Soldiers

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Bonaparte to communicate with the War Department regarding the question of having a United States Marshal inspect some messages. If the Marshal needs soldiers, Roosevelt says, they will use them, but it would be better to have a definite statement regarding whether they are needed or not. Roosevelt thinks that having civil authorities patrol the line and only resorting to soldiers in the case of a mob would be preferable.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

Governor Sparks sent President Roosevelt a telegram containing a resolution from the state legislature requesting that federal troops remain in Nevada. Roosevelt will grant the request, but only for a “reasonable length of time” to allow the legislature to organize a police force.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Franklin Bell

President Roosevelt believes that officers should not be allowed to pass between details without serving with troops. He asks General Bell for a list of officers who have not served with troops for more than four years who had not previously served with troops for two years. He drafts verbiage of an order Bell could issue requiring officers to serve with troops.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Dent Grant

President Roosevelt has heard good things about George Harrison in the Coast Artillery Corps, and would like to know General Grant’s opinion of him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

President Roosevelt instructs General Wood to give Manila paymaster Major Beecher B. Ray four months leave.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that in accordance with the request of the Nevada Governor John Sparks, the Nevada senators and representative, and the War Department, he is sending troops to Nevada on standby. Root should obtain the War Department papers on the subject and speak with Sparks about any steps he needs to take for further action on the part of the federal government.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt tells Acting Secretary of War Oliver to direct General Frederick Funston to send an amount of troops “adequate to meet any emergency” to quell the conflict in Goldfield, Nevada, in accordance with Governor John Sparks’s formal request.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

President Roosevelt has received the telegram from Nevada Governor Sparks requesting troops in accordance with the constitution and laws of the United States, and will send a sufficient number to Nevada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Heriot Clarkson

President Roosevelt thanks Heriot Clarkson for an interesting pamphlet on Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion, and confirms that his great-great-grandfather, Daniel Stewart, served with Marion. Roosevelt directs Clarkson to Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch for more information on the Bulloch family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ian Hamilton

President Roosevelt comments on General Hamilton’s two-volume publication, A Staff Officer’s Scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wishes he could see Hamilton to discuss the book. He expresses particular interest in Hamilton’s description of a gruesome play performed by Japanese soldiers. He wonders how industrialization in Japan will impact “the qualities which give them such an extraordinary soldierly capacity.” He notes that Kuroki will be visiting and that he will speak to Kuroki Tamemoto about Hamilton’s book. Roosevelt comments that he is pleased that the ships are doing well at target practice and that the fleet is satisfactory.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Wayland Higgins

In a letter presented by Colonel James M. Jarvis of the National Guard Eighth Regiment, President Roosevelt asks Governor Higgins to give an audience to Jarvis and the men before their regiment is disbanded.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Benson Foraker

President Roosevelt discusses his thoughts about the situation in Cuba with Senator Foraker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt asks if the Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte can circulate Elbert Hubbard’s “message to Garcia” to every officer and enlisted man, as the Japanese Government has already done so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt asks if the Secretary of War Taft can circulate Elbert Hubbard’s “message to Garcia” to every officer and enlisted man, as the Japanese Government has already done so. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that he would like Captain Frank Ross McCoy to be detailed as aide in the White House. Roosevelt asks Taft to make sure such an assignment would be all right with both McCoy and Major General Leonard Wood, as he does not wish to make such an appointment over any objections they may have.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. T. Hull

President Roosevelt asks Representative Hull, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, if anything can be done to help John S. Gibbon.

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Creation Date

1906-04-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Macomb Selmes

President Roosevelt promises Martha Macomb Selmes that he will write to Representative John A. T. Hull to try to pass the bill relating to John S. Gibbons.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elwood T. Wyman

President Roosevelt is glad to hear that the deer of Rhode Island have done so well, and promises to look into allegations of soldiers poaching them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Jefferson Henderson

President Roosevelt sends Thomas Jefferson Henderson, member of the board of managers for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, a message of sympathy following the death of Henderson’s fellow board-member Martin T. McMahon. Roosevelt praises McMahon’s service, and comments that he will be difficult to replace.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Wade C. McClarin

President Roosevelt does not think that the United States army will go to China. In any case, he advises Wade C. McClarin not to try to enter the army as a boy, but to work hard and grow in body and mind so that when there is a need, he will be able to join the army and do his duty as a soldier.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919