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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ian Hamilton

President Roosevelt has read over Lieutenant General Hamilton’s two volumes again and complements Hamilton on his description of the Japanese army. Roosevelt describes a conversation he had with Tamemoto Kuroki about the superiority of guns over bayonets. Roosevelt notes that Kuroki and Kuroki’s aide like Hamilton’s work. He gives his impression of Kuroki. Roosevelt sends pictures of him jumping a horse named Roswell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt gives Secretary of War Taft his thoughts on several weapons used in the military, saying especially that he believes “that ramrod bayonet about as poor an invention as I ever saw.” Roosevelt wishes officers could carry rifles, but if they must carry swords, Roosevelt believes “it ought to be a sword that can do damage.” Roosevelt also requests the opinions of Captain Peyton Conway March and officers in the Philippines about bayonets and swords.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from E. Parmly Brown to Theodore Roosevelt

E. Parmly Brown sends President Roosevelt two of his inventions which he believes will be useful during Roosevelt’s African trip. The first is an inflatable pocket life preserver. The second is a needle pointed bayonet which Brown believes will be effective against even the toughest wild animals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-02

Creator(s)

Brown, E. Parmly (Eleazer Parmly), 1846-1916

Letter from Ian Hamilton to Theodore Roosevelt

General Hamilton commends President Roosevelt for his tact with handling San Francisco’s challenges to the Gentlemen’s agreement with Japan. He discusses different forms of combat. He believes that Japanese and Russian soldiers are more prone to fight in hand-to-hand combat, while superior soldiers rely on firearms. Hamilton relays his opinion of Captain Tanaka and Tamemoto Kuroki, and Japanese men more broadly. Hamilton was happy to see the photographs of Roosevelt riding his horse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-11

Creator(s)

Hamilton, Ian, 1853-1947

Letter from James Franklin Bell to Theodore Roosevelt

James Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, writes to President Roosevelt regarding an article by Captain Soloviev, and discusses the importance of infantry and bayonet use in battles. Bell also refers to other observations from Japanese and Russian battles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-10

Creator(s)

Bell, James Franklin, 1856-1919

The great American retreat

“The trusts” marches forward while holding a gun with bayonet fixed as he follows a trail of footprints and dropped weapons and clothing, including pince-nez glasses. President Roosevelt hides behind a rock and holds a sign that reads, “I surrender.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-12

Creator(s)

DeMar, John L., 1865-1926

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Adna Romanza Chaffee

President Roosevelt warns Lieutenant General Chaffee, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, that the Army should be wary of adopting too many methods of the Japanese army simply because of its recent success against the Russians. Roosevelt believes in particular its emphasis on bayonet practice would not fit the American military. Its arrangements in terms of quartermasters and commissaries, however, are admirable, and he encourages Chaffee to organize plans for embarking and provisioning an army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A pretty tough mouthful to swallow

Print shows the British Lion, wearing a helmet, circling around Paul Kruger who looks like a South African porcupine, his back covered with bayonets. The Lion finds Kruger unapproachable.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-10-11

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Celestial wrath

Startled French soldiers in rice paddies confront an angry blazing sun rimmed with cannon barrels and bayonets, and stating “Population 500,000,000.” Signs labeled “Malaria, Disease, [and] Fever,” as well as Chinese soldiers also face them. Caption: China – “I will make it HOT for you!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-09-12

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. instructing bayonet drill

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. instructing men during bayonet drill at military training camp in Plattsburgh, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1915-1916

Creator(s)

Unknown