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The Washington times., 1913-08-28
Potomacs are off.

The Potomacs are taking their iaunt
to New oYrk confident that their
crews will be returned winners in a
majority of the events scheduled. 1t
is to be regretted that the Aalostan
crew did not follow UP its victory in
the Peoples Regatta with another
flyer at the crews on the Harlem.
There seems to be a general opinion
that the AnalOstan crew was rather
lucky at Philadelphia in it's win.
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
Throws 4 scare.

McLoughlin's declaration that Brookes,
Wilding, and Dunlop would compete for
the Davis cup throws a scare into the
tennis world Brookes and Wilding have
defeated Mclaughlin and the chances
are that with Dunlop reported as COM
ing over for the All-England tourney
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
Gridiron Star Lauded
By Pennsylvania Team

PHI NDEI.PHIA. Aug. S.-WalI1ce
{. MaXhvld. the MerCersburg athlete
called the best scholastic weight man
since Lee Talbot. will enter Penn this
Ill In uhhiiiOu to being Il great man
-" lint events. he is a splendid
football plIycr and will try out for the
freshman eleven this fall,
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
Cubs VS.. Athletics.

Chance old Cub machine
wouldn't felt cheerful 20
might
letting bury Henry remarked in the
place
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

The annual wrangle over the grounds
for the Army-Navy game is in full blast.
Despite the report that Carlisle is signed
to meet the Army at West Point on the
date set for the Navy game there is lit
tie credence given to the news. No one
here and no one at the Academy be-
lieves that West Point would go ahead
with arrangements toward meeting Car
Isle unless all negotiations with the
Navy weer officially called off.
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
Also 18th.

Harry Vadon xyseven the Mafeld
do
Yes, fourth
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

P L. at Brown
Tinker,
mentioned but
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
New York State League.

Utica. 81 Elmira, 4 (fifteen innings).
Troy. 2; Scranton, 1 0ourteen innings).
WilkesbarTe, I; Albany, 4.
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
BINGLES AND BUNTS
"lf You Don't Watch Out"
By GRANTLAND RICE.


Be careful
The nna is spun,
eyours stuf is spotted by a ofg garnge
to he too rd ewinn
For the
of WI j.. trIIe
n a way often thrie
But a
Compared n o you;
For the
And ,ne,sn, ~t"Fs
straight line is shortest
distance between two points Pffe Likewise pooh
Even Joe Birmingham beginning concede that
Athletics the American League
Out If got to die that's good other
The Washington times., 1913-08-28
BOB THAYER'S SPORTING GOSSIP
. EVERY KNOCK Is A BOOST
Army-Navy game

next spring, the three will challenge for
the Davis cup.
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

o. the and the West the West the
have where the tennis title will havn
again
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

he
best? Was the Michigan
1912?
material for the all little being
The Washington times., 1913-08-28


hard
but if you'v die that's is a
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

Col S Mercer that the two valuable athletes
Cleveland
They shouldn't
The Washington times., 1913-08-28

ID there those who that straight
e between two points. Piffe Likewise pooh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
The Ex-reden Gives Inside Facts Few Disputed Points
the Cuban Campaign-Experiences of Himself and
His Command in Some Inspiring and
Some Annoying Situations.

Washington authorities had behaved bet
Ter than those in actual command OF
the expedition at one crisis. Immediately
after the first days lighting around San
tiago the latter had limited by cable TO
Washington that they might like TO with
draw, and Washington had emphatically
vetoed the proposal ! record this all
the more gladly because there were not
too many CLEANS OF good sense shown in
the home management Of the war; al
though / wish to repeat that the real
blame for this rested primarily with US
ourselves, the people Of the United States,
who had for years pursued in military
matters a policy that rendered II certain
that there would be inepitude and failure
in high places II ever crisis came.
After the siege the people in Washington
showed no knowledge whatever OF the
conditions around Santiago. and proposed
TO keep the army there This would have
meant that at least three-fourths Of the
men would either have died or have been
permanently invaded, as a virulent form
Of malaria was widespread and there
was a steady growth of dysentery and
other complaints. No object of any kind
was to be gained by keeping the army In
or near the captured city. General
Shafter tried his best to get the Wash
ngton authorities to order the army
home. AS he failed to accomplish any
thing, he called a council of the division
and brigade commanders and the chief
medical officers to consult over the situa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
NATIONS DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

