Evening star., 1898-05-19
THE ROUGH RIDERS
A Most Variegated Assortment Of
Fighting Men.
some OF THE GILDED YOUTHS
They Are Getting Down to Real
Army Business.
DISTINGUISHED BAD MEN
From the New York Journal.


| ing men ever gathered together in modern
| times is the 1st United States Regiment
OF Cavalry, popularity known as "the
| Rough Riders"
1t Is now drilling at San Antonio Every
day brings new and valuable additions.
| Leonard Wood is colonel and Theodore
| roosevelt lieutenant colonel. The number
| OF enlisted men has reached $50.
| Inc previous occupations of some of the
| men are: Dancer. foot ball player steeple-
chaser, golfer, pole player, gourmet, oars
| man, old soldier, fireman, policeman. cow
| boy and bad man. Cowboys predominate
Here is the roll of honor of gilded youths
who have LETT the clubs and haunts of
| luxury in New York and the east to fight
| for their country:
hamilton Fish, jr., Craig Wadsworth.
| woodbury. Kane, Willie Tiffany Reginald
| Ronalds, Roland G. Fortescue, Henry w.
| Sharp, James B. Taller Henry w RuIl
| Kenneth Robinson, Joseph j. Stevens
Henry II. Thorp, J. William Tudor Sumner
hemoie Gerard, H. Sybrant Van Schaick.
rnercMai n Gassett, Guy Fl. NJ. Ferguson,
Maxwell Norman, George Kemp. William,
Quaid, jr, Hamilton Scull, Dudley S. Dean.
| K Henry w. Sharp, Guy Munchie. III. X
DevereuX, Guy Hollister, j. r. Mossie and
| l. Townsend Burden
Here is specimen of the enlistment car
| tlncate signed 10y every one of the Rough
| Riders:
II, Hamilton Fish, tr.. born in Berlin,
| GefmahS, aged twenty-four years and
| eleven months, and by occupation a rail
| road man, do hereby acknowledge to have
Voluntarily enlisted, this 9th day of Nav.
ic9o' as soldier in the army of the United
states OF America, for the period of two
years, unless sooner discharged by proper
authority, and do also agree to accent
from the United States such bounties, pay,
fatlonS and clothing as are or NAV he g.
tdDIlShGQ bN law And do
that VIII bear true faith and allegiance
10 the United States of America and that
l VIII serve them honestly and faithfully
against all their enemies whomsoever ani
mat L will obey the orders of the Prasi-
cent Oh the United States, and the orders
ol the onlcers appointed over ME, accord
ing 10 the rules and articles of war"
On each paper of this sort it was certi-
nea by the recruiting and examining officers
| that the above named man was free
| from all bodily defects and mental infirm-
lt!, ana that he was entirely sober when
ehllsted. The last mentioned specification
Fish. '' LII 'ie case oI Mr'
The young men from New York and tbe
east underwent their physical examination
IN washington before proceeding to San
ANTONIO They were an exceptionally well
set-up lot of men.
Their uniform is yery becon,ine apd VT,
II tlresque. 1t Is made of a gray grass cloth
isht Ill texture and very cool. The hat is
OF the sombrero pattern~ turned up on one
SUE anu with
Every man has enlisted as a plain from
er at $l3 month, with allowances for ra-
tlcns and clothes. The food allowance is
eighteen cents, and the diet will be very
uinierent from that supplied at DeImonico's
Inc SWellS provided their own horses and
equipment. Every man is a first-class rider
ana marksman One of the commissioned
officers is to be George Dunn, who was lnst
year master of the hounds in the Chew
Chase hunt at Washington
Each man will be armed with Krao
Jofgensen carbine, two revolvers and n
machete in place of a sword. The troopers
VIII operate as mounted infantry one man
IN each four holding the horses while the
others fight ~
Col. Wood was formerly in the regular
army, and. although a surgeon, did fierce
round athlete. Among his officers are Mai.
Jersey adjutant general of New Mexico,
anu Alec brodie, one of the most deeply
respected citizens of Arizona
A feW words about the distinguished
troopers Woodbury. Kane is young only in
splrlts' He is a cousin of John Jacob Astor
ana Is polo player, a cross country rider
and a yachtsman: Willie Tiffany is noted
hne raiment. He is a grand nephew of
Commodore Perry of Lake Erie and a
cousin of the Belmonts
Ihe Harvard contingent is very large
Dtdiey Dean is noted quarter back Hen
ry w. Bull an oarsman, Guy HolIister a
speedy half-miler and Guy Munchie a foot
ball coach. 1. Townsend Burden, ir, is a
foot ball player and son of a prSat M,
York millionaire.
craig Wadsworth is one of the best
known cross country riders in this vicinity
Ierclval Gassett of Boston, a crack polo
player, is q grandson of Commodore MAD
Jack" Percival who commanded the Con-
sututton in the war of 1872
- hehnetn Roblnson is a young Scotchman
nving IN New York, and a great golf play
er. Sumner X. Gerard, son of James w
OF New York Is
golfer.
Reggie" Ronalds is a son of Mrs. P
Lorillard Ronalds, who lives in London
and enjoys the friendship of the Prince of
Wales. Mr.. Ronalds was a quarter back on
a Yale team. va
Hamilton Fish is a young man of great
sttength and misguided energies. He has
hitherto distinguished himself by fighting
with policemen and causing trouble in pub-
nc: he once threw an ottoman al a music
nall singer as mark of his esteem A
faVorite sport of his was to ride furiousIv
on the back of cab horse At las he is
turning his attention to a worthier object
n. n. Devereux was great end rush at
Irlnceton npout 1850. He played foot ball
exceptionally we'll with his head cut omen.
Afterward he went west and became an
expert pistol shot
>Three uocpers who are expected to do
fine service are New York policemsn
Henry H. Haywood, Henry Ebermann and
William Breen. Ebermann was formerly
in the 9th Cavalry and took part In the
terrible tight at Pine Ridge. He has
medal for gallant conduct in action. All
three are men of splendid physique. and
one can easily imagine them dispensing a
whole regiment of Spaniards with night
clubs.
The swells show themselves obedient to
discipline. pleasing incident occurred
when the troopers were leaving Washing
ton. well-known New York club man
had engaged an entire section of a sleeper
and ordered the porter to take his things
m.
Sergeant Thaddeus Higgins. an old United
States cavslryman. who had charge of the
party, tapped him on the shoulder:
\ Take those things back there" he said.
jerking his thumb in the direction of the
ordinary day coaches provided by tho gov
ernmcnt for the troopers
The club man looked up in mild surprise.
That's whore you belong" said the SER
geant, still pointing with his thumb.
The club man saw the point and obeyed
The club men and college athletes are
getting along famously with their cowboy
comrades. The cowboys respect the east
erners athletic build. and the other fellows
admire tie cowboys way with the bucking
broncho good sprtnkling of veteran
regular cayalrymen serves to keep them In