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President Roosevelt received Archbishop P. J. Ryan’s letter and will consider Colonel George Henry Torney’s record. The Post Office department will look into the case of Mrs. White, and unless she has engaged in misconduct, she is not at risk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-12
Robert Shaw Oliver, Assistant Secretary of War, responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s wish that Dabney S. Royster enter the Army Hospital at Fort Bayard, N.M. Oliver encloses Rosyter’s letter indorsed by the Acting Surgeon General of the Army, George Henry Torney, and will gladly carry out any of Roosevelt’s wishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
President Roosevelt highly recommends William K. Sixsmith’s exercise regime and would like them to be mandatory for the military and in the schools for the boys and girls to participate in. Roosevelt attaches the recommendations from Captain Frederick B. Hennessy and two Surgeons General of an experimental class using Sixsmith’s exercises among the enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-28
President Roosevelt has heard good things about George Henry Torney but is unsure whether he will appoint him or Jefferson Randolph Kean Surgeon General.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
U.S. Navy Surgeon General Rixey writes to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf following up on their earlier conversation about the command of the Relief. A medical officer has always commanded the Relief when acting as a hospital ship. It would be inadvisable to place the ranking medical officer in anything but a position of command, as he would likely be offended.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-19