The men / cared for most In the regi-
ment were the men who did the best
work. and therefore my liking for them
was obliged to take the shape of expos
ing them to most fatigue and hardship.
of demanding from them the greatest
service and OF making them incur the
greatest risk once ] kept Greenway and
Goodrich at work for forty-eight hours,
without sleeping and with very little
food, fighting and digging trenches. |
freely sent the men for whom ! cared
most to where death might smite them,
and death often smote them, as IL did
the two best officers in my regiment.
Allyn Capron and "Bucky" O'Neil. MY
men would not have respected me had
acted otherwise. Their creed was my
creed. The life even OF the most useful
man, OF the best citizen, is not to be
boarded If there be need to spend 1t.
felt. and feel. this about others. and, Of
course, also about myself. This Is one
reason why l have always felt impatient
contempt for the effort TO abolish the
death penalty on account of sympathy
with criminals. / am willing 10 listen to
arguments In favor OF abolishing the
death penalty SO far as they are based
purely on grounds of public expediency.
although these arguments have never
convinced me. But inasmuch as. without
hesitation. in the performance of duty |
have again and again sent good and GAL
liant and upright men TO die, Ii seems to
me the height of folly, both mischleyous
and mawkish, to contend that criminals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
RICHARD HARDING DAMS~
WHO WAS WITH US CONTINUALLY
AND WHO PERFORMED VALUABLE
SERVICE ON THE FIRING LINE"

numerous enough Ny men had natural
genius for acquiring horsefesh III odd
ways. and | continually found that they
had staked out in the brush various capt
ured Spanish cavalry horses and Cuban
ponies and abandoned commissary mules
Putting these together, | would organize
a small pack train and work II INDUS
triously for a day or two, until they
learned about II at headquarters and con-
fiscated IL. Then / would have TO walt
for a week or so until my men had accu-
mulated some more ponies, horses and
mules, the regiment meanwhile living III
plenty on what we had got before the
train was confiscated.
All OF our men were good at accumu-
lating horses, but within our own ranks |
think we were inclined to award the palm
TO our chaplain. There was not better
man in the regiment than the chaplain
and there could not have been better
chaplain for our men. He took care OF
the sick and wounded, he never spared
himself and he did every duty. In add
ton. he had a natural aptitude for ac-
Quiring mules, which made some admirer,
pose that we should have a special medal
struck for him, with, on the diverse,
"A Mule PEASANT and Chaplain regard
ant" After the surrender of Santiago
Philadelphia clergyman whom / knew
came down to General Wheeler's head
quarters, and after visiting him an
nounced that he intended 10 call on the
Rough Riders. because he knew their
colonel. One Of General Wheeler's aids,
Lieutenant Steele, who liked us both in
dividually and as regiment and who
appreciated some OF our ways, asked the
clergyman. after he had announced that
he knew Colonel Roosevelt. But do you
know Colonel Roosevelt's regiment
NO" said the clergyman. VERY well,
then. let me give you a piece Of advice.
When you go down to see the colonel
don't let your horse out OF your sight;
and II the chaplain is there, don't get on
the horse.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

