The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-16
THE ROUGH RIDERS.
ROOSEVELT NOW At SAN ANTONIO
WITH HIS MEN.
Religious Services Wen Attended.
Something OF the Wen.

San Antonio Texas May t5.-Theodorc
Roosevelt, lieutenant colonel of the
Rough Riders" is nov in camp with his
men Colonel Roosevelt arrived in the city
over the Southern Pacific at 30 O'Clock
this morning and drove to "A hotel, where
he had breakfast He was accompanied BY
a valet
Shortly after breakfast Colonel Leonard
Wood, who is first in command of the
regiment and Major Dunn. who viii com
mand the third squadron, called on Colonel
Roosevelt at the hotel and escorted him
to the camp, where he spent the rest of the
day.
Although it was Sunday, Colonel Roose-
! Welt had busy time He found some 200
letters for him nj the camp postoffice
which had been accommodating there for the
! past week and many of them required i'm
mediate answers
AZ 4.3o o'clock yesterday afternoon re
liglous services were held in The barracks
of Dean w, r. Richardson OF -. Marays
episcopal church and Bishop Johnston of
me west Texas Episcopal diocese. The
latter Is an old Confederate soldier ana
made a brief but eloquent address, ia tha
olValrymen Colonel Roosevelt and tho
entire staff OF officers were present al The
services " Wv
Something like 10000 people visited H.
camp during the day and AL were eager to
get IA glimpse of Theodore Roosevelt Wbon
ne was passing from his tent 10 the bar
lacks many pressed forward TO shake bis
p"hd ana he mad cordial greeting far
everybody He expressed himself as beine
neilShtet with the showing made by uo
Rough Riders aud said he thought NOV
would do all that was expected OF them ~,
was OF the opinion that the ree i,,aa,
would move within few DAYS
me First squadron. composed Of Art. |
IONA troops and commanded by Major
Rrodie, was given another souadron arm
yesterday, The Arizona men nreso,, =,
S"''nil" appearance Individually and as !
body The squadron includes in i,s mus
ter rolls the most intrepid fighters and rho
most experienced plaiusmen of Arizo,o
ana though they are mon who would fisb,
win utter desperation, they have the trra
western spirit of self respect Most ofl
them have left valuable business interests I
70 go 10 the front. and there are almost as
many professional men in the ranks DC
,nere are piainsmen and business mon
n.y are Tor the most part hra.nv os w.li
as oraWuy. The fncl thai they have COL
BEADS was illustrated when their hate 49, 80
ueiug distributed, They nearly an re
qulren big hats. and sizes that wern lar,,o
enough Tor them gave out before the entiro
SQUADRON had been supplied. Corseonontiv
several or the Arizona cayaIryn,en M,
naVe 20 wear their old hats for d., ~
two until the second Invoice Of camn s OF
hats arrive. " campaign
IN the regiment which will prob,h,y 8.
nshtins the Spanish within two weeks fron,
now Is one man of direct Spanish a,scor,
nc is Captain Miximillan Luna. comm,na.
ns Troop b. OF the Second. or New Mex,n,
Spanish grandees were III
'eS'ors' and among them were historic &C.
res He Is liueal descendant Of Tho iH
repid Conquisiadores, who re,onone.a,
leNioo and restored it TO the sn,,,.A
Town IN 1850, Thirty years before The ir
mans had revolted against spanish rnIe ME m
,aa driven all the Spanlards ont Of ssu
southwest n During tina, period from ,seo
o leSo' the extreme outpost of snanish ~
h'nion had been FL paso. The Lunss