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The Rough Riders
ficiency by the most energetic resort to all kinds of makeshifts and expedients.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt,
Colonel First United States Cavalry.
Forwarded through military channels.
(5 enclosures.)
First Endorsement.
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps.
Camp Wikoff, September 18, 1898.
Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army.
(Signed) William R. Shafter,
Major-General Commanding.
