Diversity characterized the regiment, which included Ivy Leaguers, professional and amateur athletes, upscale gentlemen as well as cowboys, frontiersmen, Native Americans, hunters, miners, prospectors, former soldiers, tradesmen, and sheriffs. The Rough Riders used some standard issue gear and some of their own design, purchased with gift money. The regiment trained for several weeks in San Antonio, Texas after securing modern multiple round Krag smokeless carbines, Roosevelt arrived on May 16. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment the newspapers called them "The Rough Riders." Like many other volunteer units, it was a temporary organization for the duration of the Spanish-American War. Navy and together with Army Colonel Leonard Wood, formed the 1st U.S. On April 25 1898, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt resigned as Acting Secretary of the U.S.
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