Rhode Island's early defenders and their successors, Part 6

Author: Richards, John James, 1876-1935
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: East Greenwich, R.I., [Printed by] Rhode Island pendulum
Number of Pages: 114


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It had been called upon to guard miles of car tracks, maintain extensive patrols and disperse disorderly assemblages in various sections of the city.


On August 23rd President Roosevelt visited Providence and was escorted on a tour of the city by Troop B.


In 1903 the old obsolete Federal Militia Law of 1792 which required every citizen to provide himself with a suitable musket and a plentiful sup- ply of flints, powder and ball, was superceded by modern legislation designed to create uniform or- ganization, drill, armament and equipment through out the entire militia of the country.


Substantial support was extended to the States and closer relationship between the militia and the regular army was established through Fed- eral inspections and joint maneouvers. Major John B. Wisser of Fort Adams was detached by the War Department to conduct the first Federal Inspection. As a result of this inspection the issu- ance of U. S. Magazine (Krag) rifles and carbines to the brigade was commenced. Field uniforms of khaki were issued and the Naval Battalion was pro- vided with a thirty foot steam cutter.


The entire brigade paraded in Providence as part of the ceremonies incident to the transfer of the old State battle flags to the new State House.


In 1904 Company C, 2nd Regiment, located in Bristol, was disbanded and a new company or- ganized in Riverpoint under Capt. John Farrell.


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The entire brigade was equipped with Krags and a modern battery of breech loading guns was issued to Battery A to replace its old muz- zle loading Civil War cannon.


In 1904 the cruise of the Naval Battalion was omitted, the organization performing its


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Summer tour of duty in a camp on Block Island.


The plan of giving each organization in the brigade a field day at the rifle range with pay, transportation and subsistence was adopted and proved most satisfactory. Eighty-six Per Cent of the total enrollment practiced and in September a team select- ed from the best shots in the militia participated in the national matches at Fort Riley, Kansas.


This year an unusual honor was achieved by one of Rhode Island's companies. Troop B of the Cavalry led the entire country in small arms practice. The maximum membership of the organization allowed by law, qualified either as experts, sharpshooters or marksmen with the rifle and as sharpshooters or marksmen with the revolver. In all probability this remark- able record has never been equalled either before or since.


In 1905 Major Charles Allenson followed Major May- nard as commanding officer of the Cavalry Squadron; rifle teams were sent to Wakefield and Sea Girt; the brigade held its usual encampment at Quonset Point and the Naval Battal- ion made its cruise on the U. S. S. Columbia. This cruise was repeated on the same ship the following year.


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VIII


THE RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL GUARD 1907-1917


The desirability of converting at least a portion of the brigade into Coast Artillery, in order that it could be used to supplement the garrisons of the bay forts in case of war, was recommended by the Federal Government and in 1907 both regiments and Battery A were sent to the forts in order that the officers and men have an opportunity to acquaint them- selves with the drill and duties of Coast Artillery.


The 1st Regiment and Battery A were sent to Fort Greble while the 2nd Regiment went to Fort Adams. The Signal and Hospital Corps were distributed between the two forts.


The Cavalry and Machine Gun Battery jointly made a practice march through the southern part of the State and the Naval Battalion served on the U. S. S. Prairie.


The militia law of the State was amended in an attempt to comply with the Federal requirements and the Brigade of Rhode Island militia became officially "The Rhode Island Na- tional Guard". Col. James H. McGann commanding the 2nd Regiment resigned and was succeeded by Col. Charles E. Mul- hern.


During this year as a result of dissension in the Kentish Guards there was organized in East Greenwich a company un- der the name of the Varnum Continentals. In 1908 both reg- iments together with the Machine Gun Battery and the Hospi- tal Corps performed their summer tour of duty at the forts, being stationed at Adams, Greble and Wetherill where the fun- damentals of Coast Artillery work was imparted to both officers and men.


The Cavalry and Battery A encamped at Quonset Point


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and the Naval Battalion made a cruise on the U. S. S. Yankee.


