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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-15
Theodore Roosevelt tells Dan T. Moore that he would accept his invitation if he was going to the Spanish War Veterans’ Reunion, but he is not. He particularly wants to see the field artillery practices and thinks it is fine that Moore was put in charge of the new field artillery school as it is a valuable and interesting service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
President Roosevelt sends Captain Dan T. Moore’s letter to Secretary of War Wright. Moore, who is in Germany, would like official permission from the State Department to extend his detail there to take an artillery shooting course. Roosevelt believes this will benefit the service as a whole and asks if Wright can secure the permission for Moore to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-09
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft to have John P. Story, Chief of Artillery, submit a report to the General Staff regarding the separation of coast and field artillery, the best way to accomplish this task, and related goals including training, drills, and examination for officers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft about information he received regarding Russian artillery and asks what steps have been taken to practice and develop artillery in the United States Army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
Alban B. Butler discusses with Theodore Roosevelt the potential of the Artillery School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Butler shares his concerns about the Dan T. Moore having instructors under him who outrank him, a situation which can lead to “petty strife” or potentially insubordination. Butler believes that this issue can be be avoided if Moore is promoted, and asks if Roosevelt would send a letter to General Leonard Wood and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who will be visiting Fort Sill, asking them to address this situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-30
Dan T. Moore, cousin of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, has heard that Theodore Roosevelt will be attending a reunion of Spanish American War veterans in Oklahoma City, not too distant from where he is currently stationed. Moore invites Roosevelt to come visit for a day or two, and offers to arrange a demonstration of field artillery practice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-03
Lieutenant-Commander Sims reports on experimental target practice of battleships and advances in understanding the requirements for battle firing. Key to the success rate was fixing problems with the gun sights, and the skill, earned through practice, of the officers in controlling the fire of the guns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-01
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07
Summary and review of the French military maneuvers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20