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President Roosevelt will find someone else for the Long Island meeting instead of Senator Lodge. Roosevelt is interested in the outcome in St. Louis and will see if the new Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton will be more merciful than United States Attorney General Moody about ships for the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1904-07-01
President Roosevelt tells his uncle Robert Barnwell Roosevelt that he will look into a certain matter himself, and that he has also sent Robert Roosevelt’s letter and pamphlet to Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton so he can look into it as well.
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1904-06-15
Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte has objected to earlier characterizations of the punishment given to an officer of the Pay Corps of the Navy as lenient, as neither he nor President Roosevelt could legally dismiss the officer. Bonaparte also objects to the statements that ‘it is difficult to believe that some law could not be found which on a liberal construction, if necessary, would suffice’ to allow Bonaparte to dismiss the officer, and that ‘with the indorsement and possibly at the instigation of President Roosevelt, (the Secretary) has performed many official acts during his brief career in the Cabinet which have caused astonishment.’ This blame, however, is misplaced.
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1906-08
President Roosevelt thanks Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James for remembering his birthday and sending the pin. As for the young lady she mentioned, he assures her he has told the War and Navy Departments to bring all such cases before him and that he shall provide justice in them.
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1901-10-29
William Howell informs A. W. B. Bogan that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt will not return to the office before the end of the month. He explains that the Revenue-Cutter Service is part of the Department of the Treasury, not the Navy Department, and suggests that Bogan write to Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. G
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1897-10-18
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs William Amos Bancroft that the Navy Department does not intend to discharge P. E. Smythe who was recently transferred from the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts to the Bureau of Construction and Repair.
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1897-10-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to John H. Clark that all positions in the Navy Department are under the jurisdiction of the civil service. As such, he cannot help Clark.
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1897-10-25
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Stevenson Constable that the Department of the Treasury appointed the Supervisory Architect for the United States last week. Even if he had received Constable’s letter earlier, he would not have been able to help Constable’s brother, Howard Constable, secure the appointment as it is outside of the Navy Department.
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1897-10-25
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses various national and international reasons why the Navy Department should steadily, yet rapidly, build up the Navy. He reasons that “a great navy does not make for war, but for peace.” Roosevelt lists actionable steps Congress and the Department can take.
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1897-09-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt cannot help Thomas D. Parker secure a position. He explains that all jobs at the navy yards are under the administration of the civil service, as are those for stenographers or typewriters.
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1897-10-08
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to Walter Hughson that no portion of the Navy Department’s annual appropriation for furnishing the naval militia can be used until the state authorities recognize and mustered it in. He suggests that Hughson contact the Adjutant General of Michigan E. M. Irish and with Lieutenant-Commander Gilbert Wilkes.
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1897-10-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Senator Chandler’s letter to Charles O’Neil, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. He has been reviewing the financial estimates and making cuts for all the bureaus except Ordnance. There is a need for naval gunnery, ammunition, and items relating to “warlike efficiency.” Representative Thomas B. Reed recently wrote Roosevelt about “that infernal gun-boat,” the USS Newport, which Roosevelt sent to Boston, Massachusetts, on the recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt shares with Representative Wilson that he heard from a cadet who attended the drill last spring that President William McKinley reviewed, who reports that the engineer cadets were in line. However, there appears to be a misunderstanding, as engineer cadets do not participate in such drills. He found the explanation for what happened regarding the story of William Thomas Sampson and the two men.
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1897-09-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Bryce’s letter. He discusses the lunch for October 1. Roosevelt wants to see Bryce and his wife, Elizabeth Marion Ashton Bryce before they leave. For the last two months, he has had complete control of the Navy Department and has done some things he long wanted to.
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1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks H. F. Donaldson. However, he cannot publish an article as requested since his reports are official documents for the Navy Department.
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1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt updates Secretary of the Navy Long on his recent meeting with the Armor Board. President William McKinley and Judge William R. Day report that news from Spain is not satisfactory and while Roosevelt does not anticipate trouble, the Navy should be ready to act immediately.
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1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt heard rumors that Ambassador Hay had been asked to become involved with having the frigate, President, returned to the United States, which the British Royal Navy captured in 1815. If such plans exist, he earnestly hopes Hay will refuse involvement in such a “preposterous and undignified” effort. Roosevelt has greatly enjoyed his work and has accomplished a few things in the Navy Department.
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1897-09-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Francis T. Bowles to keep him fully informed on Dry Dock No. 3. Any information Bowles shares will be kept confidential and will not be used against any officer. Roosevelt has declined the requested courts of inquiry against Bowles.
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1897-09-10
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt wishes he could help Mrs. Thomas Emmett but he cannot interfere in the affairs of other departments.
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1897-09-10
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt apologizes to Charles W. Chauncey, informing him there are no available positions Roosevelt can give, as all positions are under civil service rules.
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1897-09-01