Evening star., 1898-09-19
Sixteen of the Famous Rough Riders
in Town.
FRESH FROM THE FIELD OF CARNAGE
Officers on Business Mission,
"Boys" Seeing the Sights.
VIEWS OF THE CUBAN WAR

Sixteen OF RooseveIt's Rough Riders are
in town. and thercH be a hot-but hats
story for another date. Five of them
officers. here business. and the others.
the boys" their superiors declare.
have just come along to see the sights"
VIII there he any broncho busting?"
vas asked Lieut. Sherrard Coleman, Ted
dy's" quartermaster.
Il don't see any bronchos to bust" srnil-
ingIy answered the brorzed terror" tndi-
eating a willingness to do if there was any
thing 10 be done.
Among the eleven high privates'' there
are "Whooper-up Willies." Happy Jacks"
"Broncho Bills and Mustang Mikes ga
lore. so far as temDcraments and tenden-
Cies are concerned. but all those here TODAY
soiemnly aVow that only one, ''BilI' Wood
actually enjoys sobriquet and he is The
RronchO Buster of the regiment famous
fer horsemanship and haridhOOd.
The entire party is stopping at the Eb-
bitt House. and more are expected this
evening. They the first of the Riders" "
heroes Of San Juan to visit Washington,
and many of them still bear bandages over
wounds healed hut not whole. The officers
wear their fatigue uniforms. and the men
some OF tken-wear the yFllowish- brown
S%Jkt and others the regula ton blue They
are all hardy fellows. tough as pine knots
and fine spec. mems of manhood.
Sat on the Curb
This Is too soft for me-" said Trooper
LOwitzkf. he sat on the cushioned seat
OF Ire Gbbitt House coach drawn up at the
ctrh this morning. Il think I'll sit down
on the curb" And on the curb he sat. and
enjoyed it, too. v hiIe he told of battle 10
an Open-moTthed bell boy
lhat the caliber of all OF them None IS
LOOKING Tor soft thing, and they got lust
what they wanted at San Juan
/ wouldn't take anything for my expert
ence. said Lieut. Coleman to The Star re-
porter.
San Junn Hill.
1t passed our expectation in every way
We saw every phase of battle and the run
up the hill at San Juan cannot be described
Ro- sevelt says he had to run to get out
Of his mems way. and that's about true.
The boys needed no urging Roosevelt's
escape from death was a miracle He was
everywhere and seemed bullet proof
sometimes think he was foolhardy He
OEly got one scratch across his hand |
was in the thick of the battle and was at
the side Of Lieutenant Leahy, who is here
now, when he was shot. But let me tell
you 1t would take pretty strong pressure to
gel me into another war. I'm II democrat
but I'm for Roosevelt fer governor or anv
otLer office, every time. He's a fighter for
his men and that's why they idolize him.
Lieut. Coleman is a Virginia and has
days adjusting his accounts and then re-
turn &c NOntauk
Il have a Spanish 81 gold piece one of
my men picked out of a Spaniard's pocket
al san Juan, said Lieut. J. W. Green. as
ne proudly showed gold piece of the value.
OF - peSetas. The lieutenant is a hand
some fellow, just about thirty-seven and
he comes from Gallup. n NJ where a pret-
y hot pace is kept up He has been dep
MY nlted States marshal and deputy sher-
III OF GdAup. and can look death in the
face without q finch.
tie succeeded the famous Captain Jack
Crawford in his government work among
the Zum Indians in New Mexico, and
speaks Spanish like a Spaniard.
Exhibits His "Mouser" Wound.
I got tnis at San Juan said big. broad
shculiered Lieutenant Leahy, at home a
lawyer. but abroad a fighter OF the first
water. He showed a bandaged arm "A
M""=er struck me-" said he land the name
Is spelled as ne spoke it, 'and broke the
bore Part Of the spintered bone has
slipped around on top of the joint, and 1
had it &-rayed in New York | saw it and
had photographs taken. Oh, the fight was
d push from the start and nobody had TO
urge the busters along"
Lieut. Leahy is Il lawyer and school su-
perintendent. of Ration. Nm. and when he
goes home he II continue TO teach the
youngsters how 10 shoot straight as he
did at the Spaniards because the wheels of
education In the far-away town have stop
ped till he gets back
List of the Visitors
Those who are now in the city are regis
tered in their own handwriting on the
Ebbitts blOtter, and each mark is
mighty well made. as follows: Capt. K. H
Bruce. QUartermaster Sergeant ]. g. Mohler
OF Gallup y. NJ. Sergt. F. A Hill Alvin
G. Ash, Corporal Frank Briggs and William
Wood, all of Ration. y. NJ: Thos O'NeiI of
springer, y. VI, B. c. Slaughter of Wilcox.
A 7. Lieut. d. j. Leahy of Ration. y. NJ,
ii. " J. ": dretl OF Gallup. y. M. n. S.
Lowitzui. Capt. F. Muller. Quartermastrr
Sh'rTaId Coleman and Lieut.. W. Z. Dame.