Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-07-10
0'NEILL MONUMENT
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| NV an iuea OF speaking TO
you, nut the subject is one that any
american citizen can speak upon from
the fullncss Of his neart. I smoke ON
the second OF May, 1893, from n stand
almost identical with this in IL, loca.
tion. i can recall the circumstances as
though 1t were yesterday. We marched
Two troops Of the Volunteer cavalry.
recruited at Fort whipple, into the
plaza over the route taken by the pro.
cession today. And here, in the pres.
cncc Of fully as large a crowd OF avn.
Patn'hihg arizonans, we were presented
with the flag which we took TO Cuba.
and which now, riddled with bullets.
occupies honored place on the walls
OF the governors Office, nj Phoenix.
That flag, ] regret very much 10 saw.
could not be brought TO Prescott upon
this occasion. IL is not in condition 10
move and i think it il due TO n Pres.
colt audience TO say that much. The
thorns and the bullets and the rains
OF Cuba were almost too much for il.
l cannot remember a more patriotic.
more deeply affecting scene than at
that time, and feel today fully ms
reverent as then. Over half Of the
Rough Riders who went from Arizona
were recruited from near Prescott. by
the man whose memory you now so
signally nonor, Captain O'Ncill, and
most valuable service was rendered by
another Prescott man, Major Alex o.
Brodic, our commanding officer. lie
knew the Arizonans and he knew the
arts and practices Of war.
CROUCH Riders" is name gwen us,
apparently, by the people of the east,
who learn to ride in riding schools.
None Of you ever heard Of the term,
trough ridcrs,' before the war. We
thought that n man who could mount a
bucking broncho and stick 10 him was
doing fancy feat in riding. But the
idea prevailed in the east that il n man
could mount and stick TO n horse max
, ing contortions ut the rate Of one
hundred revolutions 10 the minute, he
was n trough RIDER We called our.
. selves cavalrymen, and the regular cav.
airy Of the United States army was
our model. When we were on the
steamer about three weeks, we dub
bed ourselves, in honor Of our brigade
commander, "Sammy Young's Horse
Marines" We could hardly walk
wan we got on land and had no horses
So, referring TO orr colonel, we called
ourselves "wood's Weary Walkers. y
II was given out abroad that the
Rough Riders were n lot Of wild and
!, woolly horsemen, but the fact is, The
: men were held under discipline ms strict
a as that Of the regular cavalry, for W.
' wished 10 show to the world that W.
|. were soldiers, not rowdies or toughs.
h I am here today as an officer OF thu
4 national Guard, Attending upon thu
/. governor Of Arizona. And wish, her
{ in Prescott, where there Is no com
y pany Of the National Guard, TO TAX
/ this opportunity TO say that Their
II should be such an organization here II
4 Prescott. With the spirit Of patriotism
n exhibited by the people Of Yavapa
y county in 1898. the organization Of
I, company should be undertaken here
! that the Territory better be in read
II ness for war. hope war may neve
% come. or that il will be far in the di'
v lance. But IL il come, Prescott shout
y be prepared to 10 ner part.
O. or the men who marched from thi
D. plaza on MAY Q, 1898, more than
score fell on Cuban battle6elds, an
MANY died Drawing fever in Cuba
= swamps. I ask honor also for the me
who. faithful to their duties, faithf'
:, 10 the orders given by their superior
|" STAYED behind in the camps of tn
n. south. Honor should be given them
a. south. To them even more honor shou'
, he given than to those who were
~ fortunate as TO minglc in the fray.
NJ or O'Neill, can say little toda
n. The subject il too large. He was
q. soldier nj all times. His heart was
NJ his work and he did his best, fait
I'd fuI soldier and n faithful Arizona
n. He upheld the flag, TO the glory OF d
country, and worthly sustained u
We reputation Of Arizona.
err McGroarty Reads Poem.
RI After John s. McGroarty, poe
y, and writer. Of the Los Angeles Time
10. was introduced. and recited IN
N. dramatic manner an original poe
IT. written for the occasion, which W
,s' he found elsewhere In this 1851
10. prigadIer General Il. ID. Thomas VI
to served here for the five years io''o
N. ing 1872. as a lieutenant of the iamo
~ ~ Fighting Fifth" under General cro'
nj, and who was repeatedly cheered
lrt the old.timers. who remember
I'm yalor and bravery he displayed IN
~, Indian campaigns of those snrri
1T. times. paid the following eloquent
I'm bute TO the citizens of the great w
'ht and the soldiery OF the country;
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