The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-29
HERO 0F san JUAN
Colonel Alexander Brodie Ar
rives at Oklahoma City.
GIVEN A FINE RECEPTION
The Ideal Rough Rider and
His Record in War.
GIVEN A FINE RECEPTION

ant Colonel Alexander BrOdie anu parry
arrived here today over the Santa Re
road. and received hearty welcome al
the depot from reception committee
headed by Mayor Lee Van Wrinkle. They
were Immediately driven to the Grand
Avenue hotel, which viii be the ideal
Rough Riders headquarters during his
stay at the reunion. His party conSsted
of Mrs. Brodie, Mrs. James Banks pstey-
nolds, Miss Josephine Reynolds and the
Misses Elizabeth and Louise Van Buren,
ali Of New York City The party were
escorted from Wichita by a delegation of
Oklahoma Rough Riders consisting Of
Charles Hunter and Captain Frank
Frantz of Enid, E. w Johnson, VINO is
Superintendent Of schools at Shawnee
o. T. and a correspondent Of the Eagle.
Mrs. Brodie came from her mothers
country home Hear Trenton, n. J., and
the colonel. who came from his gold
mines in Arizona, met her at Newton.
The ladies were in splendid spirits after
their long trip. being much refreshed by
the morning ride through the garden spot
Of Kansas ana Oklahoma They took an
eager interest in everything they had
seen and never ceased inquiring about
the wonderful west, it's wonderful re-
sources and wonderful people.
Somebody has said: IF you give ne an
opportunity of knowing a mans wife, I'll
tell YOU what kind of a soldier he Will
make" There is a peculiar aptness In
this expression in the ease Of Colonel
Brodie. His wife is one Of those. magni-
ficent women whose influence cannot fail
to inspire any man to great achievements.
She is intensely earnest in everything,
bright, intnectual, sympathetic and in
comparably democratic Her disposition
is sweet and gentle and her knowledge Of
the little humanities of the world is very
comprehensive. Colonel Brodie is a great
5ig-hearted man and she understands how
to cultivate his love. She knows how to
fill his pipe for him and she takes de-
lisilt in the delight he gets out Of it.
Mrs Reynolds takes interest in the pro-
gress of the west. When she was in
formed that Kansas had 5000 school
houses and 11609 churches, she was over
whelmed. When she heard that every
one II the 5000 Kansas soldiers who went
to the Spanish war could read and write,
and that 600 Of them were college grad
yates. she could hardly repress her
emotions When she heard about the col
leEe-. academies and charitable instiJu-
tons of the west. she was delighted. II
was evident that the recital Of anything
showing the moral. educational and mater
ial progress Of the west pleased her i'm
measurably. She inquired about every
thing from the local market price of
cabbage and carrots II the policies of
states counties and municipalities
The young ladies have travelled extern
sively abroad. but never before saw any
thing like tine landscape Of Kansas and
Oklahoma. They went into ecstacies over
the charming little curved wooded hooks
Of the Arkansas. The youngest Of them
was "a school girl before the foundation
stone OF any house in Oklahoma was laid.
and they thought It inc0uprehensfb'e
They saw a stretch Of landscape on the
North Canadian river taat ran twenty
three miles from cotton field to a
horizon Of pink haze and il made an i'm
precision that will not leave their mem
cries soon. The INNER az of the level
prairie, a checker board of green corn
folds ana golden wheat fields. astonished
ana delighted them. Nothing puzzled
them 81 much as that which puzzled the
immortal Dickens during his visit TO this
country, and that is why the western
people show such partiaity % light
frame houses. such IS the author called
horses Of cards.
Tho one great theme Of westerner.
when ne is talking with eastern visitors.
IS the festive and active cyclone. but at
the request Of Colonel Brodie that sub
ject was never mentioned. lie was afraid
that the picturesque imagination OF
western men would So paint a cyclone
that the ladies would not enjoy their
trip. for fear Of one occurring during their
stay.
Mrs Brodie calls her husband a forty
miner" This has no allusion 10 the ex-
hodus TO California. but 'to the fact that
he vas born in New York in that year.
He has been 3 western man since he be-
came Of age He graduated from the
Yves, Point Military academy in 1870 and
was assigned to the First cavalry. then
serving in the Indian campo 5Ens Of the
west He spent eight years in the
army, participating in the hottest troubles
between the Indians and the government.
lie resigned in ISIS ana became a gold
miner in Altoona. not far from Prescott.
How. and when did you first conceive
The Rough Rider ideao" ne was asked.
" 4lFl4 ~lle -N-a4ilc was down up. 4 ilFeG
thi,ty-ava miles from a railroad station.
The telegraph operator was a friend OF
nine and ne wrote me a note telling me
what had happened. I knew IT once that
war Uis inevitable and my military
training naturally made rse speculate on
the tactical and strategic phases Of such
war The Rough Rider idea was the
natural evolution OF such speculation. es-
pecisily 20 4 cavalry man in the western
ssEvice."
Colonel Brodie communicated his ideas
20 Governor &cCo-d and asked the privil-
csc % raising 4 regiment among the cow
boys - Arizona. Governor McCord, upon
q declaration OF war being issued COM
municated Mr. Brodie's idea 70 the gov
eminent AZ Washington. bur Arizona was
allowed only 1-6 men IN The first call
The idea became popular however. and a
Rough Ridsv regiment 20 he known as
the First L. s volunteer cavalry. was
authorized 20 he raised IN the west
svf6ie recruited the Quoto allowed Ar;-
zena ard became The ranking major q.
she regiment Dr. Wood was appoint
e colonel e1d Theodore Roosevelt lieu.
ter-ht colonel. The regiment was train
ei and drilled by Major Broiic. whose
education At West Point and experience
Ia The army made him the logical man
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