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Memorandum for reply to letter from Senator Lodge

Memorandum for reply to letter from Senator Lodge

Navy Department Chief of the Bureau of Equipment Cowles outlines the situation regarding the transfer of coal for Senator Lodge. The Navy Department used to accept coal shipments from American vessels to Pacific ports under the coastwise shipping laws, but it was unsustainable due to rates and foreign markets. In response to the issue, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy Edward Hale Campbell ruled that President Roosevelt had the authority to charter foreign vessels. Cowles lists the American vessels that were chartered. Allegations have been made that the Navy illegally selected foreign vessels, hurting American shipping, and Cowles gives examples to refute these claims. For the remainder of the voyage of the Fleet, the department intends to utilize American vessels as often as possible, but the necessary coal will have to come in foreign bottoms.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-05

Creator(s)

Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923

Letter from A. N. Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from A. N. Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

A. N. Williams asks President Roosevelt for a decision on whether an executive order applies to the ship keepers working for the Navy. Williams has already applied to several others within the Navy and has received rulings that treat the ship keepers differently than other government employees. He requests that if the ship keepers must work on these days that they be allowed overtime pay as set forth in Roosevelt’s executive order.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-20

Creator(s)

Williams, A. N.

Memorandum from Augustus C. Wrenn to Victor Howard Metcalf

Memorandum from Augustus C. Wrenn to Victor Howard Metcalf

Augustus C. Wrenn reports to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf on coal contract bids for fleets at sea in South America and the Caribbean. Wrenn provides a detailed cost analysis for several ports and companies, along with recommendations and analysis for which contracts the Department of the Navy has accepted. Wrenn requests Metcalf’s attention on an issue regarding logistics and taxation discussed by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-17

Creator(s)

Wrenn, Augustus C. (Augustus Cantor), 1869-1937

Memorandum from William S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf

Memorandum from William S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf

William S. Cowles sends Secretary of the Navy Newberry comments on two letters from the Merchant Marine League. The League maintains that by chartering foreign vessels to transport coal to ports on the Pacific Coast, the United States has damaged merchant shipping without appreciating the true effect such an action has. Cowles relays the details and allegations the League submits for consideration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Creator(s)

Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923

Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Victor Howard Metcalf

Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Victor Howard Metcalf

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry requests Secretary of the Navy Metcalf’s approval to ship coal from the east coast of the United States to Honolulu, Puget Sound, and Mare Island using foreign vessels. The freight charges from American ships are “unreasonable” and only the president is authorized to approve such a request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-28

Creator(s)

Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945

Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf

Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf

Chief of the Navy Bureau of Equipment Cowles requests additional shipments of coal be sent to the Naval Stations at Honolulu, Puget Sound, and Mare Island. Because of the unstable market for British coal, prices are now “exhorbitant” [sic]. The options are to either pay these inflated rates, thereby supporting a foreign coal and a foreign shipping industry, or waive the statute requiring military coal shipments to be sent only by American ships and have foreign ships send American coal from the east coast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-28

Creator(s)

Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923

Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt

Surgeon General of the Navy, Presley Marion Rixey, writes to President Roosevelt while he is in transit to Honolulu with Governor Carter. The ship is half full because of the recent earthquake and fire in San Francisco, but Rixey is confident that the city will soon recover. Rixey also informs Roosevelt that he has studied the naval station at Yerba Buena and will be making a full report on needed sanitary reforms shortly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-29

Creator(s)

Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928