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' In the United Stites St'1tes St1tes States ' ' irmy 1rmy army , . , the'Dand the'Dandy the 'Dand Dand ' 'Dandi Dandi 'Dandy Dandy ' rirst rtrst Furst " where the officers oficers oficersand officersy ) ' ind 1ncI and troopers trooper : . v \ were .ere ere . ere to say sa } farc\\ farc farevv farewell farcell \ ell ellto ellto regimenta to their thClr hoises hOlses horses For ror this regiment regimentwas regimentwas a > was W'1S W1S ' to be "mechanized mechanized " , " thit th'1t th1t that ' Is IsUs Isits IsIts Us its membersvere members \ were \vere vere to replace their tradlUoo111 tradlthaa1 tradlthaa1mounts tradlUoo111mountc tracllllo.nlmounts tracllllonlmounts ) . mounts mountc : . , , the cavalry cavlllry chargers chnrger < ; , " with "tth tth links t'1nhs t1nhs tanks ' and andfast andfast andfast fast armored motor cars . . As S the column proceeded across ncross the parade paradeground paradeground paradeground ground , swung Into line and dismounted , a horsewns horsewas horse was wns led out to the 'front front ' and center ' ' positionof position positionof of honor He was 'Old Old ' Old Louie , ' , ' the oldest horse horseof horseof horseof of the regiment veteran of 28 23 yeirs ye'1rs ye1rs years ' of service serviceIn servicein serviceIn In every part of the country countrV ' and he " was "as as ar- ar arrayed arrayed ar arrayed - - rayed in funeni funenl funeral trippings tr'1pplngs tr1pplngs trappings ' to show the regiments regl reglment reglbent ment bent S sorrow at parting partmg from its four legged leggedcomrades leggedcomrades leggedcomrades leggedcomradesAt comrades comradesAt At the ceremon ceremony Col W A Austin , cornman comman cornmander commander commander der of the regiment , , voiced the feelings .of of * . of the theofficers theofficers theofficers officers and men when he sild 5'1ld 51ld sold ' Tomorrow 'Tomorro\\ 'Tomorro Tomorro 'Tomorrowe ' \ \ we webegin webegin webegin begin In earnest our preparations for thit th'1t th1t that ' change changewhIch changewhich changewhich whIch means farewell to the horse For 'Ot Ot lot [ ' almosta almost a century this l ( legiment regiment gllnent , which it has been our ourprivIJege ourprivilege ourprivilege privIJege privilege to serve with his h'1s h1s has ' contributed a con conspicuous consplcuous - splcuous spicuous part toward the securlt security , progress and andstabllfty andstability andstability stabllfty stability of the nation The First Plrst Dngoons Dr'1goons Dr1goons Dragoons ' came cameInto cameinto cameinto Into existence to meet tlie the rigorous demands demandsof of a grcit gre1t great emergency And ever since , durn during duringevery duringevery [ every crisis ind 1nd mnd ' danger dang-er dang er - confronting the countrythe country , the First civalry c'lmlrv clmlrv carairv ' his b'1s b1s hms ' ridden In the v'1ngnard v1ngnard vanguard v'1ngnardBnd vanguardand vingnardand ' Bnd and his h'1s h1s has ' been amongtIose among among- - those tI\ose tI ose \ 111-t 111 t flat flr " ' - t to render pro pro- protectIOn protection protection - - tection , defense and service sen Ice to the country country'No ' 'No No ' No other regiment In our army nrmy has such a awealth awealth awealth wealth of ot tradition , such an abundince abund'1Dce abund1Dce abundance ' of hon honorable honorable honorable orable , brilliant ' ichlevements 1che\"cments 1che "cments cments lclrievements [ \ " . . , We bid at atthIs atthis atthis thIs hour bour firewell f'1reell farewell f'1re\\ f'1re f1re ' \ ell to our fnthful 11thful faithful willing \ lllmg andnoble and andnoble andnoble noble compinlons comp'1nlons comp1nlons companions ' of march m'1neU\ m'1neU m1neU mineuver m'1neUer maneuver ' \ er and g'lr glr gar g'lrrlsonour garrisonour girnson ' rlson-our rlson our rison-our rison - - our beloved belo\"ed belo "ed ed \ " horses Patient PaUent silent sIJent , de dependable dependable dependable pendable comrades the they , ha\e ha e have \ carried cnrrled the stand standards standards standards ards of the First Dragoons through throug-h throug h - a century ofheroic of ofheroic ofheroic heroic hardships and enduring'lccompllshmente enduring enduring- - ' iccomplishments 'lccompllshmente lccompllshmente mccomplishments ; " It wis was " 1S a just tribute to a gillant g1llant gallant regiment for forus , as Colonel Austin slid s'lld slld said ' 'no no ' no other regiment reg-Iment reg Iment - haseuch ha has hassuch < ; snch such a weilth wC'llth wCllth wealth ' of tndltlon tr1dltfon tradition , such an 1bunc1nnc abundance ' ibundancpof abundanceof ( > of honorable , brillnnt brllh'lnt brllhlnt brilliant ' achievements achie\ements achie ements \ " Except B\cept B cept ' \ for forvarIous forvarious forvarious varIous looselv looceh loosely ; organised organIzed nngers r'wgers rwgers rangers ' ' tlie the Unltcel United UnltcelStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States irmy 'lrmy lrmy army ' hid h'1d h1d had ' no regulirly reguhrly regularly constituted caal caval caalry cavalry cavalry , ry arm of the ; service cer\"lce cer "lce lce \ " from froID the close of thf the theRevolution theRevolution ' Re\"olutlon Re "olutlon olutlon Revolution \ " to 1833 18.13 1813 1513 . In Mirch 'l'ltch lltch larch ' ] ' 3 of tha that t ye1r year ye1rthere yearthere yearthere . ' there was creited cre'1ted cre1ted created ' by an act of congress congrecs ; The TheUnited TheUnited TlieUnited United : ' States 'tates tates Regiment neglment of Diagoons Dwg-oons Dwg oons Dragoons - ' and nnd the the"Dmndv the"Dindv theDindv 'D'mdv Dmdv "Dmndv Dmndv ' " ' ' First rtrst ' ' trices tr1ces traces its history hl'ltorv hlltorv hlstorv ' in an nn unbrol.en unbrolen unbroken unbrol.enline unbrokenline unbrokenline . line back to that outfitThe outfitThe outfit outfitThe The nettle neIJ newly ne\\ ne \ IJ organized orl"dned orldned " [ ? regiment reg-Iment reg Iment - was org'1D1 org1D1 organized organizedand orgim/edand orgim edand ' / and concentrated first at Jefferson Barrifks Barr'1f'hs Barr1fhs Barracks ' ' , Mo MoIts MoIts MoIts Its first comminding comm'1ndIng comm1ndIng commanding ' officer was Co Col ] Henry Dodge HenryDodge , who resigned his hs [ commission commlcslon ; In 1S3G lq,1G lq1G 1836 , to tobecome tobecome tobecome become governor of Wisconsin The first regl regi reglmental regimental reglmental mental adjutant ndjuLmt " was "as as wns i 1 m ' voung young ' Mississippiin 'U'Islssppl'1n UIslssppl1n Mississippian ' [ ' fl fresh freshfrom ficshfrom esh eshfrom from West Nest PoInt Point , , named Lleut Llent Teffcrson Teffercon Tefferson ; D1VIs Davis D1VIsdestined Davisdestined Divisdestined destined for time 'lme lme fame ' as the first fir < ; t ind 'lnd lnd and ' only presidentof prcsldentof prcsldent president of the Confcdcnte Confeder'1te Confeder1te Confederate ' States 5L'1tes 5L1tes ' of