Spanish-American War Roster - 3rd US Volunteer Cavalry This roster appears in Chapter LXXVII of "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904), pages 455-462 and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm CHAPTER LXXVII THIRD UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. The following is the complete roster of Grigsby's Cowboys, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, Spanish-American war, at the time of muster out, also including the profession and post office address of each man. Unless otherwise indicated, the post office address is in South Dakota Colonel, Melvin Grigsby. Lieutenant Colonel, Charles F. Lloyd. Major, Robert W. Stewart. Adjutant, Otto L, Sues. Quartermaster, Ralph W. Parliman. Chaplain, Galon S. Clevenger. TROOP A. Captain, Seth Bullock, stockman, Deadwood. First lieutenant, Myron E. Wells, engineer, Lincoln, Nebraska. Second Lieutenant, James E. Cusick, mine inspector, Lead City. First Sergeant, George T. Etter, engineer, Deadwood. Quartermaster Sergeant, James H. Corcoran, miner, Lead City. Sergeants, Michael McAylen, miner, Lead City; William A. Rankin, stockman, Deadwood; Merritt L. Day, mine superintendent, Deadwood; Con Sullivan, stockman, Lead City; Michael J. Mullen, stockman, Lead City; Charles Large, stockman, Deadwood. Corporals, Frederick Meikel, stockman, Terry; Morris S. Johnson, stockman, Deadwood; Joseph D. Wiggins, soldier, United States army; Horace Ross, miner, Lead City; Hugh D. Ford, miner, Lead City; Albert Smith, stockman, Deadwood; Peter L. Edholm, stockman, Deadwood; William Gibson, miner, Terry. Trumpeters, Joseph W. Languth, miner; Lead City; John H. Conway, miner, Terry. Farrier, Martin Gilligan, stockman, see remarks. Blacksmith, Andrew grower, blacksmith, Deadwood. Saddler, Sander H. Hecox, saddler, Deadwood. Wagoner, James E. Huston, stockman, on the range. Privates, Armstrong, Arthur C., cowboy, Deadwood; Anderson, Christian, soldier, Fort Meade; Anderson, Erie, miner, Terry; Atkins, Benjamin F., miner, Deadwood; Ballenger, Jesse E., miner, Terry; Bartlett, Frank A., cowboy, Crystal Lake, Minnesota; Bandry, William, miner, Terraville; Blaylock, Ulysses A., cowboy, MeAllister, Indian Territory; Blodgett, Eugene, miner, Lead City; Bransfield, William R., cowboy, Lafayette, Tennessee; Bray, Andrew N., druggist, Lead City; Brotherson, Thomas, cowboy, Dickinson, North Dakota; Carney, Louis, miner, Deadwood; Cafferty, Patrick H., miner, Lead City; Casner, Dwight, miner, Deadwood; Collins, Arthur L., cowboy, Deadwood; Cook, John W., cowboy, Terry; Denning, Alfred H., miner, Baltimore, Maryland; Demorest, Jesse B., miner, Deadwood; Domke, Charles, miner, New York, N. Y.; Farley, Thomas, miner, Terry; Finley, Archy R., miner, Pluma; Ford, Cornelius, miner, Lead City; Frizzle, William H., soldier, Deadwood; Fryrear, Frederick, miner, Deadwood; George, Edward, cowboy, Lead City; Gilson, Edward L., cowboy, Deadwood; Godberry, William R., soldier, Cuba; Green, Thomas J., cowboy, Deadwood; Hardacker, Guy V., miner, Terry; Harris, Martin L., miner, Angels, California; Hogan, Charles F., cowboy, on the range; Hunt; Benjamin R., cowboy, O'Neill, Nebraska; Huston, Francis C., cowboy, on the range; Kane John F., miner, Terry; Karcher, Charles C., Jr., soldier, Fort Meade; Kuhn, Jacob, cowboy, Havana, Cuba; Lott, Frank L., miner, Terry; Linnett, Large C., cook, Fort Meade; Maclaren, George A., miner, see remarks; McFarland, William J., editor, Deadwood; McMahon, Frederick W., miner, Lead City; McMichael, William, miner, Terry; Meraner, Frank, miner, Deadwood; Mitchell, Frederick C., cowboy, Belle Fourche: Moore, Holly H., miner, Lead City; Neber, Louis, cowboy, Omaha, Nebraska; Oliver, William J., miner, Hill City; Peterson, Carl, cowboy, Lead City; .Purvis, Ralph G., miner, Terry; Rainey, Philip M., miner, Deadwood; Rickel, Milton C., miner, Terry; Schneider, Fred W., cowboy, Scribner, Nebraska; Smith, Frank W., cowboy, Whitewood; Stewart, John T., cowboy, Whitewood; Sutterfield, Frank, cowboy, Terry; Wells, Royal S., engineer; Deadwood; Williams, William E., miner, see remarks; Williams, William R., cowboy, see remarks. REMARKS Captain Seth Bullock; mustered in three days after the troop upon special order from the secretary of war. First Lieutenant Myron E. Wells; on sick leave in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for thirty days by special orders from headquarters First Army Corps and Department of the Gulf, for disability contracted in the service and line of duty. Sergeant Merritt L. Day; originally mustered in as sergeant Troop A, promoted to regimental color sergeant July 20, 1898, per general orders