Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry / April 25-November 11, 1898

hich had been mustered in at Mt. Gretna. No comrades in arms remained to be drawn up in line to give the cavalrymen a parting cheer, but fully two hundred cottagers of the Chautauqua grounds were

ast good-by. Among those from whom the Troopers parted with sincere regret were T. Dawson Coleman and William T. Smith, President o

ner and Troopers T. Cadwalader, Goodman, Pemberton and Rogers being detailed to a

ed all sorts of games in progress-cards, checkers, dominoes and the like. The good story tellers of the various troops were the centre of laughing groups; many of the business men had their heads buried in the commercial page o

ley, had destroyed the fleet of Admiral Cervera during its attempt to escape from the harbor of Santiago. General Shafter's men were then pressing upon Santiago, and its surrende

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ary leaders would have deemed it possible to expect one. Spain's navy had proven no match for that of the United States, but her l

hings generally. But sentries had thoughtfully been placed by Lieutenant Browning at the doors of the City Troop cars, and this company's share in the demonstration was conducted through the windows. "Hazel," the goat presented to the Troop during its service at the time of the Hazelton riots, gravely surveyed the scene

awake, however, to chat for a time with the members of the horse detail. By half-past four the men aroused, and thirty minutes later reached the station at Dunn Loring, Va. A breakfast of milk and sandwiches was eaten on the train, and then the unloadi

re fortunate, an artesian well being within fifty feet of their camp. This, however, supplied the wants of the men only, the horses, at first,

menace the health of the camp, and twenty men from each troop were detailed by Captain Groome to police the woods, and at the end of the second day the grounds were comparatively clean, and the men were then called upon for t

ommissary, with the rank of captain. The new government carbines, saddles and spurs were also received and distri

. The universal verdict seemed to be that the new uniforms were not partic

n demand by the headquarters officers. Large details were required each day for

s command. The men gathered about the new comers in an admiring group, wondered how fast they could trot, what would happen if a Trooper twisted one of their tails, and just what they were good for anyway. Before the campaign w

aids were greatly appreciated, as up to this time there had been a constant struggle t

s of their own with their greys. A majority of the horses had contracted

he exception of the horse ridden by Sergeant Hart, which d

he early morning. Far away on one side of the camp a mule would raise his silvery voice to heaven; somewhere from the headquarter's mules would come an answering bray, and in a moment the chorus would resound throughout the camping grounds. At first the nove

turned over to the tender mercies of the headquarters guard, to be dealt with as military regulations direct. A private of a western regiment, who had evidently been in Washington, returned to camp about eleven o'clock this night. Aft

kept increasing daily, and the reputation for excellence in drill on the part of the squadron spread rapidly. The officers of all the commands in the camp were attracted by these reports, and the evolutions of the cavalrymen were frequently

oney, and then promptly turned the cash over to the Quartermaster. In the afternoon General Butler honored the Troopers