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President Roosevelt does not think it will be possible to promote Hugh Lenox Scott, as the senate military committee has said that they will not confirm anyone below the level of full colonel.
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1908-10-02
President Roosevelt is sorry that he can not appoint Hugh Lenox Scott, but tells Major Henry Lee Higginson that the Senate Military Committee has made it clear that only colonels will be supported for promotion.
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1908-09-30
President Roosevelt feels that Governor Johnson has made a strong case for Alvah Eastman, and has directed an immediate investigation and report from the War Department. He will ask the department to send their results to the Congressional Committees on Military Affairs.
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1907-01-14
Secretary of War Taft forwards a letter from Senator Proctor concerning threats to resign from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs.
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1905-06-10
Senator Proctor writes to President Roosevelt to clarify his opinion on the promotion of military officers. Proctor does not recommend appointments based on statehood or individual desires; rather, he recommends the best person for the position. Proctor believes that Eugene Frederick Ladd would be an excellent choice due to his service in Cuba.
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1905-06-08
Cartoon depicts General Nelson Appleton Miles sliding safely into home plate before Secretary of War Elihu Root can catch the baseball labeled “Retirement.”
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1902-04-23
President Roosevelt instructs Senator Aldrich that the language of the bill must be clear that it is permissible but not mandatory that the board members may reinstate the members of the 25th Infantry Companies B, C, and D of the United States Army that are innocent of assault and have no criminal knowledge of the Brownsville Affair of 1906. Roosevelt would like Aldrich to show this letter to Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis E. Warren, William Warner, and Joseph Benson Foraker.
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1909-01-27
President Roosevelt sends Francis E. Warren, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, a letter from Secretary of War Luke E. Wright about a problem that has arisen in the administration of laws related to the detail of officers for service in the Ordnance department. Roosevelt encloses a proposed amendment that has his approval.
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1908-12-14
President Roosevelt assures George Rumsey Sheldon that he has a high regard for Major Hugh Lenox Scott, but that he has an understanding with the Senate Committee on Military Affairs that they will not consider anyone of rank lower than colonel for promotion to brigadier general.
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1908-12-01
President Roosevelt assures General McCook that he holds Major Hugh Lenox Scott in high regard, but has an understanding with the Senate Committee on Military Affairs that they will not confirm anyone below the rank of colonel for promotion to brigadier general.
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1908-12-01
President Roosevelt informs Cornelius Newton Bliss that while he has a high regard for Major Hugh Lenox Scott, superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point, the Senate Military Committee has told him that they will not confirm the promotion of anyone below a colonel to the rank of brigadier general.
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1908-12-01
President Roosevelt informs Senator John W. Daniel that it will not be possible for him to promote Colonel Junius Levert Powell. He has spoken with the Military Affairs Committee, and six other surgeons with better records and longer service than Powell have not been able to retire as brigadier general, so Roosevelt does not think Powell’s promotion would be confirmed.
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1908-04-22
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Senator Warren to bring before the Committee on Military Affairs as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt also requests that Warren suggest other committees that would benefit from receiving the facts presented in the letter.
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1908-01-17
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft to have Adjutant General Fred C. Ainsworth carefully review the testimony of Harry G. Leckie before the Senate Committee of Military Affairs regarding the Brownsville Affair. Roosevelt says Leckie made several false statements before the committee.
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1907-06-20
Alexander Lambert received a copy of one of President Roosevelt’s books from Robert Bridges. He has not had a chance to read it yet, but will do so soon. Lambert discusses some of the books he has been reading recently, particularly one on the Mongol conquests. He also remarks upon a current bill before the Senate Military Committee that he urges Roosevelt to help pass.
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1908-02-18
Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Crozier forwards the information he received regarding the presence of antimony in bullets manufactured or distributed by Frankford Arsenal to Acting Secretary of War Oliver.
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1907-12-11
Senator Warren, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, requests Secretary of War Taft to provide the committee with information about the bullets used for Springfield rifles. The committee wants to know if the government performs chemical analyses of bullets or materials to create bullets sold to the government, if the Union Metallic Cartridge Company preserves records of their chemical analyses, and if he has any information on the ingredients and percentages of materials used to fabricate bullets from manufacturers other than the government.
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1907-12-10
Senator Lodge relays a conversation he had with Governor Curtis Guild about newspaper reports that the national government is opposed to the railroad merger. He asks President Roosevelt to supply any proof, if it exists, that just because the government is following railroad activity it is not thereby indicating any opposition to the Governor. Lodge will send Roosevelt the French report on the sale of rifles. He discusses the testimony of Lieutenant Leckie and John I. Kleiber at the Senate hearing on the Brownsville Affair.
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1907-06-14
Senator Allison updates President Roosevelt on the status of the bill in the Senate that includes a $300,000 appropriation for the War College.
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1904-07-13
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Secretary of War William H. Taft. Taft has submitted a bill for the elimination of dead material among army officers which will facilitate promotions. Although Roosevelt believes that nothing can be done this session, he hopes the bill will pass next session.
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1908-05-28