The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-04-29
COWBOYS WANT TO
JOIN ROOSEVELT.

| NAsHiNGIoN April 2s. ~ could /
easily raise a brigade OF rough riders.
ex claimed Assistant Secretary Roose
Welt this morning in COW, r alton with
Representative Catc,iugs, Of Missouri
General Catching4 called on Mr.
r pose welt TO offer the service OF com.
pany Of rougl riders from Vicssburg,
| Miss under the guidance cf Jark
I oJnley, one Cf the brsvest aud most
daring characters OF Mississippi Il
have had off,r- from al parts OF the
country for recruits for our regi- |
ment" continu, Mr. Roosevelt "snd |
I regret that I will not b, abe t. r.
cruit al the breve Buys who are sux-
ious To join our command"
81 am in favor Of increasing yonr
command TO brigade" suggested |
M Catching, "ior brigade OF cav
airy viii be far more effective in Cuba
than three or four brigadss Of infan-
try"
II fully agree with you" replied
Mr.. Roosevelt. "Give my warmest
regards to Conley and his brave com
rades who wish to lin me, Gpd tell
them that except for the fact that I
have ter times more men than / can
provide for, gladly would have them
| with me in CUBA"
Many Harvard and Yale grAdu ltes |
have enrolled under Mr.. Roosevelt A |
large delegation tf Harvard men
called this morning To make ar
rSnRements about jiuing his troops
ST. LOUIS, April 27 "A Wash ngton
dispatch to the st. Louis Globe- Demo
crat says: The idea Of utilizing the
rough riders OF the west TO pscify
Cuba grows upon the government A
second cowboy regiment was author
lied today Its commander will be
Col Jay l. Torrey, formerly Of 81
Louis, aud now OF Wyoming Colonel
Wood commander OF the first cos boy
regiment, will 20 TO western Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona. Colonel
Torrey will go direct to Wyoming
Both commanders personally know
the men they are goiug TO recruit.
Colonel Wood Is OF the tgulAr army
and has camp ligned in the sou n west
He wears medal of honor for per-
sonal bravery shown in an Indian
cAmpaig a some years ago.
~ think, Colonel Wood sal ], that
the men from the ranges OF the south
west will be in degree a cc,imsted
when they enlist. They will come
from the ranches. They have been
exposed to the sun and to all kinds OF
weather. Tne7 are accustomed TO the
saddle. They are pretty well teasone d
now. think they will be read TO go
right into service In Cuba
Colonel Wood Is making On inveati.
| II Il. 4sss - H..
tie is endeHvoring to learn what he
! can about the grass OF Cuba at this
season OF the year. The purpose is to
have the cowboy cavalry ca tipped
with hardy ponies which are EN- mploycd
on the ra gas aud which are used to
rustling.
I "Colonel Torrey is the originator OF
the plan to use the tontiersmen Of the
vest for this Cuban campaign. He be-
gan TO agitate il two months ago.
While he WAS urging the peculiar is-
ness OF the range riders this kind
OF service he wss opening correspond
ence with ranchmeu and others and
= encouraging the quiet enlistment OF
. the regiment lie now has promise Of
sufficient force to cJmplets his regi-
ment. His second step was to BEE that
provision WAS put Ia the call for the
f, NOluuLttIh klFluk Anb ptnelAtuh IJNfE
to call for 1900 men in idition 10 the
J quotas Of the states. The two cowboy
regiments will come under this prov
sion They will be raised and
} equipped with an appropriation from
the defense fund, They will be put in
the field just as soon as the muster and
equipment can be made.
The two colonels expect TO end
most of the cowboys ready TO be en-
D rolled at the places selected for the
mastering as soon as they arrive from
Washington. Colonel Torrey'o regi-
ment will be composed OF these hardy
riders from Wyoming, the western
! parts OF the Dakotas, Northern Colo
RADIO, Montana and Idaho. Colonel
Woods regiment will be recruited
, from the range men Of Oklahoma,
Texas, Southern Colorado, New Mex
leo and Arizona.
The only trouble will be to hold
down the enlistments to the mum Der
which can be taken. With Colonel
> Woods regiment Theodore Roosevelt
! will go as Lieutenant colonel. Colonel
u Torrey expects TO Off ,er his regiment
for the most part di -ect from the
!. practical men OF the ranges Ths IN
tention Is TO let the two regiments 90
TO Cuba Just as soon as they can be
made ready They will be landed at
the point selected for the base OF oper-
ations, and will cooperate with the
insurgents in clearing the interior of
= the island OF Spanish authority. The
cowboy regiments will probably be
: the first troops of this country to take
! the field in Cubs.
: Great things are promised from
them when they start 70 ride the
length Of the four western provinces,
= where the Spaniards are thick"
4 MUscoGEE, l. t, April 9s In the
!. apportionment OF volunteers TO the
y different states and territories the In
4 dian Territory wac left out, and much
disappointment was felt by those who
had prepared to enlist. The Indian
Territory boys, however, were not
l. forgotten by the war department, as
h will appear from the following tele.
gram which was received here yester-
day;
"WAsHIEGToN, April % To John
e r. Thomas and William NJ Springer,
United States Judges, Muscogee: We
h want IT'S picked men. good shots and
riders, for Colonel Woods mounted
rifle regiment Arms, mounts and
y equipments TO be furnished by the
United States at the general rendez
q vous OF the regiment When can you
Is have them ready for muster aud
VIII re?-R. A. Alger, Secretary OF
War
IA Jndge Thomas stated TODAY that the