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Secretary of the Navy Long directs Admiral Remey not to join in any attacks on Chinese forts without further orders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-09-30
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Commander Richard Wainwright regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Wainwright is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
George Albert Converse lets William Loeb know that President Roosevelt wants a full report on the Russian naval battle in Manila.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-06
Note detailing the condition of various battleships, cruisers, and people involved in a naval battle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Captain Charles E. Clark regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Clark is to make edits and return the statement to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Taylor is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Captain Charles E. Clark regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Clark is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
Typed copy of an oral statement made by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Evans is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
Illustration showing John Bull as a sailor, floating in a life-preserver labeled “British Navy 800 War Ships,” surrounded by huge waves labeled “Germany,” “France,” and “Russia.” There are cannon barrels pointing in all directions from the life-preserver.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-02-28
President Roosevelt believes Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s informant was misguided regarding the events of the Battle of the Yellow Sea and discusses the actions of the Japanese and Russian fleets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-27
Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-29
President Roosevelt is upset that the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York has refused to bestow commendation upon Edward J. Bourke on the grounds that there is not sufficient evidence of personal risk. Roosevelt explains that Bourke bravely served in multiple naval battles during the Spanish-American War at great personal risk. Roosevelt asks New York City Police Commissioner Bingham to refer the matter to Mayor George B. McClellan or take other appropriate action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-13
President Roosevelt would like Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to call the attention of anyone who has “made a special study of gunnery” to the enclosed article. The article, from Russian sources, gives an account of the battle of the Sea of Japan which suggests that the main cause of Russian defeat was Japan’s superiority in secondary battery fire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-20
President Roosevelt disagrees with an informant of Cecil Spring Rice’s regarding the comparative strengths of the Russian and Japanese fleets in a naval battle near Port Arthur, and details his reasoning. Roosevelt enjoyed seeing Spring Rice recently. He comments that he is having some troubles in Washington, D.C., and jokingly proposes sending “eminent statesmen at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue” to be bodyguards for imperiled Russian nobility.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-27
President Roosevelt explains to Admiral Smith his uncle Irvine Bulloch’s role firing the final shots with the 32-pounder in the naval battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, which took place in 1864.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-06
President Roosevelt has had a good deal of vacation over the summer and spent part of it rereading A. T. Mahan’s book. He also read a biography of military men. Roosevelt’s reading also led him to realize the “eternal tendency to injustice in humanity,” and views this injustice in the American public’s high opinion of Nelson Appleton Miles and Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-01
President Roosevelt has been examining the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War and it bothers him that the two American Admirals were on ships that were not part of the fighting line. Roosevelt would like Secretary Long’s opinion on a policy that places naval commanders on “one of the great fighting ships” during war and possibly during peace time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-22
President Roosevelt is looking into a dispute over the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Credit for the victory is disputed and President Roosevelt believes that William Thomas Sampson was technically in command. Roosevelt thanks General Tracy for his assistance with the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-17
President Roosevelt believes the memorandum will stand the test of history, most likely referring to Roosevelt’s investigation into the events and controversy surrounding the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-24
The changes requested by Captain Clark have been added to the statement and President Roosevelt would like Clark to look over the statement again. The statement pertains to the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-08