Colored Troops at Fort
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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.
This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Fort Des Moines: Chronology
1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…