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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dan T. Moore

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dan T. Moore

President Roosevelt is frustrated by Congress thwarting his attempts at military reform, and agrees with Captain Moore that the United States “has everything to learn from the Germans” in regard to military administration. As such, Roosevelt is “dumfounded” by the negative press coverage of German Emperor William II. On a more personal note, Roosevelt is delighted to be the godfather of Moore’s son, Dan T. Moore Jr.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-09

The trials and tribulations of the transferred “coburger”

The trials and tribulations of the transferred “coburger”

A dejected soldier sits at a train station beneath a sign that states “Trains Leave Every Hour for Fort Tombstone Fort Lonesome Fort Scalp’em and all Western Army Outposts” and near another sign that states “Special Accommodations for Transferred Army Officers,” with an infant on his lap and his traveling orders labeled “Ordered to go West Secy. Endicott” between his knees. His extended family of wife, mother-in-law(?), children’s nanny, and several rambunctious children accompany him. In the lower right foreground is a valise labeled “Major Dunerfull.” Caption: The effect of government reform on a military man of quiet domestic ambitions.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-08-26