New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
THE HUSTLER REGIMENTS.
RAPID PROGRESS IN RECRUITING RE-
PORTED FROM THE WEST.

DIR WOOD. THEIR FIGHTING COMMANDER.
Isr TELEGRAPH TO TEE rRIprxsl
Washington, April 3O.-Reports were received
at the War Department to-day from various
points OF the West. showing the rapidity with
which the three Rocky Mountain regiments Of
rilemen are being recruited and the indications
are that at least OF them. that to be COM
nanded by DR.. Leonard Wood. with Theodore
Roosevelt as lieutenant colonel. will rendezvous
at San Antonio Tex. within the next ten days.
ready TO rush to Cuba from Galveston before
May 10. DR.. Wood, well Jay L. Torrey.
who Will command the second regiment. have
established headquarters in the War Depart
ment. where several clerks are constantly send
Ing and receiving kilograms 10 the enlisting off,
GERS from the Rio Grande north. while Attorney
| General Griggsby Of South Dakota who has
been designated 10 command the third regiment
has started fo3 the Northwest to concentrate his
forces there.
Interest here centres chiefly In Woods COM
.nand on account OF the intense individuality.
mercy and aggressiveness Of It's two leaders
Wood and Roosevelt. Every one Of the one
thousand men who will follow them in the Gu
ban campaign is personally known to them. and
every man. they are certain. will come up to the
four essential requiremen;s-abi lity TO ride hard
shoot straight. fight and obey. Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt said to-day that every man
would ne enlisted strictly for business
DIR. WOOD AS A FIGHTER
DR. Wood has excited the admiration OF every
one in Washington and is easily the Hon Of the
day. During the last year his princpa. fame
has been made the Presidents family phys!-
clan, Mrs Mokinleys health having undergone
remarkable improvement through his profess
sional skill. He Is a quiet. unassuming man.
and apparently devoted TO peaceful pursuits;
but from the moment war became inevitable
his whole demeanor changed. and aid ugh he
has said little Of what he expects 70 do. being
particularly averse to Advertising he has de.
veloped into the renarkab be solder he had al
ready shown himself to be in the Far West be-
fore he came 70 Washington. HIS career there
was continuous succession Of military exploits
Of daring. The Congressional medal o, honor
he holds testifes TO his courage. and devotion to
duty.
In 1856 he was 2 surgeon in the Regular
Army ranking captain and connected with
the Sth Infantry. Geronimo the Apache. was
making track across the Southwest marked
with the blood Of women and children an! the
horrible murders Of unprotected settlers. The
Sth Infantry vas without officers o, rank but
Wood took command of ready detachments %
the peerless 18th and took up the Indians trail
For 2400 miles he hung on il through the worst
country on the face Of the earth. Hunger. thirst.
miseres untold. were the lot Of tina; gallant
band and Wood shared ali. like any private in
the ranks The trials and fluctuations Of that
2.400 miles were forgotten in the triumph az
the end OF it. when Geronimo ana his band Of
renegades were captured
Wood took the band INTO Texas and had bare
l. placed il in custody when he was called upon
&c carry his men IN another awful iourney. Il
was after Apaches again. \ band - them.
equally as muTderous Gcronimos. and own
ing him, too ch'cf. was the prey pursued
Wood drove them far into Old Mexico through
country civilized feet had never trod before.
until they disappeared IN the mysterious noun
tains south Of the Yaqui River. For years they
never dared 10 come back into United states
territory. but the recent killing 81 settlers on
the Mexican border is attributed 20 their.
CAPTURE or APACHE KID
In 1855 Wood was again called on to exercise
his courage and unyieiding determination in re-
lieving tho West Of another terror. This time
the notorious Apache kid worse even than
Geronimo. the object ~ pursuit.. Wood and
his men ca ptured the KID. and Government SEN
t!mentallty. which had spared Geronimo's worth
less lie. again came 70 the rescue or Internal
a ScOln1rfi
dren. and Apache Kid was sent 70 California
island. OF course he escaped and at intervals
since then he has followed his old custom OF
numbering innocent people wherever he found
them
Since his activity In Indian fighting. for which.
as stated Congress AWARDED him a medal OF
honor Colonel Wood has been duty in Call
.ornia. and atterward IA Georgia His selection
az colonel Of the mounted regiment Q: rfemen
was made at the .uggestion Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
10 whom tn command vas first rendered 10y
President Mckinney. Nj. Roosevelt told the
President that lie did not have the military cX-
pericnce requisite to command the regiment.
but that he would Ike nothing better IMAM 10
serve as second in command TO Leonard WOOD
Roosevelt and Wood. with tastes In warm ana
congenial sympathy are both athletes OF re-
markablc ability. and good story is told or the
FRANKS they played on SOM foreigners visiting
Washington. one German OF renoWh ana we
others Englishmen. The German priced hlmself
on his powers OF pedestr.anism so k"oseNeIt:
Wood and himself agreed 10 take srr'es VI
three tramps one 10 he led by each. The Ger.
man was A long-distance man. and took the Iead
in the FIRST journey. ne carried Moon anu snr
Roosevelt over dusty. fiat country 'or
thirtv-nve miles but both were "chipper
and ready TO 90 through the Washington AS,
senlbly dances when ,hey 90, none anu a and
carried the pair across country In approved
hare and hounds fashion. The foreigner nad
nrobably never plodded over such DIVERSITY OF
,nrra frroa before and he barely managed 10
enrvive Roosevelt. too. was leg-weary indeed.
MR. ROOsEVELT's RECORD
Mr. Roosevelts record at his ranch IN MOI
,ara has proved his courage and ability 70 take
care Of himself in a most emphatic manner.
When he first started his ranch II vas conciuoeo
a,oone the rough elements which surrounoen
him that a "tenderfoot' had no business III that
l' ation roosevelt proved his right to locate
~, ,harouqh1v thrashing several powerful bul-
les. despite their regulations as gun players.
md today there is not a man IN inc West ii,oie
,rntyersailv respected. admired ard popular IMAM
..,rarderfo,t Ted az the Montana ranchers can
him. $780,, ..o daring nen VIII lead
Iii - a email one. comprising NOT more man