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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
] Viii Give One Thousand Dollars to Any Person Who Will
Prove That One Line Of That Article is
Not Strictly True"
WAS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ROOSEVELT
A GO0D SOLDIER, OR DID HE HAVE
A GOOD PRESS AGENT?
cor. ALENANpER S. BACON. 3, LIS,ri, STR

,el the s RepuslSan Campaign Committee has issued a pamphlet called "RoOse-
s . Sr o. te Rough Riders acting for the Campaign Committee is sending it to
al Spanish War veterans, with a statement that the President lis now being
r ,ash INC aonsed in outrageous terms for political reasons and states: II
resent te bitter campaign falsehoOds which are being uttered about him.
rms pamphlet was probably issued 3 a repy to my article in the August
an answer to any charge contained in that article.
IN 1900 / issued a brochure on 1.-THE Seventy first Regiment MT Sn Juan y
wherein most o. the charges were st forth. NO ONE OF THEM HAS EVER
BEEN ANSWERED The August Critic has been issued for nearly three
Months md N person has attempted to answer Il, 1 will give N thousand
true. "'
1 repeat the charges:
1.-THE block house N San Juan was captured M. about ian n n, Al,
July l. 1888 by the infantry, not by the Cavalry.
2-Coiorel Roosevelt did not see a Spaniard OF JULY Is. and ws nt In
q position Hhera he could see n
3-Cotonel Roosevelts account Of his heroic chroe ri hors.h.ek mn
San Juan Hin is absolutely false.
4-ketue Hill, a small rise of around about eo wards. In frnr. Al. ~.
a Juan Mills. never contained a Spanish soldier or Spanish entrenchment.
5-The Infantry had lain In advance of Kettle Hill for hours before 1870
P - They did not take possession Of Kettle Hill. for no reason except that
6-Esrier in the day, the Rough Riders had gone to the right of the
road. to Santiago. for half a mile, and lay for hours in the tall grass, neck hiqh,
behind Kettle Hill
LATTER the infantry had left the sunken road between Kettle Hin
and San JUAN, and had captured the block house, Colonel Roosevelt an his
Rough Riders came wi of the tall grass and went I'D Kettle Hill.
S-There were n o entertainments on the San Juan hills exeent about I'M
feet around the block house. Colonel RooseyeIfs statemen in his aRo,oh
Ri5ers" written norths after the war, do no correspond with official reports
eve his oyn, and are absolutely untruthfuI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
MOST HUMILIATING FRAU1
Col. Bacon's Review Of The Events Of Jay |, $780,,
Daring Capture Of an U%ndsisndsa Field Attended
With Imaginary Slaughter.
ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN OUT En,
GLORY. HAVING BEFORE HIS Ewes
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION

was reinforced by another como.
The artillery OF San Juan consIl,aS
two old pieces that looked ms n " " !
were a hundred years old. mountos 1e
rlckety old carriages. They was, y
behind. This echeion Of San Ina 'ea
attacked by 1900 Americans win, wy
batteries and a Calling batter, ns
~ TO me-. The American loss n, Sl1
Juan, In killed and wounded. wos ea'
than a thousand by the Official fcn mo
The Spanish loss was subston,ila
nothing. Every Spaniard killed
wounded four Americans TN y
centage OF American loss at San pe1j
was twice that of the British at ,Sl
"bloody" battles of Tugela River Tl
Spanish loss is unknown, but aul
practically nothing. way
One OF the regular officers, who
m Of the first to ascend the San 1 "aj
hill and occupy the b~lockhousp ,vs
asked, before the Seventy.drst Poe''
ment Court of Inquiry, "What did vi
see on arriving at the top Of the biiIiyy y
replied Nothing" Q. "Nothing !
all? A. Nothing but scenery - N
"No ~Spariards?" A. "WelL. a ~
might be seen in the distance retirinJ
to their trenches" The fact is tbat !. u
loon as the Americans formed ina u
battle and proceeded up the hin N
about 1.30 p. M, the Spanish skirmi'1i
line retired to their breastworks aronr,
Santiago, which were never cantnraS
but were surrendered with the civ NJ
July II.
About 500 yards in front Of tbs "a,
Juan hills was a small stream cana
Purgatorio Creek, with densely wnos
ed banks. 1t flowed close by a sljrs,
rise called Kettle Hill, which was M
far in front of the San Juan hills AL
far as known, Kettle Hill had nara.
concealed a Spanish soldier in tbp bis.
tory of the world, and its only forti.
iicati0n consisted of an old iron kpttlo
that gave its name to the Americans
For hours the infantry had been lyinS
in a sunken road, in advance of KEITH
Hill. No one thought of going on Inn
of it because there was nothing TO %
after. But when the infantry left t5s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
President RooseveIts War Record.

