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==History==
==History==


The '''Escambia Rifles''' were established in 1873 in Pensacola, Florida under Captain George J. Slocumb. The company was accepted into the Florida State Troops on December 31, 1887. In 1889 the Escambia Rifles were reorganized as Company A, 3rd Battalion, Florida State Troops.<ref>Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor</ref> Captain Richard M. Bushnell took command of the Escambia Rifles on November 24, 1893 and ; attended their summer encampment at Camp Dunn, Ocala in 1893; Pablo Beach in 1894; Camp Henderson, Tallahassee in 1895; Camp Bloxham, Jacksonville in 1896; and again at Camp Henderson in 1897.
The '''Escambia Rifles''' were established in 1873 in Pensacola, Florida under Captain George J. Slocumb. The company was accepted into the Florida State Troops on December 31, 1887. In 1889 the Escambia Rifles were reorganized as Company A, 3rd Battalion, Florida State Troops.<ref>Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor</ref> Captain Richard M. Bushnell took command of the Escambia Rifles on November 24, 1893 and ; attended their summer encampment at Camp Dunn, Ocala in 1893; Pablo Beach in 1894; Camp Henderson, Tallahassee in 1895; Camp Bloxham, Jacksonville in 1896; and again at Camp Henderson in 1897.<ref>Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Pg. 10. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672</ref>


The Rifles were called into service in May 1898 in support of the Spanish-American War effort under the command of Capt. Richard M. Bushell with First Lieutenant Robert W. Cobb and Second Lieutenant John Whiting Hyer. The company was ordered to rendezvous at Fort Brooke, Tampa, leaving Pensacola on May 13 and arriving the following day. The company was redesignated Company H, First Florida Regiment and entered into Federal service on May 23, 1898. While on federal service the company performed guard and other duties around Florida and Alabama. First, on May 21, they moved to Palmetto Beach, then left on July 21 for Fernandina arriving the next day. On August 23, the company started movement to Huntsville, Alabama where they arrived two days later. On October 6, Robert W. Cobb was appointed Captain and commander of the company. Finally the company was ordered to report to Tallahassee, leaving Huntsville on October 9 and arriving on the 11th, where they were given thirty days of furlough before being mustered out of federal service on December 3, 1898.<ref>Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor</ref>
The Rifles were called into service in May 1898 in support of the Spanish-American War effort under the command of Capt. Richard M. Bushell with First Lieutenant Robert W. Cobb and Second Lieutenant John Whiting Hyer. The company was ordered to rendezvous at Fort Brooke, Tampa, leaving Pensacola on May 13 and arriving the following day. The company was redesignated Company H, First Florida Regiment and entered into Federal service on May 23, 1898. While on federal service the company performed guard and other duties around Florida and Alabama. First, on May 21, they moved to Palmetto Beach, then left on July 21 for Fernandina arriving the next day. On August 23, the company started movement to Huntsville, Alabama where they arrived two days later. On October 6, Robert W. Cobb was appointed Captain and commander of the company. Finally the company was ordered to report to Tallahassee, leaving Huntsville on October 9 and arriving on the 11th, where they were given thirty days of furlough before being mustered out of federal service on December 3, 1898.<ref>Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor</ref>

Revision as of 17:51, 23 September 2017

Escambia Rifles
Active1873-
CountryUnited States
Allegiance United States
BranchFlorida Army National Guard
TypeInfantry, Coast Artillery, Transportation
SizeCompany
Garrison/HQPensacola, Florida
Nickname(s)"Escambia Rifles"
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II

History

The Escambia Rifles were established in 1873 in Pensacola, Florida under Captain George J. Slocumb. The company was accepted into the Florida State Troops on December 31, 1887. In 1889 the Escambia Rifles were reorganized as Company A, 3rd Battalion, Florida State Troops.[1] Captain Richard M. Bushnell took command of the Escambia Rifles on November 24, 1893 and ; attended their summer encampment at Camp Dunn, Ocala in 1893; Pablo Beach in 1894; Camp Henderson, Tallahassee in 1895; Camp Bloxham, Jacksonville in 1896; and again at Camp Henderson in 1897.[2]

