Report

Henry G. Sharpe explains the reasoning behind his earlier recommendations for modifying the Army’s supply and provision standards. Following his suggestions would help the United States prepare for war during a time of peace. Reorganizing the administration would assign clear responsibility for the work of various supply units onto one chief of the bureau, and his suggested changes for the field would help ensure the mobility and comfort of the troops.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

A report details the structures of the British, French, and German Armies. The report discusses topics such as departments, divisions, duties, promotion and retirement, recruitment, organizational structure, and more.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

The report provides the figures rail carriers provide to the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing all casualties including passengers, employees, trespassers, and any other persons. The statistics are broken down based on these groupings and the cause of the accident, and used to calculate how many passenger-miles were traveled for each person injured or killed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-24

The Department of the Treasury has tabulated the government’s expenses and sources of income for the fiscal years 1902 through June 30, 1907, including surpluses and deficits. The figures are categorized based on the source of revenue or type of expenditure.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-24

Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent presents statistical information on the Japanese immigrants admitted to the United States since March 26, 1907. These monthly statistics are divided into subsets based on entry point location and occupations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

The Department of the Navy provides a list of commissioned vessels and their current stations. An additional section details ships under construction and projected completion dates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

The Committee on Permanent Organization of the League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs of California describes the organization, officers, and subcommittees that will make up the organization, and the duties and responsibilities of each.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-01

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-29

Creator(s)

Reynolds, James Bronson, 1861-1924

Language

English

A list of people appointed to various civil service positions by executive order, including the pertinent details of many cases.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-31

At the direction of the Joint Army and Navy Board, William Sowden Sims compares the methods used by the Army and Navy to aim and shoot heavy artillery. The report examines the relative efficiency of the gunnery methods of the two services, and concludes that the Army method is expensive, complicated, and unreliable, while the Navy method is much more reliable.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07

Leonard Wood provides his interpretation and addresses criticism of General Orders 16 and 44, concerning marches and training in the Philippines Division. Wood argues that hard work in the Philippine climate is possible and necessary rather than harmful, drawing examples from his experience in Cuba. Modifications of the orders for the climate include not marching under the midday sun, and lightening the equipment required for training exercises. Wood underlines the necessity of the the “cheerful cooperation of officers” in carrying out training. Wood concludes that the idea that Americans will not endure the “severe training” needed to prepare them for combat in the Philippines is dangerous, not to be tolerated, and should be grounds for elimination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-01

Major General Wood reports on the condition of the United States Army in the Philippines for the year ending June 30, 1907, and makes recommendations for its improvement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-30

An unknown writer reports on the conference of Republican editors of the Eleventh Congressional District held in Logansport, Indiana, on May 10. The conference topics included the outcomes of the General Assembly, newspapers that act in their own interests and not that of the Republican Party, and candidates for the presidential nomination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-14

This report notes actions taken by Senator Benjamin R. Tillman regarding western land grants. Tillman introduced a resolution calling on President Roosevelt to communicate with the Senate, but failed to specify particular areas of land he was concerned with. Senator Charles William Fulton later reported a substitute resolution, which specifies the areas in question. Relevant pages of the Congressional Record containing remarks by Tillman and Fulton are noted for reference purposes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-04

This report details a number of proposals for developing the Elkhorn Ranch site as a part of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Following a brief description of the site’s history and reasoning for the site’s preservation, plans for the development of the site are described, to make the area accessible and understandable to visitors. Maps and photographs are included along with the text.

Collection

Midwest Archeological Center

Creation Date

1956-11

Forest Inspector Peavy reports on the Pinnacles Rocks in California, giving a description of their physical characteristics and the surrounding area. Peavy recommends setting aside the area as a National Monument and having a mineralogist from the Geological Survey assess nearby mineral claims.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1907-09-09

This appendix provides a list of the various proclamations and acts regarding Pinnacles National Monument. Beneath each title, the document describes what effect it had on the Monument. The total acreage of the Monument, 16,257.57, appears at the bottom of the page.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1985

Regional Supervisor of Historic Sites Hagen provides a brief history of the area containing Pinnacles National Monument, tracing its history from the time of Spanish occupation of the region and the possible first discovery of the Pinnacle rock formations by Captain George Vancouver. While Hagen notes that there is some evidence of prehistoric occupation of the area, he says that it does not appear to have supported permanent populations, and in fact “received little attention until long after the American occupation of California.” He notes that the area is believed to have been used as a hide-out for outlaws at one point.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1941-04-28

Hero Eugene Rensch reports that the explorer Captain George Vancouver wrote the most about the Pinnacles in 1794, and that they were relatively undocumented from that time until Harold W. Fairbanks wrote about them in the 1890s. After 1900, local newspapers and tourism booklets mentioned the Pinnacles “as unusual wonders of nature.” It was David Starr Jordan, the President of Stanford University, taking an interest in the Pinnacles which spurred President Theodore Roosevelt to create Pinnacles National Monument.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1936-02-07

The National Park Service recommends designating areas of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park as wilderness. Their report also describes the wilderness preservation system and master plan policy for historical areas in the national park system, summarizes the preliminary wilderness proposal, and records the commentary generated from public hearings on the topic.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972-08