Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-29
to battle under YOUR leadership.

to battle under your leadership.
Permit me, therefore, in the name
OF the people of New Mexico. to pre-
sent you with this medal of honor. Its
intrinsic value is but trife, but we
venture TO hope that as memorial
o. the affection, admiration and es-
TEEN which it represents, it may have
for yoI value not measured by such
a standard, and that you may cherish
it as an agreeable souvenir of your
visit among u.s.
The presentation was a genuine sur
prise to Col. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Springer handed the medal 10
his young daughter, Miss Eva, who
pinned it on the lapel of Rooseveit's
Rough Rider blouse.
The recipient was visibly affected,
and responded as follows:
Col RooseveIt's Response
Judge Springer, and to Miss Spring
er, and to you, my fellow-Americans
of New Mexico, 1 want to say l cannot
express in words how deeply l am
touched by what you have done. 1
prize this gift more than anything
else that could have been given me,
coming as it does. and in the way it
does, from those whom it comes. For
it comes on the anniversary of day
! fateful in the annals of the west.
Twenty-three years ago Custer rode to
his death with his gallant men at the
Rosebud, adding his share in 1.-The win
ming of the west in the upbuilding of
the west which you have all of you up
| in patriotism, level in highness of pur-
| pose with all that there is in this ma
ton. l cannot say how glad l have
been to come here. l never was in
| New Mexico before, but l have never
| felt like a stranger for one moment
among you. (Applause.) L claim the
same right that each of your sons
claim of glory, and take pride in the
name and fame of New Mexico. L am
an American, as you are Americans;
and you and L alike have the
| right to claim as our own
every acre and rod of the country
from Maine to Oregon, from Florida
to California. (Applanse.) All l shall
say, is. if New Mexico wants to be a
state, you can call on me, and L will
|
do anything you wish. Great APP
planse.)
Col. Roosevelt's address was cut short
by the rain, which put a stop to the
amusements of the daylight pro-
gramme.
Description of the Medal.
The medal is of solid gold. The
medal is pendant from a bar by chains
N-shaped. with the ends attached to
the bar and joined to the medal at the
center. On the bar are the words
| Colonel Theodore Roosevelt" Be
tween the bar and the medal the coat
of-arms of New Mexico is engraved.
Or the medal proper are crossed sa-
bers, and above them is the monogram
'KRR." Below the sabecs is the word
ing: Presented by the citizens of New
Mexico, Las Vegas, y. NJ, June 1892
On the circular edge of the medal
proper are the words: San Juan"
LAS Guasimas." Santiago" In the
center, just below the crosses sabers,
is brilliant diamond.
The Evening Programme.
Aside from the presentation. the
evening programme consisted of the
rendition of part of Hayden's 'Crea-
ton" by the Las Vegas Oratorial So
ciety.
At midnight Col. Roosevelt left over
the Santa Fe road for Chicago. lie
will arrive there at nine o'clock this
evening. He will go direct to Milwau-
kee, and after a brief participation in
the carnival exercises there, will leave
for New York.