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Soldier and eagle mascot beside "H" Troop flag. Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Soldier standing at camp cook area, Rough Riders military camp, Montauk Point, New York. Soldier on horseback, Rough Riders military camp, Montauk Point, New York. at Montauk Point, after returning from Cuba. Danny Maher (also known by his pen name Donny O’Malley), has been calling. Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt (center right) talking with another soldier while other troops are working with supplies or engaged in other activities, Montauk Point, New York.Ĭontributor: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer. The men who organized the walk are the Irreverent Warriors. Theodore Roosevelt in conference, Rough Riders military camp, Montauk Point, New York. Photo: No known restrictions on publication. In Cuba, the heat, abundant mosquitoes and poor sanitary conditions took a harsh toll,” the paper reported.īelow we present some images of when Montauk was home to “Roosevelt's Rough Riders and more than 20,000 other soldiers of the Army's Fifth Corps.” “As was typical of wars of that era, more soldiers were felled by disease, poor medical care and bad food than by enemy bullets. In the late 1800s, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were quarantined and convalesced at Camp Wikoff in Montauk after fighting in Cuba.Īccording to a 1998 article in the New York Times about the 100 -year anniversary of the troops’ stay there, “the huge camp, which was spread over most of Montauk, lasted from mid-August to late October, 1898, while the men recovered from battle wounds, yellow fever, malaria and typhoid.”