AS COLONEL OF THE ROUGH RIDERS

Colonel Roosevelt in camp with his regiment, the First Volunteer Cavalry at Tampa, Florida, previous to embarkation for Cuba

The

Rough Riders

BY

Theodore Roosevelt

WITH PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE

Published with the Permission of the President
Through Special Arrangement with
Charles Scribner's Sons

NEW YORK

P. F. COLLIER & SON

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1899

BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

This edition is published under arrangement with
Charles Scribner's Sons, of New York

ON BEHALF OF THE ROUGH RIDERS

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE

FIVE REGULAR REGIMENTS

WHICH TOGETHER WITH MINE MADE UP THE

CAVALRY DIVISION AT SANTIAGO

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

EXECUTIVE MANSION

ALBANY, N. Y.,

May 1, 1899