Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-11
KERMIT roosevelt
QUITS army March
EXCESSIVE ATTENTION OF FAIR
SEX MADE HIS LIFE WITH
SOLDIERS UNENDURABLE.
WOMAN BREAKS
INTO YOUTHS TENT
Officers Have Heard Nothing from
Him Since His Mysterious ..0isap-
pearance at JosIyn, ill-Was on
Long Tramp with Regiment.

Him Since His Mysterious .Disap-
pearance at JosIyn, ill-Was on
Long Tramp with Regiment,
Elgin, ILL.,, Sept. 6.-Kermit Roose.
welt, son of the president, and who
was making the long hike" from Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, to Fort Sheridan
with the First squadron of the sThir-
teenth United States cavalry, desert
ed the soldiers at Joslyn, it developed
Thursday, after woman had broken
into his tent to pet him. The officers
of the four troops which compose the
squadron do not know the where
abouts of the young man.
Woman Is Too Persistent.
The woman breaking into the tent
decided the presidents son to give
up the march. He told Lieuts. Philip
Sheridan and Fitzhugh Lee that he
could not stand the trip any longer,
| and that he was going to take a train
for Chicago.
Since he left them the officers have
learned nothing further regarding his
movements. They think that he may
have gone on hunting trip after he
arrived in Chicago.
Now on Way to Fort.
The squadron arrived at Elgin ILL.,,
Wednesday and camped at South FL
gin until Thursday, when it started
on the march for Fort Sheridan, where
it will arrive in day or two
I'VE have not heard of young Roose-
welt since he left us at Joslyn, ILL.,,
two weeks ago." said Lieut.. Sher-
idan to a reporter
Difficult to Avoid Girls.
'All along the march Kermit was
liOnized and great crowds would visit
the camp to see him." continued the
lieutenant. They would not let him
alone even at mess and curious per-
sons would pull back the flap OF his
tent while he was eating. Young
girls would come from the villages
near which We camped on the march
to see him and he had great difficulty
in avoiding them
The last straw came at Joslyn,
While We were in camp there.
Elderly Woman Pats Cheek.
EarE7 one morning an enthusiast
tic elderly woman invaded his tent
While he was still in his cot and pat
ted his cheek and called him a dear
boy. | think that the woman was
merely acting in motherly spirit and
felt proud that the president had such
fine son.
Kermit, however, could not sand
the ovation that was accorded him
any longer and that day told us he
would leave the troop. l think he said
something about going on hunting
trip" w
Stood Road Hardship Well.
Young Roosevelt joined the squad
ron at Fairfield, Ia, and was with
the troopers for seven days before
he fled from the admiration of the res
idents along the line of march. He
stood the hardships of the hike"
we'll, the officers say. but went down
before the onslaught of the village
girls and matrons.
In the squadron there are $50 men.
270 horses, five polo ponies and ten
typewriters. There is also the mas
cot, Teddy" dog which has come
the entire distance afoot.
T. Roosevelt, Jr., Is in Duluth.
Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 6-Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., son Of the president of
the United States, walked up to the
desk at local hotel Wednesday even
ing and inscribed his name, register.
ing from Oyster Bay, N. Y. His ar,
rival was expected and quarters had
been reserved in advance for him
by John G. Greenway, late captain in
the rough riders, and other Duluth
friends of the Harvard collegian, Mr.,
Roosevelt was a passenger on the
Pittsburg Steamship company's steel
freighter Morse, which arrived in the
harbor at $50 p. m.
Il had a pleasant trip from the low
er lakes was the only comment to
waiting reporters. Last Saturday
night he was reported as dashing
| across Minnesota in a special train,
en- route to South Dakota for the
opening of the Understanding sea.
son, with Marvin Hughitt, Jr., son of
the president of the Chicago & North.
western railroad. This report is OBJ.
viously misleading, as he was then on
the inland seas bound for Duluth.
Dies Rather Than Leave Bride.
AnnonO1ic MI Govt