I hope to present this evidence to the Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico for consideration of the unnamed hill manned by Williams' detachment being named for the corporal. Williams was commended in a report of the station activities written by the officer. This occurred during the practice at the very busy Fort Cummings station when its officer in charge fell seriously ill and had to be transported to Fort Bayard for treatment. He is singled out because of his race, he, apparently being the only known black signalman placed in charge of a heliograph station. Cavalry, one of two "Buffalo Soldier" regiments.
"Black Jack" Pershing was later named General of the Armies of the United States only George Washington was ever similarly honored!Īnother man, long since forgotten, but deserving special recognition was Corporal Daniel Williams of the 10th U.S. Pershing, a young lieutenant who was in charge of the Fort Stanton heliograph station during the maneuvers. My guess is that close to two hundred men were involved, both cavalry and infantry.īest known of these men today was, perhaps, John J. Involved in the long range signaling maneuvers were twenty-five heliograph stations stretching from Whipple Barracks near Prescott to Fort Stanton near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Although the practice lasted only sixteen days, preparations for it took months of reconnaissance and preparation. Volkmar, the Assistant Adjutant General and Chief Signal Officer for the Department of Arizona. I call it the "Volkmar Practice", after the man responsible for it, Col. The date was May 15th, 1890, and the Army's Department of Arizona had just completed a major heliograph practice it was, in fact, the largest the world had ever seen.
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