Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-24
M REUNION OF. THE ROUCH
 RIDERS
,From Wednesdays Daily.r

p,o,b Rider Monument commission ,,d the chairmen of the various sub. ,nn,i,ces of the Citizens s committee, .ll y,s,crday afternoon in the cham. ,.,. of Judge Sloan, at which Charles Ilun'cr of Oklahoma City, Okla, ,,e.idcn, of the Rough Riders asso. ,t,n. was present, it was decided to .icr the holding of tho Rough Rider ..spion in Prescott until some time y,ins he year 1908. This does not mean that Prescott uiycs its right to the honor of enter. ,,oipp inc members of tho Rough s,lcr association, and it's chief char. ,,,cr. President Roosevelt, but it was soagh' best to postpone the reunion mil next year, inasmuch as President Hunter has received positive assurance i,m President Roosevelt that he would be unable to attend a meeting of the ,,ociation in this city this year, .ow. as 10 it's remoteness from Washington. Whether n reunion of the Rough Riders will he held at all this year de. ends upon tho President. The Rough | Elder association has never held rc. ,non at which the President was not ,p.en'. and President Hunter stated ,e.,crlnv to . Journal Miner repre-. en,1,tc that he questioned seriously ,hc,hcr reunion would be held at all bls year. and that in the event 1t sls held t would have to take place somewhere in the east, close enough tO ! Washington to permit of the President atrndug. as the Rough Rider associa. 'ion is avcrsc to holding reunion un .ss inc gallant leader of the Rough ' Riders can bc present.
 Whether a reunion is held else. sherc this year or not. v said President Hunter. 'you may state that Prescott .ill g,i the reunion in 1908. We re. geticd exceedingly to disappoint the . eOplc of Prescott and Arizona, by de- ieuing inc reunion, but it was deemed best iu inc light of prevailing circum stances It cost Oklahoma City Sli,000 lo entertain the Rough Riders, and h would have cost Prescott at least | 5000 to s6,OOo. As President ROOsc. 'eIi has stated that it would be impos ablc for him to he present at n reunion n ihis city this year. we felt that . Prescott would not derive the benefit from thr money expended that II ,hould, a, with President Roosevelt lot no attendance it is doubtful if the Rough Riders living cast would care o % tp the expense of coming here.
 Hence the deferment of the date of 'bc Prescott reunion until 1908, at which time We have assurances that
 The President will be able to be with e, if nothing unforeseen occurs in the meantime.
 Prescott will get the reunion m 1908; that is ccrtain,' concluded President Hunter, who was sergeant
 n Troop D, of the famous organization oi Rough Riders.
 Following is the resolution intro luced at the meeting, deferring the reunion, which was adopted unani nously:
 Whereas, It appears to this commit lee that owing to the impossibility of President Roosevelt attending the re union of the Roosevelt Rough Riders as
 Oclation, which was to have been held
 n lhls city in the year 1907, there seems ,o be n doubt as to the probable a'endancc; and
 Whereas, It is the desire of the citi lens of Prescott that the reunion held leie shall be as successful as any pre- Housy held.
 Therefore Be 1t Resolved, That th' executive council of the Roosevelt Rough Riders association be requested postpone the Prescott reunion o' 'le regiment until such time as IL may be possible for President Roosevelt t'
 ~ present as the guest of the city o' Prescott and the Territory of Arizona
 The uuveilipg of the monument t' ap'an Buckley" O'Neill, however
 VII not be postponed, but will be m
 'elled 'o Prescott 's hero on July d, th''
 a'e having been definitely decided up 'D at yesterdays meetings of the con"
 nlssion
 Chairman Robt. F., Morrison, oi '"'
 h<en's committee, stated that m a'
 probability the unveiling would 'aA'
 pace in conjunction with Fourth o
 'aly gclebration extending over pos
 NhlY three days July 3 | ana Q