This year the State Armory on Cranston Street, on the site of the old Arsenal, was completed and occupied by the Prov- idence Companies and new U. S. Magazine (Springfield) rifles were issued to all the troops in the National Guard.


The interest in rifle practice continued and a team was sent to compete in the matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio.


Further amendments to the militia law abolished the brigade formation of the National Guard and placed in the Governor the authority to designate the composition of the Guard by General Orders. By this law General Tanner was retired and two Divisions of Coast Artillery of eight companies each were substituted for the two Infantry regiments. Col. George A. Forsyth commanded the Ist District while Col. Charles E. Mulhern commanded the 2nd.


For the first time in the history of the Mil- itia the bands were composed of enlisted men. Walter L. Anthony and William F. C. Wing were appointed chief musicians of the 1st and 2nd Bands.


The 1st Separate Company (colored) hav- ing become more or less disorganized was dis- banded.


To perpetuate the history and traditions of the Providence Horse Guards there was organ- ized in 1908 among the surviving veterans of the Horse Guards and the members of Troop B a semi-military association under the name of The Providence Troop of Cavalry.


In 1909 the Government issued new russet leather sad- delry to the Cavalry in place of the old black equipment used for so many years.


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William C. Bliss was commissioned Commander of the Naval Battalion, serving until 1915.


The designation of the Coast Artillery Companies was changed from letters to numbers,-the First to Eighth Com- panies inclusive being assigned to the First District while the Ninth to Sixteenth Companies comprised the Second District.


The Machine Gun Battery became Battery B, Field Artil- lery although no guns or equipment were issued to it.


The Coast Artillery served at the forts during the summer; the Cavalry and Field Artillery made road marches and the Naval Battalion was distributed this year on the Battleships Rhode Island, New Jersey and Virginia.


During the following year the Armory of the Riverpoint Company was destroyed by fire with all of the equipment of the Company. Battery B, Field Artillery, was converted into Troop C, Cavalry, under Capt. E. Merle Bixby and Walter E. Gatchell was elected Major of the Squadron.


Battery A, Field Artillery, was reorganized, the old officers all resigning. Capt. R. S. Hamilton, former Adjutant of the 1st Regiment, was placed in command and steps taken to re- cruit the organization to its full strength.


The Naval Battalion performed its tour of duty on the Battleships Mississippi and Idaho, and on the Aileen, a vessel assigned to the State for the use of the Division. The three troops of Cavalry attended the joint camp of instruction at Pine Camp, in Northern New York, where they had their first ex- perience in maneuvers on a large scale,-much valuable knowl- edge was gained in entraining and detraining troops, horses and equipment.


On February 1st, 1911, Col. Charles W. Abbot was elect- ed Adjutant General, succeeding Frederick M. Sackett.


In March the unsettled condition of affairs in Mexico re- sulted in the mobilization of all available regular troops on the Texas frontier. The War Department invited the States to detail for two week periods a limited number of National Guard


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officers to the mobilization for purposes of instruction and ob- servation. From Rhode Island were sent eight officers to the Camp at San Antonio, Texas, and six to Fort Riley, Kansas.


On June 23 President William H. Taft made a visit to Providence and again Troop B was called upon to act as Pres- idential Escort and Guard of Honor.


In order to increase the efficiency of the mounted com- mands it was this year proposed to change the lower drill hall in the Providence Armory into a riding hall and a small approp- riation was made by the legislature for this purpose. This was found to be impractical and it was proposed to construct a rid- ing rink on the training ground adjacent to the Armory. This project was opposed by the Cavalry officers who insisted that a separate armory for the squadron and battery was essential and that the proposed outdoor rink would not accomplish the object desired.


Accordingly during the January Session (1912) of the Legislature a resolution providing for the erection of an armory for the mounted commands was introduced and in due time passed.


In the meantime from the militia appropriation a sum of money was made available for the hire of horses for drill pur- poses and Saturday afternoon and Sunday marches were held by the cavalry and field artillery.


The battery of two ten inch Rodman guns at Quonset Point originally used to train the infantry in Coast Artillery Work was dismantled and the guns presented to the town of East Greenwich for display at the armory of the Varnum Con- tinentals.


