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Judge Jones did not have a copy of the navy regulations and was unaware of the purchase provision when he made his request. He did not intend to set a bad precedent and asks to purchase Gordon’s discharge after the required three months.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-03
Secretary of the Navy Long does not believe there is grounds for an appeal to the court of inquiry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-09
As requested, Secretary of the Navy Long encloses several letters written in February 1899.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-10
Secretary of the Navy Long explains the Bureau of Equipment’s appropriations estimates for land defense of new American possessions. He adds that additional harbors require fortification and have been protected by the Navy until defense can be turned over to the War Department. He recommends creation of a board of army and naval officers to consider the defense of all naval bases in maritime ports.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-11
Douglas Robinson encloses a letter from William Hamilton Russell regarding Joe Murray’s desire to be appointed Commissioner of Emigration. He encloses a second letter from Loring Brace of the Children’s Aid Society who would like to meet with someone in the Navy Department regarding Society boys entering the Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-11
Admiral Crowninshield is opposing Lieutenant Key’s posting and General Wood wants to ensure that Lieutenant Key receives command of Restless. Restless is scheduled to survey the coast of Cuba, close to where Wood is stationed. Lieutenant Key is General Wood’s brother-in-law and Wood’s wife was looking forward to seeing her sister.
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1902-01-13
Secretary of the Navy Long encloses a letter he wrote to President McKinley on July 3, 1899, which refers to the “responsibility for waiving the delinquencies prior to the Santiago battle.”
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1902-01-14
Secretary of the Navy Long is favorable to Captain Goodrich being appointed naval attache at Berlin. However, Captain Charles D. Sigsbee of Naval Intelligence feels that William Henry Beehler, the current naval attache, should be retained for another six months.
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1902-01-15
The court of inquiry failed on one point by passing over Admiral Winfield Scott Schley’s dishonesty towards Lieutenant A. C. Hodgson as only an “injustice.”
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1902-01-07
At the request of President Roosevelt, Edgar Stanton Maclay agrees to resign his position as special laborer in the Office of the General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, New York. He concludes by defending his book, History of the United States Navy, which has created controversy due to a passage regarding Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-23
Summary of reports from Lieutenant William Sowden Sims regarding the defects of the USS Kentucky when compared to the designs and target practice results of Royal Navy vessels.
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1901-12-17
Secretary of the Navy Long defends the Navy Department’s treatment of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
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1901-12-19
C. B. Lee acknowledges payment for provisions and laundry aboard the USS Sylph.
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1901-11-26
Richard Harding Davis would like to have President Roosevelt over for dinner or lunch if he comes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Army-Navy game. He admires Roosevelt’s stance against nepotism in the armed forces and hopes to discuss many things.
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1901-11-17
Lieutenant Werlich thanks President Roosevelt for his part in Werlich’s recent promotion. He pledges to abstain from all liquor.
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1901-11-01
E. C. Machen decries President Roosevelt’s choice of Admiral Crowninshield to attend the coronation of King Edward VII of Great Britain. He strongly recommends that Admiral Schley represent the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-27
Governor Hunt believes the current form of government will succeed in Puerto Rico. He suggests several changes to the management of Puerto Rico; including establishing the office of surveyor-general in order to settle the matter of public lands, providing Puerto Rico with funding to improve the educational opportunities for children, establishing an agricultural experimental station, improving harbor access, establishing a naval station, and placing a tariff on coffee in order to protect the local coffee growers from cheaply imported Brazilian coffee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-29
A vessel has been placed at the disposal of Governor Taft and his associates.
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1901-10-12
Thomas Lloyd Owens writes to his aunt Mary W. Owens, requesting further information regarding the statement that his grandfather, George Welshman Owens, appointed James Dunwody Bulloch to the Navy in 1839.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-12
Acting Secretary of State Adee notifies Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that the Dixie sailed this morning from Cienfuegos, Cuba, after landing 225 marines, and is now needed in Santo Domingo. In addition, the Cleveland is now needed in Cienfuegos to supply provisions to the landed marines, and the Newark and Minneapolis are due in Havana, Cuba, tomorrow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21