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First Machine Gun Battery Records
Militia unit, Providence, R.I. Records, 1885-1930 Size: 1 linear foot Catalog number: MSS 673 sg 10 Processed by: Rick Stattler, September 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
This battery was formed in 1885 as a platoon in Company B in the First Regiment of the Rhode Island militia. It later became the only independent machine gun battery in the nation, reporting directly to the Brigadier General of the state militia. The Battery was not called up for active duty during the Spanish-American War, but many of its members did serve in the U.S. regiments during the war. The company remained active through at least 1902. In 1918, the Gatling Gun Association of Rhode Island was formed for veterans of the Battery who served before 1898.
Provenance:
Five volumes arrived from the Gatling Gun Association in 1943 via their secretary Edward W. Husband. The remainder probably arrived as a gift from Nino Scotti in 1972.
Inventory:
Orders letter book, 1885-1891
Orders letter book, 1892-1894
Orders letter book, 1895-1906
Minute and record book, 1889-1894. Also Gatling Gun Association records, 1918-1930.
Descriptive roll, 1885-1894
Descriptive roll, 1899-1901
Roll book, 1885-1893
Roll book, 1893-1896
Roll book, 1896-1900
Roll book, 1901-1902
Orders received, 1879-1890
Rifle scores, 1894-1897
Subjects:
Gatling Gun Association of Rhode Island
Machine-gun drill and tactics
Rhode Island Military Papers
Spanish-American War, 1898
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