According to author Frank Thompson, outtakes from this film (battle and training footage shot in San Antonio) survive in the holdings of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. The film itself appears to have been lost.
Hundreds of applicants were tested as Teddy Roosevelt before the part was given to Frank Hopper, a book agent, because of his resemblance to Roosevelt.
Following previews, the ending was reshot several times as the filmmakers vacillated over how happy or sad to make it.
The extras in this movie included the US Army's Second Division stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas. The second division was also used in Wings (1927).
The production worked in San Antonio from August 20th to October 14, 1926. The company moved to Santa Cruz in November, after a short break in Los Angeles. The final stage of filming took place at the then-brand-new Paramount studio from December 28, 1926 to January 8, 1927. The sequences for the Rough Rider training camp were filmed on an actual training camp just outside San Antonio with two veterans who oversaw the construction of the camp and acted as advisers.