Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the First Washington
Infantry, U.S.V., Records
1899
Cage
619
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- United States. Army. Regiment, Washington U.S. Volunteer Infantry, 1st.
- Title
- First Washington Infantry, U.S.V., Records, 1899
- ID
- Cage 619
- Date
- 1899
- Extent
- 1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Includes a collection of payroll forms and related correspondence documenting wages paid to men from the state of Washington who fought for the United States in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 619, First Washington Infantry, U.S.V., Records, 1899 . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The First Washington Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, was organized in mid-1898 to fulfill the state's responsibility to provide volunteer soldiers to fight in the Spanish-American War. Shortly after the U.S. declared war against Spain, President William McKinley issued a national call for 125,000 volunteers to serve a minimum of two years. Washington's state quota was one regiment of infantry, consisting of three battalions, each with several companies. These included two from Seattle, two from Spokane, and one each from Tacoma, Walla Walla, North Yakima (later renamed Yakima), Waitsburg, Ellensburg, Centralia, Dayton, and Vancouver.
Under the command of Colonel John H. Wholley, the First Washington Infantry's twelve companies assembled together and were mustered into U.S. military service at Camp John R. Rogers, near Tacoma, on May 1, 1898. On May 10, the first battalion, consisting of companies A," "B," "D," and "E," left Tacoma under sail for San Francisco to await further orders and practice drills. The second battalion, consisting of companies "F," "G," "I," and "L," left Camp Rogers on May 15 to join the first battalion at San Francisco's Camp Merritt. The third battalion, consisting of companies "C," "H," "K," and "M," proceeded to the Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Washington, on May 24, and like the other battalions its devoted the next several weeks to field drills. There was no Company "J." By late July, the third battalion rejoined its fellow battalions in San Francisco. By late October, the Washington volunteer regiment had embarked steamers for Manila, Philippine Islands.
The First Washington Infantry, U.S.V., participated in numerous battles with Filipino insurgents throughout the first half of 1899. By late August, Colonel Wholley received orders to return to the States, arriving in San Francisco in early October 1899. Washington Governor Rogers and several delegates from the state met the men at the docks to celebrate their victories and their safe return home. The volunteers were mustered out on October 31, 1899.
For a detailed account of the First Washington Infantry's time in the Philippines, see William L. Luhn, "Official History of the Operations of the First Washington Infantry, U.S.V., in the Campaign in the Philippine Islands," in Karl Irving Faust, Campaigning in the Philippines San Francisco: Hicks-Judd Company, 1899.
Scope and Content
The First Washington Infantry, U.S.V. Records are a collection of payroll forms and related correspondence documenting wages paid to men from the state of Washington who fought for the United States in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The collection covers the period from April to July 1899. It includes vouchers for individual volunteers, often with itemized lists for travel pay and per diem for their return voyage from Manila, P.I., to their hometowns in the state of Washington. These records also include payroll vouchers for the Washington Volunteers' companies, "A" through "I" and "K" through "M," for May and June 1899.
Arrangement
The First Washington Infantry, U.S.V. Records are a collection of payroll forms and related correspondence documenting wages paid to men from the state of Washington who fought for the United States in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. They are arranged by voucher number, which also places them in a chronological order.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The Washington State University Libraries acquired the First Washington Infantry, U.S.V., Records from Charles Apfelbaum, Dealer, Valley Stream, New York, on March 3, 1993.
Processing Information
The records were accessioned as MS93-17.
Related Materials
Related Material
A related collection of interest to researchers is Cage 595, Bucklin Family Papers. It includes personal correspondence, diaries, and photographs of Robert Eben Bucklin, a Washington Agricultural College student who left school in late 1898 to volunteer in the First Washington Infantry's Company "K." In the spring of 1899, in battle, he received a gunshot wound to his left leg that shattered his femur. Bucklin was subsequently sent to the military hospital at the the Presidio, near San Francisco, where he spent two years recuperating from his wounds. He later returned to his home on Puget Sound.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- United States. Army. Regiment, Washington U.S. Volunteer Infantry, 1st. --Archives
Subject(s)
- United States. Armed Forces--Pay, allowances, etc.--19th century
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Washington (State) -- Archives
- Military service, Voluntary--United States--19th century--Archives
- Military
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
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Voucher No. 196, John W. McArthur |
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Voucher No. 219, Martin M. Niles |
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Voucher No. 352, John H. Wholley |
1 / 3 | |||
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Voucher No. 379, William C. Russell |
1 / 4 | |||
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Voucher No. 500, "A" Detachment of the Hospital Corps |
1 / 5 | |||
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Voucher No. 501, Field Staff and Band |
1 / 6 | |||
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Voucher No. 502, Company "A" |
1 / 7 | |||
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Voucher No. 503, Company "B" |
1 / 8 | |||
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Voucher No. 504, Company "C" |
1 / 9 | |||
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Voucher No. 505, Company "D" |
1 / 10 | |||
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Voucher No. 506, Company "E" |
1 / 11 | |||
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Voucher No. 507, Company "F" |
1 / 12 | |||
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Voucher No. 508, Company "G" |
1 / 13 | |||
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Voucher No. 509, Company "H" |
1 / 14 | |||
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Voucher No. 510, Company "I" |
1 / 15 | |||
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Voucher No. 511, Company "K" |
1 / 16 | |||
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Voucher No. 512, Company "L" |
1 / 17 | |||
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Voucher No. 513, Company "M" |
1 / 18 | |||
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Voucher No. 545, Simon Castles |
1 / 19 | |||
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Voucher No. 547, Thomas Thomson |
1 / 20 | |||
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Voucher No. 572, Fred A. Brockway |
1 / 21 | |||
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Voucher No. 573, Howard M. Nichols |
1 / 22 | |||
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Voucher No. 574, John Kane |
1 / 23 | |||
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Voucher No. 575, Thomas A. Logan |
1 / 24 | |||
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Voucher No. 576, Andrew Wilson |
1 / 25 | |||
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Voucher No. 577, Charles J. Lee |
1 / 26 | |||
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Voucher No. 578, Alexander H. Mattucks |
1 / 27 | |||
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Voucher No. 579, Robert T. Morrison |
1 / 28 | |||
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Voucher No. 580, Joseph W. Stewart |
1 / 29 | |||
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Voucher No. 581, Edward H. Traux [Truax] |
1 / 30 | |||
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Voucher No. 582, Bluford M. Faris |
1 / 31 | |||
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Voucher No. 583, Peter Smith |
1 / 32 | |||
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Voucher No. 584, Charles F. Watrous |
1 / 33 | |||
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Voucher No. 606, Charles Hillman |
1 / 34 | |||
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Voucher No. 617, Fred Cuff |
1 / 35 | |||
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Voucher No. 629, Roy L. Eldridge |
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Voucher No. 642, Franklin Polen |
1 / 37 | |||
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Voucher No. 661, Reginald S. Paterson |
1 / 38 | |||
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Voucher No. 681, Lewis C. Greenwood |
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Voucher No. 682, Edward Lamb |
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Voucher No. 683, George G. Ahlbaum |
1 / 41 | |||
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Voucher No. 742, Joseph Dobman |
1 / 42 | |||
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Voucher No. 743, Rufus B.Clark |
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