The Rifles were called into service in May 1898 in support of the Spanish-American War effort under the command of Capt. Richard M. Bushell with First Lieutenant Robert W. Cobb and Second Lieutenant John Whiting Hyer. The company was ordered to rendezvous at Fort Brooke, Tampa, leaving Pensacola on May 13 and arriving the following day. The company was redesignated Company H, First Florida Regiment and entered into Federal service on May 23, 1898. While on federal service the company performed guard and other duties around Florida and Alabama. First, on May 21, they moved to Palmetto Beach, then left on July 21 for Fernandina arriving the next day. On August 23, the company started movement to Huntsville, Alabama where they arrived two days later. On October 6, Robert W. Cobb was appointed Captain and commander of the company. Finally the company was ordered to report to Tallahassee, leaving Huntsville on October 9 and arriving on the 11th, where they were given thirty days of furlough before being mustered out of federal service on December 3, 1898.[3]

Escambia Rifles reorganized as Company I, 1st Florida Infantry in 1899, disbanded in 1905 and reorganized as Company I again in 1911. The company again disbanded in 1915 and reorganized on May 16, 1917 as Company I, 1st Florida Infantry and the company entered Federal service for World War I on August 5, 1917.[4]

Type of 12-inch mortars used by Battery D, 265th Coast Artillery.

After WWI, the company reorganized as Battery D, 265th Coast Artillery Regiment in March 1936 under the command of Capt. Archibald S. Mills, First Lieutenant Edson E. Dailey, and Second Lieutenant Samuel Pasco, Jr. By March 26 the battery had 58 applicants and an armory. The battery was designated a Harbor Defense (HD) unit and assigned 12-inch mortars, receiving their initial training at Fort Barrancas and traveling by "motor convoy, train, and boat" to Fort Taylor for annual encampment and training from 1936 thru 1939.[5]

Battery C, along with its parent Regiment was inducted into federal service January 6, 1941 and moved to Fort Crockett, TX arriving on January 15th. Elements of the 265th helped man Forts Crockett, San Jacinto and Travis in the harbor defense of Galveston until April 1942 when the 265th was ordered to Key West, FL to man Ft Taylor. The 265th arrived at Key West between April 18 and 23, 1942 and manned Key West and various outposts in the Florida Keys and South Florida until December 21, 1942 when the movement of the 265th to Ft Jackson, SC began. By January 23, 1943 all elements of the 265th had cleared Key West. On February 16, 1943 the 265th CA departed Ft Jackson for Ft Hancock, NH to defend the harbor of Sandy Hook and harbors of southern New York, arriving there February 16, 1943. On June 19, 1943 the 265th started preparing for an overseas deployment. On January 11, 1944 the 265th departed New York for Ft Lawton, WA and deployment to Alaska departing via the Seattle port of entry and arriving at Ft Greely, in Kodiak, AK on January 24, 1944. The 1st Bn was transferred to Amchitka while the 2nd Bn went to Adak. On July 31, 1944 the 265th CA Regt was inactivated.[6]

Alaskan Defense Command patch worn by the 265th while deployed to the Aleutian Islands in WWII.[7]

Unit designations

  • "Escambia Rifles", an independent company (1873 - )[8]
  • Escambia Rifles, 3rd Battalion, Florida State Troops (December 31, 1887 - )[9]
  • Company A, 3rd Battalion, Florida State Troops (December 31, 1889 - )[10]
  • Company H, 1st Florida Infantry, Florida State Troops (May 23, 1898 - )[11]
  • Company I, 1st Florida Infantry (1899 - July 23, 1905)[12]
  • Company I, 1st Florida Infantry (October 31, 1911 - March 19, 1915)[13]
  • Company I, 1st Florida Infantry (May 16, 1917 - )[14]
  • Battery D, 265th Coast Artillery (March 30, 1936 - April 15, 1940)[15][16][17]
  • Battery C, 265th Coast Artillery (April 15, 1940 - July 31, 1944)[18]
  • 982 Coast Artillery Battery (February 23, 1948 - September 1, 1949)[19]
  • Battery A, 265th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (September 1, 1949 - April 15, 1959)[20]
  • 1043 Transportation Company (April 15, 1959 - February 15, 1963)[21]
  • 268 Engineer Company (February 15, 1963 - March 1, 1964)[22]
  • Company C (Supply & Transportation), 53 Support Battalion (March 1, 1964 - January 20, 1968)[23]
  • 1043 Transportation Company (Terminal Service) (minus 1st and 2nd Shore Plts) (January 20, 1968 - )[24]