The condition of Troop A had become quite unsatisfac- tory and the captain and second lieutenant resigned. 1st Lieut. John T. McAuley was commissioned Captain but was soon suc- ceeded by Capt. Charles A. Thayer.


Interest in small arms practice was indicated by the record number of 1272 rifle and revolver medals issued at the close of the season. A rifle team was sent to Wakefield, olive drab


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pyramidal tents supplanted the old white wall tents, army wag- ons took the place of the old moving vans heretofore used as baggage wagons, new steel field ranges were issued and regu- lation olive drab woolen uniforms replaced the cotton khaki. The medical Department was supplied with the latest type of Field Hospital.


Col. Mulhern resigned and his place as commander of the 2nd Regiment was taken by Col. Francis Cannon.


The Cavalry officers, together with their non-commissioned officers, in 1913 attended the Cavalry School at Ft. Ethan Allen. Later on the Squadron, with the troops of Connecticut and Massachusetts, as a provisional regiment under Major Frank Marshall, the U. S. Instructor-Inspector for New England, en- gaged in the extensive maneuvers held this year in the vicinity of Middleboro, Mass.


In September a detachment of Rhode Island Militia con- sisting of the Newport Artillery; the Third Company, Coast Artillery and the Naval Battalion was selected to represent the State at the Perry Celebration at Put In Bay, New York. The First Light Infantry attended the celebration at its own expense. As a result of an epidemic of typhoid fever, scores of the militia men were made seriously ill while several died.


During 1914 persistent rumors of a possible mobilization of troops for service in Mexico resulted in great activity in the National Guard throughout the state and all organizations were recruited to the legal limit.


The cavalry squadron, in consequence of the government's refusal to recognize a squadron of less than four troops, was abolished and the cavalry became officially Troops A, B, and C, Rhode Island Cavalry.


The necessity for regular mounted drill resulted in the formation of the Cavalry Club by the officers of the three troops and the purchase by that organization of twenty four mid-west- ern horses. These horses through an arrangement with the Adjutant General were hired by the state for drill purposes and upon the completion of the riding rink and stables of the Arm- ory of Mounted Commands in the late Summer of 1914 they


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afforded the cavalry troops, for the first time in their history, opportunity for weekly mounted drill.


The Government issued to the Naval Battalion this year United States Magazine rifles, recalling the Krags with which the battalion had been armed for several years and the National Guard was supplied with new tentage and dress coats.


The Cavalry made a road march to Hampton, Conn., camping at Hopkins Mills enroute. Joint maneuvres were held with the cavalry of Massachusetts and Connecticut and the 2nd Squadron, 2nd U. S. Cavalry.


Battery A again went to Tobyhanna for its summer tour of duty, the Naval Battalion made a cruise on the U. S. S. Rhode Island and the chartered commands for the first time went into camp at Quonset Point.


The Signal Corps was changed into Coast Artillery, being designated the 17th Company. The two district formation of the Coast Artillery was discontinued, all of the companies be- ing organized as one corps, with Col. Tillinghast in Command.


In February 1915 the riding rink and stables of the armory of mounted commands were formally opened although the en- tire building was not completed until October 1925.


During the summer of 1915, the Cavalry of Connecticut and Massachusetts, together with the Rhode Island troops en- camped at Quonset Point. The 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry, made a road march from Ft. Ethan Allen, Vermont, to take part in this encampment.


This year (1915) interest in aviation began to be aroused in the State's military establishment and a substantial sum of money was raised for the development of aeronautics in the Rhode Island National Guard. Miss L. B. Nickerson of Prov- idence contributed $7500 which, together with funds raised by. the Providence Journal, was placed on deposit for this purpose.


The rumors of the Mexican mobilization persisted. The Hospital corps was reorganized as the Ambulance Company under Capt. Herbert H. Armington. The Naval Battalion made its cruise on the U. S. S. Kentucky. The chartered Com-


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mands were inspected and a rifle team was sent to Wakefield.


The Mexican situation became acute early in 1916 and the National Guard was being prepared for the expected mob- ilization.


