GIBSON.
The Twenty-fourth United States Infantry was organized by act of Congress July 28, 1866.

Reorganized by consolidation of the 38th and 41st regiments of infantry, by act of Congress, approved March 3, 1869.

Organization of regiment completed in September, 1869, with headquarters at Fort McKavett, Texas.
Since taking station at Fort McKavett, headquarters of the regiment have been at the following places: 1870-71, Fort McKavett, Tex.; 1872, Forts McKavett and Brown, Texas; 1873-74, Forts Brown and Duncan, Tex.; 1875-76, Fort Brown, Tex.; 1877-78, Fort Clark, Tex.; 1879, Fort Duncan, Tex.; 1880, Forts Duncan and Davis, Tex.; 1881-87, Fort Supply, Ind.

Terr.; 1888, Forts Supply and Sill, Ind.Terr., and Bayard, N.M.; 1889 to 1896, Forts Bayard, N.M., and Douglas, Utah; 1897, Fort Douglas, Utah; 1898, Fort Douglas, Utah, till April 20, when ordered into the field, incident to the breaking out of the Spanish-American war.

At Chickamauga Park, Ga., April 24 to 30; Tampa, Fla., May 2 to June 7; on board transport _S.S.
City of Washington_, en route with expedition (Fifth Army Corps) to Cuba, from June 9 to 25; at Siboney and Las Guasimas, Cuba, from June 25 to 30; occupied the immediate block-house hill at Fort San Juan, Cuba, July 1 to 10, from which position the regiment changed to a place on the San Juan ridge about one-fourth of a mile to the left of the block-house, where it remained until July 15, when it took station at yellow fever camp, Siboney, Cuba, remaining until August 26, 1898; returned to the United States August 26, arriving at Montauk Pt., L.I., September 2, 1898, where it remained until September 26, when ordered to its original station, Fort Douglas, Utah, rejoining October 1, 1898.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.
Colonel .-- Henry B.Freeman, under orders to join.
Lieutenant-Colonel .-- Emerson H.Liscum, Brig.-Gen.