cd. and no one Of them was written
Inv any man who saw the alleged ne
role charge against the San Juan Me-.
tle. Roosevelt says, in his "housn
Riders" page l25, that he tried TO hh9
General sumner and General WOOD
and could not. Colonel NILS vas
wounded and out Of action long pc
fore the charge. Recommendations,
in general terms, by suoordina,eS
amount TO nothing. Such unorheial
recommendations may be had Tor ine
asking. ,.o-
The charges contained In the bro
chure. published in 1900, remain unan-
swered: the charges OF the August
Army and Navy Critic remain unah-
swered. And | repeat, and DEFY any
man with knowledge TO refute
them.
General Macarthur obtained his pro-
motion as Major-General by making
a report about his maneuvres In tne
capture OF the city of Manila, when
we now know to have been a sham
hattie. and Admiral Dewey swore be-
fore A committee of Congress that the
city had practically surrendered 10 MN
n week before aud 1t was arranged
that the Spaniards were not to nre
back.
Colonel Funston obtained his promo
ton as brigadier-general upon his own
report OF his own heroic deeds in the
capture OF Agulnaldo, which we now
know TO have been put up by Aguln-
aldo himself. who says. in Everybody's
Magazine of August, 1901, that the la
dies had come over the day before
from Caslguran to Palinan to have a
dance, thus traversing the very road
over which Funston passed in his hor-
rlble ~privations.
Colonel Roosevelt has obtained pro
motions by a false report In his Trough
Riders Of his own heroic deeds in an
imaginary charge on an imaginary
horse UP an imaginary hill against Inn
aginary Spanlards.
ALEXANDER s. BACON,
81 Liberty street, New York City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

We nov come 10 the most humillat-
ing fraud 10 recent history the cele-
brated battle Of San Juan, in the span
lsh War Of 1898, which has given
scores Of brevets for every dead span
lard.
The first act in the drama was to re-
move every West Pointer from heads
of departments excepting the engi-
neers and ordnance, which contain
graduates only, because West Point
ers and contractors are natural born
enemies. The next act was TO put In
command of the army OF invasion an
officer who was wholly incompetent
to serve in a tropical climate, weigh
ing 500 pounds and having permanent
physical disabilities.
The facts Of the battle are briefly as
follows: General Skaters plan OF bat
tie seems to have been all right. but
was not carried out. General Lawton
was expected to capture FL Caney by
z o'clock in the morning; then turn TO
his left and form the right wing OF the
attack on the San Juan hills; the CEN
tire to be occupied by Wheeler and his
tdNdlll ) int ltib W 1NAh 49, N1S
fantry. Ell Caney was not captured
until 4.30 in the afternoon. In the
meantime the Wheeler and Kent divis-
ions simply drifted toward San Juan,
through a dense jungle, of which there
had been no reconnaissance, and the
Spanish skirmish line on San Juan ex-
ercised itself at target practice from
6 O'Clock in the morning until 1.30 in
the afternoon, simply shooting at the
roads and trails where the American
troops were helpless, in column.
Is ii not high tim that some OF the
mists surrounding the battle Of San
Juaa were raised7 The War Depart
ment, when asked how many Span
iards were IN Santiago when it sur
rendered, and how many Spaniards
were killed aud wounded at San Juan
and Ell Caney, states in a letter that
they have no records that throw any
light on the subject. Prominent Of
icers, who have knowledge, give eva
sive replies. Lieutenant Jose Muller
Y Tejeiro, second in command of ma
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03


sunken road and captured the block.
house, Colonel Roosevelt and The
Rough Riders marched from the mllet
field, behind this hill and PurgatorS
Creek, and frantically charged up Kee
tie Hill 1t was attended with little
more danger than an attack on the
City Hall in New York. The San Juan
hills directly beyond it had no in
trenchments, and had already been
abandoned by the Spaniards.
His Staying the fleeing Spaniard less
than thirty feet away sounds much
like murder. No regular officer found
it necessary to establish his rCputa'
ton by an account of exultant Hood
thirstiness. They accepted the painful
duty Of fighting the enemy as one Of
the sad necessities of war and sought
to win no glory by gloating over the
widows and orphans they were forced
to make. Colonel Roosevelt stands out
against the lurld horizon Of war as the
solitary autobiographer from the days
or Caesar till now TO write himself
down boastingly as a slayer Of bis fe'
bowman, and that, too, at such close
range.
Having examined under oath about
100 participants in the San Juan en-
gagement, and having in my posses.
sion the stenographer's transcript Of
their testimony. I am prepared to stale
that Colonel Roosevelt did not so muea
as see a Spaniard on July /, lS9s' als
was not in a position where be eOula
see one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03


