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The Rough Riders
APPENDIX E
(Congressional Record, 53th Congres, Third Session, Volume 32, Part II, Page 1250)
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
To be Colonel by Brevet.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, First Volunteer Cavalry, for gallantry in battle. Las Gnasimas, Cuba, June 24, 189&
To be Brigadier-General by Brevet.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, First Volunteer Cavalry, for gallantry in battle, Santiago de Cuba. July 1. 1898. (Nominated for brevet colonel, to rank from June 24, 1898.)
Fort San Juan, Cuba
July 17, 1898.
The Adjutant-General United States Army,
Washington, D. C.
(Through military channels.) Sir: I have the honor to invite attention to the following list of cheers and enlisted men who
