Whereas the brief history of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (referred to in this preamble as the Rough Riders ) fighting to defend and protect the United States has made an indelible contribution to the history of the United States; Whereas the Rough Riders were 1 of 3 volunteer cavalry regiments created by Congress on April 25, 1898, with Leonard Wood named Colonel of the regiment and Theodore Roosevelt named Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment; Whereas, although the volunteer cavalry regiments were initially to recruit from the Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma Territories, the notoriety of the leaders of the Rough Riders inspired recruits from all portions of the United States to go to San Antonio, Texas, to enlist; Whereas the Rough Riders were given numerous nicknames, with the most prevalent being Roosevelt’s Rough Riders ; Whereas the Rough Riders trained in Texas and were ordered on May 8, 1898, to board 7 trains and proceed to Tampa, Florida; Whereas June 2, 2023, marks the 125th anniversary of the Rough Riders arrival to Tampa, Florida, to join the 5th Corps of the Army and await embarkation for the invasion of Cuba; Whereas the Rough Riders— (1) were ordered to embark on June 8, 1898, with the Army invasion fleet; and (2) in their eagerness to be part of the invasion fleet, infamously commandeered a train to take them to Port Tampa to embark; Whereas, at Port Tampa, things were in great disarray, and the 5th Corps was highly disorganized; Whereas, in the confusion of moving the 5th Corps invasion forces on to the Army invasion fleet transports— (1) several 5th Corps regiments were assigned to the same transport vessel, the S.S. Yucatan; and (2) Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt got his men aboard the S.S. Yucatan, and realizing that once aboard they would probably not be forced to disembark, the Rough Riders stayed aboard, to the chagrin of the other regiments