BRYANT, MORTIMER D .- Age, 20 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
BRYANT, WILLIAM B .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y. .
BUSH. NOEL M .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C. May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
BYRNE, EDWARD J .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C. May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CADENAS, HENRY T .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, June 11. 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25. 1898, at Brooklyn. N. Y.
CAMERON, HENRY DE II .- Age, 30 years. Enlisted. May 2. 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20, 1898; promoted corporal, July 27, 1898; mus- tered out with troop. November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn. N. Y.
CHRISTOPHER. ALBERT W .- Age, 20 years. Enlisted. May 2. 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20. 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25. 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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CLAUS, HENRY .- Age, 32 years. Enrolled, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as second lieutenant. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25. 1898, at Brooklyn. N. Y .; commissioned second lieutenant, May 20, 1898, with rank from same date, original.
CLAYTON, ALFRED J .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; appointed wagoner, July 1, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CLAYTON, BERTRAM T .- Age, 35 years. Enrolled, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as captain, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; commissioned captain, May 20, 189S, with rank from same date, original.
COMMISKEY. ARCHIBALD N .- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 189S; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; subsequent service as captain, Forty- sixth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry.
CRONKITE, JAMES G .- Age, 19 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 189S; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CRONKITE, ROMAN L .-- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CROOK, MILTON M .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20. 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CURIE, JR., CHARLES .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn. to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
DE BEVOISE, CHARLES I .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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DE BEVOISE, CORNELIUS S .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2. 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FAUL, ARTHUR A .- Age, 19 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FAULKNER, ALBERT U .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, Novem- ber 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; subsequent service as first lieu- tenant, Twenty-seventh United States Volunteer Infantry.
FERGUSON, HUGH M .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C. May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FIALA, ANTHONY .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FIELD, ROBERT B .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FISH, ALBERT. R .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FISKE, CHARLES E .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 189'S, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FISKE, JOHN S .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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GOODRICH, CHARLES P .- Age, 30 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
GRADY WILLIAM P .- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y. .
GRIFFIN, ARTHUR J .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
GROUT, PAUL .- Age, 31 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brook- lyn, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; promoted quartermaster-sergeant, July 1, 1898; mus- tered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
HAYES, WILLIAM .1 .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y. .
HENSHAW, OLIVER B .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted. June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as pri- vate, Troop C, same date; died, July 4, 1898. in Division Hospi- tal, Camp Alger, Va., from injuries sustained by kick of a horse.
HODGSKIN, HENRY T .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, 'at Brooklyn. to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y. -
HOLMES, HORACE B .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
JARDINE, ALEXANDER .- Age, 32 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as pri- vate, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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JOHNSTON, FREDERIC E .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
KIMBALL, WALTER C .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; discharged. July 26, 1898, to accept appoint- ment as second lieutenant, First United States Volunteer Engineers.
KITCHEN, JR., JAMES .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20. 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
LE FRANCOIS, HENRY J .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 20, 1898, at Camp Black, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C. May 20, 1898; appointed blacksmith, no date; mus- tered out, to date, November 25, 1898.
LESTER, WILLIAM B .- Age. 27 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C. May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
LOOMIS. EDWARD N .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MACLIN, JAMES C .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MARX, WILLIAM B .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898. at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MATHER, SIDNEY G .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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McCUE, FRANK .- Age, 33 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as saddler, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
McKNIGHT, HARVEY S .- Age, 32 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
McLEER, CHARLES B .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
McLEER, JR., EDWARD .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as quarter- master-sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; returned to grade of sergeant, July 1, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
McLEER, JAMES C .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ·
MERRY, HENRY S .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; appointed cook, July 1, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MOON, WILLIAM H .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MORGAN, GEORGE J .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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MOSHER, CARROLL LE ROY .- Age, - years. Enlisted, July 27, 1898, at Newport News, Va., to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
MULLARKY, GEORGE A .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as pri- vate, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
NEWTON, ARTHUR B .- Age, 19 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, Novem- ber 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
NORTON, WILLIAM S .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
NOYES, HENRY R .- Age, - years. Enlisted, July 27, 1898, at Newport News, Va., to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; discharged for disability, August 31, 1898, at Ponce, P. R.
O'BRIEN, JAMES J .- Age, 19 years. Enlisted, May 20, 1898, at Camp Black, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
OGILVIE, FRANK B .- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
O'NEILL, ROBERT M .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 19, 1898, at Camp Black, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; appointed trumpeter from date of enrollment; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
OTIS, FRANK B .- Age, - years. Enlisted, June 24, 1898, at Camp Alger, Va., to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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PALMEDO, ALEXANDER M .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; discharged for disability, June 14, 1898, at Camp Alger, Va.
PATTERSON, ALFRED J .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
PETERS, DANIEL S .- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
PETTEE, WALTER C .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
PINOVER, JOHN .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
PITTALUGA, JOHN L .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
PORZER, OSCAR .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as farrier, Troop C, May 20, 1898; discharged, July 23, 1898, to accept appointment as veterinary surgeon, United States Army.
