The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-05-16
BREEZY GOSSIP OF
\ THE ROUGH RIDERS.
HOW OKLAHOMA TROOPS
ARE FARING.
ARE PREPARING TO MOVE
Toward Uubs-I.isutenant MoGInnis. Cor
poraI Charles Hunter and Private Paul
Hunter send 'sThe Leader" Inter.
esting Intelligence Concern
ing Roosevsit's Cavalry
Mt San Antonio, TEX
sneeial % pnilr Leader.

0AN NAVNA0f ANNsf hhf ava Nv
, $50 cavalrymen in camp at the old fair
. grounds are eagerly awaiting the sum
1 mons TO move Cubawards and it is now
: a certainty that the movement will be-
, gin by Tuesday night. The war de-
\ partment has ordered the regiment TO
/ move Immediately IL possible, and all
, that is being waited for is the com
, plete equipment and mounting OF the
! men. All the horses and all the
equipments will be here within five
days, and Tuesday afternoon the regi-
ment will break camp and will be con
yeyed by a special train TO Galve ston.
A special steamer will be in waiting
there and by this time next week the
rough riders win probably be skir-
mishing in Cuba.
The camp Of the rough riders pre-
, sented a scene Of impressive and war
like activity from dawn until dark.
They are under strict military rule,
and they have few idle moments.
Nearly all the men in camp were
either working or drillirg all day
yesterday. Squads Of men were be-
ing maj c5ed all oyer the grounds con
stantly, and details of men were dig
ging trenches, carrying wood to the
camp fires, carrying water TO the
horses and performing the multtud-
inous other labors OF mill airy camp
The number of visitors at the camp
was greater yesterday than on any
day this week. Something like 1000
people from the city rode out TO the
fair grounds during the course of the
"a 4 -. - -.
scenes OF the rough riders camp.
The first squadron drill since the o.
ganization of the regiment was held
by Ms jor Brodie, commander Il the
First Arizona squadron. He marched
his ESQ men on foot out about four
miles south of the camp at . O'clock
yesterday afternoon and drilled them
for two hours. 1t is expected that the
FIRST squadron will be fully equipped
with horses today aud will have its
first mounted drill tomorrow.
Three hundred and fifty horses have
been delivered TO the regiment by the
quartermaster at Fort sam Houston.
He is kept busy all hours of the day
inspecting and buying horses and
when he has collected as many as
twenty-five or thirty animals the
/, bunch is taken out TO the CG-p by a
squad Of rough riders detailed for
the purpose.
In the delivery OF the horses the
rough riders give some exhibitions
of horsemanship equal TO anything
that can be seen in Buffalo Bills Wild
West show for the admission price OF
81. Yesterday afternoon, for instance,
about eight OF them drove bunch Of
thirty-seven horses all the way from
the post TO the camp within thirty
minutes without allowing one of the
horses to take a wrong turn or make
the least headway toward breaking
away. Some OF the widest horses
were tied together, but most OF them
we're loose. People gathered at street
corners along the line TO watch the
rough riders as they galloped past
with the splendidly controlled herd Of
horses.
Another shipment OF fifty more sad
dies we're received at the camp from
Washington yesterday, making l2O
saddles in the regiment altogether so
far. They are the regulation cavalry
saddle, although most OF the men aud
some of the officers would have pre-
ferred the big thirty-two pound sad
dies that they are used TO riding on
the western plains. The rest OF the
saddles and all the uniforms aud arms
are expected in today. The equip
ments were shipped from Washington
about eight days ago, but were de-
layed by wasbouts along the line The
only men now wearing uniforms are
the Harvard students aud some OF the
other easterners who secured them
when they passed through Washing
ton.
Most OF the mess outfits have already
been received, aud ali the men OF the
First squadron have been supplied
with them. Each outfit consists OF a
quart cup, knife and fork and an in
genious, compact device which fur
nishes a frying pan and a plate when
IL is unfolded.
The commissioned officers will
be allowed so choose their horses in
the order Of their rank. The privates
will draw los for their horses.
Several Of the officers will ride their
own horses. Lieut.. McGinnis OF Troop
ID, First squadron, has a magnificent
,biue-blooded animal named Ben BaN-
ter, and had him shipped here from
oklahoma. Ben Baxter has won some
big events on Oklahoma race tracks
and is one Of the Aeetest steeds in the
camp. Captain O'Neil also has a splen-
did charger.