Show FIND ORIGIN OF OF ROUGH RIDERS Famous Regiment of Cavalrymen Christened By News Writers SAN ANTONIA Oct BY U-BY II ByTh The Associated Press Preas Press Into musty and yellow ins file tiles flies ot of newspapers of ot 1898 1808 has est ed to the SoU satisfaction of ot Hermann Hagedorn dorn secretary of or the tho Roose Roose- Roosevelt volt velt Memorial Association that The Associated Pros Press Pre s was Instrumental Instrumental Instrumental mental In applying applying- th the tho term ot of Rough Riders to Theodore Roosevelt's famous regiment ot of I cavalrymen Hagedorn made mad the research in 11 connection with the th filming here hereby hereby herby by Famous Fanous Players Leaky of or the tho story of or the tho th regiment r to p retti dis- dis dispute disputed dis dispute as Os to tho the ori origin ln of or the lie plc- plc pic picturesque name nome Ho Ito found that an Associated Press Item on the night of April 18 1 1898 1838 IM from Phoenix Aril Ads wa was wu the th earliest available record of or the tho th name Up tip to th the tho Urn time of ot this dispatch which was waa printed d by ih the ho Los Angeles Times among other pa papers pa- pa paper pers per Roosevelt's regiment was ln be-ln be- be being ing widely heralded as Terrors Colonel A 0 Brodi Brodlo a famous soldier took the tho th first step to or- or organize or f the tho th nucleus of ot the thi cowboy regiment at Prescott Ariz Arix And was to have hav been It Its commander according to t an Associated Press dispatch as early as February 21 lIes Th The Ibe principal Item of ot April er 18 13 howe er which h Ich so tar for aa lIS known first tint used th the term rough routh riders I ARIZONA ROUGH RIDERS nc Can Do Bo IK-adr IK for Mutter Muster In Ten yen Day DT Associated Press Night Report Phoenix Aril Aria April Gov 18 IS McCord is I deeply deply Interested In the formation of ot Col regi- regi regiment mont ment of Arizona Arbona rough riders rid rs To Today To- To Today Today day h ho be telegraphed th the President as follows I X bet beg you ou to r re- re remember remember member member that Arizona was th the first to offer otter th the tho government a ment r regi- regi ir meat ment of or cavalry recruited from from cowboys of ot the tb Southwest t The Ther r regiment can an be b readY rady for tor muster in ten days and wilt will be b an on honor to tho th territory and the tho th nation Please give mo me authority to raise such a regiment outside of ot our quota of ot volunteers to bo bl called for tor NAME STUCK STOCK Throughout subsequent su sequent dispatch dispatches atch- atch es CI tb the newspaper correspondents continued to call tho the regiment but til the Terrors papers also picked up the th phrase In an Associated Press Preas dispatch The men n are ar all ali well weil known as a rough roughriders roughriders riders r dead shots and fearless liters fighters RouGh Riders Hagedorn Ha dorn said stuck to Roosevelt men It was not long lone before It became the tb regi- regi regiment's ments menta title and was as used by the themen themen themen men themselves unquestionably the newspapers of ot th the country l fol-l fol- fol folI following fol I lowing In th the lead of ot Th The rhe Asso Associated I elated Press CT gave avo til the colorful name to Roosevelt's men oo 00 |