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History of the Troop B (former Sacramento Light Artillery), 1 st Squadron of Cavalry, National Guard of California 1911-1917 This history was completed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction with the California National Guard and the California State Library. Digitized by the History Office, Camp San Luis Obispo, 6 January 2015

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History of the Troop B (former Sacramento Light Artillery), 1st

Squadron of Cavalry, National Guard of California 1911-1917

This history was completed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction with the

California National Guard and the California State Library.

Digitized by the History Office, Camp San Luis Obispo, 6 January 2015

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Troop B, Fir -.: t Squ dron or Cavalry (ror erlY. Sacramento L' >-.,t Art,iU.ery) R~ference: Adjutant G neral's F les Location: Sacrar.:ent o, ·sacramento County

Organized October 7, 1864 Reonstltuted Mar ch ~:..9, :.880* Reconstituted July 1, 1893** Reconstituted July 2.-~ , 1695 :.tustered into Federal Servi.ce May 10, 1898****

ustered out of Federal Service February 3, 1899 ***** Reorganized as Troop B Cavalry May 4, 1899****** Assigned A'lgust 15, 1905nwun Redesignated July 31, 1908t Reconstituted May l, 1911•• Uuatered out Se te ber 21, 1912• ...

Reorganised and mus ' ered in January 17, 1913 ....... llustered into Federal Service June 2E, 716 .........

ust ered out of federal Service November 17, 1916• tuu Resumption of Service in the National Guard 1916+... .. ..... flus t ered into Federal Service Au. ust 22, l917u .... ...

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*Sacramento Light Artillery, redes~gnated Battery B, First Artillery Regiment Fourth Brigade March 19, 1890. Adjutant General Report 1830. Special Order No. l9, . a e 76.

**Light Battery B, Fi rst Artillery Regl rrent, redesignated Light Battery B, unattached Fourth Brigade July 1, 1893. Adjutant General Report 1893-1894. General Order Io. 7, pa~e 96.

***Light Battery B, redesignated Tro.:>p B Cavalry, Third Bri "ade July 23, 1895 • .ldjutent General Report 1895-189(. General Order No. 11, pa;e 76.

****Troop B Cavalry redesibnated Battery C, Hea y Artillery and musteredinto Federal Service during the Spanish-imerican War, llay 10, 1!3;;5 . Adjutant General Report 1896-1898, page 8.

*****Adjutant General Report 1899-1900, pa e 5. uunBattery C Hc•avy Artillery reentered the Nat ional Cuard as Troop B Cavalry ll.ay 4, 1899.

Adjutant General Report 1899-1900, r age 59. •••••••Troop B Cavalry, Third Brig~de •~signed to the First Squadron of Cavalry and designated

Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry August 15, 1~05. Adjutant General Rerort 1906, e 3.

•Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry redesignated Troop B Cavalry unattached Second Brigade, When Headqaarter s First Squadron of Cavalry ceased to exist July 31, 1901. General and Snecial Orders and Circulars 1908, General Order No. 15 •

.._Troop B 6avalry redesipnated Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry May 1, 1911. G~neral and Special Orders and Circulars 1911. s~ecial Ord r So. 5, page 3 •

...... Adjutant General Report 1910-1914, pa: e 9 • ........ A new com':"'any organized in Sacra:;ento and designated Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry

January 17, 1913. · •djutant Gen6ral Rerort 1910-1914, ~age

......_Troop B as part of the First Squadron of Cavalry musLered into Federal Service f or duty on the Mexican Border June 2E, 1916. Adjutant General Report 1914-1920, page 1£.

ttttteAdjutant General Report 1914-1920, rage 1~. ~•••••tGeneral and Special Order s and Bulletins 1916, General Orders No. 34, page 150. IIIIIJITroop B, First Squadron Cavalry mustered in+o F~deral Service. !or duty during the

orld War August 22, 1917. Return, Troop B, First Squadron Cavalry, August, 1917. Adjutant General Files. ·

{Troop B, served as a un tt of the 145th Mac~·line Gun Batta .. ion, L.Oth Divisi on DuriM the ·--orld War) Adjutant General Report 191!..-1920, va ·e 22.

