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Grenville M. Dodge responds to William Loeb’s letter concerning Captain Gallagher. The Subsistence Department wanted him to remain in their service. He stayed through the events in Cuba, the Philippines, and China. Gallagher is considered to be a superior officer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-27
Army Chief of Staff Chaffee provides Secretary of War Taft with a list of colonels for President Roosevelt’s consideration for promotion to brigadier general.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-29
Secretary of War Taft encloses a memorandum forwarded by Army Chief of Staff S. B. M. Young. Retired Brigadier General Aaron Simon Daggett had recommended that United States Army regulations should be changed to prohibit army chaplains from duty as counsel for enlisted men, exchange officers, and other positions. Taft recommends disregarding Daggett’s recommendations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-29
Secretary of War Taft submits the Army Chief of Staff’s recommendations for filling vacant brigadier-generalships. In addition to the submitted recommendations, Taft suggests Colonel Arthur L. Wagner and states he is one of the best strategists in the United States Army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-30
U.S. Army Chaplain Pierce comments on a proposed revision of Army regulations that would prohibit detailing chaplains to boards, councils, counsel for prisoners, etc.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-22
Colonel Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, writes a letter of recommendation concerning Eugene Frederick Ladd to Chief of Staff Young.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-26
Major General Brooke provides a letter of recommendation for Captain Ladd.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-25
Edward Davis relays military orders concerning troop drills in the Philippines from General Leonard Wood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-15
General Chaffee writes Henry Clark Corbin to verify the integrity of Major Eugene Frederick Ladd.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-18
Sheet music for “Columbia Rules the Waves,” a tribute to the American fleet. The cover features illustrations of Columbia and a warship. There are oval portraits of President Roosevelt and American naval leaders.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Sheet Music for “Do Your Bit, Help Send a Kit,” a WWI patriotic song imploring the public to help ensure that the troops have tobacco products by buying a “kit” to be sent to France. The song is billed as the “Soldier’s and Sailor’s Official Tobacco Song.” In small print at the bottom of the cover there is quote from Theodore Roosevelt. “I wish you all possible success in your admirable effort to get tobacco to our boys in France.” Cover features illustrations of a solider and sailor using tobacco. The back cover contains instructions on how to buy a kit.
As part of an inspection tour of military camps in the Midwest, General John J. Pershing visits Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois, on January 5, 1920. Opening scene of Pershing standing with General George Bell, commander of the 6th Division’s Provisional Regiment stationed at Camp Grant. A train with members of Bell’s staff unloads in the background. A long shot of Pershing, with an unidentified man to his left, and Robert Rew, mayor of Rockford, posing outside the Hotel Nelson after attending a luncheon in Pershing’s honor. The mayor is carrying a saddle and bridle which were presented to Pershing by the citizens of Rockford. Views of the 6th Division in formation; long shot of Pershing, Bell, and possibly Regiment-Colonel Mathias Crowley walking toward the camera through lines of soldiers. Views of tractors pulling a cannon along the snow covered streets. The last scene is of Pershing and a man who may be Crowley standing in a flag-draped reviewing stand as Pershing delivers a speech.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1920-01-05
This film shows a parade on a broad street in an undetermined location. Features a single line of mounted policemen, a military marching band, sailors or marines carrying rifles, and soldiers marching in formation. A dignitary riding in a closed carriage follows lines of marching policemen. The soldiers and sailors may be returning from the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1898
Isabella Greenway King has suggested that Belle Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry Field seek advice from Mary C. Bingham about their children.
1943-10-19
Kermit Roosevelt jokes that when the war is over his family will move to Burro Mountain and Kim Roosevelt can teach Spanish to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. The new arrival is apparently a “bouncer” and has been named Joseph Willard Roosevelt. Roosevelt will be leaving for France soon to join the United States Army. He enjoys the country and will be sorry to leave. Kermit has learned Arabic and is often the only person available to translate.
1918-05-10
General Wood requests John Campbell Greenway’s opinion, and that of as many representatives as Greenway can contact, whether Wood should resign from the Army or delay until he receives the Republican presidential nomination. Page 2 includes a tally, with the final count at 11 no, 8 yes.
1920-02-04
General Wood requests John Campbell Greenway’s opinion, and that of as many representatives as Greenway can contact, whether Wood should resign from the Army or delay until he receives the Republican presidential nomination.
1920-02-04
John Campbell Greenway recommends the appointment of General Wood as Secretary of War.
1921-02-02
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he spoke to the bureau heads and Generals James Franklin Bell and Fred C. Ainsworth upon his return. He details the plans devised by the Army General Staff for three expeditions to Cuba. If military intervention is warranted, Taft favors “going with as much force as we can command, …to end the business at once.” He suggests Roosevelt inquire of Attorney General William H. Moody if they have the right to intervene in Cuba without asking permission of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-15
President Roosevelt must reinforce the verdict of the Commission in regards to the case. Roosevelt reviews the members of the commission and highlights the Army and Navy representatives that were on the board. Governor Benjamin B. Odell and Judge Hasbrouck have spoken out on behalf of Inspector Robert S. Rodie in regards to his role in the sinking of the General Slocum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12