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1Title:  Cleveland Military Units Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Cleveland Military Units 
 Dates:  1877-1973 
 Abstract:  Troop A was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 as an independent military unit to defend against strikers and unruly mobs. It affiliated with the Ohio National Guard in 1887, formed part of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1898, was absorbed into the 135th Field Artillery in 1918 and reorganized in 1920 as Troop A of the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. It became part of the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1947. The Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery was founded in 1877 to quell labor violence also. It disbanded by 1905. The Riding Club Company was founded in 1891 as an equestrian and social club. It dissolved in 1893. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, correspondence, orders, financial records, publications and scrapbooks of Troop A, the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery, and the Riding Club Company. 
 Call #:  MS 3985 
 Extent:  3.50 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio. | United States -- Reserves. | United States -- Militia. | Ohio -- Militia. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources.
 
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2Title:  Dudley J. Hard Papers     
 Creator:  Hard, Dudley J. 
 Dates:  1864-1944 
 Abstract:  Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France during World War I, commanding the unit from August 1917 to April 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The collection consists of military orders, bulletins, memoranda, rosters, payrolls, maps, war diaries, tactical procedures, discharge records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates of commission, and a souvenir volume and programs. Included are records relating to the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 135th Field Artillery, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade and the 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and souvenir volumes concerning various Cleveland military units. Also included are documents relating to the military career and death of Curtis V. Hard, the Spanish-American War, and his manuscript account of the war which was published in 1988 as, Banners in the air. 
 Call #:  MS 3138 
 Extent:  2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hard, Dudley J., 1872-1950 -- Archives. | Hard, Curtis V., 1845-1917 -- Archives. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers, 8th. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery, 135th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery Brigade, 62nd. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
 
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