Activities:

Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry staticned in Sac·ramento, was formerly Troop B Cavalry unattached Third Br.igade . On August 1..-, 1905, in accordance Yli th Sections 1927 and 1933, Political Co, e, Troops A, B, C and D were organized into a Squadron, known an~ designated as the First Squadron of Cavalry with Troop B retaining the same designating letter. Captain Sanuel Kay -of Troop B, ~-ttached; Third Brigade, was elected Major to command the ne\Jly

organized Squadron, ru1d his place as co~~~nding officer of Troop . B was filled by Captain 0. J. Boden.

Troop B in order to maintain a high standard of military efficiency attended many encampments which s.re as follov;s

,{onth Plac June 16 - 25 Santa Cruz Oct. 4 - 15 Atascadero Oct. 1 - 15 Atascadero

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On Jtme 16, 1907, Troop B left 3acramento for Santa Cr Southern Pacific Railroad. Troop B arrived at Pajaro June sixteent~., ""here they v;ent into camp to await the their horses. ...he horses arrived at 5:00 P.D. of the

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the Colonel ~jutant and an orderly o£ the Fifth Infantry National Guard of Ca.lifornia1prisoners. 10:15 A. M. order s were received by motorcycle messenger to return to Coyote reconnoitering Sum­mit Road. At llt30 ·A.M~ the Advance Guard captured the Lieutenant-Colonel and two motinted scouts of the Fifth infantry National Guard of California. o other hostile troops were seen and the

the Cavalry returne~ to Coyote via Swamp Road arriving at ~:00 P.M. Escort wagons had returned direct from !!organ Hill and under the dil'ecti<m of Quartermaster-Commissary had estab­l~shed the camp.

"Red" Army reported advancing on Coyote and aacounter expected. Tropps ordered to take assigned posit.Lons 1n field at 5:00 A.M. Troop B was orqered to advance from the right flank and to gain contact with the Red Army reporting streng th and position to Brigade Commander. The Cavalry advance came in contact with t he enemy on the divide crossed by the road leading west from Coyote and about seven miles distant therefrom • It was learned from a mounted scout captured by t he a­dvance party t ha t they had come in con­tact with the Red Cavalry supported by. the Seventh Infantry National Guard of California of the Red Army which informa­tion was immediately reported to Brigade Commander. Troop B maintained their pos­ition for approximately thirty mi.nutes., but as the line of infantry gained the crest of tbe hill~the troop gradually retired and made a detour to the right and rear, a~o ~nd the hill to observe and if possible obs~ruct any further flanking move~ent. At 2:30 P.M. the Red Cavalry was seen dismounted making their way up a long steep slope to the north-east of the position held by Troop B. In ascending this slope the Red Cacalry was open to the fire of Troop B for about twenty minutes. At

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The movements of the Gu£rdsmen were closely watched by .many of the strikers, but no overtac~were Pttempted. That .night the streets ere patrolled by the soldiers~tn every person was closely scur~

tinized and questioned regarding his business abroad after night fall. Adjutant-General J'. B. Lauck 2t once established a censor­ship over all messages which were sent out over the wire , but this as speedily taken off upon the protests of the newspaper corres.­ondents. The General explained the reason for the censorship, by

declarLTl.g that an erz·oneous report to the effect that the to111n was under martial law had been sent out and he wished to orevent such misstatements. J..he tov.n was not as yet under martial-law and would not be unless Sheriff Charles F. Howard declared hi_s inability to contrOl the situation and requested General Lauck to take charge. The soldiers were merely there accor-ding to the Sheri:...!') to assist him and his deputies in maintaining order and preservinb the peace.*

By J\.Ule eighth*many of. the Italian striker·s had drawn their money from the companys bank and left the camp. A very few intended to

emain at the old wage schedule. Two hundr-ed and ninty men owning cabins ·were paid for their labor on th~ buildings, and a committee

as appointed to app1·aise their value. President Queale of the cCloud River Lumber Compeny, said the cabins would be torn dovm s the company did no intend to employ Italians again.** On th~

night of Jtme eighth Sheriff Howard notifi.ed General Lauck he ould no longer need the soldiers, und the following morning Troop

D returned to Sacramento.

