Taylor, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1845-1904

Creation Date

1903-10-02

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Taylor

President Roosevelt is pleased to hear the good news about the new systems on the ships Chicago and Panther and that with big guns the Navy is equal to the English. Roosevelt asks how they would compare to the Germans.

Collection

Creation Date

1903-09-15

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

President Roosevelt invites Admiral Taylor to Oyster Bay, New York. Roosevelt has also contacted Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody regarding what functions there should be when the president hosts the admirals of the fleet.

Collection

Creation Date

1903-08-01

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

President Roosevelt sends an enclosure from Captain Cowles and wishes the Navy Department the best of luck in promoting marksmanship. Roosevelt will soon be on a western trip and asks for Rear Admiral Taylor’s help with preventing newspaper men from making statements that could create enmity between the United States and foreign nations.

Collection

Creation Date

1903-03-28

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

President Roosevelt is impressed with William Sims’s letters and would like to discuss them with Rear-Admiral Taylor. Sims wrote about inefficiencies in naval training and equipment.

Collection

Creation Date

1902-04-22

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

President Roosevelt sends Rear Admiral Taylor a copy of the statement Taylor made regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt would like Taylor to alter the statement as he sees fit and return it for the President’s future reference.

Collection

Creation Date

1902-02-03

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

President Roosevelt asks Admiral Taylor for ideas to improve the Navy’s “gun pointing” and battleship design. Of the two topics, Roosevelt believes marksmanship to be the most important in fighting a war.

Collection

Creation Date

1901-12-27

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Collection

Creation Date

1898-01-03

Creator(s)

Recipient

Language

English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Collection

Creation Date

1897-12-21

Creator(s)

Recipient

Language

English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Collection

Creation Date

1897-06-28

Creator(s)

Recipient

Language

English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Collection

Creation Date

1897-06-25

Creator(s)

Recipient

Language

English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Collection

Creation Date

1897-06-24

Creator(s)

Recipient

Language

English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Captain Taylor he will try to take a few days to see him test the guns if his work schedule allows it. Roosevelt has submitted the staff plan to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long and is pleased with the readiness of the the USS Indiana that Taylor reports. Roosevelt recently wrote a report on the Porter to combat the exaggerations being reported in the newspapers.

Collection

Creation Date

1897-05-24

Creator(s)

Memorandum from Seaton Schroeder to H. C. Taylor

Naval Intelligence Officer Schroeder tells Admiral Taylor that there is no information on the position of forces beyond the “meagre facts on the chart.” A man was working on it but “the War Department has given it up as an impossibility.”

Collection

Schroeder, Seaton, 1849-1922

Creation Date

1904-05-20

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Taylor

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs H. C. Taylor that he will write to Cyrus Edwin Lothrop. He thinks the USS Yantic can be promised to the Naval Militia of the Lakes if the treaty does not prohibit it. Roosevelt will take the matter to the United States Department of State. He is glad that Taylor shares his views of the naval militia, which should be built up. Roosevelt talked to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long about having Taylor and William Thomas Sampson test the USS Indiana and Iowa.

Collection

Creation Date

1897-05-04

Creator(s)

Memorandum from William Swift to H. C. Taylor

Captain William Swift discusses for Rear Admiral Taylor the period of duty and training for officers, and mounts and sights.

Collection

Swift, William, 1848-1919

Creation Date

1904-04-02

Creator(s)

Letter from William Mayhew Folger to H. C. Taylor

Commander Folger writes concerning U.S. policy during the Russo-Japanese War and makes recommendations concerning military operations during the conflict.

Collection

Folger, William Mayhew, 1844-1928

Creation Date

1904-02-10

Creator(s)

Telegram from Henry Glass to H. C. Taylor

Admiral Glass recommends blockading Buenaventura and Tumaco in the event of hostilities with Colombia. The Colombian gunboat Bogota should be captured or destroyed. Each port could be closed with a single vessel and small vessels could patrol between San Miguel Bay and Tumaco.

Collection