AmericaAt AmericaAt America AmericaAt At that time Jefferson Barracks Barrachs was on the "frontler frontler "frontier frontier " the"frontier thefrontier the"frontler " ' of this countr country , } and the fh five e companies companiesof of dragoons first recruited ' \ were ere soon dlcp1tched dispatched dispitchedon dlcp1tchedon dispatchedon ; on the duty for which hleh were ere \ they \ were primarily prlmarflv primarlly cre cre- createdto created - . ated-to ated to ated - to suppress tribes of mar manuding mar'1udlng mar1udlng ' wdng ( Indians IndiansIn IndiansIn IndiansIn In October , 1833 1533 the the f1e flue f1\ f1 \ e companies compmles , under Colonel Col Colonel Colonel onel Dodge left Jefferson Barracks and set out for outtor outfor Camp Jackson Jachson , Arkansas Arhansa < ; territory There tbey they Therethey Theretbey thehostlles thehostles thehostiles spent the \ winter Inter , practically pracUcallv [ in n s sight [ ht of the hostles hostiles ] In June Juno , 1834 1814 after nfter h'1vin h1vin hiving hmving ' cuffered suffered cufferedmany sufferedmany : ; sufferedmany many hardships during theInter the \\Inter Inter winter \ \ \ Inter months monthc ; , the dragoons dragoonsere thedragoons \ were \\ere ere sere sent out on the Pawnee Pa\\'I'lee Pa 'I'lee Ilee \ ' expeell expedi expedltion expeelltlon expedition tlon tion onlyuntil the I 1 he command remained In the field onlyuntil onl only untll until September of thit th'1t th1t that ' year , but In that short shorttime time one fourth of the officers and nnd men died diedprlnclp'1lly diedprincipmlly diedprinclpilly prlnclp'1lly prlnclp1lly principmlly ' from feverror fe\ fe fever feer feverFor \ er error For ror the ( he ensuing n"ln nln ensuin ( > , " , \ winter sinter Inter , n-nt n nt piit p.aI paI . - t of the re regimentwas regimpnt regiment lmpnt lmpntwas was sent to Fort rort port Lea\emwrth Lea emwrth Leavenworth Leavens \ orth Kanhlle Kan , while \\hlle hlle chile \ the theremaImlu theremalndcr theremainder theremainderuit remaImlu remalndcr \\uit uit asst \ \ \ Lilt into Hlto the [ Indian radian country countn on the theright theright theright right bank banI . of the MlsSl Mississippi Missrsslppl slppl , near thp the mouth mouthof mouthof mouthof of the Des Momes Moines ' river Uhe 'lhe lhe 'the the following followlOg bUmmE'r bUmmEr summer ' , 1835 summer,1835 summer1835 , , the entire . command l.ommand lommand \ was vvas \ a ' ) kept In the held heldl.s heldits heldAs /l.s l.s its / . no engagements en agcmentb agement \ with Ith the Indlins Indl'1ns Indl1ns Indians ' are re recorded recorded recorded corded , it is probable that all an the mirchings mmrchings m'1rchln m1rchln ' c ; andcounter aM and aMcounter andcounter counter mirchlngs m'1rchlngs m1rchlngs mnrchings ' \ were sere ere done ! in n the Interest of ofexplor'1tion ofexplormton ofexplontlon explor'1tion explor1tion explormton ' ! of our outlying outl ) In6 in territory to the tbe west westof \ westof E ' < : t tof of the MIssissIppIThe MississippiThe Mississippi MississippiThe The whole yvtrole \ hole of the regiment regiments b sen service Ic.p Icp . from lb its itsorganization it&orginlzatlon itorginlzatlon & . org'1nlzatIon org1nlzatIon organization ' until the outbreak of the l\Ie\.lcan lIe.lcan l Ie .lcan lcan Mexican lIe.lcanwar Mexicanwar \ Mcvlcanwar \ . war In 1816as 1816 1SIG \ was \\as as vvas \ devoted to activities in the theMIddle theMiddle theMiddle MIddle