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Original U.S. Spanish American War Grouping of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur V. Warfield - Assistant Adjutant General - Rhode Island Militia
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Original Grouping: Only One Available. "Lieut. Colonel Arthur V. Warfield, Asst. Adjutant General Brigade of Rhode Island Militia, was born in Fall River, Mass., February 6, 1859, and is a graduate of the Fall River High School. He began business with Waring Bros., of Fall River, furniture dealers, in 1875, and after five years service with that company he came to Providence in 1880 and engaged with Flint Company, the leading house furnishers of New England. During the years 1885, ‘86 and ‘87, Col. Warfield represented the Providence Shade Roller Company, which is controlled by Flint Company, and he succeeded in placing the goods of this company before the business houses of the United States, by travelling from one end of the country to the other. The works of this company are now located at Bristol, R. I. He is now the advertising agent of the house and confidential clerk, and advertising for a house of this kind means a large business in itself. He is probably the most popular man in the business in the state. Col. Warfield was elected Second Lieutenant of Company D, First Regiment, Infantry, in April 1885, and in 1887 he was elected First Lieutenant of the same company and regiment. He was promoted to Adjutant in 1889, and in 1891 was promoted to Major. April 19, 1892, General Kendall appointed him Lieut. Colonel and Asst. Adjutant General Brigade Rhode Island Militia, which position he now holds. Col. Warfield was appointed Adjutant of the Provisional Regiment that went to New York a few years ago to attend an important celebration under Gov. Taft, all of the details of this undertaking having been arranged by him. On account of the great amount of military work that he has done Col. Warfield has become the foremost and most popular military man in the state. As a journalist he met with much success as the editor of the Rhode Island Military Journal…”
That was an excerpt from the Commercial Bulletin from April 1896, which is included in this grouping, along with another article from a different newspaper, both of which have pictures of Lt. Col. Warfield on the headers.
This grouping consists of the following:
- Pair of gilt wire Epaulettes: They appear to be French-made and are artfully constructed. A silver wire insignia and blue pad are mounted to each epaulette. An attractive group in excellent condition complete with original storage and carry tin case.
-Gold Aiguillettes x2: The Army Dress Aiguillette is worn only when personnel are performing duties as aides. Army attaches, assistant Army attaches, and aides wear the dress aiguillette with the dress and evening mess uniforms, when prescribed.
-Multiple Newspaper Clippings: In one document sleeve is a collage of 2 articles about Warfield, the other newspaper is from 1907 and has pictures of Warfield from 1874, 1884, 1887, 1891 and 1907.
This is a very nice grouping for a great military man from Rhode Island. It is a great candidate for further research, given just how popular the man was in the state. Everything comes ready to display in your state militia collection!
The 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment were two regiments of the United States Army, the first of which was raised in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War on a 90-day enlistment, the second during the Spanish–American War in 1898.
The 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was originally called the 1st Rhode Island Detached Militia. It was organized in Rhode Island in April 1861 and moved to Washington, D. C.. It was attached to Ambrose Burnside's Brigade in Irvin McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia on July 16 after duty at Camp Sprague in the defense of Washington. The regiment advanced on Manassas, Virginia on July 16–21, seeing action at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21. It left Washington, D.C. for home on July 25 and mustered out on August 2, 1861. During its service, the regiment lost a total of 25 men.
Under a proclamation signed April 23, 1898, President William McKinley ordered the call up of 125,000 troops. Rhode Island was directed by Secretary of War Russell A. Alger to raise a regiment of infantry from existing militia units in lieu of conscripting 720 individuals to augment the Regular Army as U.S. Volunteers by letter dated April 25, 1898. On May 2 the state established a camp site at Quonset Point in Rhode Island, and formally named the site "Camp Dyer" in honor of Governor Elisha Dyer, Jr. on May 7, 1898. The regiment began to muster until fully assembled between May 10 and 17, with Colonel Charles Wheaton Abbot, Jr., commanding. Initially the unit consisted of forty-six officers and 958 enlisted men. This regiment, the only infantry regiment raised on Rhode Island during the war, was constituted of several militia infantry units in Rhode Island as well as individual volunteers.
The unit was assigned to the 3rd Division, Second Army Corps and reported for duty at Camp Alger, Virginia, from late May. However the regiment and the rest of Second Corps left Camp Alger in early August 1898, due to a typhoid fever epidemic. The regiment relocated to another part of Virginia at Thoroughfare Gap in an attempted run from the virus. However, conditions in Thoroughfare Gap resulted in dysentery and malaria, and the unit eventually relocated to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, with the rest of Second Corps in August 1898. The overcrowded conditions forced the relocation of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division of Second Corps to Camp Fornance, South Carolina.
The regiment was mustered out of federal service on March 30, 1899, at Columbia, South Carolina. The unit returned to Providence and handed over colors to Governor Elisha Dyer after a parade past city hall on April 1, 1899. At the time of muster-out, the regiment included forty-five officers and 1,039 enlisted men. During its term of service, the unit lost eleven enlisted men who died from disease and one enlisted man who died as the result of an accident. Thirty-five more enlisted men were discharged for disability. The unit also had thirteen enlisted men court-martialed and eighty-nine men deserted the regiment.
The regiment nicknamed itself the "Rough Walkers" which was inspired by Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Veterans of the regiment received an unofficial medal called the Rough Walker Medal.
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