History of the Company F (Oakland Light Cavalry), 5th Infantry Regiment,

National Guard of California 1885-1917

This history was completed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction with the California National Guard and the California State Library.

Digitized by the History Office, Camp San Luis Obispo, 6 January 2015

COMPANY F

Company F, Fifth Infantry Regiment , Second Bri~ade (former~y Oakland Li5ht. Cavalry) Referenc~: Adjutant General1 s Files Location: Oakland, Alameda County

Organized September 23, 1878 Reorganized July 22, 1885* Reconstitut.ed August 1 , 1885** Reconstituted December 9, 1895*** lustered into Federal Service July 7, 1898****

Mustered out of Federal Service Februar,y 6, 1899••••• Reorganized as Company F, Fifth Infantry Regiment llay 4, 1899• ilusuered :l.n~..o Federal Servi,ce - J une 28, 1916.-. Mustered out of Federal Service October 7, 1916 ... Resumption of Service in the National Guard 1916++.. Mustered i nto Federal Service April 7, ·· .., l917+H-t+ Redesunated Company F, 159th !nf.antlj'· Regiment Se~ember 24, 1917• u eu

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*Colllpany F, forrter1y Oakland Cava.l.ry was redesit,.nated Company F, Fifth Infantrr Battalion, Jul;y 22, 1885. Adjutant General Report 1685- 1886. General Order No . 12, page 70. ·

**Co~ F, Fifth Infantry Battalion was redesignated Coapany f~Fifth Regiment , August 1 , ld85 . Adjutant General Report 1885-1886, pae,e 117. Head~uarters Papers Second Brigade, 18851 Special Order No . 44·

***Coap&QY F, Fifth Ipfantr.y Regiment was redesignated Company F, Seventh Battalion, Deceaber 71 1895. Two days later, December 9, Company F, Seventh Battalion designated Company F, Fifth Infantry Regiment , Second Brigade. Adjutant General Report 1895-1896, General Orders No . 17, and 18, pagel!l 86., and 88.

****Company F redesi6nated Comp&Qy F, Ei&}lth Inf'antry Regiment 1 and mustered into Federal Service during the Spanish- American lar, July 71 1898. Adj utant General Report 1896-1898, page 8 .

**'· .,.Adjutant General Report 1899- 1900, page .6 • ...Company l , as part of the Fifth Infantr;y Regiment , re-entered the National Guard o£ CaUfornia, llay 4, 1899. Adjutant General Report 1899- 1900, page 59.

· ..Coapany J', as part of the Fifth Infantr;y Re~iment , mustered into Federal Service for duty on the l!exican Border, June 28 , 1916. Adjutant General Report 191.4-19201 page 18.

+++Adjutant General Report 191.4- 1920, page 18 •. ....Genera1 and Special OrderB 4l 9161 General Order lo. 34, page 150.

••n•Coa pa.ny F, as part of the l ifth Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal Servic .,.. f or duty during t.ne World i.ar, April 7 1 1~17. Histories, military, organizations-

etc . _File No. 3'J..4.7. Adjutant General's Office. - · r

t • e 1 t eCoa pany F, Firth Inf~t.ry Re~ime . t redesignated ~uutiJ<my r 1 159th Infantry:- Regiaent 1

September 24 , 1917. .Adjutant Gener.al' s Report 1920-1926, page 25.

• R. 0 1Erien 1 Captain John F. Haves, First Lieut.

!ayes, ~Captain G. Hunt, First Lieut.

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.... "' ...................... u.-- Officers (cont .) Name Carl L. E. Wenk, Captain

• H. Cobbledick, First Lieut. {reelected Aug. 16, 1897)

Carl L.E. ~renk, Captain

· resigned Mar. 12, 1900) ~reele. cted June 29, 1899)

H. • Benne t t,. Captain (resigned Dec. 27, 1901)

·Curtis C. Covalt, First Lieut. (resigned·. Oct. 21, 1901)

Curtis C. Covalt, Captain G •. w. Nickerson, Fi~st Lieut.

G. H. Wethern, Capt~in c. c. Covalt, First Lieut.

G. H. Ylethern, Captain (reelected Apr. 2, 1906)

L. R. Keller, First Lieut .. (resigned Jan. 26, 1909)

G. H. Wethern, Capta in (promoted to Major, 1909)

c. A. Sullivan, First Lieut.

C. A~ Sullivan, Captain • R,. Pritchard, 14'irst Lieut.

C. A. Sullivan, Captain (resigned Dec. 10, 1914)

• R. Pritchard, First Lieut.

w. R~ Pritchard, Captain P. B. ·Taylor, First Lieut.

(resig~ed Feb. 8, 1916) . E-1 E. Hinchman, rittst Lieut.

E. E. H:l,nchman, Captain Eugene Ashby De Hermida, First

(promoted to Capt. Lieut. Co. ·A. Fifth In!. Reg.) r s. Hutson, I-'irst .uieut. ·

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*Captain G. H. Wethern was recommi'ssioned Apr~.l 29. 1909.

**Captain c. A. Sullivan and First Lieutenant w. R. Pritchard were recommissioned November 15, 1913.

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the Mexican Border. After October 7, 1916# Company aderal Scr11ce.*

art of' the Fifth Infantry Heg1-l ~ervice . during the trouble alo. rvlng at Nogale=, 1\rizona, until s once more mu::rtered out of the

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