family, or of territorial and CONNER.
cial greed.
By the latter path we abandon hu.
manity, and with drum and trumpet
and warship, hurl ourselves into the
wretehed wrangle which has been 20.
ing ON Id the old world since the da wn
OF history, and the new world then
ceases TO exist. This is the track into
which, tentatively but surely. our GOV.
eminent has been trying to push. with
accelerated pace, during the last three
years, and now the people of the Unit.
ed States are about to be called upon
to say If it be their wish TO continue
the march. II they say yes, let them
marshal their heaviest battaIIons
change their form of government 70
a dictatorship, and prepare their
purses for a drain in comparison "a
which that of our Civil War was light
The Republic is, indeed, at the parting
Of the ways.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
PARTING OF THE WAYS.
The People Must Decide Whether
the Nation Shall BE a Republic
or an Empire.

We are now at the parting Of the
ways-one Democracy carries us for
ward in the grand venue traced out
for us by the founders OF our nation,
a path of dignity, honor, peaceful, hap
Ply advancement, which marks us as
the hope of mankind In all that makes
for wisdom and good government;
while the other Republican, road takes
us into the great arena where ancient
peoples, full Of ambitions, civil hat
reds, religious feuds, feudal mlseries,
trailing their slime across the centur-
les, are facing each other, burdened
with armor, to fight out questions Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
LETTER NO. 2.
San Juan Hill, July 10. 1se

San Juan Hill, July 10, 1898.
No change since my last letter " 8 .
There are rumors that we will attack
the Spanish in the morning. Seems
likely that we will. as we have received
orders to pack rolls and haversacks at
4 a. m. tomorrow. This afternoon l
went along the entire line Of our
army. Had nothing else TO do. and /
wanted to see just how we were To-
Gated. This is the way we are sit
uated: letter furnishes map not
deemed necessary to publish. led.
You will notice a little hill In the
rear which | have marked "R. r."
That is where the Rough Riders did
all their terrible fighting on the first
day Of the fight. | don't know, but
honestly believe they never saw a
Spaniard over there. I hear that it is
in all the New York papers that
Roosevelt and his Rough Riders took
San Juan Hill. That is a lie. He
didn't take San Juan Hill. He didn't
even see the hill. and he has never been
neal it yet. We took the hill. and
we've been on top of Il eyer since.
The actions of that mar are the laugh
Ing stock Of the army. He is contlnu-
ally blowing his horn. and seems to
think he is the biggest man down here.
II he were not Roosevelt | believe he
would be drummed out of camp. 1t is
quite 'sickening to see the airs he puts
on. l suppose before the war is over
he will be commanding the army, and
that will mean q through ticket to the
Presidential chair. It's all politics.
The men who did the fghting-the
regulars-haye very little to say. They
don't seem TO be in 1t for glory. They
simply do 1t as a matter of business.
But Roosevelt is out for glory alone.
and he seems to be taking all he can
get. . Now he wants to get
back to the United States (probably to
pull some wires). He has done nothing
but kick. kick, kick for the last three
or four days, and he has made himself
very obnoxious everywhere. He kicks
because he can't have toast and eggs
every morning for breakfast. He kicks
because he has to sleep on the ground
instead of a hair mattress. He kicks
because his men are homesick and
want to see their best girls. I'm
homesick myself, but I'm not kicking,
and | haven't heard a kick from any
n in the regiment yet-not even from
n fellow whom l helped into a trans
port wagon to be taken back to the hos
pital. He had both eyes shot out,
wounds through the neck, chest. abb
domen, legs and arms. but the only
thing he said was: who's got a pine
handyF" / gave him mine. l didn't
think he'd live more than an hour or
two, although he had lain in the grass
three days without attention. but they
got him into the hospital alive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03
LETTERS FROM A PRIVATE.
"Rm Glad I'm a Regular They Go Ahead and Do Their Business Without Any
Fuss OF Feathas-But I'm Sorry That We Will Not Get Any Crelt For
Oar Work. -Ihey Say Oar Charge viii Make Roosevelt President
Some Day and That is What We Went TO War For"

said that there is between 10000 and
10000. We have only 1900 men on
the island, of which 1000 or 5000 are
volunteers, so you see what kind of
stuff we are made of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

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circumference and weighing ! yound.
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punishment for ~infraction OF the pris-
on rules, and the substitution Of a
welI-lighted aud well-yentilated cell
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

tai income Of the institution is esti-
mated at s435, 900 or double what IL
was when he entered the govrrnur's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
REV. SHERWOOD HEARD HERE
Makes Fine Impression on His Visit at
Trinity Church Yesterday.

