Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — Name Corps for President. [ARTICLE]

Name Corps for President.

At Washington, D. C., the organization of the troops of cavalry in connection with the district national guard, to be known as “The President’s Own,” is being discussed. The Idea has developed, It Is stated, through the plan proposed shortly after the election of Mr. Roosevelt as Vice President, to organize a company of infantry to be called “The Roosevelt Rifles.” Since Mr. Roosevelt has become president the scheme has taken a wider range, and a cavalry arm of the district guard is proposed.