THE PAN" FEANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, Jtt3ste 19, 1898. 21
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THE PAN" FEANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JTT3sTE 19, 1898. 21 WithandAstorsRoosevelt'sPetArtillery.rough rider forming sling, men. Reminiscences of every Western and for the part a a contrivance made for most from in and the purpose. carriage Indian campaign, cattle war or other about New York, although some hail The consists of disturbance that has occurred within Montreal, a cradle supported by a tripod. Into from and one or two from gun the last twenty years can be found Detroit. A fine, healthy, intelligent set' this cradle the is set. The cradle here, for of such men as have passed of young are, is fitted with spring clamps. In mount- through fellows they too. They ing a gun required these oxii.-ii.Mnes is the regi- average between 25 30 years age. all that is is to set ment of rough riders made up. There and of up the tripod, drop the eun into the any Among the vocations and professions isn't question as to whether they represented are eight cradle and the clamps hold it in posi- will fight order, however, lawyers, several by There is one doctors: the late superintendent tion automatic action. Two minutes they will be likely to ignore thnt of the is required to unsllng, mount load, and Presbyterian Hospital. New York City;, and is an order to retreat. They are not a Texas, and two minutes to return the gun to made of the sort <>t" goes United States marshal from a the stuff that into barber from West, mule's back. When the battery is a fight with any such end in view. 1 the and men from moving on level ground the guns are cannot the regular army and the artillery, conceive of any human force over and' placed on their carriages and drawn that could withstand onslaught half a dozen boys whose fathers by mules tandem, the of rank high on hitched but over this thousand rien once they are turned the list of United States mountain trails the guns are taken loose. All. the tricks of flghjting, millionaires. apart. gun Indian As soon The proper is carried in coupled wtth the great expertness they as the organization had a sling between two mules pack-sad- possess in the use of weapons, will shaken hands all around a vote of dled, complement wheels, ren- thanks was while its of der them an uncontrollable force, and sent to Mr. Astor. In an ammunition boxes, etc., is distributed the first body of Spaniards they run appropriate resolution they the appreciation told him of among beasts of burden. against willhave reason to believe that their of the chance his The officers in charge of the Astor inferno has been turned upon them, if munificence had given them; they said Battery are: First lieutenant, Peyton any of them*get away to tell the tale. they hoped to be an honor to the coun- C. March, late of the Fifth Artillery,in By the time this reaches the eye of the try and to the name of their benefactor, command. Lieutenant March is a reader the rough riders willbe in Cuba, which they proudly bore, and that they warm personal friend of Mr. Astor'a if present plans are carried out. Ican should always "remember the Maine." and it was at his solicitation Lieuten- ask no better assignment than to be Of late days the men have found ant March was put in command. Sec- permitted to report their first meeting time to form a glee club, dignified by ond Lieutenant Koehler and Second with the Dons, who fire from the the name of Battery Williams, shoulder, Astor Glee Club. Lieutenant late of the Sixth shoot high, and form in solid Its orchestration include three Artillery, Junior officers. Among the phalanx. violins, four banjos, three guitars and non-commissioned officers are: Ser- two mandolins, which the members are geant dimming, late of the Fifth Ar- expecting to take with them to camp. tillery, U. S. A.; Sergeant Burton culean frame, who goes about his busi- The battery has a mascot, course, Holmes, who has seen active service In thjef relentlessly of ness of catching as as New York special to a rescued Irish collie. He is pet the British army in India and Africa; a bloodhound, with scarcely less the Sun- the of and day Call: It is now definitely the battery and answers to a list of Sergeant Young, a member of the fam- certain results. To the few who know names worthy of royal imperial blood. ous Young family of Salt Lake City, these hardy fellows, to heat, him well he is a stanch friend and settled that John Jacob Astor's inured battery go His collar bears the following inscrip- and identified with the Mormon settle- cold and exposure in Arizona, New ally, who never was known to desert will to the Philip- tion: ment of Utah. Sergeant Sillman, of Texas, mak- a comrade, even in the most trying pines. Mexico and never think of Final orders to this ef- "ASTOR BATTERY, U. S. A. late a commander of a battalion sta- ing a complaint about their camping straits. Those who have seen exhibi- fect were sent to Captain tioned at Detroit, Mich. All commis- marksmanship, with the March We Remember the Maine." place. What suits their officers suits tions of his last night. The battery start sioned and non-commissioned officers them, be all same to old-fashioned, single-action six-shoot- will Thanks to the voluntary contribu- and it would the immediately. is expected of his mates, he go are mounted. them if they were told to camp in a er, which is his favorite weapon, mar- It it tions is to to the Among the supplies which arrived vel at his rapidity and skill. He never will embark from San Francisco front with full uniform, excepting only swamp. trousers and pedal last week were 120 red flannel blankets camp in does any talking, but when the instant with the rest of the paraphernalia. quality horses; Ivisited the the forenoon General Mer- Astor generous of fine for the also long and found Colonel Roosevelt at his comes to use a gun Itis used so quickly ritfs troops, comprising Mr. has been most in axes for clearing any- the giving orders for the personal brush hooks and the , headquarters, chatting with some of that the "hard man" never knows third shipment, equip- way when the battery operates in a the Spanish military autl. left side. lie finds the horse, which given thing it. about June 23. ment of the men. Each man receives his officers. Iwas the freedom of about The uniforms, wooded country. in Havana could get a momentary jnine times out of ten is standing on his the camp to make all the Daniels has had a long and varied horses and mules pur- two one the blue cloth of reported legs in air, a jiffy and told by light weight regular Lieutenant March has to glimpse of a regiment of soldit-rs hind the and in there photographs Iwanted. experience In the West. He was Mar- chased Colonel Astor will not of the artillery, a Washington that, except for some un- is a man in the saddle. "Here is a strange thing," the colonel shal of Dodge City, Kansas, years ago, be sent to San Francisco. Gen- brown campaign hat, brown canvas delay the arrival sup- encamped in the sand at West The horse rears plunges, leggins gauntlets. foreseen in of and tries to said. "Ihave here among a lot of re- when that town was considered the eral Merrltt will take only a few and The other uni- plies, battery willbe ready to Tampa ;hey would see one of the throw his rider by every means known form is of brown stuff, his move IF cruits Bob Wrenn, the champion tennis hardest town in the country. He is and an experi- canvas known Wednesday, June 8. The shell numerols sights calculated to cause rider, horses with him as cloth, boxes. to bronchos, but the turning player bC America, who wants to join has been for years a close friend and as kaki trimmed in scarlet, Immediately upon arrival, were sent to them unealiness. Colonel Roosevelt's ihalf-way around in his saddle, yells to a strapping good fel- companion fa- ment. He believes the native pockets and shoulder straps included. this outfit. He's of Bat Masterson, the be more the Government magazine at Fort rough ri'Ufs are there, to the number i "Bill"or "Snuffy" or "Shorty" to do low, with plenty of nerve, and I've mous Sheriff, now in Denver. He has horses to serviceable With this canvas suit is worn a cork loading something forgotten, Wadsworth for with ammuni- of a thousand, and they certainly de- that he has and sworn him in. Isn't he an odd char- been tried for years as a scout against and less expensive. The animals helmet— white—such as Stanley wore tion, they shipped probably darts off speed of outfit, and willbe serve the name that has been given then with the the acter to have with a cowboy well Indians on the frontier nnd against the purchased by Colonel Astor will during his African sojourn. Similar directly to the Presidio at San Fran- wind. Once the horse is started he sprinkled with ex-United States mar- cattle thieves and rustlers who almost be bought by the Government helmets are worn by the British ser- cisco.