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President Roosevelt sends Senator Warren a copy of a letter from Major Dillenback, noting that he “served beside” Dillenback at Santiago, Cuba during the Spanish American War in 1898. Roosevelt has a high regard for the major’s character and encourages Warren to pass the legislation with which Dillenback is concerned
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1906-12-09
Fred C. Ainsworth, Adjutant General of the United States Army, writes to Assistant Secretary of War Oliver regarding the Army service record of Leonard Wilson under General Joseph Wheeler. Although General Wheeler’s report has not been found, several people have attested to Wilson’s effectiveness.
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1907-03-20
William Brown McKinley asks that the quarantine for the SS Blücher be lifted because Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and his party are on board, expecting to reach Colón by the 22nd.
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1907-03-13
Matthew Elting Hanna reports on the “sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions” of Santiago de Cuba.
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1902-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt from a troop ship in Tampa Bay, Florida while waiting to ship out to Santiago. Roosevelt discusses being separated from Marshall and his horses, doing his own laundry, and how Robert Munro Ferguson sleeps on deck because his bunk is too hot.
1898-06-10
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John A. Herman for the book. Roosevelt discusses the battles of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt informs Nila P. Wilson that he remembers her son from Santiago and he will write the Pensions Commissioner to see what he can do.
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1911-01-20
In connection with the pending bill to provide Annie Gray Hawkins a pension, Roosevelt discusses General Hamilton Hawkins’ service during the Santiago campaign of the Spanish-American War.
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1911-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt dismisses Willis G. Brinson’s doubts about his service record by asking Brinson to look at the last chapter of his autobiography, which is available in any public library. Roosevelt points to the report in which his superior officer recommended him for a Medal of Honor for his leadership of not only his men but the entire cavalry division in the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War. The Rough Riders sustained their heaviest losses while Roosevelt was leading them, first on horseback, and then on foot.
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1915-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt asks J. E. Hausmann for a favor.
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1915-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to reading an article coming out by Lieutenant Colonel Whigam. Roosevelt is especially interested since Whigam fought as a cavalryman in Cuba alongside Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
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1915-03-05
President Roosevelt values the friendship of Major General Weston and prizes the memory of their service together in Santiago, Cuba.
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1909-02-25
President Roosevelt thanks Nicholas D. Vassiley for the letter stating that they had met before the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt sends Governor Magoon the text of a letter from Cardinal James Gibbons outlining the Catholic Church’s plan to sell property to the provisional government. He asks Magoon to prepare a report on the matter. Roosevelt also thanks Magoon for the cigars and preserves.
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1908-05-06
President Roosevelt asks Provisional Governor Magoon to speak with Andrew J. Dougherty to secure his cooperation in settling the Santiago church matters. Roosevelt believes that Dougherty would secure the necessary information quickly if Magoon showed interest in the matter.
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1908-05-01
President Roosevelt asks Provisional Governor Magoon when the church claims related to Santiago de Cuba will be settled, as he would like to have the matter wrapped up before the end of their time on the island. If Roosevelt can not procure a saddle horse for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for Christmas, he will have to impound the basin and pitcher he and Magoon have discussed.
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1907-12-18
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he has been a bit bored on the trip, but he has been reading a lot, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been enjoying herself. The officers and crew have been very good to them. He describes the sight of the three battleships cruising at night and reflects on his current state as president helping to build the Panama Canal. He outlines their typical day. In an entry a few days later, Roosevelt comments on their reaching San Salvador, where Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas. They are getting closer to Panama and hope to reach it that afternoon, just six days from when they left Washington, D. C.
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1906-11-14
President Roosevelt wishes to see President of Harvard Eliot to talk over the “many interesting points” raised in his letter. He discusses General Leonard Wood’s leadership during the Spanish American War, currents attempts to avoid intervention and occupation in Cuba, the conceit of educated men, and dealing with the “negro problem.”
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1906-09-28
This document reports the significant moments in Albert Leopold Mills’s military career. Highlights include his extensive career as a military instructor, his involvement in campaigns against the Crow and Sioux, as well as the battles at Santiago and Las Guasimas in Cuba, and his receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Colonel John W. Vrooman reports in a letter to William Loeb, which encloses this document, that this copy represents what was contained within the “beautiful engrossed album containing nineteen parchment pages enclosed in a handsome leather cover.” The album was a souvenir at the Union League Club dinner celebrating General Mills on August 29, 1906.
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1906-09-06
President Roosevelt personally knows Captain Henry A. Barber and supports Barber’s request to be promoted to major and retired due to an injured leg. He asks Secretary of War Taft to examine the matter.
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1904-02-01