Your TR Source
It is President Roosevelt’s opinion that no officer should ever be surprised. If a detachment is surprised, the commanding officer should be tried by court-martial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
President Roosevelt returns George S. Terry’s letter to Leonard Eckstein Opdycke. Roosevelt is having the matter investigated and asks Opdycke to write to Dr. Newton M. Shaffer to about the serious charges against Terry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-28
President Roosevelt agrees that Chaplain MacGrail should be court-martialed. MacGrail sent a telegram claiming to know scandalous facts about military and marine officers, and Roosevelt wants to know them. Roosevelt directs that the proceedings be kept secret until completed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-17
Assistant Attorney General to the Post Office Department James N. Tyner responds to President Roosevelt’s official statement to the American public regarding the Post Office scandals; the statement declared guilt on the parts of Tyner, Joseph L. Bristow, and Harrison J. Barrett. Tyner, a recipient of three indictments, denies all charges and describes his two recent strokes of paralysis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-02
Acting Secretary of War Sanger has received President Roosevelt’s opinion that no officer should ever be surprised and that if an officer’s detachment is surprised he should be tried by court-martial. An investigation has been started regarding the loss of Company “C,” Ninth Regiment on Samar, Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-02
Hugh Smith Thompson requests an audience before President Roosevelt for the friends of Lieutenant Brown. They wish to present some mitigating circumstance regarding Brown’s court martial for the shooting of an imprisoned Filipino rebel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-30
Captain Frederick Muller records the charges he believes are appropriate for Private Fred M. Merritt, who refused to follow the orders of Corporal Frank T. Quier.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-16