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President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt congratulate Lieutenant Commander William Sowden Sims and Anne Hitchcock Sims on the recent birth of their daughter, Margaret Hitchcock Sims.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-21
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
President Roosevelt congratulates Lieutenant Commander Sims on the recent birth of his daughter, Margaret Hitchcock Sims. Roosevelt outlines his plans to visit the fleet at target practice somewhat later than his originally planned date.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-21
President Roosevelt informs Commander Sims that the naval review will take place on September 3. Roosevelt has used the language Sims suggested in requesting the Navy Department organize target practice for the ships, and would like to have Sims present when it takes place on September 4. Roosevelt is pleased to hear what Sims says about the improvement in naval marksmanship, as well as the reasons he gives for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-21
President Roosevelt tells Lieutenant-Commander Sims that “now and then I feel a little cast down and gloomy about things,” and that receiving letters likes Sims’s does him good. He commends Sims on the progress that has been made in naval accuracy, and says that he does not worry about potential foreign trouble so long as the Navy is well maintained. He was interested in Sims’s comparison of the work the United States Navy is doing with that done by Great Britain, and asks if Sims knows about similar work by Germany or Japan. Roosevelt would like to see an example of the naval target practice at an upcoming review of the fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-07
President Roosevelt praises Lieutenant Commander Sims for the work he has done to advance the Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-02
President Roosevelt congratulates Lieutenant-Commander Sims on his engagement to Anne Hitchcock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
President Roosevelt thanks Commander Sims for writing him about marksmanship, and is pleased with the improvement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-14
President Roosevelt asks Lieutenant Commander Sims what he thinks about battleships having twelve-inch guns and fourteen-pounders with nothing in between, as Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans suggests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-05
President Roosevelt thought Lieutenant Commander Sims’s article was interesting. Roosevelt has had men tell him that they have killed antelope at a distance of 800 yards.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-29
President Roosevelt believes Lieutenant Sims is too pessimistic about the quality of American naval vessels. However, he prefers that Sims believe the United States Navy to be not good enough rather than too good. Roosevelt thanks Sims for the useful suggestions for improvement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-25
Constien, Edward T. (Edward Theodore), 1875-1949
Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936
English
Theodore Roosevelt praises Captain Sims’ paper. Roosevelt discusses a recent engineering article he published at Sims’ direction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt tells Captain Sims he will ask Henry Reuterdahl for help with Sims’ letter. Roosevelt asks Sims to review a portion of an enclosed speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt and explain the declaration made in it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-10