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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte’s letter concerning John J. McBrearty, and already had some knowledge of the case. Secretary of War William H. Taft has told Roosevelt that McBrearty was “struck off the list of possible bidders in the War Department, for fraudulent practices,” and suggests that there should be cooperation between the War Department and the Department of the Navy regarding cases of this sort so that one department does not accept a contract from a merchant that another department has ruled out for fraud. He tells Bonaparte to follow his judgement regarding a Marine Corps civil service matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-05

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles J. Bonaparte sends President Roosevelt a report by an expert accountant on a defalcation discovered in the Navy Pay Office. Bonaparte is concerned about the laxity of supervision and perfunctory discharge of duty in the Pay Department, as well as its failure to adopt up-to-date methods of bookkeeping and accounting. Bonaparte recommends that a new Paymaster General be selected and that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts be relieved of its accounting duties.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28