Rev. G. II. Sherwood, of the Episco-
pal church, of StreatOr. Ill, who has
been called to the Passionate of Trinity
church of this city, following the resfg-
nation of Rev. r. r. Sweet. occupied
the pulpit here yesterday morning and
evening and made a highly favorable
impression upon the large number of
parishioners who were present at the
services.
1t is not yet known whether Mr..
Sherwood will accept the call to the
local church. He is in the Chicago do
cese, while Rock Island is in the Q,in-
cy diocese. making it somewhat de
pendent upon the discretion of the
bishop of Chicago as to what disposi-
ton viii be made of the call
Mr.. Sherwood expresses himself as
being well pleased with the Rock Isl
and parish and it is thought and hoped
that he will come to Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
BURIAL OF Mr.. CRUBAUGH
Funeral Services This Afternoon at
the Home on Third Avenue.

John Crubaugh was buried this af-
ternOOn in Chippiannock cemetery, the
funeral services, which were largely
attended. taking place at O'Clock at
the residence, 901 Third avenue. The
services were said by Rev. William
Torrance, of the Central Presbyterian
church, and Rev. O. w. Lawrence. of
Memorial Christian church. The Rock
Island Savings bank and the Rock ISL
and Buggy company, of which institu-
lions deceased was vice president and
a director, closed during the afternoon
out OF respect to his memory. The
home was filled with friends. who in
cluded members of the Masonic fra
ternity, in which Mr.. Crubaugh stood
high, and business and social ac-
quaintances from all walks of life in
the community with which he had been
SO long prominently identified The
services at the grave were for the
family only. The pallbcarers were
Phil Mitchell, T. II. Thomas. T. J.
Medill, c. II. Mcdaniel, Charles Case
and p. Greenawalt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
RIVER RIPLETS.

The Diamond 10 Line boats will for
the next few round trips lengthen
their schedule "a hours. AS a result
all the big boats will arrive here one
day behind schedule time.
The steamer Winona, which broke
her stage plank at Albany last week,
has had the damaged plank repaired
and is again in good order.
The J. S. left St. Paul today on her
down river trip and will arrive in Rock
Island Tuesday, Aug. 23, and on that
night will take moonlight excursion
out of the tri-cities. She will make
only one trip, after which she contin-
ues southwark en- route TO Peoria,
from whence she will make excursion
trips to st. Louis. She will be in these
waters the middle of September for
her last northern trip this season.
Leaving this part of the river in Sep
TENDER she goes south for the winter.
The Chaperon and her barge, Sum
mer Girl, owned by c. r. Lamb, of
Clinton, lay in this port yesterday.
having come down here from St. Paul.
She departed last evening for Clinton.
Boats down were the Lydia Van
SAINT, J. w Van SAINT. r. d. Kendall,
L. Rutledge, Ruth, Emily and Winona;
north. the St. Paul, ChaperOn. Ruth,
Emily and Winona. The Helen Blair
went south. The stage of water was
go
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
ROBBERS IN HOME.
Watches and Money Disappear From
Residence of Walter Fowler
on Second Avenue.
WINDOW SCREEN is REMOVED
Visitation Not Discovered Until Family
Awakened This Morning-Miss-
ing Rig is Found.

When the members of the family of
Walter Fowler, SIT Second avenue.
arose this morning they discovered
night.
A screen from one of the raised win
dOws had been removed and the sew
eral rooms searched and two watches
and 75 cents taken.
One was a mans watch. with Il gold
filled case, and valued at 500. The
other was a ladies' Elgin gold-filled
hunting case, with small chain at
tached
The family has no idea as to the
hour when the robbery was committed.
as no noise was heard i'll the house
during the night. the intruders enter
ing and departing without disturbing
the slumbers of anyone in the house.
The police were notified this morn
ing and furnished a description of the
missing articles.
Afraid to Face the Music.
\ young man rented n horse and
buggy at Murrin Bros. livery on Eigh-
teenth street yesterday, and should
ia 'N blOu-AI II JAIN III jllt cNNllIS.
and when he failed To do so the police
were notified and furnished a dcscrip-
ton of the outfit. 1t was located at
$50 this morning tied on FOrty-third
street. One wheel was damaged. this
probably explaining the failure of the
young man to return the rig to the liv-
cry, fearing that the bill would be
larger than he could meet.
Steals Watch rs u Joke.
John Racsberg did not think he was
stealing when he took a watch belong
ing to John ZuehIle, a fellow work
man at the Rock Island Sash & Door
works, and Saturday evening he was
arrested on a charge of larceny.
Zuehlke missed the watch from the
place it he was accustomed to placing
1t during working hours several weeks
ago. He knew that Raesberg had it.
he said, and warned the latter that he
had better return it. The watch is
worth only $50. Raesberg admits
that he took the watch, and intends to
stand trial on the charge that has been
lodged against him by ZuchIke. The
hearing is to occur at Z O'Clock this
evening before Police Magistrate G. A.
Johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
Personal POINTS.

