The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-05
ROUGH RIDERS.
Side Lights on Famous Com
mand of Gov. Roosevelt.

Inc FEBRUARY number of Scribners
Magazine contains the second Install
ment Of Gov. Roosevelt's serial on the
Rough Riders" Among the more in
teresting things contained in the story,
may be mentioned nicknames among
the rough riders, the spirit of the men,
Capt. Bucky O'Neill, the ideal soldier
of fortune, the sailing of the trans
ports, etc. Here are several excerpts:
The men speedily gave one another
nicknames, largely conferred in a
spirit Of derision, their basis lying in
contrast. A brave but fastidious
member of a well-known eastern club
who was serving in the ranks, was
christened Tough Ike; and his bun
kle' the man who shared his shelter
tent who was a decidedly rough cow
puncher, gradually acquired the name
of THE Dude" One unlucky and sim
ple-minded cow-puncher who had never
peen east of the great plains in his life,
unWarlly boosted that he had an aunt
IN New York, and ever afterWard went
py the name of Metropolitan Bill" A
huge itGse reo-headed Irishman was named
deveIoraS 49, young Jew VINO
in fine reyirnent tiAe VI tns pest Ignters
eoua n;,,,it7r t thn accepted with entire
we mad quite a number of professional
gamblers who, l am bound to saw. usu-
ally made good soldiers. One, who
was almost abnormally quiet and gen
tle' was called Hell Roarer': while
department nas P IN " rang uase ana
was christanad ..pno,.S-e1'I cileIInesis,
@S 81" al 'aiiles'
Every officer and evar,, mon r,os
taught continualIv "a iooi, eo,.,'-a ~ /" % 10
the day of battle aaearl,S b,,t r', a. !" ~
entire sense of tha drain tb.+ , ~ Il,
then be made unon HE en5uraS n,la
resolution. They we've also tanab+ ~ ~
before the battle care tho 1;ororn,,.
performance of the coI1n+Iass irIs 800
duties of the carnn md ira ,.lh rs ,,,,,
demanded from all alike and tba+ n r'o
excuse would be Tolerated fo, 70 ii,,ro
to perform duty Very fn,,, Of ~ 49,, n
had gone info the raoi;,,a,.+ ligbtII, 80
the fact that thew aid tbeir d,St,, - ,'ai1
may he largely attrih,,tad 81 Wei W
robustness with which 4tes,o 60 81
venturous voune fa1InTs T@S ,S Su7
their work "pPi va u
Meet of A. 49,, ~ to-,
lott aaTr, I.,,A L. i
very Iitt1a aho,'t ou' 10y so ,t
Rnckv 0, fT' hi9t .neS ullillS leIt'
ne,J,ad ;ro,, ,,.;;,,a az" tne Hol vi!
IONA {ba sh.i4e Us, iIs,ii'eI Iloiii All
bJr-,,,o,1 f t,,, ~ mlioee naiile was
1,,hito ~, Va - ~, " eNely '"loilS -ooei
,,,,,s u leu the Sdihpler VINO WIN
o oi1,io's 5d,, Lace Woula stake ana lose
ofo,,S uoiiar ne Hau IN tne Worlo-ne'
800, e'ilohs ms coilfdues, was q Wis
lOllolI " Kill dIllCuldLG C1lOClO1lallSJ, lie
was very qulel ABOUT II. never taking
unie i ne was sure OF ms listener; put
70 look at the southern cross. ne was
Tess apt TO tell tales OF MS hard ana
stormy past IMAM ne was TO speak or
the mysteries Whlch lie behind cour-
age, ana rear, ana rove, pehlnd am
maj hatred, ana animal lust Tor the
pleasures that have tangible shape.
he had keenly enjoyed life, and he
Coulo breast lts turbulent torrent as
rev men could; he was a practical man
VINO knew, how to wrest personal sue
cess from adverse forces, among money
makers, polltlclanS and desperadoes
alike; yet, down at bottom, what
seemed to interest him most was the
phllosophy OF life itself, of our under
standing OF 1t, and of the limitations
set to that understanding But he was
HSe'SAS4N iAOtAA cSiilS q iitCl Q
dreamer OF dreams. A staunchly loyal
ana generous friend, he was also ex-
ceedlngly ambitious on his own ac-
count. Ii, by r1sk1ng his life, no mat
Ter now great the risk, he could gain
hlSn mntafy distinction, he was bent
on gaming IL. He had taken so many
chances When death lay on the hazard,
tnat ne telt the ODDS were now against
hln' out, SAID he, Who would not
FISK ms lie Tor STAR? Had he lived,
ana mad the war lasted, he would sure
~ nave won the eagle, II not the star
Al last on the evening of June IL,
we received the welcome order to start.
ohlp AFTER snip weighed anchor and
Went SLOWLY ahead under half-steam
TOT the distant mouth of the harbor, the
pahdS playing, the flags flying, the rig
sing plack with the clustered soldiers,
cheering ana shouting to those left be-
nina on the quay and to their fellows
on the other ships. The channel was
very tortuous; and we anchored before
we nau gone Iar down II, after coming
WlInIl an ace or a bad collision with
ahother transport. The next morning
we were all again under way, and in
tne afternoon the great fleet steamed
southwest until Tampa Light sank in
me Instance
for tne next SIX days we sailed stead
ny southWard and westward through
the wonderful sapphire seas of the West
SiNS' IhC lHIIty Qua transports moved
IN iohs, parallel lines, while ahead and