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Theodore Roosevelt thanks C. R. McNabb for sending the photograph of McNabb with Comrade Hauser. Roosevelt reiterates the interest he holds in the enlisted men of the United States Army and Navy.
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1912-06-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes Henry Knight that he “has always been and always shall be in favor of meeting any legitimate claims” in pensions for soldiers.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt and his wife will not forget dinner with the Rochambeau Mission in Paris. Roosevelt feels that General Brugère is a true gentleman.
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1912-06-06
Theodore Roosevelt is “touched” by Captain Charles T. Hull’s letter and remarks about how opponents have circulated “untruths” about Roosevelt’s attitude regarding Civil War and Spanish war veterans. Roosevelt states he is a “firm friend of the soldier” and supports all veterans.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt does not remember the event fully, but believes Hawes was a good soldier who at that time behaved with honesty.
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1912-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt thanks L. A. Ketterer for his letter and writes that he is proud of the goodwill of the enlisted men of the Army and Navy.
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1912-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt expresses to James Morris Morgan that no fellow officer of his uncle James D. Bulloch needs any introductions or justifications for writing to him. Roosevelt said his uncle’s name is Dunwiddie.
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1911-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes E. A. Pilgram, editor of The Reveille, that he cannot give opinions on institutions when he is not personally acquainted with their work. Roosevelt wishes well to organizations that help “our boys to be better citizens in the time of peace and to be ready to be good soldiers if ever the need should arise.”
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1911-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at receiving Senator Clague’s letter. He is happy to learn of the passage of the Uniform Discrimination Bill through both houses of the Minnesota legislature, as he believes that enlisted men should have the same rights as civilians.
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1911-04-24
Theodore Roosevelt received Mary Patterson Elkinton Nitobé’s letter and magazine article featuring the tale of Lieutenant Sakuma. He agrees there should be a book about the heroism of Japanese soldiers for Japanese school children, and adds that American school children and the world would benefit from these lessons.
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1911-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt takes time to personally reply to Thomas F. Joyce as he heartily believes in the enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
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1916-04-12
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the article that appeared in the November issue about a mother raising her boy to be a soldier and if everyone did the same, the country would be safe from war.
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1915-11-20
Theodore Roosevelt and his four sons would like to be in the trenches with British Captain H. Hesketh-Prichard. Roosevelt notes England has fared well in the war, better than Americans would have, although not as well as France has done. Roosevelt is “horrorstruck” by the attitudes of both Welsh miners and rich British men making money off of the war. He also is amazed that the Brits fall behind others in munitions production despite their industrialized economy. Roosevelt advocated mandatory service and has sent his sons all to Plattsburgh for military camp.
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1915-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles D. Mower for his letter and is happy to have Mower tell his “soldiers and subscribers” that Roosevelt is an interested reader of his publication.
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1915-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt qualifies for Eliot Norton where he stands on the issue of dual nationality. Roosevelt comments that should George W. Goethals become president, he may also “be liable to military service under the Dutch flag in Java” since he was born to Flemish immigrants in New York.
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1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt would normally send a card on Mary Phillips Riis’s behalf to Hector Munro Ferguson or Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram, but both are busy with the troops. Roosevelt asks that when Riis visits she tell him in advance so he can be sure to see her. He has not heard of the man she mentions, thinks the incident with silk petticoats she mentions is “very pathetic,” and wishes there were something more practical he could do about unemployment.
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1915-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt tells Jane Addams that he is “in a quandary.” Roosevelt received correspondence from someone claiming to be a soldier in need of assistance. In order to verify this, Roosevelt asks Addams to please read the letter and assess it for herself. Should she agree with his concern, he would like her to send a trusted person to check on this man and verify his situation and whether he was part of Roosevelt’s regiment. If he is indeed in need, he would like her to let him know so he can proceed with discharging the man and arranging for some money to assist him.
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1915-01-13
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of War Wright a memorandum that he would like included in the record of Captain Archibald Willingham Butt. Roosevelt considers Butt an “exceptionally able and efficient officer” whose tact and diplomacy has been helpful in his work and planning regarding the Army. If Roosevelt should ever command troops again he would like Butt to serve under him.
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1909-03-03
President Roosevelt was pleased by Major Leonard’s letter. Roosevelt praises Leonard as a soldier and citizen, and thinks that he typifies “those qualities which we like to think of as characteristically American.”
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1909-02-10
President Roosevelt is pleased that Thomas P. McLoughlin is going to build the sort of building the he has mentioned at Fort Slocum. A chapel would only see use on Sundays, but the building that McLoughlin described will benefit soldiers’s bodies and souls all the time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-18