No. 27, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; on sick furlough at muster- out of regiment. Farrier Martin Gilligan; died at Deadwood, South Dakota, shortly after muster-out, from fever contracted at Camp Thomas, Georgia, in service and line of duty. He was interred at Tecumseh, Nebraska. Private Chris. Anderson; re-enlisted in the United States army after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving in the First United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Corporal Joseph D. Wiggins; re-enlisted in the United States army after muster-out, and. is now serving with the Eight United States Cavalry in Cuba. Private Arthur L. Collins; discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability August 12, 1898, for disabilities contracted in service and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Private William R. Godberry; re-enlisted in the United States army after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the Eighth United States Cavalry in Cuba. Private Charles C. Karcher; re-enlisted in United States army after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the First United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Private Large C. Linnett; in the UnitedStates army after muster-out of volunteer service, and is now serving with the First United States Cavalry at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Private George MacLaren; died of typhoid fever in First Division Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, summer of 1898, and was interred at Humphreys, Nebraska. Private William E. Williams; discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability August 21, 1898, for disabilities contracted in service and line of duty at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Private William R. Williams; died of typhoid fever in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, after muster-out. He is interred at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. TROOP B. Captain John Foster, stockman, Chamberlain. First Lieutenant George B. Grigsby, lawyer, Sioux Falls. Second Lieutenant John N. Wright, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. First Sergeant John S. Wells, cowboy, Estherdale. Quartermaster Sergeant Peter Gardner, plumber, Sioux Falls. Sergeants, James S. Woods, farmer, Sioux Falls; John H. Kipp, Thirty-sixth United States Volunteer Infantry, Philippine Islands; George F. Petrie, railroad man, Sioux City, Iowa; Roy S. Avery, laundry man, Sioux Falls; John B. Benson, cowboy, Hotch City; Charles L. Wade, farmer, Flandreau; Thomas W. Wilkes, lawyer, Sioux Falls; Walter H. James, hotel keeper, Tyndall. Corporals, Montague A. Cass, photographer, Eldora, Colorado; Harry P. Bond, elevator man, Wentworth; Charles E. Spawn, cowboy, Armour; Thomas R. Marshall, farmer, Flandreau; Jacob A. Pritchard, lawyer, Smithland, Iowa; Frederick Jones, cowboy, Oacoma; William Rigney, First United States Infantry, Cuba; Michael F. Lawler, cowboy, Kimball. Trumpeters, Henry G. Gaskey, farmer, Winifred: Milton Douglass, clerk, Crow Creek; Patrick W. Murphy, soldier, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Farrier, David G. Dales, horseman, Sioux Falls. Blacksmith, Joseph Cloverdale, blacksmith, Elk Point. Saddler, Carl Wild, saddler, Bristol. Wagoner, Charles Conklin, horseman, Hurley. Privates, Daniel L. Anderson, lawyer, Elrod; Thomas J. Arrowsmith, farmer, Flandreau; Mads. Askson, farmer, Webster; Harry L. Barbour, farmer, Webster; Algernon J. Beach, clerk, Sioux Falls; Jacob Beecher, cowboy, St. Louis, Missouri; Luther W. Bills, printer, Woonsoeket; Harry T. Brown, printer, Sioux Falls; Arthur T. Bryant, cowboy, Sioux Falls; George L. Burr, cowboy, Chamberlain; George W. Byrnes, merchant, Beresford; Carl W. Carlson, cowboy, Pukwana; George L. Cease, cook, Webster; William F. Copelin, clerk, Sioux Falls; Augustus Creason, farmer, Morton, Missouri; Nicholas Engler, farmer, Bristol; Perry E. Erickson, farmer, Canton; Hans Fors, farmer, Brookings; Frederick J. Foster, cowboy, Clark; George E. Grimes, cowboy, Ellis; Emery F. Hardin, horseman, Ross, Iowa; Thomas W. Hicks, cowboy, Santee Agency, Nebraska; Charles H. Hill, horseman, Luverne, Minnesota; John N. Hollan, clerk, Wentworth; Clinton C. Jenkins, cowboy, Waubay; Samuel E. Johnson, cowboy, Henry; Elmer E. Kearney, cowboy, Chamberlain; Pearl R. Kelsey, lawyer, Mankato, Minnesota; John A. Knott, laborer, Bristol; Walter Knowles, laborer, Sioux Falls; John Law, farmer, Sioux Falls; William F. Lawler, cowboy, Kimball; William H. Lee, carpenter, Yankton; Roy Lovell, cowboy, Pukwana; Martin J. McCormick, farmer, Flandreau; Robert