Bart E. Linehan. of Dubuque, is Wis
iting in Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Keyser are visit
ing in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Sue Crosby, of Denver. is Wis
iting her niece, Mrs. E. L. Goff.
Miss Alice Sage has gone to Mt. Car
roll, Ill, for a visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Levey de-
parted today for Ottawa Beach. Mich.
Mrs. E. J. Burns and children have
gone for a visit in Iowa and Colorado.
Mrs d. c. Strecker and Mrs. c. Cob,
nan left on the steamer Dubuque this
noon for trip down the river
Mrs. p. Greenawalt, and sister, Miss
Flora Laux of Davenport. left this
morning for a six weeks sojourn at
PetOskey, Mich.
Misses Lillian Oswald and Annie
Christensen have returned from a
four weeks trip. visiting points of i'll
terest in Colorado.
Attorney T. l. Montgomery, of Ca
hoka, Mo. VINO has been in Rock Isl
and on professional business, departed
for his home today.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Harrison,
who have been the guests of Rock ISL
and friends for the past two weeks,
departed last evening for their home
in Ottawa, Kans.
c. II. Saulpaugh, of Mankato. Mich.
formerly a contractor of Rock Island.
h, oft
tendance at the funeral of John Cru
baugh this afternoon.
G. b. Russell. night clerk at the
Rock Island house. Is seeing the sights
at the St Louis exposition. During
his absence Tom McHugh is filling the
duties of night clerk.
Miss BERTHE Perrin, who has been
at her home in WaukCgan, H., during
the. summer months. will return to the
city next month. and Will resume her
classes in dancing Oct. l.
George 4. Price. H. Z. Curtis and
Mrs. Theresa Robinson departed last
evening for Hayward, Wis. near which
hunting and fishing. At Hayward the
part! was JoiHtu ny IuG MISSES OdIdH
and Mary Dart, of this city.
John II. Mitchell, of Iona. Mich,
commanding general of the forthcom-
ing encampment of the foreSters at
st. Louis, was a visitor at the Wood
men head office today for conference
with the general committee on ar
engagements for the Cncampment. Di-
rectors f. Z. Murphy and c. G. Saun-
ders and Head Clerk C. w. Hawes
The committee today rented a suite
of rooms at the Inside Inn at the fair
for the entertainment of the nine gov
errors who will be present TO review
the forester's parade on Sept. 9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
TRAIN ALLOWED TO STAY ON
Efforts of montezuma Influence Rock
Island MANAGEMENT.

Threatened with a suit for violation
OF the franchise granted by the town
OF MonteZuma, Iowa, alarmed. no
doubt by protestations of residents of
towns and of travelling men. and aware
that three congressman had been in
terested and were about to take up the
claims of an indignant public. the
Rock Island road has decided 10 with
draw its recent order curtailing the
service on the Muscatine Western
The passenger train which was taken
of Saturday night by the order men
TONED will be replaced as an extra
and continue to run on the old SEIZED
ule for an indefinite time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-15
Mckinley Chapel Entertainment.

y musical and literary program is
10 be given at Mckinley Baptist chap
lei tomorrow evening. The following
program viii be rendered: Song.
America Forever" chorus: recita-
ton. Leola Redman; recitation. Hazel
Moore: solo. Margie Terry: recitation.
Miss Rose Lemma: dialogue. The
GOssips;" solo, Miss Loriena Milford,
recitation. Mrs. Bowen: dialogue.
Taking the Census: instrumental
solo. Miss Woods. Moline: recitation.
Mr.. Sheldon. Davenport: duet. the Tar
yer sisters, Moline: recitation. Mrs II
HosEins- Davenport: recitation. Mrs.
H. Golden: solo. Mrs. Watrus. Daven-
port Refreshments viii be served at
ter the program.