From the First Division of the Naval Reserve Battalion, an aeronautic Section of twenty-three enlisted men under En- sign Thomas J. H. Pierce was detailed. Two aeroplanes were purchased, one a Sturtevant hydroaeroplane being assigned to the Naval Battalion and the other, a Curtis machine, was turned over to the National Guard.


In June, Lieut. Richard E. Byrd, Jr. was detailed by the Navy Department as Inspector-Instructor of the Naval Militia and the battalion made its annual cruise on the U. S. S. Vir- ginia.


The Aeronauticsection went into camp at Quonset Point where instruction and practice in flying were held.


A monster preparedness demonstration with parades and mass meetings occurred in which 54,000 men and women of the state took part.


A fourth troop of Cavalry, D, was organized, details from the three existing troops forming the nucleus of the new troop. Lieut. S. A. Hall of Troop B was assigned to command the new troop.


On June 18 at 9 A. M. orders were received directing Troops A, B, and C together with Battery A and the Ambu- lance Company to report at Quonset Point preparatory to en- training for El Paso, Texas. At 7:30 P. M. the three troops and the Ambulance Company were in camp. Battery A being on a road march reported on the following day.


The War Department has reported that but one other state exceeded the record of Rhode Island in complying with the mobilization call.


It has been said that no other state had its troops in the mobilization camp in so short a time after the receipt of the order and few if any reported so fully recruited and equipped.


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Later on Troop D was included in the mobilization order. Some delay resulted in equipping four troops from the material provided for three but in due time extra equipment was received and the four troops were mustered into Federal Service as a Squadron, Capt. J. J. Richards being commissioned as Major Commanding.


By this time Troop D unofficially adopted the letter "M" as its designation, upon the assumption that if the cavalry troops of New England were united as a regiment it would be the twelfth troop in the organization.


On Saturday, July 8th, 1916 the Squadron under Major Richards entrained at Davisville and arrived at Fort Bliss, Texas on July 14th where Battery A, Capt. E. S. Chaffee and the Ambulance Company, Capt. Herbert H. Armington had al- ready established camp on the Mesa at the foot of the Franklin range of mountains. Here on a desert of sand, cactus and sage brush, a program of the most intensive training was taken up. It is safe to say that no troops were ever called upon to perform more arduous work.


The troop commanders were Capt. Herbert A. Dean, Troop A; Capt. Charles H. Richards, Troop B; Capt. Charles Spratt, Troop C; and Capt. S. A. Hall, Troop M. Lieut. Davis G. Arnold was Squadron Adjutant and Lieut. Bertram H. Bax- ton, Medical Officer.


The Coast Artillery was sent to the bay forts for its an- nual tour of duty during the last two weeks in July and the Newport Artillery, recently equipped with U. S. Magazine rifles and furnished with new service uniforms, went into camp at Quonset Point for a week in October.


The chartered commands were inspected and showed a marked improvement over previous years.


Late in October the Cavalry, Battery A and the Ambu- lance Company returned to Quonset Point where they were mustered out of the Service. A civic and military "Welcome Home" parade was held in Providence to celebrate the return of the troops.


As a result of Federal Legislation passed in 1916 the Gov-


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ernment furnished each of the mounted organizations thirty- two horses for military use. Pending the construction of ad- ditional stables at the Armory of Mounted Commands the hors- es of Troops A and M were kept in a stable on Dodge Street while those of Troop C were quartered in a stable on James Street in Providence.


The Federal Pay Bill became law during the summer and under it the officers and men received pay for attendance at drill.


In December Lieut. Byrd received a Commission as Com- mander in the Rhode Island Naval Militia and was placed in charge of the battalion.


In 1917 rumors of war aroused great interest in the mil- itia of the State. Recruiting offices were opened on Weybosset Street and in the Central Fire Station. An additional Naval Division was formed in Providence and the AeronauticsSection was increased to a Division.