Southwest South\\ South Southest'dternatey Southsest-mlternately Southsest mlternately \ est-'dternatey est 'dternatey dternatey - ilternatcly ' ] fighting fight1n Indiansand Indians Indiansand Indiansand and exploring explorIn6 explorln , thy the new tel tcirilory territory rltory Outst'1ndlog- Outst'1ndlog Outst1ndlog Outstmnding Outst'1ndlogevents Outstmndingevents Outstindingevents ' - events are arc recorded during those years eirs e'1rc e1rc ' ; . , notablE notablefor notablefor ' for the results accomplished \ without Ithout bloodshe bloodsheI bloodsheIand bloodsheland I Iand and for the tlJ ( sustiined sust'1lned sust1lned sustmiaed ' endunnce endur'1nce endur1nce endurmnce ' ind 'lnll lnll wind ' hardihooddisplayed hardlhooll hardihood hardlhoolldisplayed hardihooddisplayed displayed by the < : soldiers ollhers On May 'lay lay ' 38 18 . , IbJq isIS IbJqColonel isISColonel iysColonel , Colonel Keirnei he\rneJ he rneJ Lemrne3 ' \ , . , \ with vvilh \ Ith five companies , , left f'ort fort port portLeavenworth f'ortLe'nenworth ' FortLeivenworth Le'nenworth Lenenworth Leavenworth ' and set out for South Pass In the theRochv theRoekv theRocky Rochv Roekv mountains The command reached that thatpoint thatpoint thatpoint point . and ad "Id Id " returned rLtnrnell to its startin starting place bAu bv b\ b by \ Au Augnst August August gnst gust 24 of the sime S'lme Slme same ' Sear ; ) ear e.1r e1r . , ha\ ha having haIng \ Ing mirclied m'lrched mlrched marched ' 01 0\ 0 0er over overstrange \ er erstrange erstrange strange and genenllv gencnli\ gencnli generally gencnlihostile \ ' hostile territory , about2,000 about2000 about 2,000 2000 , miles in le Ic&s Ics less & b than 100 divs drays d'1) d1 draysIn divsIn ' ) s sIn In reporting upon the e expedition pelhtlon , Colon ColondRcarney ( 1 l 11.earney lKearney 1\.earney 1.earney 1 .earney earney Kearney \ . said : . 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' \1 1 \ t .1 1 . ili ili.3 . , /-.3 .3 / " , " . - . b 1 < ' bL , j M ' Ih-e Ih e The 'The - Old first rn-st rn st FiYSt - Cavalrijjnan Cavayqman Cavarl.jman Cavarljman Cavalrijjnane Cavarl.jmanQ ] . e i Q rapidity rnpldltJ of movement mo\'ement mo 'ement ement \ ' , and the s'1c"ft s1cft smc sic-lfices sic lfices ' - " ifices ces made madethe , the expedition is [ s supposed to be wholly whonv unprccedcnted un unprecedented unprecedented precedented ' Wlicther Whether or not it wis sms " 1S ' unpre unprecedente unprecedented unprccedented cedente cedented , Is not hno known " n It is howe\ howe however howeer \ er , worthv worthy worthvof worthyof worthyof of mention thit th'1t th1t that ' a n commind comm'1nd comm1nd command ' of C'l Cl cmvalrv civ ' \ dlr airy , , mo\"In- mo "In In moving mo"Inas movingas \ " : - as a hr lirge l'ire lire ' ? e bod body ) . , . muntilned m'1lDt'1nel1 m1lDt1nel1 mmintmined ' ' [ i ' \ i r\t r t rite rate ' \ < > of mirch m'1rch m1rch march ' of of20 20 O miles i 1 m ' day for so ] long on a periodIn period periodIn In the ' Mexican 'Ie'dcan Iedcan Medcan ' war the [ ' First 'Irst Irst Dragoons Dragoons- Dra Dragoonsthere Dragoonsthere oons- oons oonsthere - there hid h'ld hld hmd ' been a Second Regiment ne lment organized orgaDl7ed orgam7ed in1836 In In1836took In1836took 1836-took 1836 took - - took a n glorious part Complnics COmp'lDleS COmplDleS Companies ' A and D Dfou Dfought Efought fou fought ht \ with \ Ith T1\ T1 Tivlor T1lor Taylor \ lor in ( [ n his vigorous |