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Captain Dickson returns to President Roosevelt his rifle, and notifies Roosevelt that he will test some new bullets for him using service muskets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt provides a satisfactory report on the short pointed army bullets that William Crozier had asked Roosevelt to try on his hunting trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-31
Senator Lodge is right about the dates for Hieron I, but President Roosevelt said Hieron II ruled 50 years after Alexander the Great. Roosevelt is excited to see the Philistis coin. He encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Chairman Francis E. Warren along with Chief of Ordnance William Crozier’s findings concerning the presence of antimony in the chemical analysis of various bullets issued by the army at the time of the Brownsville Affair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-15
President Roosevelt informs Senator Warren about Colonel Frank Heath’s reports concerning the presence of antimony in bullets manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge company and those recovered from the Brownsville Affair. It is possible all of the company’s bullets used by the army at the time of the shooting may have antimony present. These findings invalidate Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s argument.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-15
George Bullock encloses a patent for a bullet. Bullock and the patent owners would like to know what Theodore Roosevelt thinks of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-20
Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Crozier encloses a letter to Acting Secretary of War Oliver from Colonel Frank Health, the Commanding Officer of Frankford Arsenal, about the presence of antimony in the .30 caliber ball cartridge from 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-14
A report consisting of communications between Major General Crozier, Frankford Arsenal Commander Captain Heath, and chemist William J. Williams of the Ordnance Department. The report describes findings related to the chemical composition of bullets distributed and used by the Ordnance Department to compare to the bullets found on site in the aftermath of the Brownsville Affair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-07
Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Crozier requests that Frankford Arsenal Commander Heath ask Alexander Cassels, formerly acting assistant to the inspector of ordnance at the Union Metallic Cartridge company, to provide any information he might have about the use of antimony in the construction of their bullets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-09
Colonel Heath, Commander of Frankford Arsenal, informs Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Crozier that antimony is not used in bullet cores constructed at the Frankford Arsenal. He has no Union Metallic cartridges on hand, but he has a record of their chemical analysis from May 1906 which shows their bullet cores being 8.36% antimony. Since the Union Metallic Company Cartridges were sent directly from the company’s manufacturer to Watervilet Arsenal, Heath suggests performing a chemical analysis of those bullets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-09
Senator Warren, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, requests Secretary of War Taft to provide the committee with information about the bullets used for Springfield rifles. The committee wants to know if the government performs chemical analyses of bullets or materials to create bullets sold to the government, if the Union Metallic Cartridge Company preserves records of their chemical analyses, and if he has any information on the ingredients and percentages of materials used to fabricate bullets from manufacturers other than the government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-10
Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Crozier forwards the information he received regarding the presence of antimony in bullets manufactured or distributed by Frankford Arsenal to Acting Secretary of War Oliver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-11
Colonel Heath delivers the results of the requested quantitative analysis of the two different ball cartridges manufactured at the Frankford Arsenal. He reports that antimony is nearly always present in commercial lead and tin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-12
On behalf of Chief of Ordnance William Crozier, Acting Chief of Ordnance Thompson sends Senator Warren, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, five 0.30 caliber ball cartridges from the 1903 model. Thompson believes Warren would like ammunition from this model manufactured in December 1905 or January 1906. He describes developments in composition of the bullet core of the 1903 model since its original manufacture, and has requested samples of ammunition made closer to the requested time period. Upon receipt, he will forward those bullet models to Warren immediately.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-05
Brigadier General Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, provides Senator Foraker, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, with a description of the manufacturing history of jacketed .30 caliber bullets for small arms.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-06
Colonel Heath of the Frankford Arsenal reports to Chief of Ordnance General Crozier that Alexander S. Cassels inspected finished bullets for the Union Metallic Cartridge Company but paid no attention to their composition or whether antimony was used. Heath directs attention to the chemical analysis report from January 1, 1906, that shows Union Metallic Cartridge Company bullets contained antimony.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-10