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Theodore Roosevelt writes to introduce Douglas Robinson to Aaron H. Appel, a member of the United States Army Medical Corps who is retiring after 30 years. Roosevelt can speak to Appel’s character.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a memorandum from Surgeon General Robert M. O’Reilly regarding the case of Army surgeon Aaron H. Appel, and personally opines that “Major Appel is a man whose presence in the Army is a detriment to it. He has been more trouble than all the other Surgeons in the Army put together.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
Governor Brodie writes to President Roosevelt regarding Major A. H. Appel, who is being retired from military service. Brodie explains what he knows of Appel’s service during the Spanish-American War and asks that he not be retired unless there is a reason it would benefit the service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-10