Barry U S Army Commanding (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Wraps over stapled binding. Covers shows some general soiling. Interior is clean and unmarked. 73 pages. 9.5 x 6.6 inches. Placed in archival mylar wraps. Rare. Two copies located on OCLC, including what may be a copy of the 1907 edition (Hamilton College, NY) and one later edition from 1908 (NYPL). A roster and directory of the U.S. Army occupying Cuba in 1907. This garrisoning of troops occurred during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from fall 1906 through the spring of 1909. Includes: a full list of the various regiments & corps noting their place of station and their date of arrival in Cuba; a table describing method of travel and schedules between Havana and each garrison station; a schedule of ships leaving from Newport News, Virginia, to Havana between June 7 and October 22; the list of commanding officers and companies (e.g. Company G, 5th Infantry) stationed at each of the 32 garrisons; descriptive points about each of the garrisons (geographic location, identity of troops and dates, physical description of the barracks, water supply, steamship landing, post office and mail schedule, railway station, and telegraph office); lineal, relative rank, and alphabetical lists of all officers.