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Philippine American War 15th Infantry Regiment C Co. Cap Insignia Field Musician:
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Philippine American War 15th Infantry Regiment C Co. Cap Insignia Field Musician

Wonderful OriginalPhilippine American War 15th Infantry Regiment C Co. Cap Insignia Field Musician1896 - 1902 Issue; Overall FineCondition as Photographed with wear and some discoloration as seen - Recent Estate Acquisition & Presented as Acquired, Very Rare

With the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, theregiment moved to Huntsville, Alabama, on 12 October for intensivetraining. On 27 November 1898, it sailed from Savannah, Georgia for Nuevitas,for occupation duty. On 5 January 1900, the regiment sailed home to be postedthroughout upper New York State and Vermont.

Service in East Asia

The regimental headquarters, band, and First Battalionarrived in San Francisco on 16 July 1900. They immediately boarded theTransport Sumner and sailed for Nagasaki, Japan on 17 July. Later in July,Companies I, K, and L left their stations for San Francisco and went into campat the Presidio. M Company also came from Fort McPherson at the same time. TheFirst Battalion arrived at Nagasaki on 10 August. There they transferred to theTransport Indiana, and sailed for Tientsin via Taku on 13 August. The battalionarrived off of the Taku forts (already captured by the allies) on 16 August.During the latter part of the month, the Battalion reconnoitered and skirmishedcontinuously over the same terrain where the 9th Infantry had lost 100 menkilled in action (including their regimental commander, Colonel Liscum).Despite the fact that the Boxers had been dispersed several months before,numerous small bands of them were still operating in the country.

About 1 September, Companies A, B, and D were assigned theduty of escorting junks carrying supplies up the Pei Ho River to Peking. Aftercompleting this mission, Company C took station at Tientsin Arsenal on 6September, while A Company occupied Tongku on 22 September. Through the latterpart of November the battalion was engaged in almost daily expeditions againstsmall bands of Boxers in nearby villages. On 25 November the First Battalionwas relieved from duty with the China Relief Expedition and on 28 Novemberarrived at Tongku. There it boarded the Transport Rosecrans and arrived atNagasaki on 4 December, then continuing on to Manila, arriving on 13 December.

After lying at anchor in Manila Bay for eight days, theregiment sailed for Legaspi in the Province of Albay. On 24 December,Headquarters, the Band, and C and D Companies disembarked and took station atLegaspi. The transport continued to Tobacco, Albay, where B Companydisembarked. Company A continued on to arrive at Mauban on 29 December. Fromthen until 7 November 1901, the company conducted patrols to track the movementof the insurgent General Cailles. On 7 November, A Company moved to Bulan, Sorsogonand remained there until 28 December. It then moved on to the town of Sorsogon,in Sorsogon Province. It departed there on 5 March 1902 and arrived at SantaElena, Samar on 11 March.

Company B remained at Tobacco until 30 July 1901, conductingpatrols throughout that period. On 30 July B Company proceeded to the Island ofCatanduanes. After five months of heavy scout work the company left for SanJose de Lagamoy, where it was engaged in tracking down bands of headhunters. On31 July 1902 B Company returned to the regiment. C Company remained at Legaspiuntil 28 January 1902, when it left for the Island of Catanduanes. During theperiod 18 April to 31 July the company successively garrisoned Tabaco, Gubat,Santa Rita, Tones Island, Quentigean Island, and Balangigo. On 31 July itproceeded to Catbalogan and joined the regiment which was preparing to returnto the United States. D Company remained on duty at Legaspi. Between 14 Apriland 31 July 1902 the company occupied Nueva Cacera (now Naga), Sorsogon, Bulan,and Point Binatao. On 31 July it left for the regimental assembly point atCatbalogan.

By April 1902, the balance of the regiment joined the 3rdBattalion in the Philippines and saw considerable action against theinsurgents. The 2nd Battalion, which had remained in New York, did not appearin the Philippines until February 1902, just in time to turn around and returnwith its outfit in September to the United States.[14]: 10 In September 1902 the regiment sailed for Monterey, California, where it builtthe current Presidio.

The next three years were uneventful. The unit placing sevenmen on the team of ten men from the Pacific Division in the Army's annual riflecompetition in 1905.

In November 1905, the regiment was posted to Mindanao in thePhilippines. When the 15th returned to the U.S. in 1907, it was assigned toFort Douglas, Utah. After 1907 the next change of station did not come for fouryears, but when it did come the 15th Infantry left the United States fortwenty-six years. Before this removal, the regiment's entrants won first,second and fourth honors in the individual competition, and five of its sixcontestants made the ten-man Army Rifle Team. The enlistments of 500 men hadexpired during 1908, and green recruits had filled the regiment at its homestation in Utah and took part in a banquet given in their honor by theofficers.[14]: 10

Elements of the regiment began to move to the Far East inNovember 1911.[14] By mid-1912, Headquarters, the Band, and the 1st and 3rdBattalions were established at Tientsin in China as part of the internationalpeace-keeping mission designed to protect civilians during the Boxer Rebellion;the 2nd in the Philippines.[15] The latter never joined the rest, for the menwere transferred from it to the 1st Battalion of the 31st Infantry in August1916. The 2nd Battalion was reorganized in Tientsin by transfer of personnelfrom the other two battalions. The mission of the regiment became difficult todefine, and in the course of time the unit itself was transferred to thecontrol of the State Department.[14]

In line with new doctrine on organization, three provisionalcompanies, Headquarters, Supply, and Machine Gun, were formed during August1914, and in 1916 they were made permanent. That same year, World War I brokeout in Europe, and most of the European nations withdrew their troops fromChina. The old "China Regiment" took over their patrolling. As aresult, the regiment missed the fight in Europe, but it was often close toconflict in China. Armies of warlords roamed the land and sometimes threatenedthe American quarter. Christmas Day, 1925 was very tense, for 5,000 troopsbelonging to Feng Yuxiang, a warlord from the north, entered the area. CaptainWilliam "Wild Bill" Tuttle with nine men went out to warn off thisforce. As Tuttle's detachment approached, the advanced guard of the massdeployed and came on with fixed bayonets. The nine Americans blocked the roadwhile Tuttle proceeded alone toward the Chinese and ordered them to make adetour, which they did. This incident is described in great detail in The OldChina Hands (Doubleday 1961, chap. 8) by Charles G. Finney, who served in the15th Infantry from 1925 to 1929.

The 1st Battalion went to the Philippines in August 1921,where eight years later, it was deactivated. In 1932, Companies G and L werealso deactivated. This left six companies at their stations in Tientsin. GeorgeC. Marshall, later General of the Army, commanded it from 1924 to 1927.

Much of the 15th Infantry's tradition comes from the 26years in China. The regiment's activities and way of life in Tsientsin aredescribed very colorfully in The Old China Hands. The dragon on the regimentalcrest and the pidgin English motto "Can Do" symbolize its Chinaservice. Also many of the ceremonial properties of the 15th are from China, forexample, the grand silver punch bowl with 50 silver cups and a silver tray& ladle. These items are currently stored in two Regimental rooms, theAudie Murphy Room and General Marshall's Office at Fort Stewart 3rd Battalion15th Regiment. As Finney mentions, The Chinese Memorial Gate now at FortBenning was presented to the regiment in 1925 by local villagers in gratitudefor being protected against the troops of warlord Feng's army.

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