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Record, Military
Special orders, no. 11
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-01-14
Creator(s)
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909
Language
English
Muster-in Roll of Theodore Roosevelt in the 1st Regiment of U. S. Volunteers
The muster-in roll appointing Theodore Roosevelt as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Volunteers, commanded by Col. Leonard Wood. The form is signed by Roosevelt.
Collection
Creation Date
1898-05-06
General Order No. 9
Orders for yearly “Gunnery Instruction.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1900-09-18
Artillery pracitce order
Instructions for conducting target practice with coast artillery for the commands taking part in the combined maneuvers in the artillery districts of Narragansett and New London.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-15
General orders no. 43
A list of officers and enlisted men who distinguished themselves in action in the Department of Mindanao.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-31
Special orders, no. 161
Extract from the official orders assigning Quentin Roosevelt to active duty with the Aviation section with the Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps. A stamped seal noted this is an official copy of the summons.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1917-07-13
Military record of Albert Leopold Mills
This document reports the significant moments in Albert Leopold Mills’s military career. Highlights include his extensive career as a military instructor, his involvement in campaigns against the Crow and Sioux, as well as the battles at Santiago and Las Guasimas in Cuba, and his receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Colonel John W. Vrooman reports in a letter to William Loeb, which encloses this document, that this copy represents what was contained within the “beautiful engrossed album containing nineteen parchment pages enclosed in a handsome leather cover.” The album was a souvenir at the Union League Club dinner celebrating General Mills on August 29, 1906.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-06
General orders no. 118
As authorized by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Army Chief of Staff General Leonard Wood issues general orders regarding three issues. The first item concerns the sentence of James Huston. The second item is a notice that paragraphs 2 and 3 of General Orders, No. 186 issued by the War Department have been rescinded and substituted with the listed statements regarding the equitation training of officers at a mounted commands school, which is part of the prescribed garrison training. The third item advises that Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh has designated the City National Bank of Galveston, Texas, to succeed the Galveston National Bank for disbursing funds related to the War Department.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-24
Report from Henry Glass to William H. Moody
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that all is quiet.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-12
Orders from Edward Davis
Edward Davis relays military orders concerning troop drills in the Philippines from General Leonard Wood.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-15
Roster of cavalry officers
Roster of cavalry officers of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry, including name and rank.
Collection
Creation Date
1898
Muster-In roll of John Campbell Greenway
Officers’ muster-in roll for John Campbell Greenway; including date of muster, rank, age, residence, and notes on promotions.
Collection
Creation Date
1898-09-06
Statement of the military history of Nathan B. Scott, corporal, sergeant, and commissary sergeant, 88th Ohio infantry
Summary of Senator Scott’s military service in the 88th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Records indicate the regiment did not see combat during Scott’s service and was primarily engaged with guarding prisoners of war in Ohio.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-23
Naval commission for Lieutenant Roscoe Spear
Officer’s commission appointing Roscoe Spear a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Collection
Creation Date
1902-05-08
Report from Henry Glass to William H. Moody
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody there is nothing to report.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-04
Orders from William H. Moody to Henry Glass
Secretary of the Navy Moody, under strict secrecy, informs Rear Admiral Glass that Chiriqui Lagoon is not part of the railroad strategy. Glass is to try to dissuade Colombian forces, through friendly means, from military actions that would harm the property interests of Americans.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-02
Report from Henry Glass to William H. Moody
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that he has relayed Moody’s questions to Joseph Bullock Coghlan. Glass thinks an attack via Titumati is possible. Panama is well covered by scouts.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-30
Memorandum from William H. Moody to Henry Glass
Secretary of the Navy Moody requests information from Rear Admiral Glass concerning which vessels are stationed where, and possible ways Colombian troops could move about in the region.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-27
Memorandum from H. C. Taylor to Henry Glass
Acting Secretary of the Navy Taylor orders a report from Rear Admiral Glass concerning disposition of U.S. and Panamanian forces to prevent a surprise attack on the Charges river.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-23