OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS 



that a troop of cowboy cavalry was to be organized to 

 whip the Kaiser and his ranch hands, of course the 

 cowboys "saddled on" and came riding in from the 

 Blue Mountains and the John Day country, some cover- 

 ing over one hundred and fifty miles. 



The first move made to secure this cavalry troop was 

 by Dell Blancett; but our government did not move 

 fast enough for Dell, and he was shortly on his way 

 "over there" with the Canadian cavalry. 



The troop, like the Round-Up, was promptly organ- 

 ized through the cooperation of leading cowboys, busi- 

 ness men of Pendleton and ranchers. Probably that 

 company of a hundred, hardy, courageous Umatilla 

 County cowboys — every one of them could ride and 

 shoot — was the greatest rough-riding contingent ever 

 organized into the United States army. 



Lee Caldwell, the greatest rider of bucking horses in 

 the West and the second man to enlist, was elected 

 captain. James F. Cook, who had served as sergeant 

 of Troop A on the Mexican border, was appointed 

 First Lieutenant; Marshall Spell, who had served in 

 old Company L in Pendleton, was Second "Lieuy." Eu- 

 gene Walters, top sergeant, and other members who 

 had had some military experience, were appointed "non- 

 coms," over as fine a looking lot of horsemen as ever 

 sat saddles, but the rawest kind of recruits. 



Roll call mustered famous names in Round-Up an- 

 nals, with which you will be familiar after you have 

 seen the great show. There was Ben Corbett, one of 

 the first to sign up, all-round cowboy and champion 

 relay and Roman rider, a former top-sergeant in 

 the regular cavalry, but who later transferred; Frank 

 Cable, former bulldogger, was stable sergeant; there 

 was Tracy Lane, the cowboy poet and songster, and 



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