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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Captain Evans that he will speak to the Secretary and that he has been advising along the same lines as Evans advises in his letter. Roosevelt feels that the sailing of Spanish torpedo catchers should be treated as a mobilizing hostile army.
1898-03-16
Before he makes a judgment, President Roosevelt requests Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry have the Newport Conference submit their recommendations and plans regarding the battleships Utah, Florida, North Dakota, and Delaware.
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1908-08-15
President Roosevelt comments on the potential economic panic and other issues. He sends Senator Lodge a copy of his Provincetown speech.
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1907-08-14
President Roosevelt congratulates the members of the USS Georgia in getting the ship back to work. In confidence, the president asks Admiral Brownson if the United States Navy can expedite the building of battleships, especially in the event of hostilities with Japan.
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1907-07-26
President Roosevelt believes the arguments of Admiral H. N. Manney against sending the naval fleet to the Pacific are absurd. If the arguments were true in a time of peace, they could more readily be applied in the event of war, in which case the United States should resign itself to giving up the Philippines, Hawaii, and Alaska, as well as Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal.
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1907-07-24
President Roosevelt assures A. T. Mahan that he has no intention of sending battleships to the Pacific when there is any tension with Japan. If there was any danger of war, he would immediately withdraw until the entire Navy could regroup and travel en masse.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt likes Lieutenant-Commander Key’s suggestion regarding Navy titles.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt describes to Bishop Cranston the makeup of the Navy chaplains by denomination. He would like to put a Lutheran in, and will attempt to do so as soon as there is an Episcopalian vacancy, as they are over-represented.
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1907-01-12
President Roosevelt argues for the construction of two first-class battleships, describing the ways in which they are economically and tactically superior to other types of Navy vessels.
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1907-01-11
President Roosevelt argues for the construction of two first-class battleships, describing the ways in which they are economically and tactically superior to other types of Navy vessels.
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1907-01-11
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that the railroads have agreed to the Navy’s wishes regarding government colliers, and he describes the positions of the colliers. The waiver of precedence for Panama colliers could once again agitate the commercial interests, but Newberry does not foresee long term effects if the railroads and coal suppliers can agree. He recommends the transfer of a few cargoes already en route.
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1907-09-01
Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt a newspaper copy of his speech to send to Secretary of War William H. Taft and commends Roosevelt for his speech. He also sends a letter he wrote to a friend, concerning recent stock market fluctuations, on which he wants Roosevelt’s opinion. Lodge hopes Roosevelt will look into the matter of the submarine boats.
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1907-08-21
Willard H. Brownson, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, forwards a letter from the Navy General Board to President Roosevelt concerning the Great White Fleet.
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1907-08-19
William Sowden Sims sends President Roosevelt his report on the advantages of big gun battleships of large displacement.
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1907-01-10
Acting Secretary of the Navy Converse forwards a copy of a telegram to President Roosevelt.
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1904-11-17
George Albert Converse, rear admiral and Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, had not discussed armor in an earlier report as he was focused on armaments. He has completed a memorandum and is submitting it. It discusses armor distribution in the Navy’s fleet, comparing the New Hampshire with Russia’s Czarevitch and with Japanese designs.
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1904-11-15
President Roosevelt sits on a box in the “U.S. Navy Yard” as he holds a paper entitled, “new Navy plans.” He is surrounded by equipment like “steel” and an “armor plate” as well as two sides of the “Kansas” and “Vermont” battleships. There are a number of battleships in the distance. Caption: “More and more our people are waking up to the need of a navy, and, in view of events happening all over the world, I think we can count on Congress to build up our navy. It certainly will if I can persuade it.”—Roosevelt.
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1905-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he is dining at the White House and President McKinley is pleased with his work as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He suggests names of dinner guests the Bryce family may like to meet.
1897-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he is really enjoying his work as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and accomplishing a lot. He enjoyed meeting William Sheffield Cowles’ brother and daughter Alice is having a good time on her trip.
1897-08-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles to say wife Edith enjoyed her ten-day visit and has everything ready to return with the children. Roosevelt really enjoys his work as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Daughter Alice wrote him an entertaining letter and he wants his sister Corinne Robinson to invite son Ted to visit.
1897-08-17