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A copy of a cablegram from Rear Admiral Goodrich to the Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton. Goodrich is sure the Marines can handle the matter but he wants permission for the fleet to continue with its previous orders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs J. Frederick Tams that he will not be able to attend an event, as he will not arrive in Oyster Bay until very late. Roosevelt also notes that only a ship built for the specific purpose would be available as a gunboat.
1897-05-28
President Roosevelt is upset that the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York has refused to bestow commendation upon Edward J. Bourke on the grounds that there is not sufficient evidence of personal risk. Roosevelt explains that Bourke bravely served in multiple naval battles during the Spanish-American War at great personal risk. Roosevelt asks New York City Police Commissioner Bingham to refer the matter to Mayor George B. McClellan or take other appropriate action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees with Senator Bacon’s suggestion. However, funds are required to furnish the equipment. He wants three small gunboats for the naval militia to drill with. The current budget is divided among more than a dozen states. Roosevelt can discuss the matter with Bacon when he comes to Washington, D. C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-25
William Howell informs Senator Carter Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is out of town and will not be able to accept the invitation to visit the Gunboat Helena.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-07-23
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Calvin B. Orcutt that he now plans to attend the testing of the USS Nashville. If Commodore George Dewey communicates on Tuesday that the trial will be on Wednesday as arranged, Roosevelt will go on the train leaving New York at 11 p.m.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-07
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that he is going on the trial of the gunboat Nashville at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and asks if La Farge can go.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-08
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Calvin B. Orcutt that he can accept his invitation to accompany the USS Nashville on its trial trip. He will leave by train on Tuesday night. Roosevelt asks if he can bring a friend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-08
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt received Cyrus Edwin Lothrop’s letter from H. C. Taylor. He has been considering the matter and brought it to the attention of Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. Roosevelt believes he can get the USS Yantic for the Naval Militia of the Lakes if the Department of State agrees it does not violate the treaty. He strongly believes in the naval militia. Roosevelt asked the Office of Naval Intelligence for information on the Canadian fish cruisers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-04
Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb whether Jacob Sleeper should be cabled with instructions not to give orders to the U.S. warship Marietta since he does not understand the conditions at Cienfuegos.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
Photograph showing the steamship Tashmoo and gunboat Yantic on the Detroit River during President Roosevelt’s cruise.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-18
Photograph showing a side view of the steamship Tashmoo during President Roosevelt’s Detroit River cruise.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-18
Admiral Glass received a report that the commanding officer of the gunboat Bogota attempted to sell the vessel and then left it at Puna Island, Ecuador. The officer then traveled to Peru.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
A female figure labeled “Spirit of the 19th Century” rises out of the water to halt a small gunboat flying a Spanish flag labeled “Privateer” with a Spanish buccaneer aboard.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-18
Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled “N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Ev. Post, Puck, Brooklyn Eagle, Courier-Journal, Harpers, Phila Times, Mail, [and] N.Y. Tribune.” The fleet is firing cannons, “ink” bottles, and pens, bombarding a fortress flying a flag labeled “Plunder,” where the walls are comprised of paper bundles labeled “Bills, Jobs, Bargains, Corrupt Bills, [and] Logrolling.” The fortress is defended by “Robeson Bey” standing at center with a bandage labeled “Record” around his head, “Keifer” and “Jones,” with John A. Logan labeled “306,” James D. Cameron, David Davis, John Sherman, and others. Cannonballs burst among them labeled “Criticism, Censure, [and] Condemnation.” The fortress cannons are labeled “River & Harbor Bill $20,000,000, Pension Arrears $103,962,300, Monitor Job, Public Buildings, Mileage Steal, [and] Mississippi Levee.” Within the fortress are the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Treasury labeled “Ammunition House.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-08-02
In his last report, Admiral Coghlan forgot to mention that during his trip to Cartagena, Colombia, he observed the Colombian gunboat Cartagena. The gunboat appeared to be in poor condition and had to be towed even though wind and tide conditions were favorable. The ship was “painted with war color.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-29