United States. Army

Theodore Roosevelt informs U.S. Army Chief of Staff Leonard Wood that he remembers John Gregory Bourke and that his daughter is married to Luther R. James of the 16th Infantry. She is unable to be with her husband, because she is ill. James is anxious for foreign service, and a transfer has been scheduled between Lieutenant Samueleon of the 1st Infantry. The transfer was approved by Colonel Gardnerer of the 16th Infantry and by Colonel McGunningle. He writes to ask that the transfer be ultimately approved by Wood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-03

Army Chief of Staff Wood sends Theodore Roosevelt his annual report.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Tri-fold postcard showing Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech to a large crowd at Camp Grant. Roosevelt is standing on a covered platform decorated with American flags in the distance. A note from Henry Hysel on the reverse informs the recipient he attended this speech.

Collection

Marple Collection

Creation Date

1917

This exhaustively illustrated account of the Spanish-American war seeks to present the official history of the war according to the United States War Records Office. It encompasses the events leading up to the war, the war itself, as well as its resolution and aftermath. While it mentions the various engagements taking place during the war, most of the focus is on Cuba and the action of the United States Navy and Army in fighting Spanish forces there in support of Cuban rebels. It additionally includes general information on the theaters of war, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

Collection

Smithsonian

Creation Date

1900

Postcard showing President Roosevelt speaking to several men and soldiers at a camp in Newark, New Jersey. Text on the front indicates this postcard is part of the U.S. Army and National Guard Series.

Collection

Marple Collection

Creation Date

1905

Postcard showing Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech to a large crowd at Camp Grant. Roosevelt is standing on a covered platform decorated with American flags in the distance.

Collection

Marple Collection

Creation Date

1917

The Congressional bill appropriating funding for the Army has some provisions regarding the makeup of the General Staff attached to it that have unclear authorship, and would be detrimental to the Army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-14

Tweed Roosevelt recounts his role, beginning in the fall of 1998, to secure the Medal of Honor for Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt admits that he was initially skeptical about the effort, but he decided to volunteer and became a lobbyist to secure passage of the necessary enabling legislation. Roosevelt highlights the various members of the House and Senate who helped secure the bill’s passage, highlighting the roles of Congressmen Rick A. Lazio, Paul F. McHale, Steven E. Buyer, and especially, Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota. He also notes how the bill’s passage was threatened by the impeachment proceedings swirling around President Bill Clinton. Roosevelt describes several White House visits, including meetings with Clinton and President George W. Bush.

Twelve photographs appear in the article, nine of which include Tweed Roosevelt, and three each featuring Clinton and Bush. A Frederic Remington painting, a letter, and two documents related to the conferral of the Medal of Honor also accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Soldiers are seen drilling and marching at the officer’s training camp in Plattsburgh, New York. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. addresses a group of trainees. Noted Harvard hurdler William Henry Meanix jumps over a hurdle, and later smiles while standing at ease. Camp commander Colonel P. A. Wolf stands solemnly.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1917

Collection of newspaper clippings of articles, photographs, and maps showing some of the actors, naval vessels, and events making up parts of the Spanish-American war. Includes some handwritten notes and hand-colored photographs.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1898

Calling card of George LeRoy Brown. Brown wishes the recipient a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-18

Walter Merriam Pratt’s business card including his military rank and reading “Puritan Club Boston” in the bottom corner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-17

Theodor Körner expresses his support of Theodore Roosevelt and reminds him that he was his military attaché the previous May. Körner sends military literature to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-14

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis recently showed clemency towards Glenn M. Koss because of a letter his mother wrote. Koss was charged with embezzling money from the army that should have paid for his transport to his barracks by getting drunk on the train and riding it too far. Because of the letter from Koss’s mother; Landis decided to hold the prison penalty in abeyance, and instructed Koss to go home, get a job, and quit drinking.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-26

President Roosevelt would like to appoint a Lutheran chaplain int he Army, and asks Senator Spooner if he has any recommendations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-09

President Roosevelt cheers as General Leonard Wood hops over a number of United States Army veterans just before he reaches a large man labeled the “U.S. Senate.” Caption: An obstacle at last.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12

President Roosevelt drags “Dr. Wood,” clutching an “appointment to a Major Generalcy” football, through the goalposts as he wears an “Army” shirt. Two military officers and Uncle Sam watch with some puzzlement. There is a sign in the background that reads, “Army and Navy Football Game Today.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-28

Two men–“Senate” and “House”–hold the “annual message to Congress” with many tabs sticking out of it: “judicial reform,” “forestration,” “trust regulation,” “army promotions,” “secret service,” “labor,” “parcel post,” “greater navy,” and “inland waterways.” President Roosevelt says, “For the last time, gentlemen!”

comments and context

Comments and Context

By late 1908, Clifford Kennedy Berryman of the Washington Star (formerly of the Post) had become the Capital’s semi-official cartoonist in a community of several newspapers and many cartoonists. He had perfected the technique of capturing likenesses, if not caricatures, and his congenital geniality kept members of both parties welcoming of his daily cartoons. Whether it was a non-confrontational personality trait, or good business to stay on his subjects’ good sides, Berryman was friends to, and of, all.

President Roosevelt tries to place as many of his fingers on the switchboard: “arbitration,” “spelling,” “nature fakirs,” “national resources,” “railroads,” “GOP,” “foreign relations,” “Navy,” “Army,” “Taft,” and “business.” His left foot is has just hit the “our colonies” bell and his right foot is on the “legislation” lever. Roosevelt says, “I said no!” A handwritten addition reads, “Keep up the good work! You are doing all right.”

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Comments and Context

Many cartoonists drew many cartoons during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency and lifetime about his “strenuous life” — but, they drew more about his catholicity of interests, his fervid activities, his range and mastery of different subjects, his remarkable memory, grasp of issues, and foresight in determining how to act. All manner of observers marveled at Roosevelt’s mature hyperactivity, whether in intellectual pursuits, politics, or leisure; and cartoonists always had a ready-made topic awaiting them on slow days in the newsroom.

President Roosevelt peeks out of the “President’s Office / Army Affairs” at an old woman labeled the “meddlesome Senate.” She holds a bag: “Brownsville.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

This cartoon by J. H. “Hal” Donahey carried a direct observation about the current political situation, but also spoke to a larger subtext that contemporary readers would understand, but posterity would not, immediately.