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Cardinal Gibbons wrote President Roosevelt that he had no candidates for naval chaplains at this time, but when he returned to Baltimore, he would give this request his immediate attention.
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1905-01-03
Secretary of War Taft forwards to Chief of Staff Chaffee correspondence from President Roosevelt inquiring into appointing a “colored contract surgeon.”
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1904-12-26
Surgeon General O’Reilly argues the appointment of African American physicians is undesirable and would negatively affect the Armed Forces. These include the “repugnance” that would be felt by white families treated by an African American doctor and the complexities of rank and race in the service. O’Reilly states clearly the War Department is not concerned with the broader concept of African American rights but with the practicalities of service conditions and morale.
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1904-12-24
John H. Parker sends data related to a machine gun demonstration by the Russian armed forces, with comments on how it may be implemented in the United States. If chosen to carry out these plans, he wants to be very clear he would not gain financially.
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1904-12-19
Major Kuhn has been transferred to the Second Army and his application to go to Port Arthur has been refused again. Kuhn feels he would be more useful there and is “keenly disappointed.”
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1904-12-13
Cardinal Gibbons thanks President Roosevelt for approving the recommendation of Father George Waring for the position of army chaplain. Gibbons says he will provide the name of another candidate from the East very soon.
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1904-12-10
Captain Lynch follows up on a suggestion he made for one or two African Americans surgeons to receive appointments. Lynch submitted the names months ago. Lynch is sure Secretary of War William H. Taft would approve the appointments.
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1904-12-09
Francis C. Travers advises President Roosevelt to be very careful when appointing army and navy chaplains.
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1904-11-26
Benjamin F. Tracy asks President Roosevelt to consider his brother-in-law, Major J. B. Bellinger, for Quartermaster General.
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1904-11-21
Secretary of War Taft asks President Roosevelt to wait before appointing a new commandant of cadets at West Point.
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1904-11-17
Biography of Leonard Wood written by Governor Roosevelt for The Outlook magazine. Wood was largely involved in the Spanish-American War and the resettlement of Cuba after the war.
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1899-01-07
Denis J. Dougherty, Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines, recommends that Brigadier General Smith appoint Captain Henry C. Reissar appointment to command a ship where Nautical School students will be present.
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1905-11-04
President Roosevelt desires that William G. Motlow be appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the army when his class graduates.
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1902-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Grant A. Caproni that Roosevelt is unable to help him with his request. Since he is no longer president, Roosevelt is not is a position to write letters or recommendations to influence appointments.
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1911-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt informs Fitzhugh Lee that his daughter, Ethel Roosevelt, did not read Lee’s previous letter. Roosevelt hopes that Lee will accept the position of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Constabulary. In the past, when he thought Japan was going to support Mexico in a war with the U.S., Roosevelt wrote to the President to inquire about raising a division of cavalry and appointing Lee as a Colonel.
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1911-09-22
Theodore Roosevelt thanks General McCoskry Butt for his letter and clippings. He urges him to write to General Wood personally about the possible appointment of Almsworth to the rank of lieutenant-general.
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1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Harry W. Kern that Roosevelt cannot interfere with appointments by the Secretary of War without doing so in hundreds of other cases as well.
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1911-06-20
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Samuel C. Disbrow that Roosevelt has not interfered with official matters of any kind since leaving the presidency. While he sympathizes with Disbrow’s circumstances, he cannot help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt tells Major Henry T. Allen that he cannot help him. If there is a call for volunteers and Roosevelt is permitted to raise a division, then he will grant Allen a brigadier generalship.
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1916-06-26
Theodore Roosevelt tells Hugh Douglas Wise that Wise is on the list of men Roosevelt will have as officers if he is allowed to raise a volunteer division for the war in Europe. Roosevelt names other men he hopes to appoint and notes his preferences for Senior Brigade Commander and Chief of Staff, but notes he is not certain which officers would be colonels and which would be lieutenant-colonels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-09-03