The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-25
FARGO man WILL
WELCOME TEDDY
JACK BRENNAN, ONE OF RoosE.
vELT's ROUGH RIDERS WILL
JOIN OLD REGIMENT IN NEW
YoRk-coLoNEL BRopIE MAY
BE IN COMMAND.

When the famous rough rider regi-
ment draws up in parade, to greet Col
! Theodore Roosevelt, on his arriv-
al in New York June Is, it 10 proba-
BILE that Col. Alexander o. Brodie
adjutant general of the department of
Dakota. will ride at their head, says
The st. Paul Dispatch. A tentative
programme Of arrangements for well
come week, when they are to act
as personal escort and bodyguard OF
the former president, was received by
Colonel Brodie at his apartments in
the Angus hotel yesterday He was
| second in command in the regiment
during the Cuban campaign and or
ganized and drilled the first squadron
before the departure for the front.
Colonel Brodie who graduated from
West Point in 1870, was with the reg
ular army until he resigned in 1877
He was living in Arizona when the
first rumors told Of a possible war with
Spain and Immediately organized a
volunteer squadron and began to drill
| his recruits.
When the rumor became a reality
early in 1898, he had 200 men. fully
equipped and in readiness for active
service The men were the best Ari-
zona had-college men, cowpunchers
and wealthy business men were alike
eager to join in the fight.
On the first call the volunteers. I'M
der the command Of Colonel Brodte
left for SanAntonio. where they were
| joined by similar aggregation from
Oklahoma. The Arizona men constf-
| tuted the troops A, B, c of the first
squadron, and the Oklahoma volun
teers troop d of the First United
States volunteer cavalry. which was
subsequently named the Rough
Rider" regiment.
Colonel Brodie went with his men ia
Cuba as senior major, and when Col
| onel Wood was made brigadier gen
eral and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
assumed his command. the position OF
lieutenant colonel fell to Major Brodie
Hit BY 5rodie.
A Spanish bullet which he received
in the first battle Of Las Guasimas
two days after the regiment landed
prevented him from taking part in the
famous charge up San Juan hill on
the first day Of July, but he was a
prominent figure among the rough
riders until the close of the war
| brought them home. When the reEf-
ment decided to keep it's organization
| intact the first president of the asso-
citation was Colonel Brodie who served
in this capacity for the two years fol-
lowing the war.
Since that time his official life in the
| staff of the regular army has prevent
| ed him from taking so active a part
in the doings Of the famous regiment
| but he remains today second in COM
| mand
will be there ?" said Colonel Bro
die last night, asked if he intended ia
| be among those to welcome Teddy.
1t Is impossible to say right now,
may not be able to get away, but Il
| there is any way to do 1t will be thc
happiest man in the crowd to helr
make Roosevelt's home coming .
cheering one. He Is the greatest mar
the country ever had"
"Of course he wasn't president OF
the United States when he led that
regiment, but he was the idol of every
man who ever rode behind him. His
personality was all he had then but
| that was enough to carry him any,
where. If there Is any possible way
can be in New York when the
kasierin Augusta Victoria docks, you
can be sure I will meet him"
The program announced yesterday Is
only tentative one but II announces
that the Old Guards have turned over
their hall on West Fifty-f first street IL
the Rough Riders, and will act as their
hosts as we'll as Colonel Roosevelt's
during the celebration.
viii Be in Full Uniform,