The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-24
STAGE WARRIORS AND BLACK FIGHTERS.

an IHEN TEDDY ROOSEVELT came, saw and was frost
w bitten, The Herald intended him rather the
governor Of than a seeker for ap
pecaed his personal courage and his other good qualities
outstanding his absurd egotsm and the willingness he has ever
pumes Governor Roosevelt despite his
his country willing fight his country and much
forgiven him who responds willingly his countrys call and
greeted Governor Roosevelt everywhere
That the greeting cold due Mr. Roosevets
hostility to all that nearest the heart OF this region Had ne
demonstrated ability IN degree apProxatng the advance
ing Instead of Bayard without fear and without rProac
sbant breathing politician who made his speeches
cording to the sentiment of his audience
Governor Roosevelt made reference his record in
Salt Lake TRUTH avoided the topic since his nomna
Mo f nav L O acknowledgements in this civ For though
popularity supposed have been the author of
Rough Rider idea, he not The idea belonged to
Wyoming who Washington before the outbreak of
the war and offered department raise regiment of
Wyoming cowboys them his horses in the
Of hosilies That Wyoming man was Colonel Jay l.
Torrey listened Washington, but that about
all the attention he received because though Republican OF
hostile to him and able to prevent favorable action prop
idea fully persuaded the department of the efficacy of
such mounted regiment Then Roosevelt appropriated with
raised ARD given to Leonard Wood Roosevelt
command Torrey the with the IDEA was soothed with the
fully sequsered in Florida Utah furnished one OF the troops
This in brief history Roosevelt originated the
Rough Riders AS to the battle OF San Juan Governor Roose
vet tells part played in it his book There pictures
of tie Rough carrying the HILL but the silent
there the OF the officers
in command Governor Roosevelt says in his book:
"Te Ninth regiment Immediately in front of and
the Left and these Kettle hill with regi
mentn
Then telling of the assault the handful of
Kettle hill he assault San hill Says he
eve had splendid view of the San Juan block house
left when infantry of Kent led by Hawkins, climbing
the hill"
Further on he The infantry got and
the crest of hill San Juan AT last could the Span
rds running away from the rifle pits the Americans
in their final rush"
The soldiers who climbed this hill the colored Twenty
fourth who weeks before had marched through the
streets OF Salt the the The Sixteenth also
were there then and there that Lscr shot and
Quincy and killed and nearly all the deaths occurred
and oundng that shocked this city While the hight
m was in progress Colonel Roosevelt and his
within view OF They could the black soders toll
I'm the hill and finally drive the Spanards lwo years
later this calm of the battle received the nomination OF
GREAT party presidency the hero OF this battle
Which according his testimony he only observed from
The Herald would not have gone into this matter at such
of this state, either gnorany or
With fa1sv prepense ascrbe TO Roosevelt military
lor which properly belongs the coored man lhe black
Soldier OF the the real hero OF San uan HILL
Roosevelt might behaved galantly enough had he been
Given the oDDony he had not the chance that day He
ad dutv that required iron discipline and unlnlng courage
@ e performance assigned not to Roosevets advertised
battlo but to regulars and OF them cooed soldiers to
whom if had been rather fashionable before that time to refer
contenlptuousy