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THE BATTLE OF SAND JUAN HILL.

A REALISTIC WAR SPECTACLE OF COLOSSAL SCALE.

Realistic reproduction of this battle which will for ever remain famous in the history of wars, will be one of the features of the programme of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

The central figures of the battle were the now immortal regiment known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, commanded by the present ruler of America and borrowing the name "Rough Riders" first coined by Col. Cody for his exhibition. It was officially known as the first regiment of volunteer cavalry. It was enlisted when the United States, in response to the call of humanity, determined that Cuba should be free from the goring thraldom of Spain.

The battle of San Juan Hill was the military companion piece to the naval battle of Santiago, and when it fell Spanish rule over the City of Santiago likewise fell. It was mainly made up of the class of scouts and trappers with which Buffalo Bill's Wild West has made the civilized world familiar; many of whom went from its arena to the larger one of the war in Cuba, and have again returned to it, bringing large accession of their intrepid comrades and scores of their broncos, to give additional interest and verisimilitude to the introduction of a lifelike, effective and vivid facsimile of the crowning and conclusive incident in

FAMOUS FIGHT OF SAN JUAN

where, to the utter amazement of the military world and in valiant reversal of all accepted tactical authorities, a thin line of infantry, unsupported by artillery, charged upon and routed a superior force, strongly entrenched on a difficult eminence behind artillery protected breastworks and armed with the dreaded Mauser and smokeless powder. An important factor, too, in the successful presentation of this spectacle is the fact that both Colonel Cody and Mr. Nate Salsbury are war veterans, thoroughly familiar, through severe experience, with the war in its sternest practical features, and fully competent to manage the large number of men required and utilized, to the plain untilled reality of actual war.

A SCENARIO OF THE SPECTACLE

The events associated with the battle of San Juan will be presented in two scenes, in the first of which the bivouac of the troops on the road to San Juan the night before the battle will be shown.

THE INVADING AMERICAN FORCES,

composed of the artillery representing Grimes' Battery, the mule pack train carrying ammunition, the U. S. Regulars. Roosevelt's Rough Riders, the 71st Infantry, the Cuban scouts and guides to seen at sunset, at the conclusion of a desperately hard day's match over rough and jungle-chocked trails, under the blistering rays of a tropical sun, moving into the encampment selected for a resting place, on the night preceding the morrow's grim work. The various commade take up positions assigned to them, and to the spectator, the bivouac presents a warlike scene of disciplined bustle and preparation. All the scenes incident to the bivouac are faithfully depicted. At length

"Night wanes; the vapors, 'round the mountain curled, Melt into morn and light awakes the world."

the sharp rattle of the reveille arouses the camp to preparation for the onward march, and the scene closes with the advance of the army toward the stronghold of San Juan.

THE ROUGH RIDERS; IMMORTAL CHARGE.

The second scene reveals the regiments already named, massed in the forks of the trial at the foot of San Juan Hill, a most exact and effective representation and reproduction of which is introduced, showing the blockhouse, the rifle pits, and the natural and apparently insurmountable difficulties the Americans were obliged to encounter and over and apparently insurmountable difficulties the Americans were obliged to encounter and overcome in their final and victorious assault. From the fancied impregnability of their position, the superior Spanish force is seen pouring an incessant torrent of shrapnel and Mauser bullets into the exposed ranks. Casting theories, dictums, and doubts to the winds, contemptuously fearless of conspicuous exposure, with splendid intrepidity, assuming and divining that what must be done can be done. Colonel Theodore B. Roosevelt of the Rough Riders presses to the foot of the death-swept hill and calling yell of admiration and approval as the up and at the fortress foe. There is a frantic yell of admiration and approval as the soldiers spring from their coming position of utter helplessness and follow him and the flag. The Spaniards cannot believe that so small a force would dare an assault so forlorn of all hope. They erroneously infer that an army is charging close behind it, and as it breathlessly comes closely on for a hand-to-hand death grapple, they pale, they flinch, and at last, they turn and fly in panic. Their gold and crimson emblem is torn from the ramparts and America's "Old Glory" steams on the breeze, triumphant in its place--their defenses are turned against themselves, and Santiago is doomed.

