Roster of Officers of the Sixteenth Infantry, United States Army. Headquarters, Fort Riley, Kansas

Fort Riley, Ks: Sixteenth Infantry Print, 1879. Very good plus.. Broadsheet, printed on thin coated paper, approximately 14 x 6.5 inches, recto printed in blue ink with ornamental border enclosing the title portion and decorative ornament on other panel of recto, verso printed in black, with signature line at bottom filled in by the adjutant. Light foxing, three horizontal folds, short separation along central horizontal fold. A handsome example of garrison printing in Kansas, listing the thirty-six commissioned officers of the 16th Infantry Regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas, under the command of Brevet General Galusha Pennypacker. The 16th was headquartered at Fort Riley beginning in 1877, following a decade's peacekeeping service in the Reconstruction-era South. The regiment's sojourn to Kansas was relatively brief, as it was ordered to Texas in 1880. Still later, in 1890, following the Department of the Platte, several companies of the 16th participated in the Wounded Knee campaign. The decorative flourishes and the formality of the presentation of the roster suggests a ceremonial intent, and is unusual for military field printing of the time, especially since the 16th Infantry was then embroiled in ongoing campaigns against the Ute and Cheyenne. The roster is signed at the bottom by Lt. William V. Richards, Adjutant, who is also listed in the "Field and Staff" portion at the beginning of the roster. We have been unable to locate any other examples of printing from the "Sixteenth Infantry Print" or other printers at Fort Riley prior to the turn of the century. Unrecorded in OCLC.