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Mary Cadwalader Jones writes to Edith Roosevelt to tell her about seeing her sons while in Paris, the work the Red Cross is doing in France and about the morale of the French people and their attitudes about the American soldiers.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-06-22
J. Gabriel Duque provides an update on events in Colombia’s Panama Department. Local sentiment strongly favors independence but Duque does not see the leaders or funds necessary for a conflict. The troops, including their commander General Esteban Huertas, are starving, despondent, and ignored by the central government. Duque suggests the soldiers could be readily bought off.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-21
Secretary of War Root expresses his opposition to President Roosevelt’s decision to revoke the order sending Captain Hiram Martin Chittenden to the Philippines and instead allowing him to continue his work in Yellowstone. He argues that allowing one person to be relieved of such duty is demoralizing to the many people who do not want to deploy to the Philippines but are ordered to go anyway. In addition, it goes against the policy that Root has been pursuing that requires regular changes in officer duty locations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-16
General Davis responds to General Miles’s report regarding military matters in the Philippines. He comments in particular on military action against the Moros, health issues, troop morale, logistics, and accommodations for military personnel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-17
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.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-26