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Dan T. Moore encloses a proposed letter that he believes will bring out interesting facts if sent to the War Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-1909
Dan T. Moore, cousin of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, has heard that Theodore Roosevelt will be attending a reunion of Spanish American War veterans in Oklahoma City, not too distant from where he is currently stationed. Moore invites Roosevelt to come visit for a day or two, and offers to arrange a demonstration of field artillery practice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-03
Dan T. Moore, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s cousin, writes to President Roosevelt to wish him a merry Christmas and happy New Year, and to update him on recent events. Moore’s wife, Luvie Jones Butler Moore, has recently been ill, but has seen doctors in Germany and seems to be recovering now. Moore was pleased to hear that President-elect William H. Taft had won the election, although he regrets that Roosevelt did not run himself. Moore has been enjoying his time studying with the German army, and hopes to be able to extend his time abroad in order to attend an artillery shooting school. If it is convenient, he would like to receive a copy of Roosevelt’s message to Congress, and comments on several sections of it that he has already heard about, including sections addressing promotions in the military. Moore will be having his son, Dan T. Moore, Jr., baptized while they are in Geneva, and asks if Roosevelt would want to be the godfather.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-26
Dan T. Moore does not believe that President Roosevelt looked at the report of the board regarding the promotion of Clarence Northrup Jones and updates him on his conduct. Jones sought a divorce from his wife in return for paying her $1,000. During and after the divorce proceedings, Jones lived with his wife in Washington. Jones’s wife has since remarried.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-07
Dan T. Moore writes President Roosevelt about a first lieutenant, Clarence Northup Jones, who has twice been denied promotion on moral grounds. Jones is appealing the decision, and Moore asks Roosevelt to review the case himself and deny Jones the promotion. Moore does not want Jones to be promoted because he would then be assigned to Moore’s regiment, and he does not want Jones associating with his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-28
Dan Tyler Moore asks his cousin, President Roosevelt, if he could grant him two months leave for medical purposes as General Charles Morton will not grant his request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-04
Dan T. Moore lists the reasons why he believes Colonel Arthur Murray should not be promoted to Chief of Artillery, but also lists his “good points,” so President Roosevelt can judge whether Murray would be a good fit for the position. He believes Murray has been trying to get him to advocate for his appointment to Roosevelt. Moore sends his love to his cousin, first lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and the Roosevelt children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-09
Captain Moore writes to William Loeb regarding the report from the Joint Army and Navy Board concerning the ammunition supply in war time. Moore has received the wrong report from Loeb and requests that Loeb make sure President Roosevelt sees the correct report.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-09
Dan T. Moore, a cousin of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, appeals for Governor Roosevelt’s assistance in getting transferred from volunteer to regular military service, preferably the cavalry. Colonel J. L. Rodgers has approved such a transfer and done what he can to effect it, but it seems that “political pull does it all.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-16