Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-26
Colonel Roosevelt's Report.

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The War department has made pub
lie Colonel Roosevelt's report of the
part the Rough Riders played in the
campaign before Santiago, and inter
esting reading it makes for the people
of the southwest, who, more than any
others, were interested in the fortunes
of the now famous regiment.
The report is in two parts, the first
made - Colonel Wood, commanding,
and the second to Brigadier General
Wood after Colonel Roosevelt tool
command of the regiment, and covers
the work done by the command from
the time of arriving on Cuban soil to
the capitulation of the city of Santiago.
The first part of the report is dated
Trenches, outside of Santiago, July 4,
1885, and deals principally with the
battle and charge up a Juan heights.
The colonel states hat the regiment
went into the fight about 400 strong, of
which 'S6 were wounded, and there are
half a dozen missing. The great heat
Frustrated nearly 40 men, some of them
among the best in the regiment. " The
conduct of the men. their bravery IN
der all circumstances and their willing
ness to attempt anything required of
them are spoken of with feeling and ap-
probation, and the colonel says: "To
attempt to give a list of the men who
showed signal valor would necessitate
the regiment. Many of the cases l men,
ton stand merely as examples of the
rest, no as exceptions. In speaking of
the troops from New Mexico, the fol-
lowing language is used:
Captains Llewellyn, Muller and Lu-
ma led their troops throughout the
charge, handling them admirably. At
the end of the battle, Lieutenants
Kane, Greenwood and Goodrich were in
charge of their troops Immediately I'M
der my eye, and I wish to commend
their conduct throughout" OF the men
mentioned especially, Colonel Roose-
Welt sent in the following list:
'Corporals Weller and Fortesque and
Trooper Mckinley, of troop E, Corpo-
raj Rhoades. of troop ID, Troopers AL
bertson, Winter, MacGregor and Ray
Clark, of troop F, Troopers Bugbee,
jackson and Waller, of troop A, Trum-
peter Mcdonald, of troop L, Sergeant
Of ty,nnN ID nyJ TyooVnp no;
rem, of troop G, all continued to fight
after being wounded, some very Sc
verely; most of them fought until the
end of the day. Trooper Oliver B. Nor
ton, of troop B, who, with his brother,
was by my side all throughout the
charging, was killed while fighting
with marked gallantry. Sergeant Fer
gusson, Corporal Lee and Troopers Bell
and Carroll, Of troop X, Sergeant
Dame, Of troop r. Troopers Goodwin,
and Dudley Dean, Trumpeter
of troop B, Trumpeter Grif-
fin, of troop e, and Troopers Green
void and Barcdehan, of troop A, are all
of special mention for GOODNESS
and %gallantry. They all merit promo
ton when the time comes. But the
most conspicuous gallantry was shown
by Trooper Rowland. He was wounded
in the side in u first fight, but kept in
the firing line: he was sent to the hos-
pital the next day, but left it and
marched out to US, overtaking us, and
fought all through this battle with such
to danger that T was forced
again and again to rate and threaten
aim for running needless risk.
Great ~gallantry was also shown by
four troopers whom I cannot identity,
md by Trooper Winslow Clark, of troop
.. 1t was after we had taken the first
nil; | had called out to rush the sec
md, and, having by that time lost my
horse, climbed a wire fence and started
towards it. After going a couple of
hundred yards. under a heavy fire, I
that no n else had come; as I
discovered later, it was simply because
IN the confusion, with men shooting
Ind being shot, they had not noticed me
/ told the five men to wait a
minute, as it might be misunderstood If
we all ran back, while 1 ran back and
started the regiment, inc as soon as I
lid so the regiment came with a rush.
But meanwhile the five men coolly lay
1own in the open returning the fire
rom the trenches. It is to be wondered
1t that only Clarke was seriously
Wounded, and he called out, as we pass
ID again, to lay his canteen where he
reach 1t, but to continue the
'harge and leave him where he was.
All the wounded had to be left until
lfter the fight, for we could spare no
men from the firing line"
In the second part of the report,
which bears the date of July 20, a re-
ume of the battle is given, and the
cath of Captain O'Neil is spoken OF in
lords of praise for that officers brav-