Colored Troops at Fort


This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Colored Troops at Fort

Text: Companies C and L of the Twenty-fifth U.S. infantry arrived yesterday morning to take temporary residence at the army post. They come from Fort Niobrara, Neb. The troops consist of colored men. They will remain at Fort Des Moines for about two months, or until arrival of the Eleventh U. S. Cavalry from the Philippines, and will then be transferred to some other point. J. D. Leach is captain of Co. C., and R. L. Bush is captain of Co. L. G.L. Chapman is lieutenant of the first and John Hay of the second company. There are 127 men.


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