First Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company B
By Patrick McSherry
The First Texas, Company B was formed in Galveston, Texas, and was known
as the "Galveston Rifles." The unit was mustered into service on May 10,
1898, under the command of Victor N. Theriot. The unit was still stationed
at Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida
in October 13, 1898, two months after an armistice had put an end to hostilities.
The First Texas did eventually move on to Cuba, apparently as part of the
occupation forces. There is a photograph of the unit passing through El
Cerro on its way to the docks in Havana.
By April, 1899 (after the Spanish American War ended and the Philippine
American War began) the unit was commanded by Charles G. Dwyer. The unit
still existed into 1901, with Theriot returning to command.
Bibliography:
Texas
State Library and Archives Website
Wright, General Marcus J.,Wright's Official History of the Spanish
American War.(Washington: War Records Office 1900) 335.