S. McDonald, proofreader, South Africa; William Mahaney, cook, Webster; Frederick W. Manson, clerk, Sioux Falls; James Mattison, cowboy, Sioux Falls; John McKeon, clerk, Sioux Falls, James E. Patten, publisher, Salem; Tobias Rodemaker, cowboy, Sioux Falls; Clark D. Sanders, publisher, Flandreau; Elmer E. Sanderson, cowboy, Sioux Falls; Clarence W. Spawn, cowboy, Brandt Lake; James L. Spawn, cowboy, Brandt Lake; Howard Squires, school teacher, Flandreau; Harry L. Stevens, cowboy, Crow Creek; Everett L. Stevens, cowboy, Crow Creek; Frank J. Suckey, photographer, Millerville, Minnesota; Charles Thompson, cowboy, Interior; Elmer Wager, cowboy, Pukwana, Thomas Waring, farmer, Ellis; Samuel Webb, liveryman, Mitchell; William E. Wilkes, actor, Sioux Falls; John L. Williams, cowboy, Sioux Falls. REMARKS. First Sergeant Pearl R. Kelsey; enrolled as first sergeant; reduced to duty sergeant per troop order, August 6, 1898; reduced to rank of private by his own request August 6, 1898. On sick furlough at time of muster-out of regiment. Sergeant Thomas W. Wilkes; enrolled as sergeant and served as such; on detail at regimental headquarters as postmaster from May 28 to July 11, 1898; sick in hospital with malarial poisoning and discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability on July 21, 1898. Sergeant James E. Patten; originally enrolled and mustered in as sergeant; reduced to private at his own request August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; furloughed August 25, 1898, on account of injuries contracted in the service and line of duty. Was on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment. Trumpeter Patrick W. Murphy; served as acting chief trumpeter of the regiment from muster-in to July 6, 1898; dishonorably discharged per special order No. 57, series of 1898, headquarters First Army Corps and Department of the Gulf, in pursuance with sentence of general court martial July 15, 1898. Sentence of court martial was disapproved and Murphy restored to duty by headquarters of the army subsequent to muster-out of regiment. Sergeant John H. Kipp; originally enrolled as corporal, and served on detail in office of regimental quartermaster and detailed as acting brigade quartermaster sergeant, First Cavalry Brigade; promoted sergeant July 25, 1898, per general orders No. 22, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; re-enlisted in Thirty-sixth United States Volunteer Infantry, and at present writing is serving as quartermaster sergeant of the said regiment. Sergeant George F. Petrie; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; promoted sergeant per general orders No. 22, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, July 25, 1898. Sergeant Walter H. James; originally mustered in as sergeant; honorably discharged August 15, 1898, upon surgeon's certificate of disability. Sergeant Roy S. Avery; originally enrolled and mustered in as corporal; promoted to sergeant August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Sergeant John B. Benson; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; appointed corporal July 29, 1898, per general orders No. 37, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and promoted sergeant August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Corporal Jacob A. Prichard; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; appointed corporal July 25, 1898, per general orders No. 32, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Corporal Frederick Jones; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; promoted corporal August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Corporal William Rigney; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; promoted corporal August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; was sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, at the time of muster-out of the regiment. Corporal Michael F. Lawler; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; promoted to corporal August 25, 1898, per general orders No. 58, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Blacksmith Joseph W. Coverdale; foot injured in service and line of duty. Trumpeter Milton Douglass; originally enrolled and mustered in as corporal; reduced to private at his own request July 29, 1898, and appointed trumpeter July 31, 1898, per troop orders. Wagoner Charles Conklin; originally enrolled and mustered in as private; promoted to troop wagoner per troop orders July 21, 1898; was sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, at muster-out of regiment. Private Mads Askson; was on sick furlough at time of muster-out of regiment. Private Harry