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President Roosevelt asks that General Dodge send along a letter to the National Society of the Army of the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-08
Theodore Roosevelt sends Grenville M. Dodge a quick letter. He hopes Dodge can visit him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt soon. He reiterates his agreement that the National Government must take charge of the railways.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-08
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Grenville M. Dodge. Roosevelt is hesitant to move forward with the destruction of trees until he is certain that the Park Commission has performed their due diligence and can accomplish the entire plan. Roosevelt asks Dodge to come to Washington and coordinate with Acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-24
Theodore Roosevelt sends fond greetings to General Dodge after receiving the inscribed book Dodge sent him. Roosevelt was recently telling his oldest son about Dodge’s admirable military career, and he believes that Dodge represents “the real American type.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-03
President Roosevelt prizes General Dodge’s letter and thanks him for it. He hopes that Dodge will come east and see him soon. If Roosevelt ever passes through Council Bluffs, Iowa, he would like to see Dodge in his own home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
Although it is possible that President Roosevelt should have taken the stand General Dodge suggested in his letter, he did not. This is for two reasons. First, during his service, General Willard H. Brownson performed admirably. Second, Brownson is retired, and the public views the conduct of retired officers differently than the conduct of active officers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-08
President Roosevelt tells Grenville M. Dodge that although he wishes he could accept, it is a “simple impossibility.” In a handwritten note, Roosevelt wishes Dodge good luck. Roosevelt will expect Dodge at either lunch or dinner, according to Dodge’s preference.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-26
President Roosevelt thanks General Dodge for his letter. He is glad Dodge liked his speech, and believes those who did not like it are “very shortsighted indeed.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-05
President Roosevelt sends General Dodge a small volume of his speeches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-31
President Roosevelt relays to General Dodge his stance on the recent actions taken by Secretary of War William H. Taft during his visit to Cuba. Roosevelt states he did not send Taft to Cuba until Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma’s choice to resign was clear. Although Sir William Cornelius Van Horne and Mr. Menduley believe military control of Cuba is possible, Van Horne also states that “the Island is perfectly adapted to guerrilla warfare and…ten men to one would be required to suppress the insurrection and a great many lives would be lost doing it.” Roosevelt agrees that the cost of life is too great for the United States to hold Cuba by military force. Influential members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Senator Eugene Hale, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge also believe in resisting more conflict and believe it is in best interest to “let the Cubans govern themselves.” However, Roosevelt believes the possibility of continued unrest in Cuba could sway public opinion and bring congressional support for future intervention from the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-01
President Roosevelt was delighted to hear from Grenville M. Dodge what Major Hugh J. Gallagher says of affairs in the Philippines. Roosevelt reports he has not gotten far in making appointments to the Interstate Commerce Commission, having appointed Edgar E. Clark most recently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-29
President Roosevelt was very pleased with General Dodge’s letter, especially regarding his experience in Indian warfare. Roosevelt is “thrilled with indignation” over attacks on General Leonard Wood and the troops and immediately showed that he intended to stand by Wood and the troops “right up to the limit.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-19
President Roosevelt will take up the matter in General Dodge’s letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-30
President Roosevelt thanks Grenville M. Dodge for his letter, and wishes that Dodge would allow him to publish some of the sentences from it. He complains that “unscrupulous” newspapers are creating obstacles to the speedy completion of the Isthmian canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-15
President Roosevelt tells General Dodge that he is “just the type of American whom every good American should delight to honor,” and is very pleased to host Dodge at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-02
President Roosevelt was particularly pleased to receive Grenville M. Dodge’s telegram. He invites Dodge to visit the White House sometime in October.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt advises General Dodge on which generals will become senior upon the retirement of G. L. Gillespie and George Morton Randall. He adds that following its conduct during the “Missouri accident,” he will not give the Army and Navy Journal authoritative statements of his positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-28
President Roosevelt promises to read Grenville M. Dodge’s report about Jim Bridger with great interest. Roosevelt has always been fond of Bridger, but did not know about Dodge’s connection with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
President Roosevelt asks General Dodge to avoid showing his letter to Howell. The president does not believe it is a good idea now to reduce suffrage in the South. Roosevelt would like to meet with both Dodge by himself and Dodge and Howell, noting that Howell has not treated him well “in his paper.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
President Roosevelt is trying to determine how he can explain he has the interest of the Southern white man in mind just as much as the Northern white man without giving up his principles. He does not want to do injustice to black men and believes in equality of opportunity, but not in social equality or miscegenation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14