who nave deserved death should never
the!ess be allowed to shrk it. No brave
and good man can properly shirk death,
and no criminal who has earned death
should be allowed TO shirk it.
one Of the best men with our regiment
was the British military attache. Captain
Arthur Lee an old friend. The other
military attaches were herded together at
headquarters and saw little. Captain Lee,
who had known me In Washington, es-
capped and stayed with the regiment. We
grew TO feel that he was one of us. and
made him an honorary member. There
were two other honorary members. One
was Richard Harding Davis, who was
with us continually and who performed
valuable service on the fighting line. The
other was "A regular officer, Lieutenant
Parker, who had battery OF gatlngs.
We were with this battery throughout
the San Juan fighting, and We grew to
have the strongest admiration for Parker
as a soldier and the strongest liking for
him as man. During our brief cam
paign We were closely and intimately
thrown with various regular officers of
the type of Mills, Howe and Parker. We
felt not merely fondness for them as OFF,
GERS and gentlemen. but pride in them as
Americans. 1t is a fine thing to feel that
we have in the army and in the navy
modest, efficient. gallant gentlemen of this
type doing such disinterested work for
tho honor OF the flag and OF the nation.
No American can overpay the debt OF
gratitude we all OF US owe TO the officers
and enlisted men of the army and of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
PRIME VIRTUE OF SOLDIER.

In "A regiment the prime need Is to have
fighting men, the prime virtue Is TO be
able and eager TO fight with the utmost
effectiveness. have never believed that
this was Incompatible with other virtues
On the contrary, while there are, OF
course, exceptions. l believe that on the
average the best fighting men are also
the best citizens. do not believe that a
finer set of natural soldiers than the men
OF my regiment could have been found
anywhere, and they were first class citi-
zens In civil life also. One fact may per-
haps be worthy OF note. Whenever we
were In camp and so fixed that We could
have regular meals we used to have
general officers mess, over which i, OF
course, presided. During our entire SER
vice there was never a foul or indecent
word uttered at the officers mess-I mean
this literally; and there was very little
swearing, although now and then In the
lighting. II there was q moment when
swearing seemed to be the best method
OF reaching the heart OF the matter. 1t
WAS resOrtpd IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

commanding the City of Santiago, gave
me a quiet hint To put my statement In
the form OF letter TO General Shafter,
and this ! accordingly did. When / had
written my letter. the correspondent OF
The Associated Press. who had been in
formed by others what had occurred, ac-
companed me to General Shafter. ! pre-
scented the letter To General Shafter, who
waved il away and said: Il don't want
10 take IL: do whatever you wish with it.
!, however. insisted on handing IL to him.
whereupon he showed II toward the cor
respondent OF The Associated Press. who
took hold OF IL. and / released my hold.
General Ames made statement direct to
the correspondent, and also sent cable
20 the Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
at Washington. copy OF which he gave
TO the correspondent BY this time the
other division and brigade commanders
who were present felt that they had bet
ter take action themselves. They united
in a round robin TO General Shafter,
which General Wood dictated. and which
was signed by Generals Kent, Bates,
Chaffee. Sumner, Ludlow, Ames and
Wood, and by myself. General Wood
handed this to General Shafter. and II
was made public by General Shafter pre-
clsely as mine was made public. Later
was much amused when General Shat
ter stated that he could not imagine
how my letter and the round robin got
out! When ] saw this statement / APP
preciated how wise Wood had been in
Ii. q. aaf h. 70
ton OF the general that | should make a
statement to the newspapers, but TO put
my statement In the form Of letter to
him as my superior officer, "A letter which
delivered to him. Both the letter and
the round robin were written at General
Skaters wish and at the unanimous
suggestion OF all the commanding and
medical officers OF the Fifth Army Corps,
and both were published by General
sbaftar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
EARLY MORNING COURAGE.

We are always told that 3-o'clock-in-
the-morning courage is the most desra-
bic kind Well, my men and the regulars
of the cavalry had just that brand of
courage. At about o'clock on the morn
ing after the first fight shooting began
in our front and there was an alarm OF a
Spanish advance / was never more
pleased than TO see the way in which the
hungry tired, shabby men all jumped up
and ran forward to the Interest, so as To
be ready for the attack, which, however,
did not come. AS soon as the sun rose the
Spaniards again opened upon US with
artillery. shell burst between Dave
Goodrich and myself backing us with
powder, and killing and wounding several
of the men Immediately behind us.
Next day the fight turned into a siege;
there were some stirring incidents, but
for the most part 1t was trench work. A
fortnight later Santiago surrendered.
Wood won his brigadier generalship by
the capital way in which he handled his
brigade in the fight and in the following
siege. He was put i'm command OF the
captured city, and I'm few days ] sue
ceeded TO the command OF the brigade.
The health of the troops was not good
aud speedily became very bad There
was some dysentery and a little yellow
fever, but most OF the trouble was from
a severe form OF nalarial fever. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
BEANS AND REoUIsITIoNs.

