The evening times., 1898-06-07
The Roosevclt Regiment.

In days of peace, the people of Wash
ington used to go out to Fort Myer to
see the picturesque Cossack drill! Of
troop or SO of our cavalry. Everybody.
including The military attaches of for
eign governments. said that it was won
derful; but we do not remember ever
to have heard anybody remark that II
had any comic opera features. 1t was
real evidence of drill, discipline and
the command of men over animals and
mans ability to utilize every faculty
ard possibility Of the horse for use in
war.
In something the same way people
have admired the Wild West show OF
Buffalo Bill" although that is a mat
ter of spectacular rather than military
interest. They are able to appreciate
either exposition on its merits, but
harder to please when a composite
show, constructed of cowboys. society
dudes and questionable Indians and
half breeds from Oklahoma is imposed
upon them as regiment Of 'terrors,"
under the practical command Of a man
whom We are reluctantly compelled to
describe as the noisiest warrior in
America.
Other people may have criticisms to
offer in connection with this corps of
amalgamated freaks. We have nothing
but praise. II is a poetic and hippo
dromic expression of the genius of the
war. If it Cnly included Grant, Sar-
toris, Blaine, Alger. Hobart, Astor.
Chanler and all the other polypoli-
ticoplutocratic selections in its ranks,
along with Alkali Ike. Arizona
Bill, and One Lung Pete. it would be
perfect.
Teddy's Terrible Terror RufIian
Riders. armed with machetes. and
mounted on the bronchos who learned
to buck in Buchanan's time. and to kick
from association with the Kickapoos.
are the glory of the army. They can
drink whisky out of tin cups i'll
every dialect from that of Newport
imitation London down to New Mexi-
can vcrnacular and the soft. sweet
speech OF the Piute They are versed
in every branch of military science.
from golf and pclo to poker and
pinochle. They can sling a cotillion or
a lariat, according to their several
walks or rides in life. with equal pro-
ficiency. and when it comes to rations,
they are variously up to a golden buck.
''sowbeily" or boiled dog according as
Providence may furnish the opportu-
nifty.
What they are expected to do in Cuba
is not known to the common people.
but is to Teddy the Terror and the mil
itary authorities. When Havana. or
San Juan or any other ancient histori-
cal place has been taken. several things
Will be necessary for which ordinary
troops would be useless. DR.. Wood, the
colonel, will be useful to patch UP the
blue eyes and fractured noses which al
ways eventuatc when real rough riders
are connubiated together for time.
Teddy will be brought into play to or
sanize a civil service and a police force
Willie Tiffany and his companions from
the Four Hundred will be necessary to
the reconstruction of society, and 1.-The
whole strength of the company" will be
valuable in scouting to rope COWS for
milk. eggs, meat and other fresh pro-
visions.
Secretary Alger has deserved well of
his country in organizing the First Reg
iment of Teddy Terrors. He ought to
rest on his laurels and make it the last
Opera bouffe is nice when served cod
on the half shell. In the form of
satire on American military organiza-
ton it is too tropical to keep overnight
without spelling.