A Marine Company was formed and attached to the Naval Battalion. It was composed of members of the First Light In- fantry and a detachment of men from Scituate and vicinity. John H. Sadler was commissioned Captain of the Company. Battery A was expanded to a battalion of three batteries under the command of Major R. S. Hamilton. Additional companies of Coast Artillery were formed in Providence, Warren, and Bristol and a Dental Corps was made part of the National Guard.


The Chartered Commands were recruited to their full strength, the First Light Infantry having enrolled 500 officers and men under Col. William F. Flanagan.


In February the War Department requested that all im- portant bridges be guarded on main railroad lines and details from the Coast Artillery Companies were at once ordered out on that duty. They were later relieved by the cavalry troops.


On April 2nd a provisional battalion of Coast Artillery consisting of the 2nd, 5th, 12th and 15th Companies com- manded by Major Alexander Johnson was mustered into Fed-


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eral Service for bridge guard duty. This battalion continued on this work until July 3rd.


On April 6th war was declared and on the same day the Naval Battalion was ordered into Federal service. A crew of five officers and thirty four men was detailed to the "Aileen" under Lieut. Commander E. P. Gladding and the remainder of the battalion was sent to Boston where it was assigned to var- ious ships. The hydroaeroplane, together with its tender, was taken to Boston by the Aeronauticovision of the Battalion.


On April 8th the Newport Artillery took over the guard- ing of the railroad bridge at Tiverton, being relieved on June 28th.


On July 25th the mobilization order was received and the entire National Guard numbering about 3900 officers and men paraded in Providence. The mounted commands were sent at once to Quonset Point and the Coast Artillery was assembled at the various armories. In a short time that splendid corps, without doubt the largest and best organized and equipped body of troops ever created in the State was torn apart, scattered throughout New England and its identity as a Rhode Island or- ganization lost.


The headquarters with the 1st Band and Companies 3rd, 7th, 11th, 16th and 18th were sent to Ft. Wetherall; the 1st Company to Ft. Adams; the 6th, 14th and 15th to the Spring- field Arsenal; the 2nd Band and the 17th Company to Ft. Greble; the 4th and 5th Companies to Ft. Getty; the 19th to Ft. Rodman; the 8th and 12th Companies to Ft. Kearney; the 13th to Ft. Warren and the 2nd, 9th, 10th and 20th Compan- ies to Ft. Standish. The Cavalry remained a few weeks at Quon- set and then proceeded to Massachusetts. At Camp Bartlett, Westfield, Troops A and C became Machine Gun troops and Troop B was converted into the 101st Supply Train.


Troop M was sent to Camp Curtis Guild, Boxford, Mas- sachusetts, and became Headquarters Battery of the 103rd Field Artillery to which our Batteries A, B and C had been assigned. The Ambulance Company was sent to Niantic where it was redesignated as the 104th Ambulance Company.


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All of our mobile companies, reinforced by details from our Coast Artillery Companies, became part of the 26th Divis- ion and sailed for France during October. The Naval Battalion, with the exception of a crew on the "Aileen", was sent to Bos- ton where it was taken over by the Navy Department.


Upon the muster of the National Guard into the Federal service the Chartered Commands became the nucleus of a splendid State Guard regiment which performed militia service throughout the entire war and during the reorganization of the National Guard upon its return from Federal service.


This regiment was well organized and drilled, supplied with competent and experienced officers, and composed of 18 companies divided into five battalions. It was commanded by Col. Herbert Bliss.


The above history of Rhode Island's militia from its in- ception in 1638 to the time of its departure from the state for service during the World War is necessarily sketchy and abrid- ged but it endeavors to record every organization that served the colony or state and also every event of importance that tended to improve or make more efficient our military arm.


Mention may be made of the several veteran military or- ganizations that came into existence after the Civil War and took an active interest in the military and civic affairs of the State. Composed as they were of patriotic and prominent cit- izens these organizations were a great influence for good in their respective communities. Of these organizations The First Light Infantry Veteran Association, The United Train of Ar- tillery Veteran Association, The Bristol Artillery Veterans and the Slocum Light Guard Veteran Association are still active.


