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Henry S. Washburn tells President Roosevelt about a very fine moose he shot in Maine, with thirteen points and measuring forty eight inches. Washburn reports that even better than telling his friends about the moose is telling them that the gun he used was carried by Black Jack and given to him by the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes to the men who have volunteered for service in the firing lines during World War I to discuss his disappointment at being unable to join them, after President Wilson said Roosevelt could not reform the Rough Riders. Each man who was to be involved in the regiment can now join the military another way or serve his country in civil life. The funds that have been used for the regiment will be withdrawn and applied to another purpose. All four divisions would have sailed by September 1. Roosevelt challenges Wilson’s belief that the regiment would have only had a political impact and not contributed to the success of the war.
1917-05-20
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Moses A. Gunst’s letter and tells him that his son, Theodore “Ted”Roosevelt, is working hard and hopes to fight under General Pershing. Roosevelt also writes that Senator Johnson is a great leader on a national level.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-02
General Wood needs to take a leave of absence to take his son home to the United States to put him into school at Groton Academy, and details his plans for travel during his absence. Wood encloses a response from Adjutant General Fred C. Ainsworth authorizing Wood’s return home. Wood is glad to continue on duty in the Philippines and considers it the best command in the service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18
Theodore Roosevelt explains the comments he made regarding General Pershing’s orders to prohibit alcohol. Temperance leadership had taken the comments out of context and attributed others to Roosevelt that were never made. Roosevelt ends by reporting on the health of Archie Roosevelt’s newborn son.
1918-03-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about the honor of him serving in General John J. Pershing’s army and the state of peace negotiations. He gives updates on Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Archie Roosevelt.
1918-11-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say nineteen of his letters arrived in one day. Roosevelt discusses his views on the author Thomas Hardy and literature in general. He writes about Quentin Roosevelt’s death and how Mother and Quentin’s fiancee Flora Payne Whitney are doing. He adds he wrote to General John Pershing regarding Kermit being assigned to machine gun work.
1918-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he is disappointed President Woodrow Wilson did not allow him to raise a volunteer cavalry troop to take to the war in Europe. He talks about prospects in the military for Kermit, Archie and Quentin Roosevelt.
1917-05-26
President Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews about the promotion of Captain John J. Pershing. Roosevelt is favorable to promoting Pershing but fears that making him a brigadier general would jump him over too many officers with seniority.
1903-11-17
This newspaper article reports that General Pershing praises Quentin Roosevelt and sends an official copy of Quentin’s official military record compiled by Colonel Van Horn.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-08-21
A newspaper clipping reporting that General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George have cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-20
A newspaper clipping reporting that both General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George had cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-20
A newspaper clipping saying that both General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George have cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-20
A newspaper clipping that notes General Pershing has cabled Theodore Roosevelt as has the British prime minister Lloyd George about the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-20
President Roosevelt informs Speaker of the House Cannon about the proper precedence at the upcoming judiciary dinner. Under ordinary circumstances Roosevelt has heard that Attorney General William H. Moody would be glad to have Cannon take precedence over him. However, in the case of the judiciary dinner, Cannon cannot come ahead of the Justices of the Supreme Court because they are all the guests of honor and it would be a slight to the Supreme Court. In a postscript, Roosevelt explains proper precedence at other dinners he has held.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt will write to Major General Frank McCoy and have him look into the case, but he will do so cautiously, as he believes it is illegal for an outsider to get involved in a promotion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-05-24
President Roosevelt explains to Colonel Crowder that he still intends to promote him to brigadier general before he leaves office, but has encountered resistance from both the Army and from Congress. He has met with opposition in all of his efforts to promote younger men, and there seems to be more opposition to Crowder in particular.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-09
President Roosevelt shares with Senator Warren his certainty that General John J. Pershing “will make good.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
President Roosevelt would like to promote Joseph H. Dorst, Stephen C. Mills, and John J. Pershing to Brigadier General, “after a certain number of old men.” In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt clarifies, “this is for the future.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft he hates to disagree with Colonel Albert Leopold Mills–and possibly with Taft himself–but he plans to ask to have Major Robert Lee Howze appointed as Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy. As Roosevelt says, “He seems to me to be, of all the younger men I know in the Army with the exception of Pershing, the man I would most like to have as a model for the cadets in West Point.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-21