New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-05
GLIMPSES OF CAMP LIFE.
COLONEL ROOsEvELTS FAREWELL ~
THE ROUGH RIDERS-HuMoR AND
pATEoS AT NONTAUK
PATKCS AT MONTAUK


meeting this morning in the camp OF the to"s"
Riders and Colonel Roosevelt took the occasion 10
make sort Of farewell address. An orsdn ""'
taken over from Of the Young Men : oht-s.'
Association tents and the services opened VII" i"e
Battle Hymn OF the Republic" most OF the three
hundred Rough Riders present taking part mp
lain H 4 Brown conducted the meeting. Colonei
Roosevelt said he wanted 10 take the OCCASION 10
saw a few words 20 his men. lie sald 'ha' -
result Of their service together there would al" dys
be the warmest feeling between them ana the'
Rad formed friendships that would last ior iile'
When the Association OF the KouGn hiHeIs "ic'
each wear 10 celebrate the battle Of La cuasina ne
hoped TO meet az many OF them as could possibly
attend.
Colonel Roosevelt said he was l.,tlc surprised
that some Of them were impatient. "Nheh you
toined this regiment" NJ continued. you were pre-.
pared to do anything that came In the Inc oil
duty. You resdy for all sorts OF hardships-
One OF the boys whom last saw In the trenches
at Santiago with a mango and a piece OF haru-
tack came 10 me to-day and complained that ne
had got his milk tod him that wa, was ,x toS
getting better Wen he thought II over he
laughed, and said he didn't mind much aoou' 'he
The speaker said he was confident that II an,
other war should come he could depend upon eE r
man OF Them TO 20 back and do his duty r OF
every vacancy In the ranks ten Or one nnnufee Urea
,%s e be S 1S0 wo to step be i" s@f
home and possibly in ten days peopo "ou!u S1S
in ' the Rough Riders" He urged Them not TO lie
down and think they had reputation ana o opI,u
Of The love and respect OF the people He said he
would remember them always. ana "heneHs' ~. rnS
future he was ,s near S1 q by , %, hsnd ne
The Rough Riders seemed 70 be dsePly nneGfea
~, ~ " eyang"ist made a short address, and the
meeting Closed with God he with US I'LL we meet
again" and prayer.
There they go it's just O'Clock" said one OF
the reporters at Newspaper Row to-day There was
a great clatter Of horses hoofs ana dozen Morse
men swooped down from the camp OF the Rough
Riders past the tents OF the reporters and the camp
OF the Signal Corps and on toward the shore' ~
was easy 10 see at a glance that Colonel Roosevelt
was at their head. his horse going Ike the VIM.
Up hill and down dale they went until they uashe"
down a dfteen- foot embankment and stopped Win
a jerk the waters brink
When one who not familiar with the spectacle
inquired about this surprising sortie those 10 whom
II had become old story explained that every day
Teddy" with some OF his personal friends and ON
GERS OF his regiment rides to the wafer )uSt 81
mii ID JOKE generally puts one of his friends who Is
ma rider on 'pred horss ana n ns sme N
the air and is finally scared out Of his wits by the
sudden stop at The ecge % the water.
The Colonel enjoys Ms swim much as would
BOY VINO nad playSa no1Eey rom seh SCar TO 'n
dives
Writer'S Of songs about mother would get in
sp,raton II they would come to Camp WikoG
Mothers are coming here from all over the United
States. attracted by rhe widely spread reports OF tho
Illness OF the returning troops Every train that
comes 10 the camp carries precious cargo Of
mothers. and every train that goes out carIics
mothers. accompanied by wasted and yellow-'iceI
boys
Mothers are always important but when a man
very young man-!s lying half-unconscious with
fever after .ough campaign mother assumes
an importance as compared with which all other
things are Insignificant
This is illustrated by 8 little incident that hap
pened on the "Montsuk special as Il pulled out
OF Camp Wikon a. : o'clock asst evening In the
forward part 0. OF the coachef eat an enaciaed
boy OF eighteen, whose sllt OF blue hung Imply
left his great brown eyes becauss 1t'er %ecs Of
waiting and longing .his mother hat come and was
taking him home 10 Washington. y Z His mother
was in the rear Of The car looking after some buzz
Mamma nina f''' !" '''7"'''''' ''''''
His voice and stature were those n. n man. and
every one looked !ghtcaei ~ they saw HIN totter
down the aisle
minute came from the woman a. the bundlcs
J thought You were le.t. he muitsred ana ust
falling and carried him back to his s~a; Ms
mother came up. and h1ing her patient as well ;
a. hin Nth the sam. tenderness she dd whom ne
was seventeen ycsrs younger - 80. a..
he s!pped AZ glass OF milk Tnioh she poured Tor
him
When the Mon'auk speca! came 70 camp yes
terday It carried tade1.lookns little Oh woman
whose anxious face told only TOO plaialy taat sAe
o: the mothers. She was from Canton.
OHIO and when some Of the men told her that
President Mckinley hld visited the camp the day
before. she said.
oh. know everything viii be all right II Major
Mckinley has been here He is a good man
She found her boy. a member 0. the s'h chlo In
the genera! hospital After the greetings were over
she said
Are you sure you did not get a scratch. Tom"
Not a scratch outside. but In badly scratched
inside replied the convslescent sailing feeoly at
his little Toxic
When they first reach camp tho mothers go TO
the Information Bureau. This is presided by
Major Morris c Hu,chins a man 20 whom the
spirit o. job probably migrated TIE Major can
answer one question four hundred lines and the
four hundredh time lac answers it smiles as II he
Did some ut men get in on the Rou%aGta?"
YES" he said. smiling. ,.
Seven" h. replied.
sne fsn. TalhsT lhan yslksa. 70 one 'ide ara
inca, WE Mtepn 9 sSe onnd TIA, her p
was not one Of the dead
Some Of the volunteer company officers are not
keeping close track OF their men. and, indeed with
several hospitals ana the free granting OF tur-
loughs II Is rather difficult The mother OF n
member of tho District Of Columbia regiment
tramped the huge camping ground all day
Saturday. going from hospital 70 hospital and
finally at night she learned that her had
started for Washington that morning
THE first thing one Of these young soldiers
thinks OF on the battlefield when he is struck Ia
his mother" said steward Of the let United
States cavalry. yesterday. While We were going
up tsie hill nj San Juan shell struck boy beside
me n the back OF the head. He dropped. and Kept
IN a constant grooming Of Mother mother!
mother" 7 felt that II was inhuman not 10 carry