The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-13
president ON
Reunited NATION.
Mr.. Roosevelt Speaks at Dedica-
ton of Rough Riders Monu-
ment in Arlington.
UNDER LEE AND WHEELER

WASHINGTON, D. Gu April H.
President Roosevelt made n speech, In
which he touched mainly on patriotism
and good citizenship ut the dedication
to-day Of tho monument erected to tho
memory OF tho First Cavalry, United
States voluntccrs--tho Rough Ridcrs--of
the spnnisll-Amerlcan War IN tho Ma
y tional Cemetery at Arlington. Mrs. A.
Il. Capron, the widow OF Captain Capron.
Of tho Rough Rider Regiment, who fell
mt Las Guasimas, pulled tho cord hold
7fic the American flag that covered the
monument. Rev. DR.. D. J. Stafford, OF
st. Patrick's Church, this city, made the
dedication address, and Chaplain III. a.
Brown, u. s. A., pronounced the bene-
diction.
Regular troops and part OF the National
Guard OF tho District OF Columbia par
ticipated In tho exercises incident to The
dedication. They included four troops Of
the Thirteenth Cavalry, battalion OF
field artillery four companies OF the Dis
sStrfct National Guard and portion OF
the District Naval Reserves
The President. accompanied from
the White House by Licutcnant-Gen-
eral Young retired. and Major Frank
& y, Mccoy, his naval aide, were met at
Tort Meyer by Captain Preston's troop
to the cemetery gates, where they were
joined by the remainder OF the military
and the naval contingent in the march
to tho monument A distinguished
company assembled on the stand. from
which the President delivered his adj
dress.
A number Of former members OF tho
Rough Riders Regiment are in the
city, and were invited to seats on tho
stand.
Monolith from Vermont.
The monument is the design of Mrs.
Capron, and stands in a good location
In the reservation. 1t is monolith.
the largest of It's kind in Arlington.
1t is made OF Vermont granite. stands
fourteen feet high on base six by
Six feet. The memorial bears the
names OF moro than one hundred for
mer members of the regiment who
died either in Cuba or after the re-
turh of the regiment to the United
States.
The main decoration Is bronze
tablet bearing the regimental device.
the crossed snbres. and n medallion
In which the organization participated
-Guasimas. San Juan and Santiago.
Beneath the device Is the inscription:
First United States Volunteer Cav
airy. In memory OF the dcctEsed mem
hers OF the First United States Vol
untecr Cavalry, Spanish-American War
Erected by members OF the regiment
1906.
Above the tablet in raised letters,
are the words. Trough Riders"
President Roosevelt was die colonel
of the Rough Riders during most OF
Its existence, and he spoke to- day with
e n personal feeling. He referred to tho
peculiar qualification OF all the mem
bers Of the regiment In seeing this
memorial erected to the memory OF
their dead comrades. ana spoke OF tho
funeral services that Chaplain Brown
held over those killed In the Guasimas
night. '"The first fight that we saw:
the fight in which we served under tho
after-time licutenant- general OF the
Z United States Army, who Is with US
here to-day-Gcncral Young
General Young had promised that II
the regiment got into his brigade he
would see that it got into the first fight
/, and said the President, turning to General
Young. You kept your word"
The President said the paramount rea-
son why our people should look back to
the Spanish-American War with pride
and satisfaction was that st marked In
very truth tho complete reunion Of our
country" He said sons OF men who had
worn the blue and the sons of those
who had worn the gray fought together
and side by side with Young and Shafter
and Lawton, and had served under
Wheeler. and Fitzhugh Lee; they stood
shouldeesto shoulder, knit together by the
!. closcst.of ties and acknowledged with
respect to one another only that generous
Jealousy each to try to be first to do all
II that In him lay for the honor and tho
interest OF the flag that covered the re-
united country