Soon after the Guasimas fight we were
put on short commons. and as I knew
that a good deal of food had been landed
and was on the beach at Siboney
marched thirty or forty of the men down
to see II I could not get some and bring
il up. ! finally found commissary or
fcer. and he asked me what l wanted
and ! answered anything he had. SO he
told me to look about for myself.
found a number Of sacks OF beans--l
think about eleven hundred pounds-on
the beach, and told the officer that I
wanted eleven hundred pounds of beans.
He produced a book OF regulations and
showed me the appropriate section and
subdivision, which announced that beans
were issued only for the officers mess.
This did me no good, and / told him so.
He said he was sorry. and | answered
that he was not as sorry as ] was.
then studied on it," as Br'er Rabbit
would say, and came back with request
for eleven hundred pounds Of beans for
the officers mess He said. why.
colonel your officers can't eat eleven hun
dred pounds of BEANS" TO which / re-
sponded. You don't know what appetites
my officers have" He then said he would
send the requisition TO Washington.
told him ] was quite willing. so long as
he gave me the beans He was good
fellow. so we finally effected working
compromise-he got the requisition and
got the beans, although he warned me
that the price would probably be deducted
from my salary
Under some regulation or other only the
regular supply trains were allowed TO act.
and we were supposed not to have any
horses or mules in the regiment itself.
This was very pretty in theory, but, as
matter of fact, the supply trains were not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
WHAT TO DO WITH cAPTivEs.

In the final lighting at San Juan, when
we captured one OF the trenches, JACK
Greenway had seized Spaniard, ana
shortly afterward / found Jack leading
his captive around with n string. tod
him to turn him over to man VINO had
two or three other captlves, so mat they
should all be taken TO the rear. Ii was
the only time | ever saw Jack look ag-
grieved. why, colonel, can't Keep MN
for MYSELF" he asked plaintively. L
think he had an idea that as trophy
of his bow and spear the Spaniard would
make a fine body servant.
One reason that We never had the
slightest trouble in the regiment was De-
cause. when we got down to hard pan,
officers and men shared exactly alike. II
Is all right TO have differences in FOOD
and the like in times of peace and plenty
when everybody is comfortable. But IN
really hard times officers and men must
share alike If the best work Is TO De
done. AS long as had nothing but TWO
hardtacks, which was the allowance 70
each man on the morning after the san
Juan fight, no one could complain; but
II I had had any private little luxuries
the men would very naturally have real
lied keenly their own shortages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
Some Annoying Situations.

, ing and cheering as they rose to fire; be-
cause hitherto they had been assaulting
breastworks. or lying still under artillery
fire, and they were glad to get a chance
to shoot at the Spaniards in the open.
We lay on our arms that night and as we
were drenched with sweat, and had no
blankets save a few we took from the
dead Spaniards, we found even the tropic
night chilly before morning came.
During the afternoons fighting, while
| was the highest officer at our immediate
part of the front, Captains Boughton and
Morton, Of the regular cavalry, two as
fine officers as any man could wish TO
have beside him in battle, came along
the firing line to tell me that they had
head a rumor that we might fall back,
and that they wished to record their
emphatic protest against any such course.
] did not believe there was any truth In
the rumor. for the Spaniards were utterly
incapable of any effective counter-attack.
However, late in the evening, after the
fight, General Wheeler visited US at the
front, and he told me to keep myself in
readiness, as at any moment 1t might be
decided to fall back. Jack Greenway was
beside me when General Wheeler was
speaking. / answered. well, general,
really don't know whether we would obey
an order to fall back. We can take that
city by a rush. and II we have TO move
out of here at all should be inclined TO
make the rush in the right direction"
Greenway nodded an eager assent. The
old general, after moments pause. ex-
pressed his hearty agreement, and said
that he would see that there was no fall
ing back. He had been very sick for
couple Of days, but, sick as he was. he
managed to get into the fight. He was
a gamecock If ever there was one, but
he was in very bad physical shape on the
day Of the fight. If there had been any
one in high command TO supervise and
press the attack that afternoon, we would
have gone right into Santiago In my
part Of the line the advance was halted
only because we received orders not to
move forward, but to stay on the crest
of the captured hill and hold it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
THE FIGHTING EDGE.

