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Lieutenant Scott from the USS Missouri reports on his landing team’s work in disaster relief in Kingston, Jamaica. The men under his command assisted in tearing down walls that had been made unstable, removing dead bodies from the rubble, and disinfecting streets and areas where the dead were found. The people of the city were deeply appreciative of their help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-19
President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to take up the matter of Josephine Loughborough, who died in Rome. Her body cannot be immediately brought to the United States because of a rule requiring that six months must elapse before it can be transported.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-20
Frederick Renner describes how he found the body of Theodore Roosevelt’s former friend William Jones in the mountains near Gardiner, Montana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-13
The body of William Jones, a teamster and former North Dakota friend of Theodore Roosevelt’s, was found months after he went missing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-11
In this message, President Roosevelt recommends that Congress fund an appropriation to search for the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones in Paris, France. Roosevelt believes it is improper for a national hero like Jones to lie in an unmarked grave and urges Congress “to do proper honor to the memory of Paul Jones.” Roosevelt also recommends the erection of monuments to Jones and Admiral John Barry, since they “hold unique positions in the history of the birth of our Navy.” A report from Ambassador to France Horace Porter about the subject is also included.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1905-02-13