THE BATTLE OF SAND JUAN HILL.

A REALISTIC WAR SPECTACLE OF COLOSSAL SCALE.

Realistic reproduction of this battle which will for ever remain famous in the history of wars, will be one of the features of the programme of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

The central figures of the battle were the now immortal regiment known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, commanded by the present ruler of America and borrowing the name "Rough Riders" first coined by Col. Cody for his exhibition. It was officially known as the first regiment of volunteer cavalry. It was enlisted when the United States, in response to the call of humanity, determined that Cuba should be free from the goring thraldom of Spain.

The battle of San Juan Hill was the military companion piece to the naval battle of Santiago, and when it fell Spanish rule over the City of Santiago likewise fell. It was mainly made up of the class of scouts and trappers with which Buffalo Bill's Wild West has made the civilized world familiar; many of whom went from its arena to the larger one of the war in Cuba, and have again returned to it, bringing large accession of their intrepid comrades and scores of their broncos, to give additional interest and verisimilitude to the introduction of a lifelike, effective and vivid facsimile of the crowning and conclusive incident in

FAMOUS FIGHT OF SAN JUAN

where, to the utter amazement of the military world and in valiant reversal of all accepted tactical authorities, a thin line of infantry, unsupported by artillery, charged upon and routed a superior force, strongly entrenched on a difficult eminence behind artillery protected breastworks and armed with the dreaded Mauser and smokeless powder. An important factor, too, in the successful presentation of this spectacle is the fact that both Colonel Cody and Mr. Nate Salsbury are war veterans, thoroughly familiar, through severe experience, with the war in its sternest practical features, and fully competent to manage the large number of men required and utilized, to the plain untilled reality of actual war.

A SCENARIO OF THE SPECTACLE

The events associated with the battle of San Juan will be presented in two scenes, in the first of which the bivouac of the troops on the road to San Juan the night before the battle will be shown.

THE INVADING AMERICAN FORCES,

composed of the artillery representing Grimes' Battery, the mule pack train carrying ammunition, the U. S. Regulars. Roosevelt's Rough Riders, the 71st Infantry, the Cuban scouts and guides to seen at sunset, at the conclusion of a desperately hard day's match over rough and jungle-chocked trails, under the blistering rays of a tropical sun, moving into the encampment selected for a resting place, on the night preceding the morrow's grim work. The various commade take up positions assigned to them, and to the spectator, the bivouac presents a warlike scene of disciplined bustle and preparation. All the scenes incident to the bivouac are faithfully depicted. At length

"Night wanes; the vapors, 'round the mountain curled, Melt into morn and light awakes the world."

the sharp rattle of the reveille arouses the camp to preparation for the onward march, and the scene closes with the advance of the army toward the stronghold of San Juan.

THE ROUGH RIDERS; IMMORTAL CHARGE.

The second scene reveals the regiments already named, massed in the forks of the trial at the foot of San Juan Hill, a most exact and effective representation and reproduction of which is introduced, showing the blockhouse, the rifle pits, and the natural and apparently insurmountable difficulties the Americans were obliged to encounter and over and apparently insurmountable difficulties the Americans were obliged to encounter and overcome in their final and victorious assault. From the fancied impregnability of their position, the superior Spanish force is seen pouring an incessant torrent of shrapnel and Mauser bullets into the exposed ranks. Casting theories, dictums, and doubts to the winds, contemptuously fearless of conspicuous exposure, with splendid intrepidity, assuming and divining that what must be done can be done. Colonel Theodore B. Roosevelt of the Rough Riders presses to the foot of the death-swept hill and calling yell of admiration and approval as the up and at the fortress foe. There is a frantic yell of admiration and approval as the soldiers spring from their coming position of utter helplessness and follow him and the flag. The Spaniards cannot believe that so small a force would dare an assault so forlorn of all hope. They erroneously infer that an army is charging close behind it, and as it breathlessly comes closely on for a hand-to-hand death grapple, they pale, they flinch, and at last, they turn and fly in panic. Their gold and crimson emblem is torn from the ramparts and America's "Old Glory" steams on the breeze, triumphant in its place--their defenses are turned against themselves, and Santiago is doomed.