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President Roosevelt believes that two cooks from a company should stay back during practice marches so they can prepare the soldiers’ meals and avoid an uncomfortable wait on their return, and requests that Secretary of War Taft issue orders accordingly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-04
President Roosevelt appreciated General Young’s letter to General Corbin regarding the wearing of full campaign equipment during military drill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-12
President Roosevelt hopes that the New York docks can be extended to the length desired by the New York municipal authorities. In a post script, President Roosevelt requests a report on the military’s peacetime marching practices. Roosevelt believes that the troops should march exactly as they do in wartime.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-12
President Roosevelt was pleased that Lord Minto, as Governor-General of Canada, was the person who reviewed the troops. Roosevelt also mentions an upcoming visit from Colonel Arthur Lee and his wife.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt shares with Representative Wilson that he heard from a cadet who attended the drill last spring that President William McKinley reviewed, who reports that the engineer cadets were in line. However, there appears to be a misunderstanding, as engineer cadets do not participate in such drills. He found the explanation for what happened regarding the story of William Thomas Sampson and the two men.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-17
Charles W. Winspear asks Theodore Roosevelt for suggestions on a tactical manual to use as Camp Captain of his local Boy Scout Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-06
Commissioner of Immigration Keefe reports that while in Hawaii, he heard that Japanese men were seen at night and in secluded locations practicing military drills with pieces of wood substituting firearms. He notes that this activity could be related to a strike on the sugar plantations and mills, especially since Japanese and “Oriental” workers are paid less. Additionally, he hears rumors of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii and notes an ideal location for an attack.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-21
Colorized stereograph showing a Marine drill on the USS Connecticut. The Marines, most of whom are in a line on the deck of the ship and facing away from the camera, are dressed in blue uniforms. Text on the reverse of the stereograph details the duties of the Marines on board navy ships.
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “The marine is an infantry man or a line soldier. A distinct body of soldiers, drilled and recruited as a special arm of the United States service, and is attached in squads or companies to the different battleships going on foreign service. They do guard duty and sometimes have charge of the small rapid-firing guns in action. Their main duty, however, is in landing parties or taking charge or doing guard in the interest of Uncle Sam. In other words, the marine is the policeman of Uncle Sam, and landed on foreign shores to do soldier’s duty wherever required. In the fleet going around the Horn there are over 2,000 of these marines assigned to the different battleships and cruisers.”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt shares with P. H. Cooper that he heard from a cadet who attended the Naval Academy drill last spring that President William McKinley reviewed, who reported that the engineer cadets were in line. Roosevelt wants Cooper to collect three or four similar statements. He thinks Representative Francis Henry Wilson and others are confusing McKinley’s review with another drill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-17
