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Mother stays at a big hotel about a mile from camp. There are nearly thirty thousand troops here now, besides the sailors from the war ships in the bay. MOTHER STAYS AT A BIG HOTEL ABOUT A MILE FROM CAMP THERE ARE NEARLY THIRTY THOUSAND TROOPS HERE NOW BESIDES THE SAILORS FROM THE WAR SHIPS IN THE BAY
 with Leonard Wood, organized the Regiment of Rough Riders and went into camp with them at Tampa, Florida. Later he went with his regiment to Cuba. Camp at Tampa, May 6th, '98. BLESSED BUNNIES, It has been a real holiday to have darling mother here. Yesterday I brought her out to the camp, and she saw it all--the men drilling, the tents in long company streets, the horses being taken to water, my little horse Texas, the colonel and the majors, and finally the mountain lion and the jolly little dog Cuba, who had several fights while she looked on. The mountain lion is not much more than a kitten as yet, but it is very cross and treacherous. I was very much interested in Kermit's and Ethel's letters to-day. We were all, horses and men, four days and four nights on the cars coming here from San Antonio, and were very tired and very dirty when we arrived. I was up almost all of each night, for it happened always to be at night when we took the horses out of the cars to feed and water them.  IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEONARD WOOD ORGANIZED THE REGIMENT OF ROUGH RIDERS AND WENT INTO CAMP WITH THEM AT TAMPA FLORIDA LATER HE WENT WITH HIS REGIMENT TO CUBA CAMP AT TAMPA MAY SIXTH NINETY EIGHT BLESSED BUNNIES IT HAS BEEN A REAL HOLIDAY TO HAVE DARLING MOTHER HERE YESTERDAY I BROUGHT HER OUT TO THE CAMP AND SHE SAW IT ALL THE MEN DRILLING THE TENTS IN LONG COMPANY STREETS THE HORSES BEING TAKEN TO WATER MY LITTLE HORSE TEXAS THE COLONEL AND THE MAJOR'S AND FINALLY THE MOUNTAIN LION AND THE JOLLY LITTLE DOG CUBA WHO HAD SEVERAL FIGHTS WHILE SHE LOOKED ON THE MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN A KITTEN AS YET BUT IT IS VERY CROSS AND TREACHEROUS I WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN KERMIT'S AND ETHEL'S LETTERS TO DAY WE WERE ALL HORSES AND MEN FOUR DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS ON THE CARS COMING HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO AND WERE VERY TIRED AND VERY DIRTY WHEN WE ARRIVED I WAS UP ALMOST ALL OF EACH NIGHT FOR IT HAPPENED ALWAYS TO BE AT NIGHT WHEN WE TOOK THE HORSES OUT OF THE CARS TO FEED AND WATER THEM
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