Evening star., 1908-01-19
REPORT ON MONUMENT
MRS. CAPRoN TELLS OF THE
ROUGH RIDERS MEMORIAL.

Mrs. Allyn X. Capron. widow of Capt.
Capron. who was killed while on the fir
ing line at Santiago commanding a troop
Of the Rough Riders, has made report
as president of the Rough Riders Ma
tional Monument Society. The organiza-
ton was instrumental in having "a splen-
did heroic monument in memory of Col.
Rcosevelts regiment erected In the Span
ish war section of Arlington. Mrs. Capron
says the society met for organization
June 1. 1906. and completed it's organiza-
ton August /. 1906.
The report states that the total cost of
the monument was s2.4t9. The amount
paid on the monument was s1,4a7.S2, leav-
ing balance due of 81 o61.lS There Is a
small balance on hand. but it is stated
that more money is needed to complete
this labor of love for the American vol
unteer troopers who so valiantly and sue
cessfully assaulted the entrenched Span
iards in the Santiago campaign.
President Roosevelt has contributed 500
for the memorial. Letters were sent to
all United States senators and represent
atives with the following result:
Senator George P. Wetmore. $40: Rep
resentatives Francis W. Cushman. ST.:
Solomon r. Dresser. $40; Augustus P.
Gardner. So: II. c. Loudenslager. So;
James McCleary. So: Wayne Parker. $40;
Irving p. Wanger. 81: II. Olin Young.
SIS: George f. Waldo. So, making a total
from Congress of $77.
Names of Contributors.
Then there were received the following:
Contributions from Rough Riders. total
amount. $95": contributions from personal
solicitations. S454: cleared on lawn fcte
June 13 1905. $52.e5: cleared on drill held
February 8. 1907. sl4S; total 81. .6s3.95.
Other contributions to me monument
fund were: Lieut. Pearsall SO; Mrs.
Nicholas Fish. So: at door. 30 cents; sale
of tickets. SI0I.O: Capt. J. J.. E. Alex
ander. SO; Capt. c. E. Babcock. SO;
Lieut. Col Brodie. s25; Mr.. J. T. Brown,
So; Mr. Robert Brown. 50; Sergt. l.. w.
Bueklin. So; Lieut. Fred Bugbee. 81;
Frank Briggs, $40; Henry Bull. SO; Capt.
Babcock. ST.: Mr.. Burne, $25; Guilford B.
Chaplin. $40: DIR. Robert Church. So: KOS
coe III. Charming, 500: Corporal Elliott
Cowdin. S25; Capt Shenad Colman. 81:
Capt. Martin Crimmins. $40; Capt. G.. B.
Cooper, 50; George W. Detamore. s.:
Sol D. Drachman. 81: Stephen Easten. s.;
Frank Frantz. S.; Hume c. Frenger, So:
r. II. NJ. Ferguson. So; Mr.. Fitch. s.:
Mr. Fortescue. S2o; W. Gallagher. 81:
Sergt. Anthony Cabin, 81; Percival uas-
sett. So; David NJ. Goodridge. SIS: j. S.
Thaddeus Higgins. 81; Charles B. Ivey.
So: Lieut.. McIihenny, So: Maj Micah ).
Jenkine. s25; Sergt. A. N. Jones. -;
Eidridge f. Jordan. $40: Edward Kearnes.
SO; Edgar knapp, s.: Nal Llewellyn
McClir,ock. $40: William McGinty. 50:
c. f. Mckinley, 81; Frederick d. McMas-
ters. SO: Oscar Mullen. IS: Erickson
Nichols. 81; Hoffman Phillips, $40: capt.
polp
Cotton Reed. $40; Kenneth Robinson. s2o:
William Sloan Simpson. $40; Richard
Stockton. $40: James B. Tailor, s2o: DR..
Thorp. s.: Eugene w. Waterbury. So;
deceased. $40: George B. Wilcox. so; Rob
ert D. Wrenn, $40; Craig ellsworth, $50
The personal solicitations were as fol
lows: Maj. Borden. L. S. A.. $40; l. G..
GoldenburE. IS: John Jacob Astor Camp.
L. s. w. V. Soldiers Home, $3.50: Rich
ard J. Harden Camp. L. s. w. V. $40:
Stuyvesant Fish $50: Paul Morton, $25;
John Doyle Carmody. So; III. r. Fulton,
$40: Gen. Harries. SO; w. F., Fraiser
$3.50: 4. J. Boyle. $50; Capt Carter, 81:
Adsit. $50: James H. Wheeler, George A.
Hunter James B. Mason. Lieut.. James
I,ongstreet U-. S. Al, Col w. Schuyler
(U. S. A.. June f. Wilkin. 4. l.. Welsh
Oscar II. Deitz and ". A Fraiser 500;
s.; Maj. Van viiet: U. s. A.. slo: Mrs
Cornelia Palmer. IS: Capron Camp, No
10. u. 8. w V. $40: Paul ,>earseil, $40;
Mrs Isabella Tiffany. $50: Mr.. Jesse Heis-
kell. 81: Miss Kate Connolly, 81: Col.
Charl Morton. L. S. A. IS: Department.
L. S. w V, $40; Lineal Society. $40: Mrs
Nicholas Fish. $50: Mrs. Russell. s.: In
known Friend $3.50: A. J. Logan. So;
A. T. Wadsworth, s. 80; Col. Dick Plum
kett. $3.50: A Barnes. $40: Thomas +.
McAnnally. SO; Henry Mediil. $3.50.
The expenditures for postage and adver-
tising amounted to S:slob.