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9th Cavalry honor guard for President Theodore Roosevelt, San Francisco, 1903. of troop I, was the third black graduate of West Point Captain Charles Young} and their duty is both honorable and unique.They are serving as “Guard of Honor and Presidential Escort, for the distinguished guest is Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States , and the troopers serving in this escort are “Buffalo Soldiers” black cavalry troopers. This is the first time that black cavalry soldiers have served as an escort of honor for a U.S. President.”

While stationed in California 9th Cavalry troops were assigned to patrol the national parks during the 1903 season, including Yosemite, General Grant and Sequoia. In 1903 Captain Charles Young was named Acting Superintdent of Sequoia National Park for the summer.”Y ”Young ”Y oung and his troopers arrived in Sequoia after a 16 day ride to find that their major assignment would be the extension of the wagon road. Hoping to break consider-the sluggish pattern of previous military administrations, Young poured his consider fly.. By mid-August wagons able energies into the project, and dirt and rock began to fly were entering the mountain top forest for the first time. Still not content, Young kept his crews working and soon extended the road to the base of the famous Moro Rock. During the summer of 1903, Young and his troopers built as much road as the combined results of the three previous summers.”5