[schurmann]

"...at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders realized that the fast, accurate, flat-shooting Mauser 93s in 7mm Mauser were far superior to their .45-70 Springfields..." [from paragraph 3 of the original article] The author is wrong. The 1st US Volunteer Cavalry (nicknamed Rough Riders) was armed with M1896 Krag carbines, the only non-Regular Army outfit so equipped during the Spanish-American War. The other Volunteer Cavalry units were equipped with Trapdoor Springfield rifles, chambered in 45-70. So were National Guard units. Theodore Roosevelt was second-in-command of the Rough Riders. Leonard Wood was the official commander.

[real saxophonist]

The author is wrong.

In other words, about average for 'Am Shooting Journal'.