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President Roosevelt writes that unless Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich produces evidence, there is no need for Admiral A. T. Mahan to act. Multiple accounts have validated Admiral Charles S. Sperry’s statements, and Goodrich has been against the voyage of the Great White Fleet from the start.
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1908-10-01
President Roosevelt is interested in what Henry Reuterdahl has to say about the attitudes of the Sun, Herald, and Post towards the navy, and discusses his opinion on the stances of each paper. In a postscript, Roosevelt says he has received the painting of the Great White Fleet Reuterdahl has sent and is delighted with it.
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1908-08-08
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of a conversation he had recently showing intrigue among a few officers of the United States Navy. The men in question think Rear Admiral Evans should retire and ‘Harry’ be appointed in his place, and have volunteered that information frequently. His sister-in-law Isa’s health is in rapid decline.
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1907-04-12
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about the career implications for Admiral C. H. Davis should Atlantic Fleet Commander Admiral Robley D. Evans retire. Lodge feels that Davis deserves the position more than Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich and that Evans’ actions in Jamaica after the 1907 earthquake should not be held against him. Lodge adds that his sister-in-law’s health continues to deteriorate and that according to the doctors she should have died several days before.
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1907-04-09
John W. Vrooman recounts his recent trip to upstate New York to William Loeb. Vrooman has heard that many want President Roosevelt to run for the Senate after his term ends, and asks Loeb if Admiral Goodrich’s retirement could be postponed.
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1907-02-18
Secretary of the Navy Morton forwards to President Roosevelt a telegram from Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. The captain of the Russian warship Lena has requested that the crew and officers be sent home and there has been difficulty in enforcing parole on the crew. Morton has responded to Goodrich to inform him it has been referred to Roosevelt.
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1904-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes that the information Henry T. Allen sent was “just the information that I wished” and he will take many of the suggestions.
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1915-07-10
President Roosevelt is surprised by Henry Cabot Lodge’s claim that the Naval Board supported Rear-Admiral Harry H. Rousseau succeeding Admiral Robley D. Evans. He asks if Admiral George Dewey had told him this, as Dewey had told him that Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich should succeed Rousseau. After meeting with the Naval Board, Roosevelt concludes that Evans and those under his command have done their work well and that the Dewey camp are “entirely in error” to rally against Evans and Rousseau.
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1907-04-10
President Roosevelt relays a message from Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte to California Governor Pardee informing him of the locations of various ships, and what orders that have been given to assist with providing aid to San Francisco in the wake of the disaster there.
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1906-04-21
President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of State Adee to notify Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich that the officers may be paroled to San Francisco if Minister Taro Katsura objects to their being sent home.
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1904-09-17
President Roosevelt writes to Secretary of the Navy Morton that he approves of Caspar F. Goodrich’s action and directs Morton to send copies of Goodrich’s telegram and this telegram to the State Department.
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1904-09-13
President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Adee that the collector of port in San Francisco should be his willing agent in the matter of the Russian ship, Lena. In view of Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich’s telegram, the Department of Commerce and Labor shall notify the collector and the United States Navy of Roosevelt’s decision to allow the Lena to stay in port. Roosevelt comments that the severity of repairs that the ship needs will determine how long it will need to remain, and that if it remains in port for an extended time, it will need to disarm. Roosevelt instructs Adee to inform the Japanese Minister of the United States’s action regarding the Lena.
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1904-09-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Horatio L. Wait a statement from Caspar F. Goodrich, Superintendent of the Naval War College.
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1897-09-23
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1897-05-29
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Senator Lodge explains the urgency in the matter of appointments in the Atlantic Fleet from his previous letter. Lodge is also very disappointed at the results of the most recent election. While Republicans won some key districts, Democrats, especially in states like New York, had a particularly strong showing that is disheartening and concerning.
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1906-11-07
Senator Lodge believes nothing more can be done on President Roosevelt’s part in Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner’s campaign. Roosevelt has no need to worry because the newspapers are printing inaccurate accounts that are not believable. Lodge requests that Roosevelt seriously consider appointing the Atlantic Fleet’s second in command to operate the fleet in the event of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans’s retirement.
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1906-11-02
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes to President Roosevelt to forward a telegram from the Commandant Navy Yard of Mare Island reporting on the forms of parole given to the crew and officers from the Russian warship Lena.
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1904-09-19
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee relates that he received an official communication from Japanese Minister Takahira requesting that the United States detain any Russian officers and crewmen on the Lena warship once it docks in San Francisco for repairs. Adee suggests that President Roosevelt acknowledge the request and affirm U.S. neutrality. Also, Adee refers to a telegram from Admiral Goodrich that was forwarded to Roosevelt, in which Goodrich notes the Lena‘s Commander’s request that the crew be paroled and sent home. Adee advises acknowledging the request and emphasizing U.S. neutrality and the necessity of obtaining Japanese permission before paroling the crew. Lastly, Adee notes that there is one passenger on the Lena and asks Roosevelt whether he believes he should also be detained.
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1904-09-17
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes to President Roosevelt to forward him the text of a telegram sent to Rear Admiral Goodrich about plans for the arrival of the Russian warship Lena in San Francisco.
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1904-09-16
Chief of the Navy Bureau George A. Converse writes to President Roosevelt relaying the text of a telegram from U.S. Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich confirming that the Russian warship Lena will dock for repairs in San Francisco.
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1904-09-15