THE CAMP ORD STAKES – 1938
THE CAMP ORD STAKES – Memorial Day athletic event designed to test the training and endurance of officers and men. This clip depicts horsemanship, marksmanship, and quick thinking – all attributes of a good soldier – in 1938!
The US Army had won the Spanish-American war in large measure due to the volunteers who answered the call to “Remember the Maine”. The Regular Army was expanded and on 2 February, 1901, Congress added five cavalry regiments. The 11th Cavalry was formed and designated to live in history as “The Blackhorse”.
This film clip is from the Herman Croninger collection at the Military History Institute, part of the Army Heritage and Education Center, located in Carlisle, PA.
The Army’s last campaign on horseback was the Punitive Expedition 1916, officially refers to as “the Mexican Expedition”. The official beginning and ending dates are March 14, 1916 and February 7, 1917. The cavalry began transitioning to a mounted, mechanized force so this film, shot in 1938, depicts the final days of the of the cavalry on horseback.
This film was transferred to vhs tape, and then reformatted to a digital copy. While the original film has not survived, the images take us back to a time when Army transportation required both the care, and feeding of horses.
Duration : 0:7:1
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February 28th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
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