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President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Navy Metcalf to form a board with the purpose of investigating the question of the hydraulics of the Mare Island Straits and approaches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-28
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of War Taft to form a board to investigate the hydraulics of the Mare Island Straits and approaches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-28
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte if there is a warrant for waiving the age requirement for joining the Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy in the case of John H. Larrabee. He has informed Larrabee’s supporters that he does not think anything can be done, but wishes to hear officially from Bonaparte. He encloses a letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane introducing Larrabee, and a letter from Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, on previous exceptions to the rules.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-18
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-15
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Charles J. Bonaparte writes Theodore Roosevelt to express his concern regarding the wording of a provision in the Naval Appropriations Bill which would place limitations on the President’s selection of the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. The provision would allow for selection only from the Corps of Engineers, and only those with seven or more years active service. Bonaparte feels that placing such a limitation on the President is unwise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-02