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Post by 26th on Jun 4, 2009 14:37:36 GMT -5
Bulikiti Again it depends on what period you want to represent. Those legging puttees you mentioned were not used during WW2. Victor is right, putting on the leggings is worse. Also rare they shot the rifle while mounted. Here is the other impression of the 26th but a different time period 1923-1926. Canvas leggings with inside leather lining. Shirt is 3 button, saddle 1904 and not the 1928 model, rifle scabarrd for 1903 springfield not the M1 Garand and saber, no saber used during WW2. A wise comment for you concerning a 26th Cavalryman, no complaining and no excuse's. If you want to be a 26th Cavalryman suck it up and use what they did. I am 58 and can still put those boots on and get on my horse. Rudy/26thCav/Blood of Troopers
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jun 4, 2009 19:14:16 GMT -5
Yes. Thanks for your tolerance. I'm veering off from the topic.
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Post by 26th on Jun 4, 2009 19:27:40 GMT -5
Bulikiti
Your welcome and get on and ask anytime. It's a great forum. Good luck to you and hope we helped.
Rudy
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jun 4, 2009 19:44:39 GMT -5
That is a fine horse Sir Rudy. Pre-WWII pictures of cavalry horses are a stark contrast to what the Filipinos had during the revolution. Well, there was no cavalry then I guess. Only horses for hauling coconuts. I wonder what breed is prescribed for the cavalry. A 1923-26 period cavalry is more complicated but very impressive. Pardon me veevee for this additional comment and query.
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Post by 26th on Jun 4, 2009 23:49:14 GMT -5
Bulikiti
Ah the horse? Now we are in a whole different section. Equipment like you said is complicated, but that is a money matter. If you have it you can buy it.
But a horse, if you have money and a good horse is not around, it means nothing.
Horse's came from all over the USA, what they looked for was all kinds of stuff. Head, mouth, hoofs, legs, back, height and weight.
The weight of a soldier with equipment should be around 250 or a third of the weight of the horse. Best height for a horseman 5-3---5-6>>> 135-150 in weight. Filipino's were perfect.
If you ever see a brand on the horse which is located on the left side of the neck 2 inches from the mane it will tell you where it came from. Example of the horse Mike of Captain Felipe Fernandez 26th cavalry E Troop> OR22= Oklahoma ranch 22 and his was a Mustang.
It was more the correct physical attributes that the Army was looking for than breeds.
Keep on writing, VEEVEE won't care. Maybe move to another topic area.
Boots and Saddles.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 5, 2009 7:08:08 GMT -5
Bulikiti, if you are serious about riding... they have more horses than riders at Clark/Fort Stotsenberg. They have the El Kabayo stables there. These are not the "Tagaytay" or the kalesa ponies. These are the big ones like in the cavalry. Get in touch with Guy Hilbero, he's running the newly established 26th Cavalry Memorial Regiment in Clark. More info here: pinoyhistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=reenactingwwii&action=display&thread=788
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jun 5, 2009 12:40:08 GMT -5
Vee Vee, I'll try to make that trip to Clark. I had a chance to ride my own horse when I was still visiting my Uncle's farm during the summers in my elementary years. I never got to do it again because of the deteriorating peace in order in the countryside at that time.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 5, 2009 20:05:48 GMT -5
Actually I take it back... El Kabayo stables I think is in Subic area, not Clark. But the 26th Cav memorial regiment is at Fort Stotsenberg/Clark.
Where's your uncle's farm?
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jun 6, 2009 3:31:21 GMT -5
Yes, I used to bike around subic base passing the El Kabayo stables.
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Post by wb on Jun 9, 2009 23:01:50 GMT -5
Hey folks, Does / did the 26th Cav have a shoulder patch? Are there any photos available? Regards, wb
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Post by 26th on Jun 9, 2009 23:40:43 GMT -5
WB This plate shows the patch that was worn on class A's only. Very unusual that they showed the Philippine Department patch on this. The date was 1942 after Pearl Harbor and Bataan. Rudy/26thCavlary
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jul 26, 2009 12:35:39 GMT -5
Actually I take it back... El Kabayo stables I think is in Subic area, not Clark. But the 26th Cav memorial regiment is at Fort Stotsenberg/Clark. Where's your uncle's farm? You are not mistaken Veevee. There is an El Kabayo Stables ( and Restaurant combined ) at Clark. This I found out 2 weeks ago during my trip looking for the 26th Cavalry Memorial and the Fort Stotsenberg Park. They teach some riding lessons "daw", but maintains only 3 horses that seem to have seen better days. Check out the thread on the Fort Stotsenberg Pics. My uncle's farm is in Albay but we don't go there anymore because of security concerns.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 15, 2011 20:22:09 GMT -5
In memory of the event.... 69 years ago today.
Salutes to the two surviving members of the charge.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 15, 2011 20:29:55 GMT -5
The church The river The road they charged down through. It might have been wider with no walls back in 1942.
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Post by legionnaire on Jan 15, 2011 22:46:32 GMT -5
The PSHS's Fort McKinley, Manila chapter, PS Living History Company salutes our Heroes, Col. Edwin Ramsey, trooper Dan Figuracion with 27 PS troopers of the 26th Cavalry Philippine Scouts. The United States Army's last Mounted Cavalry charge in Morong, Bataan,P.I., January 16, 1942.
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Post by jnmodeller on Jan 16, 2011 9:04:57 GMT -5
another nice poster Philip!
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Post by bulikiti2 on Jan 16, 2011 20:36:45 GMT -5
Vic, These horses we are riding are the horses you were talking about at the El Kabayo stables in Clark. Dream come true for me..
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Post by medic on Jan 16, 2011 23:13:31 GMT -5
Great pics!
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Post by robersabel on May 27, 2011 15:17:06 GMT -5
I do not see a Combat Infantryman badge on any of the uniforms in the photographs. Are they veterans of Bataan?
Robert
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 15, 2012 19:52:56 GMT -5
In memory of the event... 70 years ago. Once again, salutes to the two surviving members of the charge. Ed Ramsey and Dan Figuracion.
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