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Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee enjoyed reading what President Roosevelt enclosed. While not familiar with long-term battle practice, Lee would like to compare Britain’s methods with those described by William Sowden Sims. Lee has written to the Admiral for more information and hopes to hear back by the time he returns to Washington, D.C. to visit Roosevelt early next month. There were photographs of the HMS Deadnought in a recent issues of the Illustrated London News and can be now rated a complete success.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-19

Letter from H. T. B. Harris to William Loeb

Letter from H. T. B. Harris to William Loeb

Rear Admiral H. T. B. Harris states that the “baseless scandals” surrounding him originate from spiteful clerks in the office of Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. He warns William Loeb that these attacks threaten to compromise the Navy Department and the administration of President Roosevelt. Harris says that “some trifling friction” at the Brooklyn and Norfolk Navy Yards has been exaggerated, yet newspapers have gone so far as to state that Bonaparte is beginning an investigation. While Harris does not desire to head the Bureau of Accounts and Supplies indefinitely, he hopes not to be relieved of the post in the near future, as it would suggest disgrace to his honorable 43-year naval career.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-24

Letter from William Tudor to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Tudor to Theodore Roosevelt

William Tudor writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt about newspaper reports that the administration plans to overlook the explosion of the USS Maine. Tudor argues that their primary responsibility is to self-protection and that the United States should order the Spaniards to “conduct the war in a civilized war.” He warns that if the government does not respond accordingly “there will be found still greater difficulty in finding men to serve on our ships.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-03-26