Landing Scene at Montauk Pier, Fort Pond Bay, Page 187 / Chicago Tribune
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Page numbers refer to BULLY! Col. Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders & Camp Wikoff,
Montauk, New York — 1898 / A Newspaper Chronicle — edited by Jeff Heatley, published by Montauk Historical Society & East End Press, with a grant from the Gardiner Foundation, 2023.
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General William Shafter
in command of the Fifth Army Corps, the American ground forces in Cuba.
— Page 2, New York Herald
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AUGUST 4, 1898
ARMY WILL DIE LIKE SHEEP!
Letter to Major-General Shafter by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Letter accompanying Round Robin Protest by officers in Cuba to an order from Sec. of War Alger.
Published on the front page of William Randolph Hearst’s New York Evening Journal.
— Page 13 / William Randolph Hearst’s New York Evening Journal
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Round Robin Protest
Protest of an order by the Secretary of War.
OFFICERS PETITION TO SEC. ALGER
We, the undersigned officers, commanding the various brigades, divisions, &c., of the army of the occupation in Cuba, are of the unanimous opinion that this army should be at once taken uf the island of Cuba and sent to some point on the northern seacoast of the United States; that it can be done without danger to the people of the United States ….
Signed by Eight Officers
— Distributed to newspapers across the country by the Associated Press. Published on August 4th.
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The “Round Robin” itself is without precedent in the history of the army. For regular army officers like Kent, Bates, Chaffee, Sumner and Ludlow to sign a paper of that kin, protesting against an order issued by the War Department, is an incident uncommon enough to be startling, and would be justified only by the most extraordinary conditions….
— Page 22 / Commercial Advertiser
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Note: report on the meeting that led to the Round Robin Protest can be found on pages 196 – 200.
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Secretary of War Alger
— Page 17 / Boston Globe
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— Page 28, New York Press
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A Remarkable War
After only three months of war, Spain has sued for peace. If the war ends, it will rank as one of the most remarkable wars in human history. A war without loss of a single battle or skirmish …. and with practical annihilation of the available navy of one Power, is novel enough to make an interesting chapter in the world’s history ….
Pages 30 – 31 / New York Tribune
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Major General Young
— Page 32 / New York Herald
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Col. Forwood, Red Cross Representative Howard Townsend,
and Red Cross Nurse Quintard
— Page 41, New York Press
[ Ed. Note: See pp 556 – 559 (second edition) — See Howard Townsend’s Report to the Red Cross, pp 530 – 537.]
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The Humane Side of the War
Editorial — “….the traditional attitude of this country in time of war–the attitude that respects the decent laws of humanity and civilization, that makes war only upon armed men, that respects the rights of non-combatants and leaves untouched all neutral property…”
— Page 42 / Commercial Advertiser, August 10, 1898
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Asleep in the Rain
— Page 43 / The World, August 11th
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The Man for the Hour
Editorial — “It is a widespread belief in the sincerity and honesty of the man, in his firm devotion to duty, that causes such a general demand to go up from all parts of the state for his nomination…”
— Page 45 / Charles E. Shepard, Editor, The Long-Islander
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M’Kinley Honors Wikoff’s Heroism
— Page 46, Rendering by George Bloem, 1997 / New York Press
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THE WAR IS OVER: PEACE PROTOCOL SIGNED
— Pages 49 – 51, The Sun, New York Press
[ Ed. Note: See pp 517 – 518 (second edition) — ‘Spain Leaves the Western World’ ]
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Camp Wikoff’s Brave Camp Mother
Ellen Hardin Walworth
— Page 51, Joseph Pulitzer’s The World
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Co-Founder & Directress-General
of the Women’s National War Relief Association
— Pulitzer’s The World, August 13, 1898
[Editor’s Note: This illustration is not in either edition of BULLY!]
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HOME!
— Page 53, Boston Globe
— Page 53, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Editorial — PEACE!
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— Page 57 / Pulitzer’s The World
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Our New Mission Among Nations
— Pages 58 – 59 / Editorial, London Times
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The Transport Miami with the Rough Riders on Board
arrives at Fort Pond Bay.