Commanders

  • CPT George J. Slocumb, Commanded Escambia Rifles, 1873- .[25]
    CPT George J. Slocumb, Commanded Escambia Rifles, 1873- .[25]
  • CPT Richard M. Bushnell, Company H, First Florida Infantry, 11/24/1893 - 10/6/1898.[26][27]
    CPT Richard M. Bushnell, Company H, First Florida Infantry, 11/24/1893 - 10/6/1898.[26][27]
  • CPT Robert W. Cobb, Company H, First Florida Infantry, 10/6/1898 - 12/3/1898.[28]
    CPT Robert W. Cobb, Company H, First Florida Infantry, 10/6/1898 - 12/3/1898.[28]
  • CPT Archibald S. Mills, Battery D, 265 Coast Artillery, 3/1936 - 9/9/1940.[29]
    CPT Archibald S. Mills, Battery D, 265 Coast Artillery, 3/1936 - 9/9/1940.[29]
  • CPT Edson E. Dailey, Commanded Battery C, 265th Coast Artillery, 9/9/1940 - .[30]
    CPT Edson E. Dailey, Commanded Battery C, 265th Coast Artillery, 9/9/1940 - .[30]
  1. ^ Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
  2. ^ Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Pg. 10. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672
  3. ^ Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pp. 358-359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
  4. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  5. ^ Historical Annual of the State of Florida, Army and Navy Publishing Company: Baton Rouge, LA. 1939. pg. 147.
  6. ^ Gaines, William C. Historical Sketches Coast Artillery Regiments 1917-1950, National Guard Army Regiments 197-265. Retrieved from: http://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/FORTS/CACunits/CAregNG.pdf
  7. ^ Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Publication No. 119, 265th Coast Artillery, Select Abstract Biographies World War II. Saint Augustine, FL. Pg. 13. "Letter from Brig. Gen. Vernon F. Sykes to Charles H. Bogart, May 6, 1981." Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047666/00001
  8. ^ Roberston, F. L., 1903. Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pg. 358. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
  9. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  10. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  11. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  12. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  13. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  14. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  15. ^ Historical Annual of the State of Florida, Army and Navy Publishing Company: Baton Rouge, LA. 1939. pg. 147.
  16. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  17. ^ Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672
  18. ^ Gaines, William C. Historical Sketches Coast Artillery Regiments 1917-1950, National Guard Army Regiments 197-265. Retrieved from: http://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/FORTS/CACunits/CAregNG.pdf
  19. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  20. ^ Lance, Mark W. Memorandum to Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lineage Florida National Guard, dated 23 JUL 1958.
  21. ^ National Guard Reorganization Order No. 33-59, NG AROTO 325.4-Fla, dated 23 MAR 59
  22. ^ National Guard Reorganization Order No. 19-63, NG AROTO 1002-01 Fla, dated 23 JAN 63
  23. ^ National Guard Reorganization Order No. 28-64, NG AROTO 1002-01 Florida, dated 5 FEB 64
  24. ^ National Guard Reorganization Order No. 76-67, NG AROTO 1002-01 Florida, dated 14 DEC 67
  25. ^ Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Pg. 10. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672
  26. ^ Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Pg. 10. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672
  27. ^ Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pg. 359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
  28. ^ Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Pg. 359. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
  29. ^ Historical Annual of the State of Florida, Army and Navy Publishing Company: Baton Rouge, LA. 1939. pg. 147.
  30. ^ Hawk, Robert. Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Number 102. Florida National Guard Summary Unit Histories, 1880-1940. Retrieved from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047672
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