We came back to Montauk Point and
soon after were disbanded. We had been
I'm the service only a little over four
months. There are no four months OF my
life to which / look back with more pride
and satisfaction. I believe most earnestly
and sincerely in peace. but as things are
yet In this world the nation that cannot
fisht, the people that have lost the fight
ing edge, that have lost the virile virtues
occupy a position as dangerous as II II
ignoble. The future greatness OF Amer
lea in no small degree depends upon the
possession by the average American clti-
Zen of the qualities which my men showed
when they served under me at Santiago.
Moreover. there is one thing In connec-
ton with this war which it is well that
our people should remember, our people
who genuinely love the peace Of right
eousness, the peace OF justice-and l
would be ashamed 10 be other than
lover of the peace of righteousness ana
of justice. The true preachers OF peace
who strive earnestly to bring nearer the
day when peace shall obtain among all
peoples, and who really do help forward
the cause, are iHcil WIN HSNei hS'
to choose righteous war when it is the
only alternative to unrighteous peace
These are the men who, like Or. Lyman
Abbott, have backed every genuine move
ment for peace in this country and VINO
nevertheless recognized our clear duty 10
war for the freedom of Cuba.
But there are other men who put peace
ahead OF righteousness, and who care so
little for facts that they treat fantastic
declarations for immediate universal ar
bitration as being valuable. instead OF
detrimental. to the cause they profess 70
champion. and who seek to make the
United States impotent for international
good under the pretence of making US
impotent for international evil All the
men of this kind. and all of the organiza-
lions they have controlled. since we be-
gan our career as a nation, all put to-
gether, have not accomplished one-hun'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
fNtN ostpH WHEELER FOREGROUND ooMNol W 9 GoHcH M
LEFT TO kHJHl NNJOe
CCoN bPODE BROWN LEONARD WOOD an" COLONEL kO0Setl

thority. and could only answer. Well,
| did pardon him, anyhow. and he has
gone with the rest" whereupon the
mustering-out officer sank back in his
chair and remarked. He was sentenced
by a court martial, and the sentence
was approved by the major general COM
handing the division. You were lieu
tenant colonel, and you pardoned him.
Well. il was nervy, that's all III say.
The simple fact was that under the cir
cumstances Il was necessary for me TO
enforce discipline and control the regl-
ment, and therefore TO reward and punish
individuals I'm whatever way the exigen-
cies demanded. / often explained to the
men what the reasons for an order were
the first time II was issued. II there was
any trouble on their part in understand
ing what they were required TO do. They
were very intelligent and very eager to
do their duty, and / hardly ever had any
difficulty the second time with them. II,
however, there was the slightest wilful
Sinking of duty or INSTRUMENTATION, L
punished instantly and mercilessly, ana
the whole regiment cordially backed me
up. To have punished men for faults and
shortcomings which they had no oppor-
tunity to know were such would have
been as unwise as to have permitted any
OF the occasional bad characters TO eXer-
else the slightest license. 1t was a reei-
ment which was sensitive about its dig
nifty and was very keenly alive to justice
and TO courtesy. but which cordially APP
proved absence of moly-coddling, insist
ence upon the performance or duty ana
su,o,,orv n,nishment of WrongdOing.