L. Barbour; was on sick furlough at time of muster-out of regiment. Private Algernon J. Beach; was on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment, and died at Champion, Michigan, of disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, September 21, 1898. Private Luther W. Bills; originally enrolled and mustered in as corporal; reduced to private at his own request July 29, 1898, per general orders No. 37, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Private William F. Copelin; was present with the regiment at muster-out, after which he proceeded to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he died September 23, 1898. Private Thomas W. Hicks; originally enrolled and mustered in as sergeant; reduced to private at his own request and detailed as ambulance driver in regimental hospital corps, per special orders No. 62, July 23, 1898. Private George W. Byrnes; detailed as hospital attendant June 20, 1898, per special orders No. 1, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Private Clinton C. Jenkins; detailed as hospital attendant June 20, 1898, per special orders No 1, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Private John A. Knott; on sick furlough at the time regiment was mustered out. Origin not stated. Private Benjamin Mattison; deserted at Camp Thomas, Georgia, July 28; apprehended at Nashville, Tennessee, July 29, 1898, and returned to Camp Thomas, Georgia, under guard consisting of Sergeant Peter Gardner and Private John McKeon, and placed in confinement at the latter place August 1, 1898; was in confinement, awaiting trial for desertion, at the time regiment was mustered out. Private John McKeon; injured in the line of duty at Camp Thomas, Georgia, August 24, 1898. Private Tobias Rodemaker; appointed troop wagoner June 1, 1898, and returned to duty as private July 1, 1898; was on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment. Private Robert S. McDonald; honorably discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, August 18, 1898. Private John Law; honorably discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, August 16, 1898. Private Roy Lovell; honorably discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, August 15, 1898. Private Harry L. Stevens; sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, at the time of muster of regiment. Private Everett Stevens; originally mustered in as corporal Troop E, same regiment; transferred to Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, as private, June 9, 1898, per general orders No 14, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. On sick furlough at muster-out of regiment. Private Charles Thompson; originally enrolled and mustered in as wagoner same troop: returned to duty as private June 1, 1898, per troop ordered. Was on sick furlough at the time of mustering out of the regiment. Private Samuel Webb; injured in the line of duty. On sick furlough at the time of muster-out of the regiment. Private William E. Wilkes; honorably discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability. August 9, 1898. Private John L. Williams; sick in Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, at the time of muster-out of regiment. TROOP C. Captain, George E. Hair, merchant, Belle Fourche First Lieutenant, Rush Spencer Wells, United States Army, War Department. Second Lieutenant, Almond B. Wells, Jr, student, Fort Meade. First Sergeant, George W. Taylor, barber, Deadwood. Quartermaster Sergeant, Andrew Vogesser, farmer, Deadwood. Sergeants, Robert H. Nemitz, painter, Deadwood; Ulysses S. Griggs, civil engineer, Tama, Iowa; John H. Homer, lawyer, Deadwood; William B. Dwinnell, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Clarence S. Chase, cowboy, Belle Fourche; John W. Butcher, soldier, War Department. Corporals, Thomas Tully, miner, Deadwood; William H. Thompson, carpenter, Belle Fourche; William Doyle, brakeman, Deadwood; James W. Hilton, miner, Deadwood; Henry C. Reeds, miner, Deadwood; Frank E. Rochon, engineer, Deadwood; James McBride, cowboy, Deadwood; William A. Sherrill, cowboy, Belle Fourche Trumpeters, Chauncey Rickard, clerk, Deadwood; Harry T. Elliott, cowboy, Deadwood. Farrier, George P. Thayer, cowboy, Deadwood. Blacksmith, Charles Durematt, blacksmith, New York, New York. Saddler, George M. Nyce, cowboy, Eighth United States Cavalry. Wagoner, Ronald Bain, stage driver, quartermaster department, Cuba. Privates, Gideon Anderson, farmer, Deadwood; George R. Armstrong, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Rupert E Averill, miner, Belle Fourche; Harvey Babcock, miner, Deadwood; William R. Bebb, cowboy, Deadwood; Charles