1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Annual Reports 1890-1891

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Annual Reports of the Secretary of War

1890-1891

Note: The Annual Reports of the Secretary of War did not follow a strict format. The reports of the Commanders
of the Departments and Districts in which the 22nd Infantry served varied from year to year in detail and substance.
In addition, even the reports from the different sections of the Army varied from year to year in scope and content.
For example, a detailed list of enlistments and re-enlistments and desertions by regiment was not reported
by the Adjutant General for every year. Even the format of abbreviations was not consistent from year to year.

All material and information from the reports which specifically involved the 22nd Infantry are presented here, and,
in many cases that material is presented as scanned directly from the original reports.

1890

The position and distribution of the 22nd Infantry in the Department of Dakota
for 1890 was as follows:

Fort Keogh, Montana: Near Miles City
Commanding officer: Col. P.T. Swaine, 22d Inf.
Regiment: 22d Infantry and headquarters, 8th Cavalry.
Number of Companies: 8
Commissioned officers: 37
Enlisted men: 470
Aggregate: 507

Fort Totten, North Dakota: At Devil's Lake
Commanding officer: Lt. Col. J.S. Conrad, 22d Inf.
Regiment: 22d Infantry.
Number of Companies: 1
Commissioned officers: 5
Enlisted men: 64
Aggregate: 69

Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota: Bismarck
Commanding officer: Maj. W.H. Powell, 22d Inf.
Regiment: 22d Infantry.
Number of Companies: 2
Commissioned officers: 8
Enlisted men: 58
Aggregate: 66

Fort Buford, North Dakota
Commanding officer: Col. R.E.A. Crofton, 15th Inf.
Regiment: 8th Cavalry, 15th, 20th and 22d Infantry.
Number of Companies: 4
Commissioned officers: 22
Enlisted men: 234
Aggregate: 256

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In his report the Quartermaster General recorded the following officers from the 22nd Infantry
as having served as Acting Assistant Quartermasters during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890
and having spent funds from their allocated amounts in the following:

Lieutenant M.C. Martin - Expenditure, $ 17,393.92 - Balance, $ 1,369.13

Lieutenant T. Mosher - Expenditure, $ 3,604.18 - Balance, $ 0

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1891

The position and distribution of the 22nd Infantry in the Department of Dakota
for 1891 was as follows:

Fort Keogh, Montana: Near Miles City
Commanding officer: Col. P.T. Swaine, 22d Inf.
Regiment: 22d Infantry and headquarters, 8th Cavalry.
Number of Companies: 10
Commissioned officers: 38
Enlisted men: 440
Aggregate: 478

Fort Yates, North Dakota: 60 miles from Bismarck
Commanding officer: Lt. Col. W.F. Drum, 12th Inf.
Regiment: 8th Cavalry, 12th and 22d Infantry.
Number of Companies: 5
Commissioned officers: 18
Enlisted men: 221
Aggregate: 239

The following are the entries concerning the 22nd Infantry from the report of
Brigadier General Wesley Merritt who commanded the Department of the Dakota in 1891
after Brigadier Thomas Ruger was appointed to command the Department of the Pacific.
Merritt's report was dated September 1, 1891.

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The following are the entries concerning the 22nd Infantry from the Report of Operations Relative
to the Sioux Indians in 1890 and 1891 by Brigadier General Thomas Ruger. Ruger commanded the
Department of Dakota 1886-1891. His report was dated October 19, 1891.

The following is the report of 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster of the 22nd Infantry
Robert N. Getty as mentioned in BG Ruger's report above. Getty's report is dated April 13, 1891 at Fort Keogh, Montana.

The following is taken from the report of Lieutenant Colonel William F. Drum of the 12th Infantry
who commanded the post at Fort Yates, North Dakota in 1890-1891. Drum's report is
dated February 27, 1891.

The following is taken from the report entitled Itinerary of march of Capt. Fountain's command from Fort Keogh,
Mont., on December 13, 1890. The report was by Captain Samuel W. Fountain, Commander of Troop H 8th Cavalry
at Fort Keogh, Montana and is dated December 28, 1890.

The following excerpts are from the report of Major Henry Carroll of the 1st Cavalry who was stationed at Fort Custer,
Montana and in December 1890 moved with his Battalion to the Camp on Tongue River. The report is dated
February 6, 1891.

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The following excerpts are from the report of Lieutenant Colonel Abraham K. Arnold
who in December 1890 was commanding the 1st Cavalry and had moved with his command
from Fort Custer to the Camp on Tongue River. The report is dated February 10, 1891.

In his report the Quartermaster General recorded the following officers from the 22nd Infantry
as having served as Acting Assistant Quartermasters during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891
and having spent funds from their allocated amounts in the following:

Lieutenant R.N. Getty - Expenditure, $ 5,723.72 - Balance, $ 1,496.86

Lieutenant M.C. Martin - Expenditure, $ 38,602.61 - Balance, $ 0

Lieutenant T. Mosher - Expenditure, $ 1,293.93 - Balance, $ 0

Lieutenant A.C. Sharpe - Expenditure, $ 3,080.18 - Balance, $ 1,084.42

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