He took care of the sick and the wounded, he never spared himself, and he did every duty.

In addition, he had a natural aptitude for acquiring mules, which made some admirer, when the regiment was disbanded, propose that we should have a special medal struck for him, with, on the obverse, "A Mule passant and Chaplain regardant." After the surrender of Santiago, a Philadelphia clergyman whom I knew came down to General Wheeler's headquarters, and after visiting him announced that he intended to call on the Rough Riders, because he knew their colonel.

One of General Wheeler's aides, Lieutenant Steele, who liked us both individually and as a regiment, and who appreciated some of our ways, asked the clergyman, after he had announced that he knew Colonel Roosevelt, "But do you know Colonel Roosevelt's regiment ?" "No," said the clergyman.

"Very well, then, let me give you a piece of advice.

When you go down to see the Colonel, don't let your horse out of your sight; and if the chaplain is there, don't get off the horse!" We came back to Montauk Point and soon after were disbanded.