The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-06-30
PLUCKY SOLDIERS, FROx
COWBOY TO COTIL-
LON LEADER.
ROOSEvELTS OOO RECRUITS
New York Society Men and the
Plainsmen Prove Equals
In Steady Nerve.

The specialized German soldiers were
Won Moltke's surest reliance in 1870
| The best troops in the southern army
= ere the aristocratic young planters
aud planters sons. In the north the
] sinew of the army was in the youth
/ from cities and farm who we're proud
Of their standing at home and deter
mined to maintain their sepute at all
hazards,
"Roosev.lt's rich young ,uen may
safely be trusted to give good ac-
count of themselves, not only in fight
ing but in the meaner work of the
camp as well. They are not OF the
sort that has sought soft snGp' com
IN issions for de orRtiye purposes. 49,
Editorial 10 the World May is on THE
DaIdies in War"
That battle in the thickets near Sc
villa proved the true blue courage of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. IL showed
the sterling rugged stuff beneath the
polished veneer OF the New York So
ciety man. When II came to facing
a shower of bullets he was the equal OF
the plaiDsman, the man of nerve. but
no nerves. treat big merry Ham Fish,
patrician through and throug IA, proved
IL with his body torn to pieces By
Mauser bullets, which burst into tiny
fragments when they strike their vic.
tim.
When the historian writes OF the
Spanish-Ame lean war, the First u. s.
volunteer cavalry will furnish fruit
full and conspicuous topic for his pen.
No regiment in the worlds wars has
been quite the equal of 10 in address of
composition. Diverse TO the borGe
lands of the ludicrous, with it's mixture
OF society darlings and Western bad
men, II presents a splendid homogenity
in the chief requisites Of the soldier
courage TO me limit, a knowledge OF
weapons anu horses, dare devil hun
ger for danger, and, above all, mighty
notion that the genuine American can
lick anything on the face Of the earth.
PHOTOGRAPH OF ITS FOUNDER
In many ways the regiment is an
elaborate photograph Of the character
of its founder, Theodore Roosevelt. At
odd times he is ranehman, hunter, pol.
itician, reformer, society man, athlete,
literRtteur and state man. On y in his
complex brain, With it's intense versa
tility, could the idea OF forming such d
regiment have been born. hut his wide
knowledge OF the ramiGcations OF the
hkEihi bGHlG lOlu nun lnhI tnt ulCn he
wanted were resting upon every round
of the ladder from the bottom TO the
top. He knew that the Fifth avenue
clu nmRn had the genuine fighting stuff
in him as we'll RB the plainsman who
carried a dozen not hes on his gun. II
only needed opportunity to bring IL
out
The day war was declared, back in
A n-l II a a..
form his regiment. His position as
assistant secretary Of the navy ham
pered his purpose for a while. The
president did not want him to leave,
but by the lst OF May he had made ar
rangements for resigning, and on May
he retired, and the same day was
sworn IN as lieutenant. colonel Of the
regiment. lie could have been colonel
IL he so wished, but he wanted posi-.
tion that would take him into the
thickest of every fight. AS lieuten-
ant-colonel he executes tbe order Of
the commander, and is actively en-
gagged. Activity is Roosevelt's long
suit in life. He had his friend Colonel
Leonard Wood appointed TO the com
mander, a man who had served ten
years under Gen. Miles and other
leaders in the Indian campaigns, and
who is thoroughly familiar with the
kind Of work designed for the Rough
Riders.
A week before Roosevelt left the ma
w department the regiment had been
recruited TO the limit at San Antonio,
Tex where Col. Wood had encamped
IL there had been room for 1000 men
10 the regiment, instead OF less than
a thousand, there would have been no
vacancies. The two leading essen
tiAls for admission 30 the regiment
sere that the candidates should know
how TO ride and 10 shoot not ia an
ordinary degree, but with expert skill.
A RUSH TO RECRUIT.
When Rooseve rs purpose 10 form a
regiment first became known applica
tions poured in from the Rilded youth
OF New York from the great univer-
stiles and many of the large cities.
These yOcng men did not seek posi
tions Of rank. All they asked was the
privilege OF donning the garb OF pri-
vAte soldiers and TO fight for their
country.
Men with millions In their own right
and others with millionaire fathers
were happy 10 give up rose-tinted
ex 'stence TO suffer hardship, hunger,
dirt aud incessAnt work-w,th death
In the Immediate perspective.
A glance at the names OF many OF
the Rough Riders reads like an among
those present list Of a Fifth avenue
eotilion or banquet. New York Ia
lstrongly represented so are Harvard,
Yale and Princeton. OF the 92O off
GERS and men in the regiment some
two hundred would In their culinary
dress, be classed as dudes.
Most OF the New Workers are In
trooD X. IL is called the mIllionaire' 4
company. VIM. Tiffany is sergeant Oi
the company. Just before he started
for Texas his engagement to Miss
Maud Livingstone was announced. He
n = b0yish looking young fellow oi
about twenty-five. lie Is Unfortunately
fond OF fine clothes AID for some time
bore reputation OF being the besl
dressed man among the smart set. H6
used 10 change his clothes four and
ave times a day and otherwise indulge
his pet fancy.
He Is a grand nephew OF the hero o.
Lake Erie. Admiral Oliver HazarC
Perry, and the nephew Of the late Ms
August Belmont. His health broke
down half = dozen years ago and h'
was sent out 20 a Montana ranch 20 re
cuperate. There he became proficient
horseman and acquired the qualities
} which made him a valuable member o
, the Rough Riders.
Then there Is Woodbury. Kane, o
the famous New York family Of thA
name and who is related 10 the Aetor