The Rough Riders

Theodore Roosevelt

• Editore: Dover Publications
• Anno: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780486141978
• Argomento: History
• Categoria: North American History

With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy to recruit the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. The legendary Rough Riders—an unlikely combination of cowboys, frontiersmen, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Ivy League alumni—trained in Texas before shipping off to Cuba. The regiment met their enemy in the tropical summer heat, fighting rain, mud, and malaria as well as the Spanish Army. Their battles climaxed with the assault on San Juan Hill, where Colonel Roosevelt rallied his troops to charge through a hail of gunfire to victory.
From Roosevelt's own pocket diary comes this gripping account of the Rough Riders' heroism. Published to instant acclaim in 1899, the year after the regiment's triumphant return from Cuba, it solidified the author's popularity and helped pave his way to the White House. A revealing personal memoir as well as a compelling historical narrative, it offers spirited, informative, and essential reading for every lover of true-life adventures.

APPENDIX A

MUSTER-OUT ROLL

[Owing to the circumstances of the regiment’s service, the paperwork was very difficult to perform. This muster-out roll is very defective in certain points, notably in the enumeration of the wounded who had been able to return to duty. Some of the dead are also undoubtedly passed over. Thus I have put in Race Smith, Sanders, and Tiffany as dead, correcting the rolls; but there are doubtless a number of similar corrections which should be made but have not been, as the regiment is now scattered far and wide. I have also corrected the record for the wounded men in one or two places where I happen to remember it; but there are a number of the wounded, especially the slightly wounded, who are not down at all.]

FIELD, STAFF, AND BAND.

Theodore Roosevelt	Colonel	New York, N. Y.
Alexander O. Brodie	Lieut. Colonel	Prescott, Ariz.
Henry B. Hersey	Major	Santa Fé, N. M.
George M. Dunn	Major	Denver, Col.
Micah J. Jenkins	Major	Youngs Is., S.
Henry A. Brown	Chaplain	Prescott, Ariz.
Maxwell Keyes	1st Lt. & Adjt.	San Antonio, Tex.
Sherrard Coleman	1st Lt. & Q. M.	Santa Fé, N. M.
Ernest Secker	Sergt. Major	Los Angeles, Cal.
Matthew Douthett	Q. M. Sergeant	Denver, Col.
Clay Platt	Cf. Trumpeter	San Antonio, Tex.
Joseph F. Kansky	Sad. Sergeant	Tacoma, Wash.
Leonard Wood	Colonel	Cape Cod, Mass.

Promoted, July 9, 1898, to Brig.-Gen. of U. S. Vols.

Thomas W. Hall

1st Lieut. & Adjt.

Tendered his resignation as 1st Lieut. and Adjt., which took effect Aug. 1, 1898, in compliance with S. O. No. 175, O. G. O., dated July 29, 1898.

Jacob Schwaizer

1st Lt. & Q. M.

El Reno, O. T.

Resigned his commission as 1st Lieut., Aug. 4, 1898. Resignation took effect Sept. 7, 1898.

Joseph A. Carr

Sergt. Major

Washington, D. C.

Discharged at San Antonio, Texas, by way of favor to enable him to accept a commission as 1st Lieut. in the Regiment, May 19, 1898.

Christian Madsen

R. Q. M. Sergt.

El Reno, O. T.

Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Camp Wikoff, L. I., Aug. 26, 1898.

Alfred E. Lewis

R. Q. M. Sergt.

Deserted from Camp at San Antonio, Tex., on or about May 5, 1898.

Ernest Haskell

Cadet

West Point.

Acted with regiment as second lieutenant. Dangerously wounded by Mauser bullet, July 1st.

THE HOSPITAL CORPS.

Henry La Motte	Major	Williamsburg, Mass.
James A. Massie	1st Lieutenant	Santa Fé, N. M.
*James R. Church	1st Lieutenant	Washington, D. C.
James B. Brady	Steward	Santa Fé, N. M.
Herbert J. Rankin	Steward	Las Vegas, N. M.
Charles A. Wilson	Steward	Colorado Springs, Col.
John R. Rawdin	Private.

TROOP A.

CAPTAIN FRANK FRANTZ.

Frank Frantz	Captain	Prescott, Ariz.
John C. Greenway	1st Lieutenant	Hot Springs, Ark.
Joshua D. Carter	2d Lieutenant	Prescott, Ariz.
William W. Greenwood	1st Sergeant	Prescott,...