No attempt has been made to enumerate the many church and temperance cadet companies or drill organizations that sprang into existence at different periods, flourished for a while and disappeared. Among these however, we may recall as be- ing most prominent in their field The St. Michael's Cadets, later acquiring fame as the South Providence Cadets; The Olneyville Cadets; The Central Falls Cadets; The Emmet Cadets; Turo Guards; Grattan Cadets; Garde Richlieu and Garde Jacques Cartier.


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APPENDIX A.


ADJUTANTS GENERAL, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND


Archibald Crary 1779-1787


William Barton 1788-


George Waterman 1789-1790


Simeon Martin 1791-1792


Robert Rogers 1794-1797


Daniel Sheldon 1797-1799


Ebenezer Burrill 1799-1802


Samuel W. Brigham


1803-1810


Nathaniel Searle, Jr.


1810-1816


Louis Rousmaniere 1816-1819


Bernon Helme 1819-1821


Bennett H. Wheeler 1821-1822


Josiah Whitaker


1822-1823


Thomas F. Carpenter 1823-1826


Levi Haile 1826-1831


George S. Rathbone 1831-1834


Elisha R. Potter 1834-1837


Jesse S. Tourtellot


1837-1838


Nathan F. Dixon


1838-1839


Edward H. Hazard


1839-1840


Elisha Dyer, Jr.


1840-1845


Thomas A. Jenckes


1845-1856


Edward C. Mauran


1856-1875


Heber Le Fevre 1875-1878


C. Henry Barney 1878-1881


William W. Douglas


1882-


Elisha Dyer, Jr.


1882-1895


Hunter C. White 1895-


Frederic M. Sackett 1895-1911


Charles W. Abbott, Jr. 1911-1923


Henry De Witt Hamilton 1923-1924


John J. Richards 1924-1926


Arthur C. Cole 1926-


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INDEX


Page


Abolition of Brigade


86


Adjutants General of State


.97


Aeronautics in National Guard


.90


Alarm Companies


22


Armory of Mounted Commands


88


Army of Observation


21


Artillery Company of Town of Providence


.17


Barrington Volunteers


.53


Barton's Special Corps


27


Battalion of Light Artillery


66


Battery B, Field Artillery


.87


Bristol Colored Infantry


.62


Bristol Grenadiers


32


Bristol Light Dragoons


.33


Bristol Light Infantry


64


Bristol Neck Infantry


.53


Bristol Train of Artillery


30


Burnside National Guards


64


Burnside Zouaves


61


Burnside Zouaves


65


Burrillville and Glocester Cavalry


.36


Burrillville and Glocester Horse Company


49


Cadet Companies


95


Cadet Company of Providence


14


Captain General's Cavaliers


28


Cavalry Battalion


66


Charlestown Independents


29


City Guards of Providence


39


City Guards of Providence


50


Civil Guards


34


Col. Andrews' Regiment


16


Col. Harris' Regiment


15


Col. Harris' Regiment of 1759


17


Col. Hopkins' Regiment


16


Col. Irish's Regiment


23


Col. Malbone's Regiment 16


23


Col. Rose's Regiment


16


Col. Sayles' Regiment


24


Cotton Centenary 72


17


Coventry Rangers


29


Cranston Blues


29


Cranston Street Armory


86


Cumberland and Smithfield Dragoons


33


Cumberland Artillery


36


Cumberland Independent Rifles


34


Cumberland Light · Infantry


31


Detail of Officers to Texas and Kansas


87


Diamond Hillers (Dorr)


.49


Dorr's Invincibles (Dorr)


49


Ellsworth Phalanx 61


Emmett Guards 63


.37


Federal Blues


31


Field Days at Rifle Range


83


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.


64


Aquidneck Rifles


.


