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Letter from Seth Bullock to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Seth Bullock to Theodore Roosevelt

Seth Bullock informs Theodore Roosevelt that his suggestion from the previous summer regarding a volunteer cavalry regiment has “been quietly followed.” Bullock even tried to dissuade “some of the best material” from joining the National Guard by hinting he would be recruiting for a cavalry regiment. Since then, he has been “almost swamped” with word from those who want to join. Bullock recommends Philip Henry Sheridan as Colonel even though “our Western riders don’t fancy West Pointers,” and concludes with a postscript that Kermit Roosevelt is the only officer he has selected thus far.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-07-01

Letter from John S. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John S. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

John S. Briggs informs Theodore Roosevelt of the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the Thirteenth Regiment, the first volunteer regiment of Rochester, New York. In honor of this, Captain Henry Lomb Camp No. 100, is giving a dinner to the regiment’s survivors on April 25. While Briggs does not expect Roosevelt to attend, he requests Roosevelt send a personal message to be read to the veterans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-30

Letter from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Letter from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires in Cuba, updates Secretary of State Root on attempts to quell the insurrection in Cuba. The Cuban government’s offer of amnesty did not have the desired effect, while the rebel forces continue to grow and business owners have become increasingly pessimistic. Sleeper was informed that President Tomás Estrada Palma was strongly opposed to any compromise with the insurrectionists, but he also heard that Estrada Palma is more open to settlement than his public statements suggest. Sleeper describes the efforts of a committee of Cuban veterans to serve as mediators.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-01

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

The chargé d’affaires in Cuba, Jacob Sleeper, informs Secretary of State Root that the uprising has spread to Santa Clara and Mantanzas provinces. Carlos Mendieta is leading the actions in Santa Clara, while those in Mantanzas are being led by an unknown leader and are said to be of little importance. The government is enlisting volunteers, and José Miguel Gómez is under arrest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-22

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on several matters. The Court of Enquiry’s findings exculpate Admiral Robley D. Evans, though Admiral George Albert Converse hints that Evans’s rapid signals may have contributed to the collision. Bonaparte will scrutinize the matter carefully. He encloses a report from the commander of the Portsmouth, and though the New Jersey militiamen performed no “great feat,” he suggests sending praise anyway because naval officers are “decidedly ‘sniffy'” toward them. Bonaparte has received many favorable letters about anarchism, but the occasional unfavorable ones amuse him and he has enclosed one such letter. He feels that the Navy faces an uphill battle meeting its needs due to the clashing views of those on the deciding committees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-19

Service pay bill

Service pay bill

Johnson Hagood protests a recent letter to the editor of The Sun that argued against a proposed increase in military pay. Hagood argues that the increase will not significantly increase inequality in pay between the branches, and is certainly better than no increase. Indeed, Hagood believes that recruitment for his own artillery branch will collapse entirely without an increase in compensation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-21

The Presidential recruiting-office

The Presidential recruiting-office

In the interior of a recruiting office for the presidency, Uncle Sam and Puck examine potential recruits against a height chart labeled, from low to high, “Notoriety, Popularity, Capability, Honesty, [and at the top] Statesmanship.” A number of men, in various states of undress, have been rejected for a variety of reasons: “Evarts Too Long-Winded, [U.S. Grant] Retired, [Conkling] Too Pigeon-Breasted, [Thomas Collier Platt] Me Too Little, Mahone Must be Readjusted, J. B. Rejected Too Crooked, Dana Rejected – Too Shortsighted, [Logan] Grammar Feeble, [Arthur] Rejected No Backbone, [Davis] Short Winded, Sherman Bloody Shirt Mania, [Kelly] Pig-Headed, Payne Oil on the Brain, Randall Protection Madness, Bayard Unstable, [Tilden] Rejected Cipher Catarrh, [and] B[utler] Can’t See Straight.” Five tall men, “Admitted to the Competition,” stand on the right: “Hewitt, Carlisle, Morrison, Lincoln [and] Edmunds O. K.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-04-30

The recruiting-sergeant and the tough subject

The recruiting-sergeant and the tough subject

Benjamin F. Butler is a “Recruiting-Sergeant” holding a paper that states “Join the Butler Army OH! – Victory and Spoils in 1884.” He is appealing to a man sitting on a chair, holding a “Southern Vote” in his hands. Caption: The Unrecruited South – “Stranger, I guess you’ll have to count me out of this.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-07-18