2015-05-29 history; idaho; university of idaho; uidaho; vintage Idaho’s First State Forester uispecialcollections: Born in 1873, Ben Bush was enlisted as Sergeant in Company D of the First Regiment of Idaho Volunteers in the Philippine Insurrection, on May 1st, 1898. He received two medals, and was mustered out on September 25, 1899. Keep reading