.More than 3,000 miles were covered by the Indians and the Army during the chase, whichtook a month longer than General Miles had planned. The men had walked and riddenthrough some of the most inaccessible desert land in North America, in heat sometimesabove 110 degrees.After Geronimo's surrender, "B" Troop of the 4th Cavalry was given the mission ofescorting the Apache's to Florida.The chase of Geronimo caught the interest of the Nation and the World. In 1887 PresidentGrover Cleveland approved the transfer of "B" Troop, 4th Cavalry to Fort Myer, VA, nearWashington, D.C. There, with Captain Lawton still commanding, the troop formed anhonor guard, and were reviewed by dignitaries, both foreign and national.Captain Lawton, who had won the Medal of Honor with the 30th Indiana Infantry in theCivil War, also fought in Cuba in 1898, and was killed in action in the Philippines in 1899as a Major General.Leonard Wood kept a complete account of the Geronimo campaign and later, when he wasassigned to Cuba, put to good use his experiences in the pursuit. In 1895 in Cuba heserved under General Samuel Whitside, who had founded Fort Huachuca in March 1877 asa Captain of "B" Company, 6th Cavalry. Leonard Wood later rose to the rank of Generaland became Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.Elements of the 4th were stationed at Fort Huachuca from 1884 to 1890. During WorldWar II the 4th was reorganized and redesignated the 4th Cavalry, Mechanized. Afternumerous reassignments and changes, it became the 4th Cavalry, Armored.An Apache war chief, Geronimo, and a small band of warriors brokeout of a concentration camp. He fought a guerrilla campaign againsthundreds of United States cavalry and held out for months by raidingfrom the mountains which had been the Apache range until the white mencame. While the cavalry followed rumours and false trails from canyonto mesa, newspapers in the east quickly made the defiant Apache a folklegend, demonizing him and at the ...