— Pages 60 – 75 / New York Herald, The Sun, Standard Union, New York Times,
Sag Harbor Express, Commercial Advertiser
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Colors & Color Sergeant Wright, Rough Riders
— Page 60, James Gordon Bennett, Illustrator / New York Herald
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“Roosevelt! Roosevelt!” was the cry from the Iron Pier as the Transport Miami approached the dock.
“Hurrah for Teddy and the Rough Riders!”
An Office on the Pier shouted, “How are you, Colonel Roosevelt?”
Back came the answer in a voice that could be heard half a mile away,
“I am feeling disgracefully well.” Then, after a pause, “I feel positively ashamed of appearance when I see how badly off some of my brave fellows are.”
Another brief pause,
“Oh, but we have had a bully fight!”
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In the afternoon, Col. Roosevelt made this statement:
“I am proud of my regiment. There was never such another. In fifty days it was raised, organized, equipped, armed, mounted, put into transports, carried to Cuba and put through two victorious fights. That’s a record that I think will be hard to beat.
“It was mainly a Southwestern regiment from New Mexico, Arizona, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma….The groundwork of the regiment is the cowpuncher, the man who has herded cattle on the great plains for a living, and next to him comes the Rocky Mountain miner, who was usually a small ranchman, then the professional hunter, the mining engineer and civil engineer, and the packer, and mixed with them the college athlete and the man who has always been fond of rough out-of-doors sport.
They all go in together without a hitch.”
— Page 62 / New York Herald
— Pages 68 – 69 / The Sun
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Col. Roosevelt & Woodbury Kane, Rough Riders
— Page 65, W.H. Shindler, Illustrator / New York Press
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Wrenn, Larned & Bull, Rough Riders
— Page 66, New York Herald
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Editorial: The Rough Riders / Commercial Advertiser, Pages 75 – 76
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— Page 78, The World
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General Joseph Wheeler
— Page 80, Boston Globe
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General Wheeler and Colonel Roosevelt
— Page 81, New York Herald
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Ten thousand Roosevelt buttons…will be placed in circulation by the Colonel’s friends tomorrow….These sure evidences of a gubernatorial candidacy … were ordered yesterday by one of Colonel Roosevelt’s personal friends.
— Page 82 / New York Herald
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Where A Great Army Rests From Its Toil
— Pages 82 -85 / Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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The Detention Camp
— Page 89 / Evening Post
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THIRD HOUSE
— Page 91 / New York Herald / August 16, 1898
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August 18 & 19th, 1898
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt slept at Third House in what he called a “civilized” bed.
He left on a four-day furlough to Oyster Bay on August 20th.
— Page 91 / New York Times
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— Page 92 / New York Herald / Illustrator: James Gordon Bennett
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Watching for Transports
— Page 92 / Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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DEATH SHIP!
— Pages 95 – 98 / The World, Boston Globe, The Sun
The Transport Mobile arrives at Fort Pond Bay, following an eight day voyage from Santiago de Cuba.
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Eight Soldiers on board the Transport Mobile
died en route to Montauk from Santiago de Cuba
and were buried at sea.
— Page 96, Boston Globe
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Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay,
on 4-Day Furlough
— Page 100 – 106, The World, New York Herald
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Rough Rider Craig Wadsworth
Knickerbocker Club, NYC
— Page 103, New York Herald
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Storm in Camp, Three Dead
— Pages 115 – 118 / The Sun
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Red Cross Nurse
— Page 119, The World
Called the “Angel of Santiago” by soldiers for her service in Cuba;
and, “Miss Sunshine” for her service in the First World War.
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“We have everything,” said a young lieutenant.
“We have life and we have death.”
— Commercial Advertiser, August 24, 1898
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War Without Hatred
Private Pedro Lopez de Castillo, a soldier in the Spanish Army, speaking as its spokesman,
“We fought you without rancor or hate. We have been vanquished by you, but have in our souls no place for resentment. You fought us face-to-face, with great courage. You have honored us with distinction and courtesy.”
