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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Leonard Wood for his kindness and encloses a note and checks for McCoy. He assures Wood that Roswell is in great shape and Ethel “is simply loving him.”
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1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt has received his horse Roswell, and asks Major General Leonard Wood to thank Frank Ross McCoy for his part in sending him. Roosevelt’s daughter, Ethel Roosevelt, is looking forward to riding Roswell. Roosevelt enjoyed seeing Wood recently, and looks forward to when Wood is able to visit and play tennis.
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1911-06-13
Theodore Roosevelt invites General Wood and his wife to come visit him in Oyster Bay when they are in the area.
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1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt forwards a letter to Major General Wood related to desertion from the military. Roosevelt discusses the punishment which is appropriate for desertion in times of war and in times of peace, and asks Wood to look into the case.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt invites Major-General and Louise Wood to visit him after April 16. Roosevelt writes that he looks forward to a game of tennis and conversation with Wood.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt sends Leonard Wood a letter from David Banks Sickels on behalf of Cornelius Higgins and asks him to meet with the latter.
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1911-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt asks Major-General Wood to help Emerson Hough purchase a modern Springfield Armory rifle.
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1916-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt tells General Wood that his M1903 Springfield rifle is worn out and asks if, given he used to be Commander-in-Chief, the Army could make him a rifle of the newest model but with the same stock, sights, and trigger-pull specifications. He offers to send his old rifle so they know its exact specifications. He also asks that the rifle be fitted to fire U.M.C. 172 gr. cartridges.
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1915-11-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks General Wood for his letter, and encourages him not to engage in any controversy regarding a matter involving Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison in which Roosevelt believes the public opinion is with Wood. Roosevelt attempts to arrange communication between Wood and Frances Kellor of the National Americanization Committee. According to Roosevelt, Kellor is hoping Wood can recommend people for a national defense association related to her committee.
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1915-09-02
Theodore Roosevelt hopes General Wood will accept D. T. Abercrombie into the Plattsburg Camp, a private military preparedness camp to prepare upper-class college graduates for service as officers. Roosevelt assures Wood that although Abercrombie is 49 he is more able than many younger men.
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1915-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks General Wood for his letter, letting him know that Edith Roosevelt is recovering. Roosevelt informs Wood that he will visit him at Governor’s Island, New York, after Roosevelt returns from Syracuse. Roosevelt shares Wood’s alarm and disgust over the situation. Roosevelt is pleased to hear his sons Archibald and Quentin Roosevelt will be attending the Plattsburg Camps, private military training encampments established in Plattsburg, New York, to prepare young, upper-class college graduates for officer positions in the United States Army.
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1915-05-03
Theodore Roosevelt tells General Wood that he looks forward to receiving copies of Scientific American. Roosevelt shares a statistic he learned from General McCoskry Butt, namely that most Civil War soldiers were under 25. Roosevelt gleans from this that older men are useless unless they are trained. Roosevelt further complains that states that support President Wilson in military unpreparedness are the most warlike and the most likely to antagonize a nation into war. He cites how California insults Japan for example.
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1915-03-03
Theodore Roosevelt asks Major General Wood to review an enclosed letter.
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1915-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt asks General Wood for any copies of reports he has written about the general preparedness of Army and the creation of an Army Reserve.
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1914-12-10
Theodore Roosevelt will read the report that General Leonard Wood sent with interest as he enjoyed General Emory Upton’s book.
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1912-12-03
President Roosevelt introduces General Wood to William Sikamith, whom he has been boxing with and whose physical regimen he admires. Roosevelt hopes that Wood will allow Sikamith to demonstrate his exercise system.
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1909-02-20
President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of Leonard Wood’s letter but cannot make any promises about getting Delgado’s claim through.
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1909-02-21
President Roosevelt compliments Gary and thanks Major General Wood for calling attention to him.
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1909-01-07
President Roosevelt thanks Major General Wood for the holiday wishes, and wishes him a happy New Year.
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1908-12-26
President Roosevelt tells Major General Wood that while he wishes he could accept the invitation to an upcoming dinner, he must decline. Roosevelt does not wish to attend any dinners before leaving for Africa–even one held by his old regiment, the Rough Riders. He will be attending professional lunches in connection with his upcoming work at The Outlook, but will not be attending any other events.
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1908-12-16