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Governor Roosevelt responds to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter about the South African War. He discusses the Boers and military leadership, and draws comparisons to the Spanish-American War. He requests that Ferguson visit the following Saturday.
1899-10-28
Although John H. Parker proposes to correct any “errors of fact” made in his previous publication concerning the Santiago campaign during the Spanish-American War, such revisions will not sufficiently remedy the evil done by his first publication of questionable statements reflecting on other officers. Any future publications must be submitted to War Department for review. The report also contains a timeline of Parker’s commendations, efficiency report summaries with statements by previous commanding officers, and a list of battles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-13
President McKinley rides an elephant driven by Marcus A. Hanna. The elephant is carrying Russell A. Alger, Nelson Dingley, William R. Day, and William T. Sampson. A second elephant follows, and a group of men that includes “Nelson A. Miles, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry C. Lodge, William R. Shafter, Winfield S. Schley, John T. Morgan, Cushman K. Davis, George Dewey,” and others, march alongside under the standard “Imperialism for Ever.” A group of disgruntled men sit on the roadside, watching the procession.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-01-18
General William R. Shafter, larger than life, is pictured in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II), and with John Bull representing England. They bow, tip their hats, and salute him, acknowledging his success during the Spanish-American War. Depicted in an insert is the treatment Shafter received in the United States from the dogs of “Yellow Journalism” and hands with pointing fingers labeled “Amateur Magazine Strategist” and “Know-it-all Critic” holding a quill pen labeled “Hate,” and other hands labeled “Sensationalism” and “Impudent Newspaper Reporter” holding clubs labeled “Malice” and “Revenge,” as well as a boot labeled “Jealousy.” Caption: How our hero of the most remarkable campaign of the century is regarded abroad, and how some of us treat him at home.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-02
General William R. Shafter holds up a diminutive newspaper reporter labeled “Yellow Journalism.” Shafter appears ready to drop the reporter in the ocean.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-17
Print shows a large monument constructed “A.D. 1898,” showing statues of President William McKinley labeled “Administration,” General William R. Shafter labeled “Army,” and Admiral George Dewey labeled “Navy,” and a plaque that states “To Commemorate the Spanish-American War which has raised the United States Army and Navy to a proud position not only in the eyes of Americans but in the eyes of the World.” Also, a gang of “Old Women” with ropes are shown trying to pull down the statues. Among the identified women are “Schurz, Boutelle, Hoar, N.Y. World [Pulitzer], Cockran, Tillman, Caffery, Gorman, Vest, Jones, Hale, Bryan, Godkin [turning a crank for the] Evening Post, Sherman, Ottendorfer, [and] Edmunds”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-03-22
Print shows General William R. Shafter looking through binoculars at General Nelson A. Miles, who is emerging from the small opening of a large ear trumpet labeled “Spanish-American War.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-03-01
Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia observing from a viewing stand on the right and a group of American military officers observing from a viewing stand on the left, a small group of elderly men parading with a banner showing a portrait of Emilio Aguinaldo labeled “Aguinaldo Our Hero.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-11-22
Colonel Roosevelt describes operational mismanagement and the appalling conditions under which he and his men are fighting and surviving. Food and medicine are scarce and he is purchasing food for both wounded and able-bodied soldiers with his own money. Of the 600 men with whom he arrived, over 300 are dead or in hospital from disease or wounds. He is very proud of his regiment and thrilled with their accomplishments.
1898-07-19
Pamphlet with information on the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba and a membership list.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-01
G. Creighton Webb writes to President Roosevelt regarding officers of the 71st Infantry Regiment of New York who have been denied admission to the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. Admission to the Society is reserved for those who “served worthily,” and Webb and Philip Reade, the committee on admissions, consider officers Wallace Downs and Clinton Smith ineligible because they were found guilty of insubordination and other charges. However, General Shafter and A. C. Sharpe are advocating for the officers’ admittance, calling the earlier case against them a “New York local contest.” Webb asks the President to write to Shafter and Sharpe, urging them not to reopen the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Leonard Wood writes from Cuba saying that the populace is generally content but there are some difficulties with a few of the Cubans who have received government appointments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-24