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President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte that Midshipmen Charles M. James and William T. Boyd will be pardoned, on the condition that they join the class below their present one at the Naval Academy. Bonaparte should have some memoranda showing which of the other midshipmen dismissed in the course of the hazing suit should be reinstated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-30
President Roosevelt sends Representative Foss and the House Committee on Naval Affairs a draft of a bill authorizing the reappointment of three midshipmen formerly dismissed for hazing. When they were previously court-martialed there was no flexibility in the prescribed punishment, but that has since changed. Roosevelt believes that justice would be better served by their punishment coming in the form of being demoted rather than outright dismissed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-03
President Roosevelt sends Senator Hale and the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs a draft of a bill authorizing the reappointment of three midshipmen formerly dismissed for hazing. When they were previously court-martialed there was no flexibility in the prescribed punishment, but that has since changed and Roosevelt believes that justice would be better served by their punishment coming in the form of being demoted rather than outright dismissed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-03
President Roosevelt is indignant about the ruling regarding the dismissal of Midshipman Richard L. Desaussure from the Naval Academy for hazing. In other institutions, DeSaussure’s actions would merit a reprimand or suspension, rather than dismissal. He believes the same is true in the case of Stephen Decatur.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-13