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The closed canteen and the open dive

The closed canteen and the open dive

An old woman labeled “Prohibition,” holding an umbrella labeled “Intolerance,” stands between two sluices that power waterwheels. She is holding a board in the shape of the U.S. Capitol labeled “Politics” in one sluice, blocking the water to the waterwheel on the right, which has paddles labeled “Good fellowship, Recreation, Temperance, Discipline, [and] Health” and runs past “The Closed Canteen.” On the left, water labeled “U.S. Army” flows through the sluice and over a waterwheel with paddles labeled “Drunkenness, Immorality, Disorder, Vice, Disease, [and] Gambling” that runs past “The Blind Tiger” and “The Open Dive,” where a man labeled “Divekeeper” is carrying a bag of “The Grist of Vice.” Puck calls Prohibition’s attention to the problems resulting from closed canteens. Caption: Puck (to Prohibition) — Look around: See whom you benefit while you keep that sluice-gate shut!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-05-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that her son William Sheffield Cowles has secured military leave to spend time with her each week. Roosevelt is frustrated that military policy prevented Flora Payne Whitney, his son Quentin Roosevelt’s fiancé, from visiting and marrying Quentin while he was stationed in France during the war. Roosevelt believes this decision is unjust, especially if Quentin were to be killed.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-07-06

Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt

John Davis Long regrets that some of his personal reminisces, which were published in The Outlook, about the beginning of the Spanish-American War and President Roosevelt’s activities as assistant secretary of the Navy have bothered Roosevelt. However, Long defends his statements and suggests that they are generally complimentary towards Roosevelt but perhaps poorly worded.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-14

Partial newspaper article on General Miles

Partial newspaper article on General Miles

Partial newspaper article pointing out that Generals Wesley Merritt, John Rutter Brooke, and Elwell Stephen Otis received eulogistic orders upon their retirement, against army regulations. General Nelson Appleton Miles did not receive similar orders and the War Department’s explanation is that Merritt, Brooke, and Otis retired from “immediate active service in the field.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08

Letter from Regis H. Post to William H. Hunt

Letter from Regis H. Post to William H. Hunt

Auditor of Puerto Rico Post writes to Governor Hunt about the need for continued support for the Puerto Rico Provisional Regiment. The soldiers are native but the officers are Americans, and the regiment is a positive force on the Island, helping to teach the Puerto Rican people patriotism. Post fears that without legislation passed this winter, the regiment will lose its American officers and will “go to pot.” He is uncertain whether Hunt can or should do anything, but he feels strongly that the regiment should be kept up.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Letter from Hiram S. Maxim to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Hiram S. Maxim to Theodore Roosevelt

Through his European contacts, Hiram S. Maxim has learned that many German officials supported an attack in the Philippines to prevent the United States from taking the islands. However, they feared that the British would intervene. The current feeling, also held by Emperor William II, is that Germany needs a larger fleet that will help expand German influence in South America. Austria-Hungary and France are also interested in limiting American influence in South America. Great Britain remains confident that the United States has control of the Western hemisphere and can foil any German plans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-29