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President Roosevelt tells Providence S. Ludlam that he is just as entitled to a pension for serving in the United States Life-Saving Service as if he had been in the Army or Navy, and will do anything he can to help him obtain a civil service position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-05
President Roosevelt recommends to the United States Civil Service Commission that Frank Benjamin Raynor, who lost his health in a rescue while working as a surfman, be given any government position he is qualified for. Roosevelt includes a letter to Raynor from Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, describing the actions that Raynor and fellow surfman Albert Latham took following the wreck of the schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell in 1904. Raynor was awarded a medal for his actions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-04
President Roosevelt congratulates Hugh F. Doherty on his United States Life-Saving Service medal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-15
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou encloses a draft of a message regarding the life-saving service for President Roosevelt to review.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-23
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Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher)
English
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