1 88 The Rough Riders 



it has united the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon 

 people; and now that they are together they can 

 whip the world, Prince! they can whip the world!" 

 being evidently filled with the pleasing belief that 

 the Russian would cordially sympathize with this 

 view. The foreign attaches did not always get on 

 well with our generals. The two English represen- 

 tatives never had any trouble, were heartily admired 

 by everybody, and, indeed, were generally treated 

 as if they were of our own number; and seemingly 

 so regarded themselves. But this was not always 

 true of the representatives from Continental Europe. 

 One of the latter a very good fellow, by the way 

 had not altogether approved of the way he was 

 treated, and the climax came when he said good-by 

 to the General who had special charge of him. The 

 General in question was not accustomed to nice eth- 

 nic distinctions, and grouped all of the representa- 

 tives from Continental Europe under the comprehen- 

 sive title of "Dutchmen." When the attache in ques- 

 tion came to say farewell, the General responded 

 with bluff heartiness, in which perhaps the note of 

 sincerity was more conspicuous than that of entire 

 good breeding : "Well, good-by ; sorry you're going ; 

 which are you, anyhow the German or the Rus- 

 sian?" 



Shortly after midday on the loth fighting began 

 again, but it soon became evident that the Spaniards 



