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The 244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in June 24, 1799 as the 6th Regiment of Infantry . ==History== *Constituted 24 June 1799 in the New York National Guard as the 6th Regiment of Infantry and organized from existing units which date back to 1785 by transfer of 4 companies of the 1st Regiment; 3 Companies from the 2nd Regiment; 5 Companies from 3rd Regiment; 2 Companies from 4th Regiment all organized March 4, 1786; 3 Companies from the 5th Regiment organized May 11, 1789; and the Independent Rifle Company organized organized August 28, 1798. *MArch 8, 1800 6th Regiment N.Y.S.I. organized under command of Lt.Col. Commandant Jacob Morton. *March 27, 1805 designation changed from 6th Regiment of Infantry to 2d Regiment of Artillery, New York City. *June 13, 1812 designation changed from 2d Regiment of Artillery to 9th Regiment of Artillery. *December 13, 1813 Regiment reduced to a Battalion. *June 6, 1816 reorganized as a Regiment retaining its number. although as a Battalion known as 1st Battalion, New York State Artillery. *May 29, 1850 By a change of Regimental districts, officers and men transferred to other regiments; 9th Regiment known as the "Irish Ninth" *May 3, 1858 "Irish Ninth" disbanded; district of 9th Regiment retained *June 25, 1859 Regiment comes back into existence. *1861-1864 during US Civil War served as the 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. *May 1898-November 15, 1898 during Spanish-American War served as the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry; increased to a 12 company Regiment by addition of Companies L and M-extra companies disbanded December 22, 1898.〔(DMNA History )〕 *January 23, 1908-in order to conform to Military Law, the 9th is converted to Coast Artillery, making it part of the Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard, 9th Artillery District and COmpanies A to K changed to 13th to 22nd Companies, Coast Artillery Corps, respectfully.〔(Adjutant General Report New York 1915.p.90 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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