The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-23
FED ROUGH RIDERS.
He Saw by Individual Effort That
They Had Enough to Eat.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES WERE SCARCE
Lack Of Transportation Was The Great
est Troublc-Hcv. Henry Bryan
Tells GrucsOmc Story Of the
Way the Dead Were Pre-
pared for Burial-NcgIcct
at MOntauk Point.

at MOntauk Point.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Goyernor-Elcct
Roosevelt who commandea the Rough
Riders during tine Santiago campaign tcs-
unc8 before The War Investigating Com
mittcc to-day.
ln reply 90 "a request from General VIII
son he told of the equipment ANA MUSTER
mg in OF the First Volunteer Cavalry
known as the Bousht Riders.
when we reached Tampa" Colonel
| Roosevelt said "thcre was condition Of
| utter confusion We were dumped out-
| side. a mile away from our camp. 80
| one knew whore the camp was There
was no one 20 ten as whore 90 go or
| what 10 do. After waiting twenty-four
| hours + took the law into my own hands
! ana bought food for the men aad horses.
| Later. when / found our camp. we were
! an right"
Were you reimbursed for your out
! lay2"
81 never asked f. It was n personal
matter entirely
CONFUSED AT TAMPA.
! Colonel Roosevelt said a great condition
| Of confusion existed at Tampa. Nobody
| seemed TO know anything and no ar-
| raugcmcuts were evident as % what
! transports were 20 Doe used. Iis own
! regiment was assigned 10 the Yucatan.
| incidentally DE had heard that the Sec
! ond Infantry and the Scventy-Grst New
| York Volunteers. were also assigned 20
| the Yucatau. As soon as he heard that
4 H... Cd.
| and took possession of the ship and held
it against otncr regiments. His men had
| decided TO get 10 Cuba and they got
| there
'Dou You attribute AN the confusion"
asked General Wilson. "to lack OF intelii-
gence ON the part of The men in Charge
IL was only IL lieutcnant-coloncl and
| do nos know whose the fault was"
BEEF WAS RAD.
| Replying To- other questions. Colonel
| Roosevelt said the food was ample, and
| with the exception of the canned roast
! beef good Tho beef was very bad COLI
onel Roosevelt told OF tho voyage TO
cuba and of the Decentralization of the
rc2iment no Baiquiri.
There was "a great scarcity of mate
rial for landing men. horses and supplies
| Colonel Roosevelt still replying to Qu-s-
| tons told in detail OF the march of Dis
regiment 90 its first camping place AZ
| ter supper DE continued" Colonel
Wood told us that we were To start next
morning 10 take The Snaniards.'
"The next morning. march was "a hard
| one. especially for the men. There were
no opportunities for hankcrs. H. was SO
hot that about one hundred men drop
ped ont for 20 rest. and when the first
! Spanish outpost was discovered Colonel
| Wood ordered silence and 1 was sent ~
the right to depioy with The right wing
when the Spaniards began firing j
| did not know what was up. 10 was MY
drst experience Tney were using smoke
less powder and / could not see where
| they were.
A GOOD RULE.
when j located the Spaniards with
my glasses ] did not know what Co do
| but / knew it was good rule 81 ia doubt
% go ahead. and so went ahead
colonel Roosevelt CLOSED over the fur
thcr details of the lighting. He paid n
warm tribute 90 the gali1ntry of Assist
ant Surgeon james w. Church. q former
Princeton football player, who. he said
more than once ran 20 the firing hne
and carried wounded men on his back
20 the division hospital. Colonel RoOso-
Welt then told how the regiment camped
out for the night. Asked about the ra-
| tons be sail:
W q NhN inc regulation laLl1llF OF SAT-
pork. hardtack coffee and sugar, but
The men wanted vegetables, and 1 want
| ed 10 get some for them. ] took forty
men with the officers horses 90 SibOney
| and tried to buy them. The department
| refused TO sell me beans and tomatoes
| unless / could certify that they were for
officers consumption. 7 stretched my
conscience as FAR AS 7 could, ANA then
boarded % transport and purchased about
| 500 pounds Of beans. 1t was too hot to
eat nothing but the regular rations, and
the change did the men good
SMOKELESS POWDER.
Colonel Roosevelt went on TO tell OF the
advance On Santiago and of the night OF
July 10th. when the regiment slept in the
trenches. He spoke of the advantages
cf snCkeless powder and said that tho
United states artillery was frequently
driven from its positions because OF che
targets made by the clouds Of smoke
that resulted fiom each discharge Of the
tiack powder.
"Was Your command fully supplied
with food and ammunition.' asked Gen.
Wilson. "The ammunition supply was
excellent The food was insufficient
There was plenty OF food back at si0o-
nev. I suppose II was lack OF transpor-
: tation facilities that kept us without
good food until July oath. ! organized
n TRANSFORMATION corps with the Officers
horses ana went TO siboney and got food
for the m,n. Then later ! got into san
taeo and bought milk. If We had had
the mule teams that We were forced 10
leave bohino OF Tampa there would have
been no lack OF supplies.
ROUGH RIDERS HAD FOOD.
Replving to questions Colonel Roosevelt
said other regiments at the front suffered
fron lack OF sufficient food one man
of the Seventy-first regiment visited the
Rough riders camp and offered s. for
seven hardtack. Several men OF the Sew
eri--6rst Regiment came 10 the Rough
piders' camp and ate the broken hard
tack. The Rough Riders had enough TO
at. but il was the result OF individual
e~o-t and expenditure. There was
Great scarcity Of al medical supplies at
the front. except Quinine and calomel, and
= .,-eat lack Of surgeons and hospital
stewards. with reference 10 Camp
Wikon Colonel Roosevelt said there was
e,eat confusion for the first few days
after the arrival Of the troops.
During these days" no continued, 81
do not thin.. our men were treated az. .