Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
OUR ROUGH RIDERS
MAY BE EDUCATED IN AN OUT
DOOR COLLEGE.
A FASCINATING SCHEME
Said to Have Governmental Sanction
Site a Colorado Valley With
Abundance of Room for the Widest
Kind of Observation-Disclosures
Boys Considerably Interested.

Some Madison young men with mil
itary aspirations have been impressed
on perusal of circulars issued by c. d.
Gurley, secretary and treasurer of the
National Rough-rider's military en-
campment.
This institution is touted as a sort
of outdoor military college, not under
government supervision but estab-
lshed with the approval of the war
office. The students of military
rough-riding and tactics will live in
encampments distributed over 1,000,
900 acres of territory in the Shenan-
doah valley, Colorado, and they are
to be taught all the military science
obtainable at West Point with less of
the irksomeness of discipline prevail
ing in that institution. The pros
pectus announces an eminently respect
able board of governors including
Charles S. Thomas, governor of Colo
RADIO; General e. V. Sumner, U. S. A..
commanding; General Irving Hale, U.
s. A., Chas S. Thomas, governor of Col
orado; General e. V. Sumner, u. S.
A.; Colonel S. X. Hooper of Denver:
David II. Moffat, president of the First
National bank of Denver; and C. d.
Gurley, secretary and treasurer.
Under the supervision of this board
OK directors will be several prominent
officers Of the regular army as in
structors. 1t is announced that the
object is to give young men a thor
ough military training for the cavalry
service and to make the rough riders
turned out in this school second to
none in ability for military service
whenever called upon. The men are
to be given competent instruction in
riding, trailing, scouting on the noun
tains, plains and valleys, and in adapt
ing themselves to camp life. Continu-
GUS camps IL be formed and i'm
mense distances are to be utilized in
developing the new signal service sys-
TEN of wireless telegraphy. An inno-
vation connected with the plan is put.
! ting in the field a mounted red cross
auxiliary.
The student of this encampment
will lead an outdoor life the whole
year round. He will live in a tent.
and his round of duties will largely be
such as If he were actually a member
OF a scouting party or some similar
body OF rough riders in the field.
He will ride, he will hunt. he will
study, he will drill. all under the SUI
pervislon of competent and we'll
known officers of the United States
arms.
| Restraint in any respect unreasop-
able Will not be placed upon the stu
dent. AS service in a rough-rid reg
iment is characterized by individual
freedom of action, just so the life On
the student at the encampment will be
SO characterized, but under control
and direction of the commander-in-
chie,.
The encampment will open June |
and the term of enlistment will be for
one year. The length of service of
course will be optional with the re-
eruit. as there will be no way to en-
iorce compliance with the literal
terms OF enlistment as to time. 1t is
believed, however. that there will be
few. deyiations, as the life of the re-
cruit Will be one OF such freedom and
charm as to render him 10th to change
IT, Many applications, it is said. have
come from the graduating classes of
Harvard and Yale universities. Mill
tary discipline will be enforced to pre-
serve good order. but more latitude
IMAM is observed in the regular service
VIII be allowed, and proper sanitary
regulations will be enforced. ANY
man able to sit on a horse will be ac
eepted. and the privilege OF withdraw
ing at any time on application for dis
charge will be allowed. Regulations
governing the forces of the United
States army will be the guide for all
officers and enlisted men.
II is further pointed out that the
need OF mounted troops was never so
forcibly emphasized as now. since the
success of the mobile mounted forces
OF the beers in south Africa has so
plainly demonstrated the superiority
OF light horse over infantry in all sorts
of military maneuvering. 1t is beside
the mark that il the United States de-
slres TO increase its regular mounted
forces or to establish auxiliary regi-
ments Of mounted men Il has an inn
mense field to draw from in which
nine men out of ten are rough riders
by force OF circumstances. This fact
will perhaps detraet nothing from the
usefulness of such rough riding mate
rial as may be turned out in the Shen-
andoah eneampment.