Captain Harry George Trout

1st Lt, 2nd U. S. Cavalry Rgt.; in May 1893 joined his regiment at Ft. Wingate, N M and spent four years there along with USMA classmate William Bean • 3135

Cullums Register No. 3135

served in the aftermath of The Rock Springs Massacre

note causes as stated on wikipedia
"The riot was the result of a combination of racial prejudice and general resentment against Union Pacific.[2] In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act required that "... from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come."[11] In the years preceding the Rock Springs massacre, the importation of Chinese labor was seen as a "system worse than slavery". "
It was the 7th Inf. that was first sent in.; Lt. Traut came later with the9th US Cav.

from 1900 onward

(Captain, 2d Cavalry, March 15, 1900)

— Commanding Troop H, 2d Cavalry, from April 12, at Matanzas, Cuba; rejoined at Matanzas, Cuba, from D. S., April 11.

(Transferred from Troop E to Troop H,
2d Cavalry, April 27)

— Summary Court Officer, July 1 to Sept. 7; on D. S., in connection with Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, from Sept. 8 to Jan. 17, 1902; on D. S. at Bolondron, Cuba, Oct. 28 and 29, 1902; En route from Matanzas, Cuba to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., from Jan. 18 to 23, commanding Troop H; on D. S. at Fort Columbus, N. Y., March 16; changed station from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., to Fort Myer, Va., April 16; on D. S. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 7 to 22; commanding Troops G and H, 2d Cavalry, on target range, at Brunswick, Md., from Aug. 2 to 31; on D. S. at Gettysburg, Pa., from Sept. 13 to 27; commanding troop, Jan. 1 to Oct. 26, 1903; sick in quarters, Oct. 26 to Nov. 10; commanding troop, Nov. 10 to 26; A. W. L., Nov. 26 to 29; commanding troop, Nov. 29 to Dec. 31; commanding troop, Jan. 1 to May 30, 1904; D. S., Division Cavalry Competition, as Chief Range Officer; rejoined from D. S., June 17; commanding troop, from June 17 to July 26; sick in quarters, from p390 July 26 to Aug. 7; commanding troop, from Aug. 7 to Oct. 11; A. W. L., from Oct. 11 to 17; commanding troop, from Oct. 17 to Dec. 5; on D. S., from Dec. 5 to 11; commanding troop, from Dec. 11 to 23; D. S. at Banguis, from Dec. 23 to 30; commanding troop, Dec. 31 to Jan. 10; A. W. L., Jan. 10 to June 14; Summary Court and Survey Officer, July 1 to Aug. 8, 1905.

Died Aug. 8, 1905, in hospital, Camp Stotsenburg, P. I.: Aged 44.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.