RANDALL, JR., GEORGE W .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
RICH, CLAUDE J .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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RICHARDS, FRANCIS W .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
SCHAMING, PETER .- Age, 30 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as wagoner, Troop C, May 20, 1898; returned to ranks, no date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
SELNER, HENRY .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHEWAN, EDWIN A .- Age, 20 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private. Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
STEVENSON, ALBERT N .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
STEVENSON, GEORGE S .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
STORKE, WILLIS J .- Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 1, 1898, at Auburn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. M, Third Infantry, May 17, 1898; transferred to this troop, July 23, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brook- lyn, N. Y.
SUNDES, ERNEST .- Age, - years. Enlisted, July 27, 1898, at Newport News, Va., to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
SWEZEY, FREDERICK C .- Age, 20 years. Enlisted. June 11. 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as pri- vate, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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THEALL, MAURICE V .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 1SOS; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
TILFORD, JAMES D .- Age, - years. Enlisted, July 23, 1898, at Camp Alger, Va., to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; subsequent service as second lieuten- ant, First United States Cavalry.
TRUCKLER, ROBERT .- Age, 30 years. Enlisted, May 2, 189S, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; also borne as Trickler.
TUTTLE, WINTHROP M .- Age, 35 years. Enrolled, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as first lieu- tenant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, Novem- ber 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; commissioned first lieutenant, May 20, 1898, with rank from same date, original.
TWYEFFORT, LOUIS V .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
ULRICK, FREEDOM N .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, May 2, 189S, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1S9S; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WALKER, EDWARD H .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, May 2. 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WALLER, FREDERICK .- Age, 20 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WALSH, JAMES J .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1898, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
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WEIR, JAMES .- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WERTHEIMER, ISAAC .- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, June 11, 1895, at New York city, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, same date; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WEYMOUTH, GEORGE H .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as first ser- geant, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, Novem- ber 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WIEMAN, HENRY J .- Age, 29 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 189S; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WIETERS, OTTO F .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 189S; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILSON, HENRY O .- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Troop C, May 20, 1SOS; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILSON, JAMES W .- Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1895. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
WOLTERS, JOHN H .- Age, 31 years. Enlisted, May 2, 199S, at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1SOS; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
ZEMAN, JOSEPH S .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1898. at Brooklyn, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Troop C, May 20, 1898; mustered out with troop, November 25, 1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOURTH BATTERY, LIGHT ARTILLERY.
In accordance with the second call for troops of the President, and the instructions received from the secretary of war, this battery was, July 15, 1898, ordered to be recruited in New York city.
Recruiting commenced July 18th, and the battery was organ- ized at the armory of the second battery, national guard, New York city, where it was mustered into the service of the United States, July 27, 1898, and immediately proceeded to Camp Black, via Thirty-fourth street ferry and Long Island railroad. Arrived at 4 o'clock p. m., and at once reported to the commanding officer, Colonel Walter Schuyler. Three officers and one hundred and six men were present.
Having plenty of room, the battery street was made seventy- five feet wide. As soon as the tents were erected a ditch was dug around each one and the following day a main trench was dug extending back of the inner row of tents, the entire length of the camp, and at least two hundred feet out into the plain. As the camp ground was perfectly flat, by this system of drainage all surface water was taken off at once. The men's kitchen was on the prolongation of the inner row of tents and about one hundred feet distant. Shower baths were provided for the men.
Tents were rolled and wood floors washed and raised every morning. No stagnant water was allowed to remain anywhere in camp. The entire space occupied, as well as fifty feet outside of the line of tents, was sprinkled every morning with a mixture of carbolic acid and water, care being taken to sprinkle under the tent floors when they were raised.
Strict orders were given not to allow the men to drink any water, but from the stand pipe. All the water used was thor- oughly boiled. This was done during the night, the kettles being covered. All provisions were kept carefully covered. The result of all this was that though the main camp was so swept by dis- ease, as to require investigation, the camp of the fourth battery was declared by the health officer of the port, Dr. Alvah H. Doty,
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to be a " model of health." There was no serious case of sickness in camp. The food received was in the main of excellent quality and ample. Care was taken to enlist good cooks and butchers. As a result there were no complaints about the quantity or qual- ity of the food served to the men.
Having discovered that troops arriving at Camp Black were frequently left without their mess kits for a number of days, these were purchased for the entire battery before leaving New York. The wisdom of this was readily seen. The fourth battery was the first to receive their uniforms. They were generally very ill-fitting, so that three army tailors were engaged to refit the entire command. The result was a marked contrast in appearance to most of the other troops, which was commented upon by the officers during one of the reviews. .
Physical drill was held every morning immediately after reveille. The system of instruction consisted first in having the non-commissioned officers drill small squads under the super- vision of chiefs of platoon. Second, in having each chief of sec- tion drill his section under the supervision of their chiefs of platoon. Third, chiefs of platoon drilling their platoons under the supervision of the captain of the battery. Fourth, battery drill under instruction of captain. After the battery was thoroughly drilled, the men were hardened by frequent marches in the cadenced step; the formation being column of sections and platoons.
The first marches commenced with about four miles; then ten and fifteen, and finally to twenty-eight miles a day. One of the longest marches was to Massapequa, L. I., for the purpose of giving the men a swim in salt water. Another march for the same purpose was made to Sea Cliff, L. I., where the entire bat- tery was given luncheon and free passes to the bathing pavilion by the citizens of the place. The officers were dined at the beau- tiful country seat of Commodore Sheridan.
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