Abolishment of the Horse Cavalry in the U.S.

[Sam Cox]

759th HP

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7766th HP

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287th HP

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7766th Horse Troop

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759th

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[Pat Holscher]

Hey chaps.

Horse cavalry ceased to exist in the CONUS in 1947,the last tactical training was by "The Cavalry Squadron (horse)" Lt Col John F Polk.The Squadron was made up of a HQ and Troop "A" and "B".

The Sqn was was inactivated in December of 1947 on the 20th. All personal remained at Ft Riley. The Stables continued to operate at Riley well into the 1950s.

The "horsed" units in Germany and Austria got bundled into one unit under the title of the 7766th Horse Troop. The 7766th was inactivated in late 1949.The remaining hose platoon in Germany was the 16th Constabulary Horse Platoon,retitled in 1951 the 759th Military Police Horse Platoon and then retitled the 287th MP Horse Platoon.It was the 287th that remained "Horse" until it was inactivated in 1958.

I was hoping you'd post Sam. Your knowledge on this era is vast, and this provides a critical piece to the puzzle, to say the least.

[Philip S]

This was the last cavalry parade held in Jct. City, KS (next door to Ft. Riley) on Veterans Day 1946.

[Philip S]

"I was secretary of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill then, and I got word through the back door (that the commandant of the Ground General School (successor to the Cavalry School) had literally dumped lots of manuscripts, studies, and books into the river). I got permission from the commandant of the (Field Artillery) School to send two 2 1/2 trucks up here to pick up part of this stuff they were going to throw away. My mistake was that I did not send six."

John "Andy" Seitz (Brig Gen., Ret) P. 141-142, "Behind the Facade of Fort Riley's Hometown, the Inside Story of Junction City, Kansas"

[Pat Holscher]

"I was secretary of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill then, and I got word through the back door (that the commandant of the Ground General School (successor to the Cavalry School) had literally dumped lots of manuscripts, studies, and books into the river). I got permission from the commandant of the (Field Artillery) School to send two 2 1/2 trucks up here to pick up part of this stuff they were going to throw away. My mistake was that I did not send six."

John "Andy" Seitz (Brig Gen., Ret) P. 141-142, "Behind the Facade of Fort Riley's Hometown, the Inside Story of Junction City, Kansas"

I think we heard a similar story from Terry Van Meter at Ft. Riley.

I wonder, was the dumping despair, carelessness, or perhaps a little malicious?

[Todd]

"I was secretary of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill then, and I got word through the back door (that the commandant of the Ground General School (successor to the Cavalry School) had literally dumped lots of manuscripts, studies, and books into the river). I got permission from the commandant of the (Field Artillery) School to send two 2 1/2 trucks up here to pick up part of this stuff they were going to throw away. My mistake was that I did not send six."

John "Andy" Seitz (Brig Gen., Ret) P. 141-142, "Behind the Facade of Fort Riley's Hometown, the Inside Story of Junction City, Kansas"

I think we heard a similar story from Terry Van Meter at Ft. Riley.

I wonder, was the dumping despair, carelessness, or perhaps a little malicious?

Or perhaps a "Big Statement" being made - lots of those get done without much consideration for anything other than 'the optic', to use the current trite phrasing.