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Theodore Roosevelt informs Ambassador Sharp of Gouverneur Morris’s “honor and his good sense” and his desire to present the French case before the American people. Roosevelt states that all French civil and military officers who help him will be rendering a service to their country. Roosevelt also mentions Morris’s ancestry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-03
General Wheaton does not want to retire until required to do so by law. General Chaffee has stated that he would like Wheaton to stay in the Philippines until next spring. Everything is looking well in the Philippines and they will be able to concentrate troops after the rainy season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Print shows the dream of an “Anti-Expansionist” where Admiral George Dewey, General Elwell S. Otis, a sailor, and a soldier come ashore in the Philippines to offer their weapons and the American flag in surrender to Emilio Aguinaldo and a poorly armed, ragged, but haughty, group of Filipinos.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-04-19
Print shows Uncle Sam, John Bull, and a crowd of spectators looking at seven French military officers standing and sitting in stocks. The latter are labeled “Zurlinden, Du Paty de Clam, Gonse, Roget, Mercier, Boisdeffre, [and] Esterhazy.” These officers were responsible for the conviction, and re-conviction, of Alfred Dreyfus for the charge of treason (he was ultimately exonerated).
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-10-18
Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia observing from a viewing stand on the right and a group of American military officers observing from a viewing stand on the left, a small group of elderly men parading with a banner showing a portrait of Emilio Aguinaldo labeled “Aguinaldo Our Hero.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-11-22
A dejected soldier sits at a train station beneath a sign that states “Trains Leave Every Hour for Fort Tombstone Fort Lonesome Fort Scalp’em and all Western Army Outposts” and near another sign that states “Special Accommodations for Transferred Army Officers,” with an infant on his lap and his traveling orders labeled “Ordered to go West Secy. Endicott” between his knees. His extended family of wife, mother-in-law(?), children’s nanny, and several rambunctious children accompany him. In the lower right foreground is a valise labeled “Major Dunerfull.” Caption: The effect of government reform on a military man of quiet domestic ambitions.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt tells Captain McCoy that if the United States enters the war and he is allowed to raise a division, he would like to have McCoy as Chief of Staff with a rank of Colonel, which would probably be the most important position under him.
1915-06-22
If the United States is drawn into the war, Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Congress will authorize him to raise a cavalry division. He gives an overview of how he conceives of the division’s organization and would like Captain McCoy to serve as Chief of Staff. Roosevelt has several potential officers in mind but wants to consult with McCoy. It might be difficult to raise the division if there is only war with Mexico.
1915-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt provides advice on what James Russell Parsons should do to become an officer in the military. Kermit Roosevelt is sailing on Saturday, and Quentin Roosevelt, now a first lieutenant in the Aviation Corps, is leaving next week.
1917-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt offers advice on the training and enlistment of Frances Theodora Parsons’s son, James Russell Parsons. Archibald Roosevelt was recently injured by a shell and awarded the Croix de guerre by the French.
1918-03-15
If Theodore Roosevelt is allowed to raise a division for military service, he would be pleased to enroll Major Shipton.
1916-07-19
Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Richard Derby have returned home after a month’s absence. Edith Roosevelt Derby was christened last Sunday and Theodore Roosevelt represented Archibald Roosevelt as godfather. Mr. Monroe is “behaving admirably” but wants to get to the front. Roosevelt wishes his son a happy twentieth birthday. William Sheffield Cowles hopes to join the armed forces in March and Roosevelt thinks that Cowles should join the Marines.
1917-11-09
President Roosevelt limits himself to only appointing the sons of regular army and navy officers. He has refused all applications for grandsons, nephews, and adopted sons.
1905-03-23
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt escorted the newly commissioned John Jacob Astor to see Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Secretary of the Interior Bliss, and President William McKinley. Roosevelt is doing the “exasperating work” of moving arms and equipment around the usual delays. It will be a few days before he can join Leonard Wood for military service with the 1st Volunteer Cavalry.
1898-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to help Mr. Currier acquire a commission. He helped Kermit Roosevelt with his commission because Kermit has years of experience in Africa and South America that made him suitable for service in Mesopotamia. He suggests that Currier contact General Kuhn at the War College or attempt to join the Air Corps.
1917-08-08
A “Naval Line Officer” crashes through a window at the “White House” where he has been booted out. A small dog observes from the ground.
Since Theodore Roosevelt’s late college days, when he commenced work on his first major book — still a standard reference work — The Naval War of 1812, he took an active interest in the American Navy and the influence of sea power on world history (as per the title of his friend Captain A. T. Mahan’s influential book). During his service as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897-1898), he effected improvements and sent the fleet to Manila when war was declared on Spain. At the end of his presidency, Roosevelt famously sent the painted white “Great Fleet” on a circumnavigational cruise.
List of items sent to Colonel Thomas Henry Barry at the request of President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
President Roosevelt tells the writer Edward Sandford Martin that “that boy” has the right stuff to be an army officer. As much as Roosevelt wishes he was that young and had a whole life ahead of him, he is having as good a time now as he ever had.
1905-12-22
Rear Admiral Coghlan clarifies that the USS Atlanta did not land armed forces on Colombian territory. The only time American officers with swords went ashore was at the invitation of Colombian generals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-25
Partial newspaper article pointing out that Generals Wesley Merritt, John Rutter Brooke, and Elwell Stephen Otis received eulogistic orders upon their retirement, against army regulations. General Nelson Appleton Miles did not receive similar orders and the War Department’s explanation is that Merritt, Brooke, and Otis retired from “immediate active service in the field.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08