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F. W. Hoppin is a candidate for a position of supervising architect for some work to be done at West Point. He asks whether he could approach President Roosevelt with propriety, to support his nomination with Secretary of War Elihu Root who will make the selection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-09
Senator Lodge wants to send Mr. McDonald President Roosevelt’s letters – the first to Secretary of War Elihu Root, and the second responding to Lodge’s request on McDonald’s behalf – before McDonald writes to inquire the outcome of the request.
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1902-06-04
Henry Cabot Lodge appeals to President Roosevelt to assist in getting MacDonald an appointment in the army. MacDonald has been a captain and has commanded a battalion, and he has conducted himself honorably despite having been “cruelly slandered” by O’Brien.
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1902-05-28
Charles D. Walcott believes he has found a site for the Carnegie Institution and is looking over the site with Secretary of War Elihu Root in the afternoon. Root, Secretary of State John Hay, and Carroll D. Wright all think highly of the site. The Board of Trustees will need to approve a final site.
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1902-05-07
Newspaper article supporting the Roosevelt administration’s actions regarding “charges of inhuman conduct” in the Philippines.
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1902-04-16
Joseph Bucklin Bishop thought President Roosevelt would like to see the enclosed item that he wrote to help Elihu Root and William H. Taft.
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1902-05-13
At the request of Secretary of War Elihu Root, Adjutant General of the Army Henry Clark Corbin encloses letters from General Adna Romanza Chaffee and General J. Franklin Bell, which Root and Corbin believe President Roosevelt will enjoy reading. Corbin asks that the letters be returned.
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1902-05-07
Governor General Taft encloses a passage from a personal letter to Secretary of War Elihu Root that pertains to the Philippines. Taft sent a letter to several individuals on the Taft Commission stating that the United States had no “dollars interest” in the islands, and the recipients agreed that it was the truth.
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1902-04-26
Political cartoon featuring military and government officials attempting to avoid blame for the Samar campaign during the Philippine American War. President Roosevelt holds up General Jacob H. Smith’s order to Major Litttleton Waller Tazewell Waller to “Kill every one over ten years.” Smith, Waller, General Adna Romanza Chaffee, Secretary of War Root, and Lieutenant John H. A. Day stand in a circle while looking at the order and pointing at each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Newspaper article on the reaction to atrocities in the Philippines being carried out by American soldiers. The article questions whether a military inquiry will suffice and suggests that Secretary of War Elihu Root may need to resign.
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1902-04-16
Russell B. Harrison is strongly against the appointment of Colonel Walker to the post of Pension Commissioner, saying that he is viewed as a perpetual seeker of office. He believes that Walker would bring discredit to the Roosevelt administration like Corporal Tanner did to the Benjamin Harrison administration. Harrison believes that the business interests believe that too many pensions are being passed for old soldiers. He also has a low opinion of the War Department and believes new personnel are required. He believes the War Department needs a “Roosevelt Man” unattached to the McKinley administration.
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1902-04-11
At the direction of Secretary of War Root, General Randall is to quietly send additional forces to southern Alaska to prevent possible disturbances along the disputed Canadian border. A “trusted officer” should also be sent to report upon conditions and look out for Canadian aggression.
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1902-03-29
Desha Breckinridge invites President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Root to communicate their opinions concerning an editorial relating to the Army. The editorial was written by Breckinridge’s father, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge.
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1902-04-03
Oswald Garrison Villard comments on General Nelson Appleton Miles, whose critical remarks concerning military conduct in the Philippines have sparked controversy.
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1902-04-03
Secretary of War Elihu Root would like a meeting with President Roosevelt, Secretary of State John Hay, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox before they begin communicating with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma.
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1902-03-24
Governor Odell, Lieutenant Kelly’s father-in-law, explains that he requested Kelly remain posted at West Point out of fear that his daughter and infant grandchild might be ordered overseas. He will withdraw the application if it creates an “undesirable precedent.”
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1902-03-27
Frederick M. Alger understands that President Roosevelt cannot attend the meeting but requests that a member of the Roosevelt administration come and speak.
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1902-03-15
At the direction of Secretary of War Elihu Root, Merritt O. Chance returns General Adna Romanza Chaffee’s telegram.
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1902-03-18
Richard Harding Davis has received President Roosevelt’s letter and requests a letter from Roosevelt or from Secretary of War Elihu Root to Governor of Puerto Rico William Henry Hunt. In a handwritten note, Root has agreed to furnish the requested letter.
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1902-03-18
At the direction of Secretary of War Elihu Root, Merritt O. Chance returns Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long’s letter regarding “land defenses at Guam, Pearl Harbor, San Juan, and other points.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-06