Arizona republican., 1899-05-06
"Y1urs truly.
so SOON FORGOTTEN.
Rough Riders Iommenf on inc
 Memory Of New York.

The ether burial was that of a sing.e
 man. McuEced Policeman Haywood,
 one of my comrades in the First Vol
 unteer cavalry. Henry H. Haywood
 hoemen who followed the summons of
 their former chief, Theodore Roose-
 welt, and enlisted under him in the
 ranks of the Rough Riders. He was
 sergeant in Troop K. the troop
 which, owing to it's late formation, l contained an unusually large contin- 1 gent of eastern men, among them WooGlDury Kane, it's captain. and the | late William Tiffany, who was pro
 nicted to be first lieutenant Haywood, after his transfer from the mounted
 service, was attached to one of the downtown precincts of New York city. and during his service there at
 tracted the attention of Police Com
 missioner Roosevelt by several acts Of cool bravery He was the first New York policeman who jeopardized the tenure of his municipal post by going
 to war. In the first fight at Las Guasi- mas he distinguished himself by his impetuous bravery, and was promptly promoted to the first sergeantcy in his troop. One week afterward he lost his life in the charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan hill. After the battle
 Colonel Roosevelt paid a warm per- sonal tribute to his bravery. His fer IF CT police comrades in the troop bur
 jed him on the battle field. It was then discovered that he had no rela-
 tives in New York city
 When the troop ship with it's load of dead soldiers, arrived in New York, Haylwcod's body, like the others, would have been shipped to Washington, if one of his comrades had not remem- bered him. This man, policeman himself, went to the wharf and made thorough search through all the boxes until he found the enc bearing the name Of Haywood. Then he re- ported to the New York chief of police and made an earnest appeal that the police department as such accord an honorable burial to it's fc-mer mem Der. Reluctantly tine request was granted.
 The captain of Haywood's last pre- cinct was instructed to furnish men for the funeral procession from the wharf to the Church of St. Teresa, where service of absolution was con- ducted by the Rev. Father Mcintyre. A band of music led the procession. Afterward a number of policemen and some others who had known the dead Rough Rider walked from the church to the ferry leading to Cypress Hill cemetery.
 Fer his military h0nCrs this dead hero had to depend on a small band of his former comrades in the police force of New York. They turned out in two platoons, and four police eff cers who had served at the front acted as pallbearers. Two of these had been among his fellow troopers. Fourteen other Rough Riders appeared to fire the last tGree volleys over his grave. Of this pitiable remnant of one of Americas proudest regiments a round dozen were recruited from the wild west company of Buffalo Bill As soon as the funeral was Gver these twelve Rough Riders rode hastily back to New York city to perform their part as exhibition cowboys and bronch3 busters in the arena Of the show.
 As we crossed the ferry one of the Rough Riders told me what he thought of the funeral:
 This here town is a queer place" he said. First, they all go wild about somGlEin', next they forget it. Do you mind, last fall, when our outfit was mustered out, how them people car ried on? Why, they couldn't do enough | fer us, No, we lacked for nothing! | When the colonel ran for guv'nor and | won out most Of us made tracks for | home, and that was the end of it.
 Faint that way out west. Our | people there don't forget a thing so quick. 1 tell ycu, if this here funeral had come to Oklahoma the whole ter ritory wculd have turned out Hal was one of your New York city men, too, and he warn't so bad, either. He put up god fight, he did. as might have done old Oklahoma proud All the same, none of youl turned out to see him buried, but only them policemen that had to. Where was all them fellers in Haywood's troop that belonged to hem hfgh-toned Fifth avenoc clubs. with outlandish names-the Knicker- the Amulet, and the likes of hat?
 Why. when Phil Sweet came along .nd tr.d uS at the ohuW hoy l. could