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Cumberland Volunteers


37


Fayette Rifle Corps


Col. Richmond's Regiment


County Regiment


INDEX


Page


Fifth Battalion


66


First and Second Newport Troops


16


First and Second Separate Companies


72


First and Second Regiments


72


First Battalion of Light Artillery 65


36


First Company Against the French 15


First Light Infantry, 2nd Regiment .36


First Light Infantry, 4th Regiment . 37


.39


First Militia Camp


.70


First Naval Reserve Company


72


First Naval Reserve Cruise


. 78


First Regiment of Militia


13


First Rifle Range


.71


First Rifle Team


69


First Woonsocket Artillery (Dorr)


45


Foster Artillery


38


Foster Safe Guards


.32


Glocester and Burrillville Safe Guards


38


Glocester Grenadiers


.30


Glocester Light Infantry


19


Glocester Volunteers (Dorr)


.49


Governor's Independent Company of Infantry


.31


Governor's Light Infantry


.30


Greene Artillery Company


.36


Greene Rifle Guards


37


Guards of Liberty


.60


Harmonious Reptiles (Dorr)


49


Hazard's Artillery


34


Hopkinton Rangers


32


Hospital Corps


74


Independent Cadets


31


Independent Company of Newport


16


Infantry Changed to Coast Artillery


86


Island and Mainland Troops


12


Island Troop of Horse


11


Jamestown Volunteers


.54


Johnston Guards, 14th Regiment


.43


Johnston Rangers


.30


Johnston Riflemen


.33


Johnston Savages (Dorr)


49


Kearney Cadets


65


Kearney Light Infantry


63


Kentish Artillery


31


Kentish Guards


19


Kentish Light Infantry


31


Kentish Troop of Horse


.30


King's County Troop of Horse


.14


Kingstown Rangers


29


Kingstown Reds .22


Light Horsemen, The


.54


Light Infantry Company of Providence


.18


Light Infantry Company of 1st Regiment .31


Lincoln Union Guards .65


32


Lonsdale Light Infantry


65


Little Compton Artillery


Machine Gun Battery 72


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First Cadet Company of 6th Regiment


First Light Infantry, 15th Regiment


INDEX


Page


Machine Gun Platoon


.71


Manville Light Infantry


. 43


Marine Corps of Artillery


32


Meagher Guards


63


Mechanics Rifles


.59


Mexican Border Mobilization


91


Middletown Volunteers


54


Militia of 1775


22


Militia of 1842


.42


Militia of 1843


.59


Militia of 1863


.62


Militia of 1866


.64


Mitchell Guards


63


Mobilization Order


94


Morgan Riflemen


.34


Narrangansett Guards


.43


Narragansett Guards


61


National Cadets


43


National Guard


61


Naval Reserve Battalion


76


New Federal Militia Law


82


Newport Artillery Company


14


Newport City Guards


64


Newport County Troop of Horse


15


Newport Guards


.30


Newport Independent Volunteers


.33


Newport Infantry


62


Newport Light Infantry


19


Newport Light Infantry 63


Newport Light Infantry (chartered)


64


Newport Traine Band


12


Newport Volunteers


14


Newport Watch Company


22


New Shoreham Heavy Artillery


62


North Kingstown Guards


.34


North Kingstown Rangers


29


North Kingstown Volunteers


.36


North Providence and Pawtucket Cavalry


64


North Providence Rangers


19


One Brigade


70


Pascoag Ripguts (Dorr)