— Pages 123 – 4 / New York Tribune / Editorial
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— Page 128 / William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal / Homer Davenport, Illustrator
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Lieut. William Tiffany, Rough Rider, Knickerbocker
— Page 129, The World
[ Ed. Note: See pp 556 – 559 (second edition) — ‘Lieutenant Tiffany Dead’]
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Died of Starvation
— Page 130, Kansas City Star
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A Mass Meeting of the Republican Party Discussing the Advisability of
Nominating “Teddy” Roosevelt for Governor.
— Page 131 / Pulitzer’s The World
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Ed. Note: U.S. Senator Thomas C. Platt was a Republican Party ‘Boss’ in New York State. Virtually determining nominees for state offices. Incumbent Governor Frank S. Black, a Republican, was running for re-election in 1898 and had the backing of Sen. Platt. But, the ‘plunge’ for Col. Roosevelt across the state ultimately changed his mind.
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— Page 139 / New York Herald / Nelan, Illustrator
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In a heavy fog, the Auxiliary Cruiser Prairie, with 400 sick soldiers on board, runs aground
on a sandbar between Amagansett & Napeague Beach.
Sick Land in Surf Boats
— Pages 133 – 138, The Sun
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Laurie Wheeler, Gen. Wheeler & Sec. of War Alger
with Fever-Stricken Soldier in General Hospital.
— Page 140, Haydon Jones, Illustrator / The World
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John Hawthorne, Grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Weak & Emaciated,
Fainted When He Saw His Mother at Camp.
— Page 141, New York Journal
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— Page 144, Cory Illustrator / Pulitzer’s The World
[ Ed. Note: See pp 556 – 559 (second edition) — Army Beef Scandal of 1898 + Roosevelt’s Testimony
before the War Commission Board.]
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Col. John Jacob Astor’s Steam Yacht, Nourmahal, arrived at Fort Pond Bay from Newport, Rhode Island
Help for Montauk Troops
— Pages 146 – 147, Illustration, New York Herald / Report, New York Times
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Col. Theodore Roosevelt
— Page 149, New York Press
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Roosevelt & The Rough Riders True to Life
Pages 151 – 158 / Joseph Pulitzer’s The World
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Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
— Page 152, The World
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“Nobody make any mistake about that being a good regiment. The Western men were as good as soldiers before they enlisted…The Eastern men were fellows whose nerve and pride carried them along neck-and-neck with the cowboys.
Yes, that’s a splendid regiment.”
—– General William Shafter, The Sun / September 3, 1898
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[ Ed. Note: See pp 520 – 525 (second edition) — Richard Harding Davis’ Report, ‘Dashing Bravery of the Rough Riders’ + Lieut. John J. Pershing’s Account of the Charge at San Juan Hill + Medal of Honor, 2001, Citation]
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Cherokee Bill, Rough Rider
— Page 161, The World
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Dabney S. Royster, age 13, Rough Riders’ Mascot
— Page 162, The World
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Rough Riders at Play
— Page 163 / The Sun
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Ocean Bathing
— Page 167 / The Sun
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Carrying His Sick “Bunkie” Ashore
— Page 168, New York Journal
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Nurse Annie Wheeler
— Page 169, The World
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The Hero Sufferer / New York 71st
— Page 174, Homer Davenport, Illustrator / Hearst’s New York Journal
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Yellow Fever at Montauk!
— Pages 175 – 176 / New York Times
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CHORUS — It’s His Fault
Sec. of War Alger, Surgeon-General Sternberg, Commissary-General Eagon,
Quartermaster Gen. Ludington
— Page 177, Pulitzer’s The World / Cory, Illustrator
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James P. Douglas, Rough Rider / Oldest in the Regiment
— Page 179, Shindler, Illustrator / New York Press
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Captain Ambrose Higgins, Chief of the Signal Corps
— Page 181, New York Press
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Laying Out Camp Wikoff
— Pages 180 – 184 / The Sun
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VICTOR — AND VICTIM
— Page 185, Nelan, Illustrator / New York Herald
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Neglect at Camp Wikoff
Letter by Samuel L. Parrish, page 186 / New York Times
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Original September, 1898, Map of 4,000-acre Camp Wikoff
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Portraits / Two — September thru November 9, 1898 / Link
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Available on Amazon / BULLY! Roosevelt.
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