Soldiers

Scenes of American and French officers and soldiers during WWI

This film appears to have been photographed in France during WWI. There is a medium close shot of Quentin Roosevelt with a small building in background, followed by a brief shot of French and American officers, including Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenbacker at immediate right, talking. There is a view of a troop train moving through a European town as people line the tracks waving to soldiers. The final sequence is medium close panning shots, from left to right, of: John J. Pershing, commander in chief of American forces; Andre Tardieu, French diplomat; Premier Georges Clemenceau of France; Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-chief of French forces; an unidentified French officer; General Maxime Weygand, staff officer to Foch; and Major General James W. McAndrews, general chief of staff of American forces, posing as they leave a building.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917-1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

For the honor of Uncle Sam

Sheet music for “For the Honor of Uncle Sam,” featuring a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with President Wilson in the presence of Uncle Sam. Below the main figures is a badge with a young soldier gesturing to a sitting, older man. Roosevelt was a proponent of American intervention in World War I and was a persistent critic of Wilson’s inaction. The lyrics are patriotic in nature and have nothing to do with Roosevelt or Wilson.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Dillon, James A.

The grave of Quentin Roosevelt in France, and pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba

The film opens with a brief shot of several unidentified men on a boat before moving to scenes of American and French soldiers placing a new fence around the grave of Quentin Roosevelt along with a new headstone engraved in French. After a short break, the film then shows scenes of mules, loaded with boxes of ammunition, being driven along a trail, likely near Santiago, Cuba. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cuba and used primarily for transporting immediate reserves of small-arms ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Some of the men may be civilian mule skinners hired by the Army to handle the pack mules.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1898-1920

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson

Governor Roosevelt recently had dinner with Guy Hamilton Scull, a Rough Rider who had been to South Africa. Roosevelt describes what Scull told him about the South African War and the soldiers fighting it.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1900-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt

Sheet music and lyrics for “President Roosevelt.”

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Keleher, Annie M.

Roosevelt speaking

Photograph showing President Roosevelt addressing military groups in dress uniforms and others at his inauguration.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-03-06

Creator(s)

Unknown

Memorandum to the United States Department of the Navy concerning the heroism of Robert E. Cox

Based on the findings of the Court of Inquiry, the author directs the Department of the Navy to nominate Acting Gunner Cox for a Medal of Honor or other appropriate recognition for his heroism during the incident on the battleship Missouri. Cox was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 14, 1921.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-16

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Ward

Theodore Roosevelt tells Herbert Ward that he must be proud of his gallant son. Roosevelt laments that it is a sad time for people like Ward, but it is also a time for heroism. Roosevelt believes there are worse things than facing death–“to lead the swinish life of a fatted hog, for instance.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-05-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Abram Greenberg

Theodore Roosevelt cannot find Abram Greenberg a job but summarizes Greenberg’s military service as told to him by John H. Parker. He gives permission for Greenberg to show the letter to potential employers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Campbell Greenway

Theodore Roosevelt does not believe he will receive a nomination for President at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Roosevelt agrees with John Campbell Greenway about having delegates at the convention, including Greenway as the Chairman of the Arizona Progressive delegation. Roosevelt is grateful for Greenway’s report on injured soldiers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-05-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address of President Roosevelt at the banquet tendered him by the Union League Club, of San Francisco, California, May 14, 1903

Theodore Roosevelt highlights the confidence he has in the average sailor and soldier. He also emphasizes all of the people involved in getting a fleet like George Dewey’s prepared for battle.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address of President Roosevelt from the portico at the Capitol, Bismarck, N.D., April 7, 1903

President Roosevelt addresses a crowd from the portico at the state capitol in Bismarck. He reminisces about his time in the Dakota region and the people he has come to know. Roosevelt speaks about the nation’s prosperity and how it can be affected by legislation and the character of the people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Crawford, Nebraska, April 25, 1903

President Roosevelt thanks a crowd in Crawford for their greeting. He also thanks the pioneers and soldiers present, as well as the agricultural men who have “laid deep and firm the foundations of the nation’s greatness.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Van Wert, Iowa, April 28, 1903

President Roosevelt greets a crowd in Van Wert. He speaks of character and citizenship as being the most important qualities in success and likens them to those of soldiers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address of Secretary Root, at Junction City, Kansas, May 2, 1903

Secretary of War Elihu Root speaks in Junction City at the request of President Roosevelt. He discusses the army of Kansas and the United States, and the role that citizens play in the army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address of President Roosevelt at the Soldiers’ Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 3, 1903

President Roosevelt addresses an audience at a soldiers’ home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He discusses the lessons taught by those soldiers in the Civil War. Roosevelt also gives personal examples of the need to cultivate virtue from his own wartime experiences.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Proud of her boys

The symbolic “Columbia” stands between an American sailor and an American soldier, during the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-07-20

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

From the ranks

American soldiers sit around a campfire listening as one tells a story through verse of getting kissed by his girlfriend just before boarding the train. The poem is authored by Edwin L. Sabin.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-08-10

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

Theodore Roosevelt as Rough Rider with Clifford Berryman’s bear

President Roosevelt, dressed as a Rough Rider, grins as he drapes his arm around a smiling teddy bear.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-1940

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

“The independents fought nobly!”

In the aftermath of a battle, David B. Hill is draped over a cannon, while Charles A. Dana and many New York politicians, identified as “Croker, Grant, Hinckley, Sheehan, Gilroy, Murphy, McLaughlin, Smyth, [and] Divver,” as well as the Tammany Tiger, appear to have some wound or injury. Puck is standing on the right holding a military standard that states, “The Principles We Fought For. Free Raw Materials – Civil Service Reform – Honest Money – Economical Government.” Caption: Puck–It is for the benefit of any party to be purified of its baser elements!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-11-21

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909