Burnett, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Edward Burton, cook, Deadwood; Dell Cabel, cowboy, Deadwood; Michael Connolly, miller, Deadwood; John W. Congleton, painter, Deadwood; Fred L. Curtaz, stage driver, Deadwood; Ellis Davies, miner, Deadwood; Noah Davis, stage driver, Deadwood; Stanley R. Dinnick, miner, Terry; John E. Doyle, carpenter, Deadwood; Artimus Edson, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Joseph Felt, fireman, Deadwood; Joseph Foley, miner, Deadwood; Orlando B. Giertz, cowboy, Belle Fourche; John Gollan, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Ernest Gray, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Vernon Harley, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Joseph W. Hedrick, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Frank W. Hogue, cowboy, Rapid City; Fred Hook, cowboy, Deadwood; Samuel Hoey, laborer, Deadwood; Charles R. Larrimer, clerk, Deadwood; Leon J. I,ibbey, cowboy, Belle Fourche; George Ludwig, miner, Terry; Theodore J. McConaughy, cowboy, Belle Fourche; William McCoy, miner, Deadwood; Allen Miller, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Isadore Molash, cowboy, Company I, Forty fifth United States Volunteer Infantry; Edward W. Moore, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Charles J. Moritz, printer, Deadwood; Irving J. Morrell, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Charles M. Morris, cowboy, Deadwood; Harry H. Miller, druggist, Deadwood; John H. O'Connor, miner, Deadwood; Michael P. O'Reilly, sailor, Deadwood; John Odgers, miner, New York, New York; Peter Off, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Peter Pearson, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Melvin Penn, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Henry Schipke, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Arthur J. Schultz, stage driver, Deadwood; E. John Smith, farmer, Deadwood; Harry Stevens, miner, Deadwood; Eugene L. Stillwell, cowboy, Deadwood; Frank S. Stillwell, stage driver, Deadwood; Robert H. Stofferson, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Andrew Stream, miner, Deadwood; Clifton B. Sylvester, cowboy, Belle Fourche; Jerry Sullivan, miner, Deadwood; Alfred E. Swanson, cowboy, Belle Fourche; James Ure, cowboy. Belle Fourche; Richard M. Waugh, miner, Deadwood; Leslie W. White, cowboy, Belle Fourche; James S. Wing, cowboy, Belle Fourche. REMARKS First Lieutenant Rush Spencer Wells; originally mustered in as first lieutenant Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; discharged July 12, 1898, to accept commission in the regular army. Second lieutenant Almon B. Wells, Jr.; sick at Chattanooga at muster-out of troop. Sergeant Michael O'Reilly; honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability August 17, 1898, on account of disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty. Sergeant William B. Dwinnell; on detail as clerk in the office of the regimental adjutant from June 20 to August 19, 1898; honorably discharged by order of the honorable secretary of war August 18, 1898. Sergeant Andrew Vogesser, on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Sergeant John W. Butcher; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered with troop. Blacksmith Charles Durematt; originally mustered in May 2, 1898, in Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry; transferred to Third United States Volunteer Cavalry at Camp Thomas, Georgia. Saddler George M. Nyce; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private George R. Armstrong; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Edward Burton; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Sergeant Clarence C. Chase; originally mustered in as private; promoted to corporal May 18, and sergeant same troop June 2, 1898. Trumpeter Harry T. Elliott; originally mustered in as corporal, reduced to private at his own request and made trumpeter. Private Joseph W. Hedrick; discharged on surgeon's certificate for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty, August 18, 1898. Private Fred Hook; absent sick in Leiter General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Leon J. Libbey; discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability August 18, 1898, for disabilities incurred in service and line of duty. Private Isadore Molash; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Trumpeter Chauncey Richard; absent sick in Sternberg General Hospital at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Henry Schipke; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private E. John Smith; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Eugene