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President Roosevelt would be pleased to receive from James Andrew Drain a brief statement of what Drain would like Roosevelt to say regarding the national guard, including rifle practice.
1908-10-19
President Roosevelt introduces James Andrew Drain, president of the National Rifle Association. Drain has done a great deal to promote rifle shooting in the National Guard and with the public.
1909-01-02
Commissioner Roosevelt enjoyed visiting Thomas Hitchcock in Aiken, South Carolina. There was a great deal of exercise with shooting, fox hunting, and polo. However, the “mental companionship” was lacking. Cecil Spring Rice has returned but is “very blue.” Roosevelt hopes Spring Rice will join them when Robert Harry Munro Ferguson visits Sagamore Hill. He inquires about Ferguson’s travel plans.
1894-03-28
Print shows at center, Uncle Sam as a policeman attempting to stop a bullfight, calling it a “brutal and degrading sport.” Vignettes surrounding the main image show a “Six Day Bicycle Race” with exhausted riders trying to continue, a “Foot-Ball” game with one football player jumping on another as medical staff carry off an injured player, “Pigeon Shooting,” “Prize Fighting” where the crowd cheers as a boxer gets knocked down, and a “Base-Ball” game where a baseball player is “Assaulting the Umpire” with a bat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-07-12
Uncle Sam stands next to a cannon labeled “Dept. of Justice” that is shooting at a floating target labeled, from the outer rim to bull’s-eye, “Scapegoats and Dummies, Appraisers, Inspectors, and Weighers, Trust Supt. and Managers, Corrupt Civil Service Officials, Sugar Trust Directors, [and] High Govt. Officers.” The target has two holes on the bottom. Uncle Sam is telling the shooter to “aim higher.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Quentin Roosevelt’s trip is going better. He thinks it is nonsense to start a trip by traveling ninety-four miles in two days. Even though the trip has been difficult, he hopes that Quentin has been able to do some rifle practice and believes that overall it will be a good experience. Belle Roosevelt contracted typhoid fever but is doing well. Kermit Roosevelt was “nearly wild” with concern for his wife. Roosevelt is being sued by William Barnes for libel.
1914-08-02
A British soldier tries to dodge bullets during the American Revolutionary War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-07-03
In a shooting match between France and Germany, a white bird labeled “Peace” has just been released from a trap labeled “Moroccan Situation” and the contestants are each waiting for the other to shoot first. Gathered around the shooting platform are rulers from European and Asian countries, including Uncle Sam, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, and Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. Caption: If either one of them shoots, it is all off with the bird. Hunting and Shooting Number.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-10-04
A woman, possibly Coco Chanel, wears a large hat with feathers and shoots at large white birds with a rifle. Two dogs labeled “French Milliner” place the dead birds on a pile at her feet.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt describes the family’s activities since they moved back to Sagamore Hill. Kermit turns somersaults in overalls, Ted is riding the pony Grant, and Roosevelt has been teaching them both to shoot. The scenery is beautiful but Roosevelt’s work as Police Commissioner has been wearing and harassing.
1896-05-24
President Roosevelt invited General Wilhelm Snyman of the Boer Army to lunch. Following the meal, the men practiced their marksmanship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08
Hermann Speck von Sternburg, serving as German Consul in Calcutta, informs Roosevelt that the “rattling of sabers in the Persian Gulf has ceased” and speculates that the powers in the Persian Gulf will come to a peaceful settlement. Sternburg criticizes the state of the British military in India and compliments the fighting spirit of the “Mohamedeans” recruited from northern India and the skills of Indian soldiers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-30
William Sturgis Bigelow encloses photos regarding some recent marksmanship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-15