The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
ROOSEVELT AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Theodore Roosevelt; IN Autohiosrsphy. Ei;h IL
Iast.auons Published BY The Macmillan COM
pAny. New YORK.
Colonel Roosevelt makes another bulky
contribution To his works i'll his auto.
biography The world Knows Colonel
Roosevelt Chiefly as statesman and
public servant. as an orator; soldier ana
writer. Many OF his personal experiences
tha, have helped 10 mold his remarkable
'zrecr have been revealed only 10 MS
rlosc friends and CO. workers. In his au-
IohiograDity nc speaks more irauklS tian
AZ any other time OF his hie, his benets.
and such achievements as Illustrate why
lie has coJne TO hold the views he does
"Nal6rally." says Mr.. Roosevelt in ms
preface. There are chapters In my auto.
biography whch cannot now be written
II is the simple truth 10 add That t'ose
uuNritten chapters mnst surpass IN IN,
tprest any OF those which he has laid
before us FOR there Is almost no raising
or t,tc cCrtaiu herein. Revelations oi maj I
''inside hlstory' which makes memoirs al
once so fascinating ana so valuable, are
hacking Nevertheless. the Colonel has no
apparent difficulty in prolonglng ms story
10 tie llWits OF sizeablc volume made
somewhat ncouvenient by the use ~
haa.-y CaIendered paper. AS President,
Nr Roosevelt took tho Initiative IN many
lnUortant events ard here lie is given u
unique opportunity 10 tel OF tnese is ne
saw them. The Prosecution of the Nrirnl-
nal Trusts The Settling Of tho Russo :
Japanese War. The Inception OF INC
paIiana Canal. The voyage OF the Amer
lean Fleet Around the World. IN adni-
ticn 1lcrc are absorbing chapters on MS
un,!crcTpduatc life at Harvard his rnnch-
lns DAYS In Montana, as New YORK AS
Sc1hlymau, as Civil Service Co'nrns-
sloner. as Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy as New York state Governor, as an
army officer hunter. naturalist, student
uF history and editor. The autobiography
is fully Illustrated with portraits, rae
SMILES of vGrious documents, pictures Oh
buildings ard localities and other appro,,
pirate matter. a conspicuous feature OF
the book is that which chara cterizes the
autobiography Of another pupiic man
vino no more than Mr.. Roosevelt, IL is
Ia % feared would relish ans cornpari-
son between the two men Senator La
Foilette's account OF his career Is hardly
10 he called a narrative, IL is DISCOURSE
strung upon a chronological thread.
DcaiinC with the Spanish American
war. Colonel Roosevelt tells an interesting
story ~ which he reveals himself as an
anna teur officer. The modesty OF the
sto.y. while not particularly prominent.
is quite respectable when compared with
much of the egotism TO be found In the
cT-President's former works Ihe Story
Is as follows:
One OF nv men. an eX-cowpuncher and
former roundup cook. very good shot
and rider, got into trouble on the way
down OH tho transport. He understood
entirely that he had 10 obey The officers
of his own regiment but. Ike so many
volunteers. or at least Ike so many Of
my regiment. he did not understand that
'iiS npliEdtlpil thltUGeD 10 OtllEcIS VI
other regiments. One of the regular Off
Gers on the transport ordered him to do
something which he declined to do.
When the officer told him TO consider
hfmself under arrest ne responded by Of
fer.ng 10 fight him for trifiing consid
Grafton. lie was brought before court
martial. which sentenced him TO years
Imprisonment al hard labor with dishon-
orubc discharge, and the ma jor-general
comTa nding the division approved the
sentence.
I'VE were on the transport. There was
no hard 10 Dor 10 do: and the prison con-
sisted OF another cowpuncher who kept
gua nj over him with his carbtne, evident
IL divided In his feelings as TO whether lac
would ike most TO shoot him or TO let
him 90. When we landed. somebody told
the prisoner that | intended To punish
him bv keeping him with the baggage.
u" az once came 10 me i'm great agitation.
-aslns: 'Co.onel they say you're going 10
cave mc With the baggage when the
light is OF. Colonel. il YOU do that. l viii