L. Stillwell; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Leslie W. White; absent on sick furlough at the time of muster-out of regiment; not mustered out with troop. Private Harry H. Miller; originally enrolled as private Troop C, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, promoted to regimental hospital steward May 31, 1898, and subsequently made chief steward of the regiment; discharged August 25, 1898, on surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty. TROOP D. Captain, John E. Hammon, stockman, Sturgis. First Lieutenant. David F. Conner, publisher, Sturgis. Second Lieutenant, Walter L. Anderson, lawyer, Lincoln, Nebraska. First Sergeant, William N. Ray, soldier, Manila, Philippine Islands. Quartermaster Sergeant, Edward C. Steele, miner, Lead City. Sergeants, George F. Von Ostermann, clerk, San Juan, Porto Rico; Franklin M. Jones, farmer, Fort Meade; Elmer C. Parker, cowboy, Sturgis; George Cassells, cowboy, see remarks; Bernhard Sturtmer, cowboy, on the range; George D. Hammon, soldier, Fort Yellowstone, Montana. Corporals, Charles C. Kohrdt, blacksmith, Helena, Montana; Ray Mayhew, soldier, Fort Meade; Daniel Trazivick, cowboy, San Juan, Philippine Islands; William J. Stewart, miner, Terry; Columbus Bessant, cowboy, on the range; Frank E. Drake, cowboy, Hot Springs; John Watkins, cowboy, Deadwood. Trumpeters, John E. Hammon, soldier, Fort Meade; George C. Ebersole, saddler, Lead City. Farrier, Charles W. Ranger, miner, Hot Springs. Blacksmith, Charles W. Billups, blacksmith, Hot Springs. Saddler, Theopile Bonneau, saddler, Lead City. Wagoner, Lawrence H. Sargent, soldier, Fort Meade. Privates. Lars Aaberg, cowboy, Terraville; William Armstrong, miner, Terraville; Christian Bahler, cowboy, see remarks; William A. Baird, cowboy. Sturgis; Marcellus A. Blalock, miner, Sturgis; George Burk, cowboy, Sturgis; James Cady, jockey, Rapid City; Emil J. Casteau, miner, Deadwood; Jack Cranshaw, cowboy, Sturgis; Clarence Dangler, miner, Lead City; Charles Eadie, soldier, Fort Meade; John T. Eliason, miner, Hudson; Frank Ettinger, miner, Deadwood; Charles L. Fish, soldier, Sturgis; John Fordyee, cowboy, Lead City; Joseph Grinnell, cowboy, Lead City; Fdward W. Hausehild, cowboy, Sturgis; David T. Henry, electrician, Lead City; Josef Holzer, miner, Lead City; Joseph F. Jaques, soldier, Lead City; Carl L. Johnson, soldier, Sturgis; Thomas Johanson, soldier, Sturgis; Walli Karki, soldier, Lead City; Augustus Kaun, soldier, Sturgis; Samuel Kelly, soldier Lead City; James L. King, soldier, Sturgis; Charles Ludwig, cowboy, Lead City; James Mansfield, farmer, Terry; Charles Means, cowboy, Sturgis; Frederick Miller, farmer, Sturgis; Thomas Olson, laborer, Sturgis; Messick Parry, miner, Lead City; Nicholas Parsons, soldier, Sturgis; Charles Phillips, cook, Lytle, Georgia; Herman Rau, stone cutter, Deadwood; Ernest Reed, cook, Sturgis; George F. Robinson, miner, Deadwood; George R. Saunders, miner, Deadwood; James M. Skane, farmer, Sturgis; Arthur Schaffer, miner, Sturgis; Charles Schneff, miner, Two Bit; Frederick Schwender, stone cutter, Deadwood; Roy N. Skutt, cowboy, Terry; Edward Spence, cowboy, Sturgis; John Sommers, cowboy, Lead City; Henry Stephan, miner, Sturgis; William Stout, miner, Sturgis; John P. Summay, clerk, Sturgis; Frederick Teasdale, farmer, Sturgis; George Thain, miner, Lead City; John Thorrell, farmer, Sturgis; Absalom Tribbett, saddler, Deadwood; Ubertram Underhill, cowboy, Hot Springs; Charles C. Voree, cowboy, Terry; Frederick Wales, cowboy, Terry; Elijah Waldron, cowboy, Deadwood; James P. Whitehead, cowboy, Deadwood; George H. Wilson, cowboy, Portland; James W. Yates, soldier, see remarks. REMARKS. Captain John E. Hammon; served in transportation department, United States quartermaster's department, in Havana and Puerto Principe, Cuba, from muster- out, September 8, 1898, to September 11, 1899. First Lieutenant David F. Connor; detailed as acting regimental adjutant from June 2 to August 22, 1898, when relieved on account of sickness contracted in the service and line of duty. Second Lieutenant Walter L. Anderson; detailed as-adjutant first squadron August 5, 1898, in which position he served until muster-out September 8, 1898. First Sergeant William N. Ray; re-enlisted in United States hospital service, and is now serving on United States "Hospital Ship Relief," and stationed at Manila, Philippine Islands. Sergeant George F. Von Osterman; entered United States service at Porto Rico after muster-out, and is now clerk in civil department at San Juan, Porto Rico. Sergeant Clarence Dangler; originally mustered in as second duty sergeant, reduced to the rank