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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

Theodore Roosevelt thanks General Wood for his letter, letting him know that Edith Roosevelt is recovering. Roosevelt informs Wood that he will visit him at Governor’s Island, New York, after Roosevelt returns from Syracuse. Roosevelt shares Wood’s alarm and disgust over the situation. Roosevelt is pleased to hear his sons Archibald and Quentin Roosevelt will be attending the Plattsburg Camps, private military training encampments established in Plattsburg, New York, to prepare young, upper-class college graduates for officer positions in the United States Army.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-03

Remarks of President Roosevelt to the soldiers at Chickamauga Park

Remarks of President Roosevelt to the soldiers at Chickamauga Park

President Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at getting to see the regular troops, some of whom served under him and others he served with in Cuba. He gives special praise to the Tennessee state cavalry that escorted him in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He particularly is pleased to hear of their recent ten-day march, feeling that the best training is in field conditions not in the barracks or on the parade ground.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-07