On ,July 4, 1910,. Troop B pa:cticipa~ed in the Independence Day parade held in Sacramento . The line of march wcs ... ro:n l'~t:· t-.~ J street, doli'n that thoroug'hfarc to 2nd and thence to K, up K ·to 9th on 9th to L east on L to 16th and counte1-mar·cc t, ~ .;th an,.;., ll ..;t .. t. t, where it was disbanded.***

Troop B·was redesignated Troop B, First Squadron of Cavalry on ay 1, 1911, vrhen Headquarters Firnt Squadron or Cavalry that. had

been disco.ntinued in 1908, Vias r·Eorganized and mustered into nervic-..

ive ~months later· on Octo'Ler 21, 1911, Troop B part .... ci~~aterl in tne Geeater Sacramento annexat.:..on Jubilee celebration c:.nd parade •

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**Courrier·· It'ree Press, Redding June 8, 1909, page 1, column 3.

***Sacramento Union July 5, 1910, p , column 1.

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Troop ti and companies A, E, F ,G and I, ~econd Infantry were ordered to assemble at the State armory in Sacramento; These organizat i ons fell in under arms, ready to take action at a moments. notice. For­tunately, the&e companies did not have to be useu cs the civil authorities ty the free use of pick h<mdles ·and oth3r clubs and the hose from the city fire department, routed the invaders · anct made it unnecessary for the militia· to intervene. The troops were retained at the armory from six to ten days , until 'the civil authorities ~ere satisfied that there was apparently no cause to fear further trouble.

Troop B on ;Tune 20, 1915, attended the funeral of Adjutant~General. • A. Forbes , in San Francisco. The .t;.t.meral was the ' largest of it

kind held in t.fie ci~rrfor~_u.ears;a4d ~zittracted throngs, who followed the _cortege on its mArc~rrom ·~ative Sons _ Hall to the State Armory. Following the servlc~_s, ,the rcor,tege '·'hea~ed ~by Governor H. w. Johnson and, staff moved ~~o'-'11tb.e , ·st?g¢t. ' · H¥re mtisTd ... was rendered by the Naval. ilit1a Band, the -• parade. :«as ~ rorme~ and the slow march was beg

down Mason Street and out Y'arket . Throngs lined the sidewalks, b ing their heads and street , car and vehicle traffic was suspended. The funeral march continued out Market Street to Valencia along Valencia to 14t-h and thence to the State Armory. ~fue body was the taken from the armory to lloly Cross Cemetary where Father Joseph P. McQuaide reci te~l the final preyers.*

Troop B on June 26, 1916, was mustered into the service of the United States at Sacramento, for duty on the Mexican border. On June twenty-eighth Troop B entrained for Nogales Arizona arriving there July sacond. Troop B did not engage in active service, but did only gu~rd and patrol duty along the border until October twenty. sixth ,then they entrained for Los Angeles. Gpon arrival in Los ngeles Troop .b went into camp at l:ixposition Park where they remained til November 17,1916, when the troop ·was mustered out of Federal v

ervice.

Nine mon~hs later on August 5, 1917, Troop B as part of the First Squadron of Cavalry y;as again called into f'ederal Service for service during the World War. 'lhe unit did not engage in active duty· as a cavalry troop, but was attached to the. l45th Machine-gun Battalion.** or further informa~icn concerning the regi-mental activities of this

unit refer to the History of the 145th Machine-gun Battalion 40th DLvi.sion.

*Sacramento Bee une 21, 1915, page 2, column 5.

**Adjut&1t General Report 1914,- 19201 page 21, 22.

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