110th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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110th Infantry Regiment
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Coat of arms
Active28 November 1873–
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
AllegianceUS
Branch United States Army
Type Infantry
Role Light Infantry (former)
Stryker Infantry
Size Regiment (former)
Battalion
Garrison/HQ Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Nickname(s)Fighting Tenth (special designation) [1]
Motto(s)"Cuiusque Devotio est Vis Regimenti" (The Devotion of Each Is The Strength Of The Regiment)
Engagements Spanish–American War
Philippine–American War
Mexican Expedition
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Frank Tompkins
John A. Black
Insignia
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110th Infantry memorial at Washington (PA) cemetery 110th Inf memorial.JPG
110th Infantry memorial at Washington (PA) cemetery

The 110th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its legacy unit, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, is a subordinate command of 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. [2]

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History

Formation

The 110th Infantry Regiment was activated in the summer of 1873 as the 10th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. It was assigned a military district within the western part of the Commonwealth that comprised Westmoreland, Washington, Somerset, Blair, Fayette, Indiana, Beaver, and Greene Counties. Its first commanding of officer was Col. John A. Black who was later succeeded by Alexander L. Hawkins in November 1878. [3]

The 10th Regiment participated in the annual State encampments of the National Guard and was activated in response to domestic labor disturbances in 1877, 1891, 1892, 1902, and 1916. [3]

Spanish-American War and Philippine insurrection

On April 28, 1898, the Regiment was activated after the United States declared war on Spain and ordered into federal service on May 12 as part of the United States Volunteers where they mobilized out of Camp Merritt, California, near San Francisco, before embarking for the Philippines. [3]

The 10th engaged in combat operations in the Philippines, arriving at the archipelago on July 17, 1898, under the command of Brig. Gen. Francis Vinton Greene, commander of the Philippine Expeditionary Force. While they were initially based out of Camp Dewey near Malate, Manila, the Regiment participated in numerous battles throughout the campaign to include: Malate, Manila, Filipino Outbreak, La Loma, Caloocan, San Francisco del Monte, Tuliahan River, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Guiguinto,and Malolos. By the end of the war, the Regiment lost 21 soldiers due to combat or disease, 70 wounded, and one missing in action. On July 1, 1899, the Regiment departed for the United States on the steamship Senator and arrived at San Francisco on August 1. During their sea voyage, Col. Hawkins died on July 18. The Regiment was demobilized from the Presidio of San Francisco on August 22, 1899 and returned home. [3]

Inter-war period

Upon return to Pennsylvania, the Regiment reorganized under Col. James E. Barnett where he served as regimental commander until replaced by Col. Richard Coulter Jr in 1907. [3]

On June 22, 1916, the Regiment was mobilized again for active service to El Paso, Texas in support of the Pancho Villa Expedition. On July 12, the 3rd Battalion, commanded by Maj. Henry W. Coulter, was ordered to proceed to the Big Bend District. The Regiment’s mission was to guard the U.S.-Mexico border until October, when the Regiment returned home, demobilizing on October 27, 1916. [3]

World War I

During the First World War, the Regiment was mobilized at home stations on July 15, 1917, and drafted in while into the Army of the United States on August 5. That month, the commander of the 10th, Col. Richard Coulter, was promoted to Brigadier General and now Lt. Col. Henry W. Coulter assumed command of the Regiment. [3]

In early September, the Regiment moved to Camp Hancock, Georgia, for pre-mobilization training. In October, the Army reorganized the Pennsylvania National Guard, 7th Division, designating it as the 28th Division and the Regiment was reflagged from the 10th to the 110th. The strength of the infantry Regiment under the new table of organization published by the War Department was 3,750 soldiers. [3]

The regiment served with the 55th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Division from September 1917 – May 1919, and from 1921–24. [4]

Inter-war period

World War II

Cold-War era

Global war on terror

1-110th Infantry Battalion task organization as of March 2014:

In June 2016, 1st-110th Infantry Bn. deployed to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait to train their forces. [7]

Notable members

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References

  1. "Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum, 28th Infantry Division Heraldry Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 1 July 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 110th Infantry (10th PA. INF.) United States (1917 ed.). Press of Edward Stern & Company, Incorporated. 1917.
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