Federal Troops (1914-1915)

Museum staff would like to hear from descendants of the federal troops who were stationed in Louisville in 1914 and 1915. For more information and photos, see the Fall 2014 issue of The Louisville Historian. Its lead article is titled "Keeping the Peace in Louisville, 1914-1915."

Below is the troop roster from that time.

Roster: Troop "F," 12th Cavalry

Louisville, Colorado, Christmas 1914

Officers and Senior Staff

• 1st Lieutenant Charles L. Scott, Commanding
• 2nd Lieutenant Walter W. Wynne
• 1st Sergeant Benjamin F. Longacre
• Q.M. Sergeant Walter E. Heck (Q.M. stands for Quartermaster, the person in charge of supplies)

Sergeants

• James E. Halpin
• Frank E. Paden
• Harry W. Oppenheimer
• James D. Ahern
• Gunter Hancock
• Bert Martin

Corporals

• Delbert H. McGehee
• Alvin H. Moore
• Leroy Curtis
• Eddie L. Coleman
• Norman Rhoads

Support Roles

These soldiers cared for the horses and equipment and moved supplies.

• Horseshoer: Jacob McDonald
• Farrier: Paul C. Douglas (a farrier cares for horses' hooves)
• Saddler: Lars P. Jorgensen (a saddler makes and repairs saddles and leather gear)
• Wagoner: John W. Burrell (a wagoner drives a supply wagon)

Trumpeters

• Clarence Fletcher
• Frederick Harowitz

Cooks

• Perry Lincicome
• Roy W. Younger

Privates

• Charles E. Ackerson
• Ernest J. Allen
• Ami J. Aubin
• Clarence S. Anderson
• Charles Baker
• Bert B. Baker
• Charles H. Barnhart
• James Brown
• Edgar Carter
• Adarien J. Charron
• Walter V. Cherry
• John T. Christian
• Percy W. Coleman
• William H. Collinsworth
• Henry J. Corbin
• Wilson H. Craig
• Frank Czech
• Richard E. Eldridge
• Emil Gessner
• Arch Hamilton
• Howard B. Hamilton
• Doctor T. Harrison
• Harry E. Hilbert
• Jesse Howard
• Willis S. Johnson
• Claud S. Lockwood
• Albert B. Maffett
• Grant Mellick
• Thomas Mulvaney
• John C. Murray
• George Nolen
• George Nozling
• Jacob Petry. Jr.
• William H. Plyman
• Harry R. Reynolds
• Charles E. Richardson
• Thomas H. Rivers
• Christopher A. Smeltz
• Joseph Santucci
• Allen R. Shaw
• Sam P. Sligh
• Hannibal A. Smith
• Tom Stevens
• Joseph Taylor
• Earl Thompson
• John J. Thompson
• John E. Todd
• Arthur B. Tousley
• Robert L. Trux
• Frank Van Meter
• Bryant S. Vanover
• Harry Wilson
• Paul S. Zerges