Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson
Subject(s): Government report writing, Military education--Study and teaching, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922
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President Roosevelt thanks S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson for the valuable paper that they wrote. Roosevelt has brought the paper to the attention of Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks them to personally write to Taft to call his attention to the report. Roosevelt agrees with the recommendation for the purchase of property, and says that he is not entirely content with the academic course at either the Military Academy at West Point or the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He thinks there might be too much emphasis placed on academics in the military, and says that if he needed to pic someone to lead a cavalry division, he would not care if the person was good at math.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-06-19
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson. [June 19, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203026. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson. [19 Jun. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. April 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203026.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, June 19]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203026.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. April 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