of private August 19, 1898, per general orders No. 52, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, On detail from June 2 to June 28, 1898, as acting brigade commissary sergeant. Sergeant George Cassells; drowned in British Columbia July, 1899, place of interment not known. Sergeant George D. Hammon; originally mustered in as first corporal, promoted to sergeant August 19, 1898, per general orders No. 52, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, vice Dangler reduced; re-enlisted in First United States Cavalry (Troop M), and is now serving at Fort Yellowstone, Montana. Corporal Daniel Trazivick; re-enlisted in United States service after muster-out, and is now keeper of a castle at San Juan, Porto Rico. Corporal John Watkins; originally mustered in as private; promoted to corporal August 19, 1898, per general orders No. 52, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, vice Hammon promoted. Corporal Ray Mayhew; re-enlisted in First United States Cavalry, in which regiment he is now serving as sergeant of Troop G, at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Trumpeter George C. Ebersole; detailed in regimental band August 1, 1898, in which he served until muster-out with his troop, September 8, 1898. Wagoner Lawrence H. Sargent; re-enlisted in Troop I, First United States Cavalry, and is now serving with his troop at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Private Charles Eadie; re-enlisted in Troop G, First United States Cavalry, and is now serving with his troop at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Private Charles W. Yates; died of accidental gunshot wound October 10, 1898, at Long Pine, Nebraska, while serving in First United States Cavalry. Is interred at Fort Robinson, Nebraska Trumpeter John E. Hammon, Jr.; appointed chief trumpeter from trumpeter Troop D, July 6, 1898, per general orders No. 22, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Transferred to Troop D as private July 20, 1898, per general orders No. 27, headquarters Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, and re-appointed trumpeter Troop D. Re-enlisted in First United States Cavalry, and is now serving in the band of that regiment at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Private Joseph F. Jaques; re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Carl L. Johnson, re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Thomas Johanson; re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Walli Karki; re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Augustus Kaun; re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Samuel Kelly; re-enlisted, present service not known, Private James L. King; re-enlisted, present service not known. Private Nicholas Parsons, re-enlisted, present service not known. TROOP E. Captain, Joseph B. Binder, stockman, Pierre. First Lieutenant, John W. Laughlin, stockman, Pierre. Second Lieutenant, Lowell G. Fuller, hotel keeper, Huron. First Sergeants, Frank Ball, soldier, Lead City; Wesley T. Stafford, lawyer, Sioux City, Iowa. Quartermaster Sergeant, Harrie Grant, cowboy, Fielder. Sergeants, John P. Purcell, cowboy, Pierre; John W. Murphy, cowboy, Blunt; John Ketelson, cowboy, Huron; George E. Seelye, cowboy, East Pierre; William De Witt, cowboy, Highmore; Harland Stafford, cowboy, Huron. Corporals, Clifford E. Bradley, laborer, Rock Rapids, Iowa; Thomas K. Ludlow, engineer, Sioux Falls; Carlos E. Hensley, cowboy, Frankfort; Richard W. Seiffert, brick-mason, Pierre; Robert Coleman, cowboy, Okobojo; Robert W. Lumley, cowboy, East Pierre; William A. Cleland, cowboy, Huron; William J. Wagenknight, lawyer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Trumpeters, Carl S. McCoy, cowboy, Faulkton; Sim Goddard, cowboy, Shiloh. Farrier, William B. Wolfe, cowboy, Lampassas, Texas. Blacksmith, Charles H. Croome, horseshoer, Pierre. Wagoner, John C. Connor, cowboy, Pierre. Saddler, Irving Pritchard, saddler, Wesley. Privates, William Arnold, cowboy, Blunt; John E. Batchelder, merchant, Armour; William L. Beyer, cowboy, Onida; Drew P. Blymyer, engraver, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Avry A. Brown, farmer, Pierre; Earl E. Boyden, carpenter, Hermosa; De Witt S. Burnett, teacher, Pierre; Arthur L. Carney, eleetrician, Rock Rapids, Iowa; Albert S. Clouse, cowboy, Miller; John A. Grim, farmer, Pierre; Charles W. Cook, cowboy, Hawley; Elmer Dunning, laborer, Yankton; Raymond Dunning, cowboy, Armour; Anthony S. Fouch, cowboy, Pierre; Arthur F. France, cowboy, Sioux Falls; Harry L. Gebhart, cowboy, Pierre; Martin Giblin, cowboy, Webster; Henry H. Gregg, cowboy, Blunt; Walter K. Haas, cowboy, Pierre; Clement