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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-08-27
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909
Commanding Officer of United States Forces in Tien Tsin
English
Lieutenant General Chaffee sends a map to President Roosevelt that details the Japanese troops’ positions at Port Arthur.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to the men who have volunteered for service in the firing lines during World War I to discuss his disappointment at being unable to join them, after President Wilson said Roosevelt could not reform the Rough Riders. Each man who was to be involved in the regiment can now join the military another way or serve his country in civil life. The funds that have been used for the regiment will be withdrawn and applied to another purpose. All four divisions would have sailed by September 1. Roosevelt challenges Wilson’s belief that the regiment would have only had a political impact and not contributed to the success of the war.
1917-05-20
General Nelson Appleton Miles’s breach of military and official etiquette regarding service in the Philippines was successfully rebuked by Secretary of War Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-21
Brigadier General George W. Davis includes a collection of telegrams to be read to the infantrymen. The telegrams congratulate them on their successful battle and outline the expected behaviors regarding the Moros.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-07
General Brugère shares the date of his daughter’s upcoming marriage, reports that General Adna Romanza Chaffee discharged the commission entrusted to him, and passes along President Emile Loubet’s regards.
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1905-11-08
Second Inauguration of President Roosevelt
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-22
President and Mrs. Roosevelt with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, Thomas Lipton, Admiral George Dewey, C. Oliver Iselin, and Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee on the deck of the Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. The back of the stereograph gives an in-depth explanation of the circumstances of the photograph.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-08-17
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Root that General Nelson Appleton Miles is seeking an appointment to the Philippines so that he can stop the cruelties and brutalities of the Army against Filipinos, which are similar to what was done against the Native Americans. Roosevelt told Miles that Governor General William H. Taft and General Adna Romanza Chaffee would not benefit if Miles were sent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-18
Henry C. Merriam has repeatedly asked President Roosevelt to retire Major General Loyd Wheaton so that he can be promoted in his place. George B. Cortelyou sternly tells Merriam that he is not entitled to a promotion if someone else would have to be retired to his detriment in order for him to receive it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt tells Annie Frances Rockwell Chaffee that if he should be allowed to raise a division, he will try to have her son with him. He also compliments the photograph of her husband, son, and grandson.
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1916-07-04
President Roosevelt congratulates Robert B. Brown on his election as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He shares a humorous anecdote about General S. B. M. Young and General Adna Chaffee, showing the camaraderie that is built by the army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-21
President Roosevelt will get the issue of Nineteenth Century Review “at once.’ He tells Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge that he has already written to General Adna Romanza Chaffee about Richard Welling’s request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-20
President Roosevelt congratulates Henri Joseph Brugère on both his daughter’s marriage and on becoming a grandfather. He also sends his good wishes to French President Emile Loubet and says that General Adna Romanza Chaffee and his commission have had nothing but good things to say about how they were treated in France.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-24
President Roosevelt is pleased with the way that Ambassador Reid treated General Adna Romanza Chaffee, his wife Annie, and their associates.
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1905-11-03
President Roosevelt believes it would be useful if Captain Daniel Moore accompanied the delegation to the French maneuvers. He asks Secretary of War Taft to have General Adna Romanza Chaffee inquire of General John P. Story about Moore’s professionalism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-29
President Roosevelt explains to Senator Proctor why he chose Captain Benjamin Alvord to be promoted to Assistant Chief of the Record and Pension Office. Roosevelt personally wanted to appoint his friend John H. Parker, while Proctor suggested Eugene Frederick Ladd. However, in order to avoid the appearance of favoritism, Roosevelt asked Secretary of War William H. Taft to have the general staff evaluate all the candidates and make a recommendation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-31
While he has not authorized an official announcement, President Roosevelt informs John C. Bates that he had always intended to make him Lieutenant General after Adna Romanza Chaffee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-23
President Roosevelt is pleased with what Harry Teackle said about Leonard Wood, and wishes it could be published.
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1904-08-12
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to General Blackmar that he will be unable to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt has the greatest respect for those who fought for “the very life of the Nation” and agrees with former president William McKinley that their “patriotic spirit still animates the Republic.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06