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President Roosevelt explains the poor conditions of the construction of several battleships as well as several navy practices that should be assimilated to that of the army’s equivalent. He was impressed by the officers and the food aboard ship, and also has some ideas on how to better the lives of the crew after their service is over.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-28
Novelist Stewart Edward White asks President Roosevelt for permission to travel with the battleship Maryland for the upcoming target practice run as he wants to observe shipboard routines closely. His naval officer relative, Charles Belknap, reports no objections among the ship’s senior officers regarding White’s request. White sends his two latest books for Roosevelt and the boys. Feeling Roosevelt will be interested, White also wants to submit a review of his impressions concerning military discipline in Yosemite Park. His wife, Elizabeth Colvert Grant White, asks that Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt remember her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-10