Soldiers

John Allison describes his military career to President Roosevelt and concludes that he cannot accept the Vicksburg Park Commission, as he did not serve there. However, he would like to be appointed to a commission he can legally accept. Allison also offers his view on how Secretary of War William H. Taft might unite the Tennessee Republican Party after he secures the nomination for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-05

The Army and Navy Union of the United States of America declares President Roosevelt a member.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-30

Commander Sims writes to President Roosevelt with the results of the long-range firing tests completed by the Atlantic Fleet. After his updates over the years on their great progress in gunnery training, Sims now reports that the battle firing system has proven to be satisfactory. He describes the tests conducted, the control system, and the outcomes for each ship. The fire-control officers, although rattled by stress at first, performed very well by the end.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-08

Thomas H. Barry recommends replacing military attache to London, John H. Beacom, with Sydney A. Cloman. Beacom is a year away from completing his three year appointment as attache. Barry has known Cloman since he graduated from West Point and joined his regiment in 1887. He highly recommends him for the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-13

Booker T. Washington writes to Christopher J. Perry about Perry’s recent editorial about President Roosevelt and the Atlanta race riot. Washington defends Roosevelt’s lack of federal action in favor of local and state authorities handling the matter, which has raised public conscience and a closer relationship between the whites and the colored people that exists no where else in the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-05

General Corbin writes that in paying tribute to General Albert Leopold Mills, members of the Union League Club honor their better selves and compliment an efficient and honorable soldier of the Republic. Corbin tells Colonel Vrooman that he is “more than sorry” that he is unable to attend the dinner in honor of Mills.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-25

Leslie Combs suggests that William Lawrence Merry should continue in El Salvador until the army has disbanded.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-21

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon informs Minister Merry that he should remain in El Salvador at least until the soldiers have disbanded, and he should wait for further notice before leaving.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-22

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft to pass along his thanks to the United States Army on behalf of the nation. Roosevelt compliments the Army’s swift actions during the recent earthquakes and fires in San Francisco. He also states that the Army was instrumental in responding to the Mississippi River floods, the Galveston hurricane, and the crisis in Alaska, and that the best men compose its ranks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-28

Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a man joining the service and to thank Roosevelt for a visit to Oyster Bay, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-22

Franklin K. Lane sends President Roosevelt extracts from letters sent by a Japanese soldier so that Roosevelt can see how the Japanese soldiers regard his efforts for peace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-08

Henry V. Boynton writes that he will look up “the Army and Navy Critic” and send a pamphlet recommended by Theodore Roosevelt to the service journals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-03

Commissioner of Pensions Ware alerts President Roosevelt that the Washington Post is reporting that pensions are being given to soldiers in order to influence elections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-16

Colorized postcard showing a stone sculpture with a bronze statue of a man in front located by a pool of water. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes that the monument commemorates the men who volunteered to be part of the Mormon Battalion who marched from Iowa to California to participate in the Mexican War. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Colorized postcard showing a soldier standing at attention on a boardwalk in a forest. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1908

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

President Roosevelt poses with military officials aboard a ship, probably the USS Mayflower. 

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907

Photograph showing enlisted men, posing for group picture with a bird mascot, Montauk Point, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

Photograph shows officers, including Theodore Roosevelt (left of center), posing under a tent, Montauk Point, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

Rough rider troops assembled at military camp, Montauk Point, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898