49


Pawtucket and Central Falls Volunteers


55


Pawtucket Cavalry


62


Pawtucket Home Guard


61


Pawtucket Horse Guards


64


Pawtucket Light Battery


62


Pawtucket Light Guard


60


Pawtuxet Artillery Company


34


Pawtuxet Rangers


19


Pawtucket Street Car Strike


79


Perry Celebration


89


Pettiquamscutt's Infantry


61


Portsmouth Infantry


.33


Portsmouth Light Infantry


32


Portsmouth Traine Band


9


Preparations for War


93


President Roosevelt's Visit


82


President Taft's Visit


88


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INDEX


Page


Providence Brass Band


.45


Providence City Guards


60


Providence County Artillery


14


Providence Dragoons


30


Providence Fuseteers


19


Providence Grenadier Company


.18


Providence Horse Guards


.50


Providence Train of Artillery


19


Providence Traine Band


10


Providence Troop of Cavalry


86


Providence Troop of Horse


13


Providence Volunteers


14


Quonset Point Camp Ground


73


Ready Volunteers


31


Red Bank Infantry


61


Regimental Bands


73


Rhode Island Carbineers


.54


Rhode Island Guards


.59


Rhode Island Guards Battalion


. 64


Rhode Island Guards Regiment


.63


Rhode Island Horse Guards


.59


Rhode Island National Guard, The


85


Rumford Rifle Range


. 74


Sarsfield Guards


62


Sassafras Point Rifle Range


73


Scituate and Foster Riflemen


35


Scituate Guards


36


Scituate Hunters


19


Scituate Infantry


19


Scituate Rifles


61


Sea Fencibles


.34


Sea Fencibles of 1842


43


Second Company Against the French


.15


Second Light Infantry of Providence


.65


Second Light Infantry, 2nd Regiment


.37


Second Naval Reserve Company


.73


Second Regiment of Militia


.13


Seminary Guards


.63


Sheridan Guards


.63


Signal Corps


71


Slater Drill Corps


61


Slaterville Rifles


64


Slocum Light Guard


65


Smithfield and Cumberland Rangers


23


Smithfield Federal Protectors


30


Smithfield Grenadiers


29


Smithfield Grenadiers


.33


Smithfield Light Infantry


.34


Smithfield Rifle Club


.63


Smithfield Rifles


.34


Smithfield Union Guards


. 64


Sons of Liberty


.35


South Kingstown Artillery .25


Sprague Zouaves 61


Spragueville Light Infantry 63


Sullivan's Life Guards


26


Third Company Against the French


15


Third Light Infantry 37


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INDEX


Page


Third Naval Reserve Company


74


Third Regiment of Militia


14


Tiverton and Little Compton Dragoons


31


Tiverton Volunteers


.55


Tower Light Artillery


63


Tower Light Battery


65


Tower Light Infantry


.70


Traine Band of James Town


12


Traine Band of the Island


10


Traine Band of Kingstown


12


Traine Band of New Shoreham


13


Traine Band of Providence


11


Troop C


87


Two Additional Providence Regiments


18


Union Guards .


63


Union Guards of Providence


34


United Artillery of Kent


31


United Artillery of Warwick


31


United Company of Train of Artillery


65


Union Guards of Central Falls


. 64


United Independent Volunteers


31


U. S. S. Kanawha


.77


United Train of Artillery


.20


United Volunteers, 2nd Regiment


37


Updike's Newtown Rangers


23


Varnum's Brigade


24


Varnum Continentals


85


Varnum's Negro Regiment


26


Veteran Organizations


95


Volunteer and Provisional Military Companies


76


Volunteer Troop of Horse (Dorr)


45


Wakefield Cadets


43


War with Spain


.75


Ward Companies


61


Warren Artillery


43


Warren Infantry 62


.33


Warwick and Coventry Guards


33


Washington Artillery of 3rd Brigade


36


Washington Cadets


43


Washington Cavalry


30


Washington Continentals


61


Washington Grenadiers


37


Washington Guards 34


36


Washington Independent Company


29


Washington Light Infantry


30


Washington Light Infantry


.36


Washington Rifle Rangers


59


Washington Rifle Rangers


.37


Washington Rifle Corps, 2nd Regiment


38


West Conang Guards


61


West Greenwich and Coventry Infantry


31


West Greenwich Cadets


63


West Greenwich Patriots


.37


Westerly and Charlestown Artillery


15


Westerly Brass Band 66


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Westerly Infantry 57 . .


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Warren Light Infantry


Washington Guards of 8th Regiment


INDEX


Page


Westerly Rifles


.59


Wickford Pioneers


.43


Wolf Tone Guards


.72


Wood's Special Corps


65


Woonsocket Artillery


.62


Woonsocket Cavalry


Woonsocket Guards, 6th Regiment


43


Woonsocket Light Artillery


63


Woonsocket Rifles


.63


Woonsocket Volunteers


56


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WILLIAM EASTON LOUTTIT


PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND


1940 RHODE ISLAND'S EARLY


DEFENDERS AND THEIR


SUCCESSORS


BY BRIG. GEN. J. J.


RICHARDS


CHAPIN - TYSON





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