El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-27
ROUGH RIDERS
REUNION
To Be Held In This Portion
Of the Country Next
Summer
SHOULD BE CAPTURED
BY Ell PasO.-GOvernOr Roosevelt Will
Attend And the Soldiers Of His
Regiment Will Assemble From All
Directions

When the reunion of RoOsevelte
Rough Riders in held in tb south west
this summer it will be attended by
thousands of persons besides the SOL
diers themselves and almost every viii
lage of any professions in this part of
the country will make an effort to cap.
ture the reunion. However, if Ell Paso
half tries she will get 1t, for Ell Paso is
the only real city in this section that ia
railroad center and accessible from
all directions and from all territory
where the regiment was recruited.
| Albuquerque, N. M, and other
towns confidently expect to capture
the reunion aud Ell Paso would like to
see them get it, but she wants it her.
self and an organized effort will be
made to cause the reunion to be held
| here.
| In reference to it the albuquerque
Citizen, says:
The dispatch published in The Citi--
zen last evening to the effect that Gov
posed re union of the Rough Riders to
| be held in the west on June "a, has
caused considerable agitation in this
city in favor of taking steps at once to
secure the rennion for this city. The
fact is recalled that Governor Roose-
welt in conversation with Lieutenant
J. W. Green of Gallup, in New York a
couple Of weeks ago, declared himself
as strongly in favor of holding the re-
union in this city, for the reason that
it is most centrally located with refer
ence to the territory from which the
regiment was recruited.
Major F. w. Clancy was seen by
representative of the Citizen and wnen
asked for his views in regard to the
method to be pursued in making ar
rangements for the reunion, replied:
Dy.ivv ar.i1x T irlx &c
the consideration of the soldiers them
selves, who composed the regiment of
Rough Riders. and l should say that
the proper course to pursue would
be for the senior officer of the regiment
now in New Mexico, to call meeting
of the officers and that they take the
preliminary steps in securing the hold
ing of the reunion in this city, after
which we could cooperate with them
in making the necessary arrangements
to assure the success of the undertake
ing. Some money will have to be
raised, and while the city itself may
not be able to render much assistance,
1 have no doubt that individual citizens
of Albuquerque will subscribe liberal
ly for such purpose"
o. N. Marion, president of the COM
mercisl club, expressed himself in fav-
or of the reunion, saying: 81 noted
Will pledSuCe GuS OlSpdtCu In lhSG oVeu-
lng's paper, that Governor Roosevelt
will attend the Rough Riders reunion
somewhere in the west next June.
New Mexico having furnished the
greatest numbe of Rough Riders, the
natural place for holding the reunion
should be somewhere in this territory.
Considering the central location of AL
buquerque, not only in New Mexico,
but also in the entire area from which
the regiment enlisted, q larger attend
ance ought to be assured here than at
any other point. The Rough Riders
in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and
Texas could meet here on intermediate
ground. Undoubtedly Arizona would
gladly cooperate with US to secure the
reunion for this city.
'As many sections of the country
will make efforts to secure this re-
union for their localities, the people
of Albuquerque and New Mexico
should bestir themselves and set forth
our claims in the matter. The COM
mercial club as in all things perta, ming
to the welfare of the city and territory
can be relied upon to do its utmost in
getti ng the reunion to be held here
and making the same a success
This m mornings Pass City Indepen-
dent says:
The annual reunion of the Rough
Riders will take place at Guthrie, o.
K, June Is, and Gov. Roosevelt has
accepted an invitation to attend. The
DAHL HERALD Gel Paso) has made
strong fight to have the reunion here,
for " hich it deserves credit, and q
united fight may bring it here year
hence.