| Show a colonel roosevelt ie Is in love with the men ot of the west he lie grew so enthus over their fighting that eoon soon after the surrender of santiaco Sanf iaco be wrote sec see alger that the rough riders were three times as good aa no any volunteer regiment in the tile service in classifying bia his fighters he be told a new york reporter that the grand work of the regiment ie is due largely to the cow ere the roan man who has herded cattle on the treat great plains for a a living and next to him coulee the rocky mountain miner who has also usually been a email small ranchman then the professional I 1 hunter the mining en kineer and civil engineer the packer and mixed with them the colle college ge athlete and the man who has his always been found ot of rough out of door sports they all go in to together 0 mether without a bitch P the caw cowpuncher ia to better beter known as tle cowboy who Is accustomed to make rome howl when after the round ups ot of fall alt he goes into the tle country town and gives vent to the pent up feelings of hie big soul toul he ile ia is a daredevil dare dara devil fellow who knows not tear fear and cm cin endure more hardships barde hipa and privations than a hardened prospector and aa as to hichi lug be he to crave it As a horseman bo reeman and pistol shot abot he hse has no equal in the world and had the fighting near santiago been on an open fjeld chete cavalry could have been used to advantage and bad had the rough riders been mounted they would have given an exhibition hibi tion of fighting on horseback that would have opened the eyes of the foreign military attaches and demoralized the spaniards ae As it was thou sill they won glory enough their part in the battle of L la Qua shaa and the tile charge on the heights of san juan will live in history |
