Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-08
LIEUTE MT COL ONEE
ROOSEVELT BACK FROM
LONG SERVICE ABROAD
Aaon@ FsFs 10 60 Overseas. Has
Seen Csntlnuoas Flghting
Unsll Last JAR

Lieutenant Colonel Theodore NOOa@-
vslt, who went To. France with the first
expediti0nary forces ia the summer
Io9 1917, ia command Of the First bat
taIiiOn, of the Twenty sixth infantry,
as major and later vas placed In
cOmnand Of the regiment with the
rank Of lieutenant colonel. returned
from France yesterday aboard the
Afanreaauia.
Colonel Roosevelt was with his regi-
Iment In every battle until July Of last
year. when he was wounded by . ma
chine gan bullet lii the leg. He was
then sent 10 hospital. but not long
afferwRrd returned to the Twenty
sixth and remainad with ii until after
the signing OF the armistice. Nov he
hopes to get ont oF the army as soon
as pOssfhie
Fl am glad to be home and to zee my
children. whom I have not seen In two
years said The lieutenant colonel
ny only plans for the immediate fu-
ture are To gef out Of my uniform as
soon as the War department viii al
low me to do so. saw my mother
when she reached France. she II now
In Italy with my aunt
No young man can 80 through the
military work that all the drafted men
have gone through and not be benefit
ed ~ 1t. have watched these New
York men as brought my own bat
TALON up and ] have seen their hap
tism Of shells and bullets on July is
Iat SCISSORS. when they went ia with
the French ae the time az Foch'g first
big offensive.
Il am delighted with the record the
American troops have made and trust
that In future We shall bear iii mind,
as nation, that much could have
been saved had We realized Id time the
necessity Of proper preparedness Z
Colonel Roosevelt was asked what
he thought 0f the prohibition amend
|ment.
How are they taking the Measure
over here?1 parried the colonel.
When told that there was great
deal 81 criticism Of the measure. be-
cause it was felt that the majority had
been asleep while the minority got
busy, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
replied:
That ID iaat the impression the SOL
diers have Of Iii They consider that
they we're buoy lighting In France and
could not give their thought to ma
tiOnaI measures before congress that
Iaffected their future and their per-
sonaI liberty They consider that an
adyautag an unfair advantage was
taken of them while they were flght-
ing FOR their country and that they
should have had voice Id the mat
ter.
Colonel Roosevelt WAS mentioned fin
army orders for gallant conduct iii
leading his troops III action at Can
|tigny. IN May, 1918, and has received
the croix de gneEre, with palms for
bravery under fire.
Upon his landing at the pier az
which the Mauretania was berthed
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt was
greeted BY his brother Captain Archie
Roosevelt. and his wife. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Tie brothers we're I'M
nistakably clad to Zee each other
Before the Eanretania came along
side the pier Captain Archie wigwag II
SD 70 LaeuAsnant Colonel Theodorc
that be was hungry after waiting on
she pier many hours.
Z All right, the lieutenant colonial
shouted back ID his brother. q shall
mobilize the stewards at once The
rally brought forth round Of laaghe
ter from the array men "a tho pier aud
|ak the Mauresa miss fas