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Theodore Roosevelt informs William Roscoe Thayer that Adolph W. Callisen permitted him to use the correct copy of his letter. He recently had another piece of corroborating information from George Dewey regarding the Venezuela incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-29
President Roosevelt briefly speaks to a crowd in Los Angeles, thanking them for their welcome. He speaks of their mutual belief in the navy and irrigation. Roosevelt also discusses the preservation of forests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-08
President Roosevelt addresses the citizens of Santa Cruz, thanking them for the greeting. He speaks of the need for a first-class navy and congratulates the citizens on their forest conservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-11
In order to check Russia’s aggressive diplomatic policy against the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, the writer argues, one nation or a combination of nations must call its bluff. The article suggests the United States may be in the best position to check Russia’s actions, and that the initiative rests more with it than with either Japan or Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-04
This newspaper clipping shows Uncle Sam launching a steam vessel named “Pacific Fleet.” A Teddy bear in the lower right corner uses a bellows to power a sailboat.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1907
Commissioner Roosevelt is interested in a “properly vigorous foreign policy,” including seacoast defense and a “first class navy.” He would like American intervention in Cuba and a farsighted policy that would remove European powers from the western hemisphere. He asks how American warships are armed compared to European navies. Upcoming legislation will determine the influence Roosevelt can wield on the Board of Police Commissioners.
1896-04-05
Theodore Roosevelt critiques the Neeser book and offers his thoughts on the United States Navy compared to those of Germany and Japan.
1915-04-02
Report with the name, date of launch, type, and displacement of Japanese warships. Most of the ships also have the date of their last sighting in the remarks column.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14
Report with the name, date of launch, type, and displacement of Russian warships. Most of the ships also have the date of their last sighting in the remarks column.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14
Report with the name, date of launch, type, and displacement of the warships in the German Asiatic squadron. Most of the ships also have the date of their last sighting in the remarks column.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14
Two pieces in the London Times report and comment on President Roosevelt’s Annual Message to Congress. They particularly focus on what Roosevelt said about trusts, combinations, tariff reform, and the army and the navy. In the message, Roosevelt also invoked the Monroe Doctrine and vowed that the United States would leave alone European powers that did not seek to acquire territory in South America. One of the pieces draws comparisons between the current message and the one Roosevelt gave last year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-03
Senator Chandler agrees with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on acquiring the guns for the United States’ commercial ships and torpedo boats and that deciding on a general policy about the Navy’s size before building any additional large ships would be wise. Chandler wants to find some way to force Andrew Carnegie and the Bethlehem Iron Company to make plate armor on mutually agreed-upon terms. Roosevelt does not need to say anymore about the “infernal gunboat,” as hopefully it served as a good lesson. He sends a letter from Howell to be read only by Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Chandler asks when a warship is going to Havana, Cuba.
The “infernal gunboat” is a reference to an administrative issue with the USS Newport.