The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
UNYEIL MONUMENT
TO ROUGH RIDERS
CONTINUED FROM rlRar PACE.

spanish war veterans, q company Of in
/ fantry in blue a squad Of Jack Tars, with
/ bare throats, Needless OF the rain.
Arrangements Were Good.
The arrangements were admirable
Every one seemed to know his position
The distinguished guests were escorted
/ at once to the Presidents stand, which
was soon filled TO overnowing. Imme-
/ diately in front stood the Rough Rider
monument enshrouded by the Stars and
stripes. Back Of II ,4sre the countless
white tombstones dotting the velvet green
/ And over them one could catch a CLINT
| Of the sllvery waters of the Potomac
/ River. while beyond and above It all,
fairy-like through the mist, lowered the
| Washington Monument across the river
4 IN front of the Presidents stand a COM
/ pany OF Jack TaIs was halted To the
right two batteries OF field artillery took
/ up their position. To the left four troops
! of cavalry lined the road with swords at
rest. And all about through the ancient
/ trees, dripping with moisture, other cav
/ airy moved sOlemuly up and down. 1t
was an inspiring and moving spectacle.
In the carriage with the President
came Gen. s. b. NJ. Young and the Pres
| idents military aid. Capt. Mccoy
! Within a few feet Of the stand the Presl-
dent alighted, 10 be greeted by
number of the Rough Riders who We're
/ assembled there waiting to see him. The
/ Presidential smile was never more In evi-
deuee as Mr.. Roosevelt halted and re-
sponded to the hearty handshake, TO the
many lnsistent cries of "How are you,
colOneI2''
For every Rough Rider President Roose-
welt had something pleasant 10 say, and
when he got TO the stand In spite Of the
fact that 1t seemed as II seating room
would be at a premium because Of the
number of distinguished guests. the
President burst through the throng. and
sighting a group Of Rough Riders on the
grass below. cried cut:
Hello, you, Dan, come on up here ana
bring the boys with you i"
And he insisted on making room for
them himself
The HOnored Guests.
one OF the earliest arrivals among the
guests was the French Ambassador. Mr.
IT, J. Jusserand, accompanied by Capt
Fournier, military attache Of the French
Embassy. Other guests were Ambassa-
dor Baron R0seH. master Of the i'm
perial court, Ambassador of Russia.
accompanied by Col RaspopoG. mill
tary attaehe; Viscount Siuzo AOlIi.
Mai Kunishige Tanaka. and Lieut. Com
mander Naomi Tanguchl, Mai Korner,
military attache OF the German Embassy,
accompanied by II. S. II. Prince zu Lynar.
and m4ny other members of the various
legations. One of the earliest arrivals was
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, of New ork, mother
OF Sergt Hamilton Fish, The first man
killed at the battle Of Las Guasimas She
was accompanied by Mr. Brice, OF New
York. Other nOtables present were Gen.
John NJ. Wilson. Maj. Knight Cen Oliver,
Mrs Jordan. and Miss Smith, Gen. DIM
mick and many others.
As soon as the President was safely
seated I'm the stand and had shaken hands
with nearly everybody there. Gen. Harries
thought ID was time for the exercises TO
begin, bu, President Roosevelt said no:
Don't let as start until the appointed
time. said he The time has been so
announced that many people may arrive
later and be disappointed. / am quite
willing to wait"
President Talks Horse"
Thereupon ensued wait Of fifteen min
utes. during which the President talked
ia the most democratic way with every
body about him; dev0ung, however most
Of his attention TO NJ. Jusserand. the
French Ambassador. He was talking
horse most Of the time telling Of the new
jumps that he had had built and Of how
CALAMITY and ably Theodore jr, on his
favorite horse, could clear them.
But 10 matter how engrossing his con-
versation was he could always stop when
ever ne saw the face Of member Of his
own regiment; then the Presidents face
would light up. his eye kindle. his teeth
show, and it was -HoWdy. jim. I'm de-
lighted TO see you. Oh How are you,
John; I am SO glad to see you again"
At 4.30 O'Clock there was silence; the
crowd in front had massed closer around
the stand, and as the notes of the band
died away Chaplain H A. Brown, L. ).
A. late chaplain of the First United
States Volunteer Cavalry, rose and spoke
the invocation while ALL the President
included stood with barred heads. Then
while the band played-there were three
bands the Thirteenth United States Cav
airy Band. the Engineer Corps Band and
the Brigade Band, y. G. d. C.-"NeareF
My God to Thee" Mrs. Capron hoisted
the American flag from the monument
which il covered.
The Presidents Speech.
AS the cheering died away. the Presi-
dent rose and spoke. He said:
''FeIlow-citizeHs. and You. Members Of
My Regiment, in Especial.
1t must necessarily be TO all of us
who served in the First United States
Volunteer Cavalry a matter of peculiar
qualification to see this memorial erected
TO the memory of our dead. / am sure
that none who were there will ever for
get the funeral services that you held,
Chaplain Brown over those who were
killed in the Guasimas tght-the first
fight that we saw-the fight ia which we
served under the after-time Lieutenant
General OF the United States Army. who
is with Us here to-day, Gen. Young.
Gen Young, there is not a member OF
the regiment who will not always hold
you i'm peculiar regard Before we came
down here you told us that if we would
get into your brigade you would see that
we got into the first fight and YOU kept
your word. any war must bring bitter
grief to some people, and the deepest Woe
the grief hardest 10 bear must come, not
to those who so TO the war, but to the
women and children who stay behind
i have no regard for a man who breads
OvermuCh to meet the inevitable death in
so worthy a fashion as when he meets II
in battle for is country I never have felt
that there was as much need of pity for.
as for respect and admiration for, those
TO whom the supreme good fortune comes
Of dying wei on the field of battle whith-
er their duty has called them. We mourn
them, but our mourning is the mourning
Of pride and of admiration even more
than of grief Their lot is not hard bat