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President Roosevelt has sent what Owen Wister has said about William R. Scott, along with enclosed letters, to the War Department and instructed them to send Scott information about how to file for consideration to become a chaplain. He will have the State Department look into the case of Sofia Grigorievna Kropotkina.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-05
Owen Wister encloses papers from University of Pennsylvania Professor Morris Jastrow. Jastrow would like Russian princess Alexandra Kropotkin to be told before she sails for America whether she will be allowed into the country. Wister also brings the Reverend William R. Scott, a former Pennsylvania football team substitute, to President Roosevelt’s attention. Scott would like to be made a chaplain so that he can preach to soldiers and men. Although Wister has made it a rule not to ask Roosevelt for political appointments, he points out that a chaplaincy is not a political appointment. Roosevelt’s birthday gift is delayed by the publisher, but Wister will send it on when it is out. Wister is pleased with the election results, especially because William H. Taft will be able to appoint Supreme Court Justices.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-04