112th Cavalry Regiment
military unit
The 112th Cavalry Regiment is a Texas National Guard regiment that served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II.
Early history
The 112th Cavalry Regiment was constituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, and allotted to the state of Texas. The regiment was assigned along with New Mexico's 111th Cavalry Regiment to the 56th Cavalry Brigade; in 1929, the 111th Cavalry was replaced by the 124th Cavalry. The 112th Cavalry regimental headquarters was organized on 20 July 1921 at Dallas, Texas, by redesignation of the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (constituted on 20 February 1920; organized and federally recognized on 16 December 1920) as the 112th Cavalry. Subordinate squadron headquarters were concurrently organized at Dallas. The regimental headquarters was successively relocated as follows: to Fort Worth, Texas, on 19 July 1925; to Dallas about August 1938.
The regiment, or elements thereof, was called up to perform the following state duties: to perform martial law during the reduction of the Borger, Texas, criminal ring in September–October 1929; to restore order after the race riot in Sherman, Texas, in May 1930; and to perform patrolling and production regulation in the East Texas oilfields during September 1931–December 1932. Elements of the regiment were also called up to perform emergency relief duties after the Oak Cliff, Texas, tornado, 30–31 July 1933, and the New London, Texas, school explosion in March 1937. The regiment conducted summer training at Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas, 1921–23; Camp Stanley, San Antonio, Texas, 1924–26; and most years at Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1927–39. Its designated mobilization training station was Fort Brown, Texas, 1922–33, and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1933–40.
The regiment was relieved from the 23rd Cavalry Division on 1 April 1939 after the 56th Cavalry Brigade was designated a separate brigade and assigned to the Third Army.
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