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President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he is glad that the cavalry march and chicken shoot went well. Roosevelt details various happenings in the family for Kermit, and wishes him well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-06
President Roosevelt thought the letter Fitzhugh Lee sent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was very interesting. He is pleased that the French officers are accepting Lee, and believes it is because of Lee’s willingness to work hard and do his duty. Roosevelt comments on a recent hike in Rock Creek Park he took with a number of Generals, and sends Lee some amusing pictures that were drawn afterwards of it. The Roosevelt family had a pleasant Christmas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-26
Several graduates from the French cavalry school at Saumur are now training horsemanship at West Point and the Mounted Service School. Now that the French system is being taught at the Mounted Service School, President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Wright to issue orders allowing graduates from that school to train men at their posts and regiments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26
President Roosevelt would like the cavalry to practice a charge that culminates with the cavalry riding home and hitting dummies. Roosevelt believes that the training should not only emphasize peace maneuvers that end with “the horse either halted or shied off from the man supposed to be charged.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-08
President Roosevelt is greatly interested in Captain Mott’s article and sent a copy of it to the general staff.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-11
President Roosevelt encloses an article on French Cavalry by Captain Mott. Roosevelt would like the general staff’s opinion on Mott’s conclusions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-11
President Roosevelt agrees with Herman Speck von Sternburg’s positions on mounted infantry. He believes cavalry forces should constitute a larger portion of standing armies and that modern cavalry troops must posses far greater skill than “the old-style cavalryman.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-09
Frank Ross McCoy relates to President Roosevelt that Captain Herbert H. Sargent read him a letter “from an officer of standing who was…on Kettle Hill, and who takes exception” to the statement that Roosevelt and General Samuel S. Sumner led the charge. McCoy requests Roosevelt send Sargent a copy of George M. Barber’s journal account of the event as supporting evidence. Wishing Roosevelt could experience it, McCoy describes military camp life at Fort Riley. He attests that Edgar Alexander Mearns is a valuable asset for the Africa trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-18
As authorized by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Army Chief of Staff General Leonard Wood issues general orders regarding three issues. The first item concerns the sentence of James Huston. The second item is a notice that paragraphs 2 and 3 of General Orders, No. 186 issued by the War Department have been rescinded and substituted with the listed statements regarding the equitation training of officers at a mounted commands school, which is part of the prescribed garrison training. The third item advises that Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh has designated the City National Bank of Galveston, Texas, to succeed the Galveston National Bank for disbursing funds related to the War Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-24