P. Hagan, laborer, Waterloo, Iowa; William L. Hagler, veterinary, Armour; Luther P. Hanscom, cowboy, Pierre; Walter L. Harmon, cowboy, United States Army; Henry Hemphill, cowboy, Kimball; Ernest G. Hodgeson, cowboy, Huron; Levi M. Hoisington, cowboy, Pierre; John C. Hostetter, carpenter, Pierre; Amos C. Johnson, barber, Rock Rapids, Iowa; Myrt J. King, stage driver, Pierre; Ernest G. Kleinschmidt, stockman, Blunt; Burt Lanning, merchant, Yankton; Herbert F. Lawrence, cowboy, see remarks; William Lewis, cowboy, Blunt; Samuel J. Loomis, laborer, Pipestone, Minnesota; Walter A. Luce, cowboy, Pierre; Charles R. McMartin, cowboy, Okobojo; Scott E. McKean, cowboy, Fielder; Arthur G. Nickerson, jockey, Pierre; John P. Nelson, cowboy, Pierre; Bernard J. O'Donnell, cowboy, Harold; Fred A. Parkhurst, farmer, Miller; Algernon A. Plunkette, cowboy, Faulkton; Francis R. Pyle, cowboy, Highmore; Frank A. Porter, cowboy, Fort Bennett; William E. Riley, cowboy, Blunt; William Ritchie, farmer, Pierre; Herman G. Rohweder, laborer, Goodwin; Peter C. Saffell, cowboy, Fielder; Carl Skogstad, farmer, Flandreau; Richard C. Spaulding, drayman, Armour; Charles T. Stanage, driver, Yankton; Everett G. Stevens, cowboy, Crow Creek; Oren Strevel, stockman, Faulkton; Elmer U. Tempelton, farmer, Pierre, William F. Toothaker cowboy, Blunt; Wilbur C. Trask, saddler, Elrod, William Tucker, cowboy, Pierre; Howard G. Urquhart, laborer, Huron; Elbert C. Vilas, saddler, Clark; Charles R. Waldrip, farmer, Huron; Walter J. Wilcox, cowboy, Cheyenne Agency; Emory G. Woodring, cowboy, Pierre. REMARKS. Captain Robert W. Stewart; originally mustered in as captain Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 15, 1898. Promoted to major same regiment May 18, 1898. Captain Joseph B. Binder; originally mustered in as first lieutenant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry May 15; promoted to captain same troop May 18, 1898. First Lieutenant John W. Laughlin; originally mustered in as second lieutenant Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, May 15; promoted to first lieutenant same troop May 18, 1898. Second Lieutenant Lowell G. Fuller; originally mustered in as first sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry May 15; promoted to second lieutenant same troop May-18, 1898; detailed a adjutant second squadron July 12, and served as such until muster-out. On detail as canteen officer from May 30, 1898, to September 8, 1898. First Sergeant Wesley T. Stafford; originally mustered in as quartermaster sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to first sergeant same troop May 18, 1898. Promoted to regimental sergeant major July 7, 1898. First Sergeant Frank Ball; originally mustered in as sergeant Troop D, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to sergeant major same regiment May 30, 1898. Transferred to first sergeant Troop E, same regiment, July 7, 1898. Sergeant Harrie Grant; originally mustered in as sergeant Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry; promoted to quartermaster sergeant, same company, May 18, 1898. Sergeant John W. Murphy; on detached service From August 1 to September 3, 1898, as sergeant in charge of regimental band. Sergeant Harland Stafford; originally mustered in as corporal; promoted to sergeant May 18, 1898. Acting sergeant major Second Squadron July 7, to September 8, 1898 Corporal William J. Wagenknight; enlisted at Camp Thomas, Georgia, June 15, and promoted corporal, same troop, E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry. Trumpeter Carl S. McCoy; on detail in regimental band as first cornet from August 1 to September 8, 1898. Private Ernest G. Hodgeson; enlisted in Troop E, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Thomas, Georgia, June 21, 1898. Private Herbert F. Lawrence; died June 13, 1898, at Leiter Hospital, Camp Thomas, Georgia, of typhoid fever contracted in service and line of duty. Private Everett G. Stevens; transferred to Troop B, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, June 25, 1898. Private Wilbur C. Trask; originally mustered in as private Troop E; promoted to regimental saddler sergeant, per general orders No. 5, May 31, 1898. Wagoner John C. Connor; originally mustered in as private and appointed wagoner, per troop orders. Discharged August 21, 1898, on surgeon's certificate of disability, for disabilities contracted in the service and line of duty. Private William L. Hagler; detailed as regimental veterinary surgeon May 30, 1898, and so served until July 13, 1898; detailed in regimental hospital as nurse August 1, 1898, and served as such until muster-out September 8, 1898.