Camp of Fourth and Sixth Brigades, Second Division, United States Troops at Texas City, Texas, 1913

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Excerpt from Camp of Fourth and Sixth Brigades, Second Division, United States Troops at Texas City, Texas, 1913: And Views of Texas CityTo supply the division with needed food, Captain Lorenzo D. Gasser, who had been ordered to Galveston to open a depot of supplies, was ordered to provide supplies for the troops at Texas City as well as those at Galveston. Soon after, Lieutenant Colonel George mck. Williamson was ordered here as depot quartermaster to succeed Captain Gasser, and soon after this order another order was issued from the Southern Department for the establishment of a base of supplies and port of embarkation at Galveston. Colonel S. W. Miller, infantry, was sent here and opened headquarters in Galveston with a staff of officers.The Fifth Brigade, under command of Brigadier General Frederick A. Smith, was the first organization to get settled in camp and start to work at executing a program of maneuvers. The first practice marches were had March 3rd. This brigade comprised four regiments, as follows: Seventh Infantry, commanded by Colonel Daniel Cornman, from Fort Leavenworth, Kan Fourth Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Taggart in the absence of Colonel William Paulding (who was em route from the Philippines to join his command), from Fort Crook. Neb., and Fort Snelling, Minn, Nineteenth Infantry, commanded by Colonel Millard F. Waltz, from Fort Meade, S. D Fort Leaven worth, Kan., and Fort Sill, Okla, twenty-eighth Infantry, commanded by Colonel E. H. Plummer, from Fort Snelling, Minn.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.