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Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent answers William Loeb’s request that a report regarding Japanese movement into and out of the United States be prepared for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-27
It appears that President Wilson is drifting into war with Mexico without any preparations. Theodore Roosevelt hopes to raise a division and will stop being a critic once in uniform. Roosevelt wants to serve and be a public example of service even if the division is used to further the political goals of Wilson and the Democratic Party. Sending the National Guard to the border was a mistake that allowed the “hardships of war” without the “benefits of efficient war.” Many families are suffering as their men patrol the border.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt tells Brigadier General Greenway his plan is “absolutely right.” There is a remote possibility the United States will engage in a war with Germany, and if there is a war with Mexico, Roosevelt will not go if it can be honorably avoided. Roosevelt believes that the United States should cut off the importation of warms into Mexico, put militia on the Mexican border, and trust the regular army to handle the work of conquest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-07-08