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Typed copy of an oral statement made by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Evans is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Captain Charles E. Clark regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Clark is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Taylor is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Captain Charles E. Clark regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Clark is to make edits and return the statement to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
Acting Secretary of the Navy Converse forwards a copy of a cablegram to President Roosevelt. Rear Admiral Goodrich has wired from Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-17
For the U.S. Navy to fulfill its mission, it must be able to meet its enemies on equal terms. This principle has not been maintained in the building of recent battleships and other vessels. If the ships are adequate, sometimes the gunnery is not. Not enough people have been allowed to have input on the design. Opportunity for promotion for younger sailors is also a concern. There should be an easier track to promotion so there are younger experienced officers in the event of war. The memorandum includes statistics on the age of U.S. Navy officers compared with those of England, Germany, Russia, and Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12
A memorandum (in the handwriting of Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary) describing the creation of a Navy civilian training program. Roosevelt considers the training cruises to be “of the highest importance.”
1916
Admiral Robley D. Evans saluting while leaving the Mayflower.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-20
President Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Navy reviewing the fleet from a reviewing platform
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt, the Secretary of the Navy, two admirals, and the Presidential secretary during a Naval review
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte on the bridge, as sailors on the deck look on.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt standing on the bridge of the Mayflower, as a battleship sails in the distance.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt leaving the Mayflower.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte review the fleet from the bridge of the Mayflower.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-28
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte on the bridge of the Mayflower.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-29
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte standing on the bridge of the Mayflower.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-11-14
President Roosevelt on the deck of the Mayflower, amongst persons of import.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-04-29
An oversized Abraham Lincoln, holding an ax, addresses a diminutive Rear Admiral William T. Sampson regarding the case of Gunner Charles Morgan’s efforts toward advancement in rank in the U.S. Navy. Caption: “Don’t you think, Sonny, that your ‘five o’clock tea’ rule might shut out some good men?”
The background of this cartoon was a colorful clash, coming to a head on the floor of the United States Senate, when Senator William V. Allen of Nebraska upbraided Admiral William T. Sampson, who had recommended against the promotion of a Naval Gunner, Charles Morgan. Sampson granted that Morgan had technical and professional ability, but that warrant officers should not advance to ensign grades because they had not enjoyed social advantages perviously. He urged the Secretary of the Navy to deny such promotions. Senator Allen’s Senate speech, represented in the cartoon in milder terms by the figure of Abraham Lincoln, used terms of approbation like “snobbish aristocracy,” “disgrace,” “conceited ass,” “a class of bejeweled aristocrats,” and “arrant coward”… all directed at the Naval hero Sampson. The “tea” reference in the cartoon suggests that men in Sampson’s class were effete.
Theodore Roosevelt at his desk while serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
1897
President Roosevelt pulls back a curtain to display a statue of Columbia, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. Behind her is a battleship armed for war, and next to her is a cannon. Caption: President Roosevelt’s ideal of Columbia, now that she is a world power.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-07