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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 44098, member: 44"]> Buffalo Soldier regiments <</p><p><br /></p><p>The term Buffalo Soldier was originally the US 10th Calvary regiment that fought in the Indian Wars in the 1860s-c1880. The term eventually became a generic term/nickname of the African American regiments that were formed in 1866. Those regiments were</p><p>9th Cavalry Regiment</p><p>10th Cavalry Regiment</p><p>24th Infantry Regiment</p><p>25th Infantry Regiment</p><p><br /></p><p>History of the 25th Infantry Regiment:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#World_War_I" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#World_War_I</a></p><p><a href="https://suite.io/christopher-eger/c5z27m" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://suite.io/christopher-eger/c5z27m" rel="nofollow">https://suite.io/christopher-eger/c5z27m</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Our military was segregated until the Korean War; however, it was ***not*** segregated during the Revolutionary War. It was Truman's Executive Order 9981 of 1948 abolishing racial discrimination in the military that eventually desegregated the military. The last all African-American units were abolished in 1954.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are other pics of the 25th Infantry Regiment:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#mediaviewer/File:Buffalo_soldiers1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#mediaviewer/File:Buffalo_soldiers1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#mediaviewer/File:Buffalo_soldiers1.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1912-HAWAII-rppc-1st-FIELD-ARTILLERY-E-Battery-SCHOFIELD-BARRACKS-H-T-US-Army-/291279671123" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1912-HAWAII-rppc-1st-FIELD-ARTILLERY-E-Battery-SCHOFIELD-BARRACKS-H-T-US-Army-/291279671123" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1912-HAWAII-rppc-1st-FIELD-ARTILLERY-E-Battery-SCHOFIELD-BARRACKS-H-T-US-Army-/291279671123</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historynet.com/the-buffalo-soldiers-who-rode-bikes.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historynet.com/the-buffalo-soldiers-who-rode-bikes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.historynet.com/the-buffalo-soldiers-who-rode-bikes.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, at least up to the 1930s it was not unusual for a ranking officer to have 1 or 2 orderlies. One was his horse orderly and the other his house orderly. Page 82 in the following *.pdf.</p><p><a href="http://huachuca-www.army.mil/Files/History_Illustrated_BuffaloSoldiersPartIII.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://huachuca-www.army.mil/Files/History_Illustrated_BuffaloSoldiersPartIII.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://huachuca-www.army.mil/Files/History_Illustrated_BuffaloSoldiersPartIII.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As another has pointed out there were also hospital and ambulance orderlies, and probably Quartermaster Corp orderlies. Ambulance may have fallen under the Quartermaster Corp???</p><p><br /></p><p>These orderlies have also become known as "Batmen" in both the English and US military and possibly other countries. James Garner in the <i>The Americanization of Emily</i> was referred to as a "batman."</p><p><br /></p><p>"...a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign."</p><p><br /></p><p>During WWI, the 25th was garrisoned at Schofield Barracks in the Hawaiian Territory ( HT) as no African American units were permitted into combat. The 1st African American regiment allow into battle during WWI was the 369th Infantry Regiment (AKA 15th NY National Guard Unit) nicknamed the "Harlem Hell Fighters." This nickname was given them by the Germans.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 44098, member: 44"]> Buffalo Soldier regiments < The term Buffalo Soldier was originally the US 10th Calvary regiment that fought in the Indian Wars in the 1860s-c1880. The term eventually became a generic term/nickname of the African American regiments that were formed in 1866. Those regiments were 9th Cavalry Regiment 10th Cavalry Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Regiment History of the 25th Infantry Regiment: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#World_War_I']http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#World_War_I[/URL] [URL]https://suite.io/christopher-eger/c5z27m[/URL] Our military was segregated until the Korean War; however, it was ***not*** segregated during the Revolutionary War. It was Truman's Executive Order 9981 of 1948 abolishing racial discrimination in the military that eventually desegregated the military. The last all African-American units were abolished in 1954. Here are other pics of the 25th Infantry Regiment: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29#mediaviewer/File:Buffalo_soldiers1.jpg']http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#mediaviewer/File:Buffalo_soldiers1.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1912-HAWAII-rppc-1st-FIELD-ARTILLERY-E-Battery-SCHOFIELD-BARRACKS-H-T-US-Army-/291279671123[/URL] [URL]http://www.historynet.com/the-buffalo-soldiers-who-rode-bikes.htm[/URL] BTW, at least up to the 1930s it was not unusual for a ranking officer to have 1 or 2 orderlies. One was his horse orderly and the other his house orderly. Page 82 in the following *.pdf. [URL]http://huachuca-www.army.mil/Files/History_Illustrated_BuffaloSoldiersPartIII.pdf[/URL] As another has pointed out there were also hospital and ambulance orderlies, and probably Quartermaster Corp orderlies. Ambulance may have fallen under the Quartermaster Corp??? These orderlies have also become known as "Batmen" in both the English and US military and possibly other countries. James Garner in the [I]The Americanization of Emily[/I] was referred to as a "batman." "...a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign." During WWI, the 25th was garrisoned at Schofield Barracks in the Hawaiian Territory ( HT) as no African American units were permitted into combat. The 1st African American regiment allow into battle during WWI was the 369th Infantry Regiment (AKA 15th NY National Guard Unit) nicknamed the "Harlem Hell Fighters." This nickname was given them by the Germans. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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