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Brigadier General George W. Davis includes a collection of telegrams to be read to the infantrymen. The telegrams congratulate them on their successful battle and outline the expected behaviors regarding the Moros.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-07
President Roosevelt advises General Dodge on which generals will become senior upon the retirement of G. L. Gillespie and George Morton Randall. He adds that following its conduct during the “Missouri accident,” he will not give the Army and Navy Journal authoritative statements of his positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-28
President Roosevelt tells Indiana State Senator Charles M. Kimbrough that he agrees General Frank Dwight Baldwin has many excellent qualities. Roosevelt promoted General Frank Dwight Baldwin to his present rank, but he cannot say if he will be able to promote him again at the present time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-02
Acting Secretary of War Oliver presents to President Roosevelt options for keeping General Leonard Wood on medical leave in the United States longer, suggesting possible temporary replacements for his station in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-28
Daniel Edgar Sickles supports George E. Randolph for appointment to postmastership in Colorado.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-05
General Chaffee, military governor of the Philippines, reports to General Henry Clark Corbin, adjutant general of the U.S. Army, regarding military movements ordered by Corbin. A number of troops are being sent home, leaving a little less than 20,000 in the Philippines. Of those who remain, as many as possible will be quartered near Manila, and a prison is being established on Maligi Island. Chaffee expects to receive the proceedings of the Gardener Board (called to investigate allegations of atrocities committed by American troops in the Philippines), and will forward them as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-01
Current difficulties with the Moro Rebellion center around Bacolod and Masiu. General Davis believes that these locations must be invested and captured to prevent future hostilities. Davis supports Brigadier General Baldwin’s request for a field mortar and asks for a “mule packing outfit” to transport the weapon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18