Army and Navy Review 1915 Panama-California Edition - Balboa Park

History of the First Regiment of Cavalry
1833— 1906
PRESIDENT DAVIDSON REVIEWING FIRST U. S. CAVALRY AT
T H E EXPOSITION GROUNDS
THE “United States Regiment of Dragoons” was organized by Act
of Congress approved March 2, 1833, becoming the “First Regiment
of Dragoons” when the Second Dragoons were raised in
1836. Its designation was changed to “First Regiment of Cavalry”
by the Act of August 3, 1861. The first order announcing
appointments in the regiment was dated March 5, 1833, and gave the
names of the colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, four captains and four
lieutenants, stating that the organization of the regiment would be perfected
by the selection of officers from the “Battalion of Rangers.”
Headquarters were established at Jefferson Barracks.
The organization of the regiment does not appear to have been completed
until June, 1834, the regimental return for that month naming the
following officers:
Colonel Henry Dodge;
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Kearney;
Major Richard B. Mason;
Captains Clifton Wharton, E. V. Sumner, Eustace Trenor, David
Hunter, Lemuel Ford, Nathan Boone, J. B. Browne, Jesse Bean, Matthew
Duncan and David Perkins;
First Lieutenants P. St. G. Cooke, S. W. Moore, A. Van Buren, J. F.
Izard, Jefferson Davis, L. P. Lupton, Thomas Swords, T. B. Wheelock, J.
W. Hamilton (adjutant), B. D. Moore and C. F. M. Noland;