Show ROOSEVELT AND HIS MEN st louis republic teddy roosevelt and his picturesque rough riders celebrating in a reunion re union at las vagas N M tho first anniversary of their baptism by fire at the las guasimas Gu asimas constitute a spectacle which will be viewed with considerable arido by the american people the rough riders were the first and for a time the only volunteers to get to the front and it was natural that their splendid behavior in action should have caused them to become the idols of the american public in the campaign in cuba all eyes were focused epou them the people being intensely interested in the record to be made by american volunteers un in tho porto rican campaign in which the rough riders did not participate there was no opportunity for distinction consequently when alio war with spain was ended Roosevel ts moa stood licad and shoulders above their fellows of the service it might have been thought that alicy were of exceptional material had it not been for subsequent developments in the philippines how quickly there when alio chance arose did the volunteer soldiery demonstrate its unfailing value tho feats of alio dauntless kansas of the utah artillery of the nebraska montana dakota and other slate troops excited the wonder and admiration of the world the rough riders cuban record did not then stand out as the work of picked men it was simply a sample of the work of all american volunteers nevertheless teddy and his cow punchers were alie first to make their mark and they now hold first place in the affections of tho american people it will bo interesting to follow the details of the las mcgaa reunion re union they arc all historic figures you know some day they will appear in song and story like marions men or light horse harrys dragoons or rhodes brigade or Sheri dans cavalry or jab stuarts cavaliere cavaliers Cava liers or Pol hams gunners and then bo proud to have known a rough rider of alio sli war |