Arizona republican., 1899-06-25
Governor Roosevelt Speaks of
 the Cuban Campaign.
HE IS PROUD OF THEIR FAME
A Brilliant Address 10 inc Hen Who Followed Him in inc Marches Before Spanish Bullets One Year Aao-CommendS Their True AmeriCaniSm in Returning 10 Peace LabOrS.

East Las Vegas, N NJ, June 24.-
 The business meeting of :he Rough
 Riders Regimental association was
 held in the Duncan opera house.
 An address of welcome on behalf of
 the citizens of Las Vegas was made by
 A. A. Jones.
 Col. A. O. Brodie of Prescott was
 elected president and Lieutenant D. O.
 Gerrillos, secretary for the ensuing
 year.
 An abstract of the speech of Col.
 Thco. Roosevelt to the Rough Riders
 at Las Vegas delivered last evening
 is as ,followsl
 ''Just a: this time I would not have
 left New York state for any purpose
 save to attend a reunion of my old
 regiment. and for that purpose I
 would have gone to Alaska. or any
 where else for the bord that unites us one to another is as close as any bond of human friendship can be. It was our good fortune to be among those
 accepted when the country called to arms q year ago last spring and when
 ten men volunteered for every one that could be chosen I think 1 may say without boasting that the regi- ment did it's du;y in every way and that it's record is subject for honorable pride not only to the members them selves, but the country at large. I an proud of you because you never com plained and never f1irched. When you went to war you knew you would not have an easy time; you expected to encounter hardships and you took them without murmur.
 You were all readiness to learn and to show that-prompt obedience which makes 1t possible to turn American volunteers so soon into a first-class tyne of fighting men. Of those of our num- Der who landed for the brief campaign ill tropical midsummer against San tfago, One>fourth were killed or wounded and the remaining three fourths were at one time or another stricken by fever. Many died. but there is not one among you so poor in spirit that he does not count fever, wounds and death itself as nothing compared with the honor of having been able to serve with a regiment l under the flag of the Uaited States in one of the most righteous wars which this century has seen.
 ''In our political ard social life. alike, | in order to permanently succeed we must base our conduct on the Deca. logue and the Golden Ruie. We must put in practice holy virtues, for the lack of which intellectual brilliancy nor prosperity can ever atone. 1t is a good thing for a nation to be rich, but 1t is a better thing for natlon to be the mother of men who possess the qualities openly of courage and of common sense. am proud of the way you have taken up the broken thread of your lives-in which you have gone back to the farm. the ranch. the mine, the factory and the counting-room. In so doing. you show yourselves 10 be typical American citizens for it has always been the pride Of our country that an American while most earnest 1y desirous of peace and ever ready to show himself a hard and dangerous fighter if needs require. and that on the hand when need has passed, he could prove that War had not hurt him for the work of peace and that he was all the more fitted to do this work for having done the other too
 q am proud of you. my comrades. not only because you were very brave in battle, but because when once the battle was over, you showed your selves always Inarciful to the weak shall ever keep in m:nd the,valor you showed as you fought in the iungleS of Las GuanImas. as you charged up the slopes of San Juan hill. and I shall keep in mind no less { the way in which you shared your l seanty rations with the poor, miserable refugees at Fl Caney. and the way in which you tried to help women and heavy hand"
 In conclusion Col. Roosevelt said: Above all my comrades and my feI- ow countrymen. We must build up in ' his country that spirit of social and C -ivfe honesty and courage which alone z ,an make this nation reach the high r st and most lasting greatness ! East Las Vegas, IN. NJ, June 24-The 2 lawn of the greatest day in the history I f Las Vegas saw the picturesque town ( md adjacent plains in the possession a f fully 15,000 strangers who had ar T ived during the preceding twenty four o