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President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about a day walking and swimming with the French ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, General Thomas Henry Barry, and Philip Battell Stewart. Roosevelt says Edith’s leg has improved and he likes his new horse Audrey. Roosevelt’s rate bill is nearly through and his next fight is the canal bill.
1906-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Senator Wainwright and asks him to write on behalf of General Barry regarding the enclosed papers.
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1911-07-14
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Richard Campbell’s letter and will see Judge Sherman Moreland as soon as possible. He wants to go over the situation with Campbell. Roosevelt does not think the Republicans intend to nominate them and hopes the candidate “will be the antithesis” of President Woodrow Wilson.
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1916-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt comments on a recent article he wrote and provides his opinion on instances where a country, particularly the United States and France, force military service on individuals that are only nominally citizens, such as a child of French parents who happened to be born in the United States.
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1915-06-01
President Roosevelt thanks Edward Brandegee, a family friend, for alerting him to the Walla Walla matter in a previous letter. Roosevelt regrets that Brandegee and his wife, Mary Brandegee, will be unable to attend the reception. Roosevelt is grateful for the Brandegees’ kindness to his son, Kermit Roosevelt, and expresses concern that the upcoming African safari will disrupt Kermit’s time at Harvard. Roosevelt appreciates Brandegee’s kind words regarding the end of his presidency and also attaches letters of introduction to Thomas Henry Barry, U.S. Army General, and Edwin V. Morgan, Minister to Cuba.
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1909-02-17
President Roosevelt requests that the Army War College focus on better organization and training for army pack trains, insisting that there should be at least one full pack train with every squadron of cavalry. He suggests looking to the work of General Leonard Wood, Hugh Lenox Scott, and Henry W. Daly in the Philippines, and General Thomas Henry Barry in Cuba for examples of pack train organization.
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1909-02-08
President Roosevelt regards Thomas Henry Barry very highly, and gave him the Brigadier Generalship that he currently holds. He tells Juliet Lamont that he is not sure, however, if he can promote him to Major General.
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1908-03-10
President Roosevelt explains to Wyoming Senator Warren the reasons he nominated Lieutenant Colonel Wotherspoon to be Brigadier General. He explains that Wotherspoon is actually behind the date he would have received his promotion if lineal promotions had prevailed. Wotherspoon has also efficiently served in many officer positions and has received high recommendations throughout his years of service. Even though there were others ahead of him, Roosevelt thinks the best officers are appointed on merit rather than just seniority.
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1907-12-18
President Roosevelt explains to Senator Proctor why he chose Captain Benjamin Alvord to be promoted to Assistant Chief of the Record and Pension Office. Roosevelt personally wanted to appoint his friend John H. Parker, while Proctor suggested Eugene Frederick Ladd. However, in order to avoid the appearance of favoritism, Roosevelt asked Secretary of War William H. Taft to have the general staff evaluate all the candidates and make a recommendation.
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1905-03-31
President Roosevelt quotes a flattering letter from Governor General of the Philippines William H. Taft regarding Secretary of War Root and his handling of the War Department. Roosevelt also provides instructions for the promotion of several officers.
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1903-07-17
President Roosevelt reviews upcoming appointments and promotions in the War Department.
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1903-07-14
General Wotherspoon thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the note. He wrote Roosevelt concerning his wish to send a personal message to Emperor of Germany William II and on the subject of air machines. Wotherspoon will convey Roosevelt’s message to the Emperor with pleasure.
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1911-08-22
General Wotherspoon received Theodore Roosevelt’s letters from General Thomas Henry Barry regarding personal messages to German Emperor William II about airplanes. He would have visited Roosevelt before sailing to discuss the matter but will explain Roosevelt’s intentions to the Emperor. Wotherspoon is particularly interested in the military use of airplanes and will have his paper on the subject sent to Roosevelt. He will share his observations of the airplane maneuvers upon his return in October.
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1911-08-17
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright tells Theodore Roosevelt that the New York State Senate passed General Thomas Henry Barry’s bill on the last day of the session. Wainwright returns Barry’s letter to Roosevelt.
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1911-07-24
Senator Wainwright received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and enclosures related to the bill that interests General Thomas Henry Barry. Wainwright will look up the matter and write to Barry as Roosevelt suggested. He remembers serving under Barry in 1904 at the Manassas maneuvers.
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1911-07-17
Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon discusses with President Roosevelt the necessity of issuing government bonds in Cuba to fund the continuation of sanitation and public works as initiated by the provisional government.
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1908-08-31
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge thanks President Roosevelt for the tickets to the Chicago Convention that he sent to her and her husband.
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1908-05-12
As he prepares to leave Cuba, Herman Speck von Sternburg gives President Roosevelt detail about his visit there and his impressions of things he has seen. Overall, Sternburg says, conditions on the island were better than he expected, and he was very impressed by some of the military training and drills that he saw while he was there. He recommends leaving several departments of the Cuban military and government with strong advisers when the United States eventually ceases to have a provisional government in Cuba.
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1908-03-11
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that, based on his service record, Brigadier General William Penn Duvall should succeed Major General William Spencer McCaskey.
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1907-08-16
In a confidential telegram to President Roosevelt, Secretary of War Taft expresses his concern that General Frederick Funston is not the right commander for the job in Cuba. The Cuban rebels do not respond to Funston. They need a more diplomatic leader like General James Franklin Bell.
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1906-10-03