Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-07-19
TEDDY AND HIS BRAVE MEN.
New York Paper Says Formal Tender
Has Been Made.

Il loFlnal OHer TO the government in
Washington of division of volun-
teer troops to be assembled at the
call to arms for a war with Mexico,
says the New York Times.
The colonels offer was made in a
letter to the Secretary Of War, and
though it's contents remain a care
ington and Oyster Bay, it Is said by
men close to Mr.. Roosevelt that the
letter gives every detail Of the or
ganization of the force which the col
onel hopes he will be authorized to
lead.
If his application is allowed-and
the Secretary Of War, it is said, has
told friends of Col. Roosevelt that it
undoubtedly will be-then, on a call
for volunteers, the colonel will be in
command of more than 10000 sold
iers, each Of whom might almost be
said to have been chosen personally
by Col. Roosevelt himself.
In the letter which brings his di-
vision to the official notice of the
War Department the colonel tells
what he has already done, what he is
doing now, and what he intends to
do if they get the chance to serve.
He has applied for detail of regu-
lar officers, naming the men he
wants, some Of them the best known
soldiers in the army.
Among the civilians he has desig-
mated for command under himself
are men from every walk of life,
from the lumber jack and COW
puncher to the lawyer and wealthy
Wall street man.
Rear Admiral Cameron McRae
Winslow, who retires on July goth
from command Of the Pacific fleet,
will become brigadier general in
command Of brigade If the colo
nel's reqeust is granted. The other
brigade commanders are all army
officers at present in active service
as majors or lieutenant colonels. The
divisional chief Of staff with the
rank Of brigadier general Is also a
regular officer, captain of cavalry.
Henry l.. Stimson, former Secre-
tary OF War, and at one time Col
Roosevelt's candidate for Governor
Of New York, is to be the divisions s
chief quartermaster, with the rank
Of lieutenant colonel. Mr.. Stmson
who went to Oyster Bay in person to
volunteer, was selected by Mr.. Roose-
welt because Of his knowledge of the
War Department. On him will fall
the burden Of obtaining supplies and
equipment for the "T. R. Division"
after it is mustered into service.
Other men who will hold the rank
of colonel, lieutenant colonel. and
major under Major-Gen Roosevelt
are many Of his old political friends.
John NJ. Parker, the leading Pro-
gressive in Louisiana. who was the
party's nominee for Vice President
in June, is to be colonel of a regi-
ment
Robert Bacon, former ambassador
to France, and once Secretary Of
State, is to hold the rank Of major,
either as an aid to the Encouragement
or with a cavalry command.
Seth Bullock, Of Deadwood, S. D.,
former Rough Rider and eN-United
States Marshal, will be an officer, as
will John Greenway, the old Yale
"cnd," who was Progressive National
Committeeman from Arizona. Others
are Rock Charming, former Prince
ton athlete, now a mining engineer
in Denver; Sloan Simpson, Of Texas;
Hugh Carey, son Of the Ex-Governor
OF Wyoming; Roger Williams. Of
Kentucky; David Leahy, Of New
Mexico, and George Curry, former
Governor Of that State. Major John
G. Groome, of the Pennsylvania
State constabulary, will lead unit
Of the division.
In charge OF recruiting are Regis
II. Post and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr..
in this city, while Ben Joy. the old
Harvard athlete, and David Good
rich are covering the territory about
Boston. Mcdill Mccormick, of Chi
cago, is said to be enrolling men in
the Middle West, while other recruit
ing officers for the colonel are scat
tered from Maine to California.
The colonel's idea is to break all
speed records in getting his division