U.S. History packet
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America and the World
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rig-W 7&W’6/ hair as white as snow, and yet far in advance of
men thirty years his junior, was so noble a sight
(CW that you felt inclined to pray for his safety; on
the other hand, Roosevelt, mounted high on
At the beginning ofthe Spanish-American War, horseback, and charging the rlfle-plts at a 831‘
Theodore Rooseveltleft his postasAssistant Secretary lop and quite alone, made you feel that you
ofthe Navy to help recruit a volunteer cavalry would like to cheer. He wore on his sombrero
regiment. Members ofthis regiment, largely a blue polka-dot handkerchief, it la Havelock,
composed ofcowhands and sherifi‘s from the West, which, as he advanced, floated out straight
became known as the Rough Riders. As lieutenant behind his head, like a guidon [flag]. Afterward,
colonel ofthe regiment, Roosevelt led his men up San the men of his regiment who followed this flag,
Iuan Hi" in one of the "105‘ highly Publidzed charges adopted a polka-dot handkerchief as the badge
i“ U'S° hiStf’m The capture ofthe hillgave the US' of the Rough Riders. These two officers were
Army a 5oM position fiom Wh'Ch 1:0 capture . notably conspicuous in the charge, but no one
Santiago.