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President Roosevelt introduces Archibald Gracie, a distant relative of his, to Secretary of War Wright, and asks that Wright show Gracie “all proper courtesy.”
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1908-07-20
President Roosevelt tells Theodore P. Shonts that he does not interfere with the War Department regarding officers threatened with court-martial. Roosevelt has heard of Lieutenant Mitchell several times, but never favorably.
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1908-07-02
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte to communicate with the Department of State and the War Department in order to coordinate action regarding the infringement of neutrality laws on the border of Texas and Mexico. He directs Bonaparte to contact the district attorneys and marshals of Texas in order to capture the guilty parties.
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1908-06-29
President Roosevelt appoints James Buchanan Aleshire to the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials, which will investigate the properties and best methods for using the building materials and fuels in the United States. The War Department has also been requested to transfer buildings and grounds from the Pittsburg Storage and Supply Depot to the Department of the Interior for temporary use.
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1908-06-04
President Roosevelt is pleased at the good news and will notify the War Department that he expects to appoint Colonel Howze in February.
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1908-06-07
President Roosevelt sends Representative Burton the text of an amendment for the Snake River project submitted by Representative Wesley Livsey Jones and Senator Samuel H. Piles. The amendment grants the Secretary of War oversight and authority in the construction, administration, and management of the Benton Water Company and the dam that will be constructed on the Snake River. Roosevelt believes the bill can pass with this amendment.
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1908-05-02
In the wake of a tornado outbreak in Mississippi, President Roosevelt informs Governor Noel of the legal channels through which the War Department will dispatch aid and personnel, and provides him with the names of people to ask for aid. The Red Cross is also sending aid and nurses.
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1908-05-02
President Roosevelt provides Maryland Senator Rayner with facts and reports pertaining to the unfitness and misconduct of Colonel William F. Stewart, who seeks to retire as a Brigadier General, and whom Isidor feels has been unfairly punished with a bad posting. Given Stewart’s record and reports of his conduct toward civilians, subordinates, and superiors, Roosevelt stands by the decision that has been made and is unwilling to open a court of inquiry into the matter.
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1908-05-06
President Roosevelt did not know when he vetoed the Rainy River Dam Bill that it was already half-completed. Now that Representative Bede has brought the matter to his attention, he suggests two provisions that, if added to the bill, he would accept. First, he would like the term to be limited to 99 years. Second, Roosevelt believes the bill should charge the company for the benefits it is granted through the construction of the dam. In order for the company to not be immediately caught unawares by this charge, Roosevelt suggests that the bill authorize the Secretary of War to collect a charge in 25 years’ time. Roosevelt asserts that the federal government has power over state governments to make such laws and levy such charges.
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1908-05-07
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft to revoke the promotion of Field Artillery officer Clarence Northrup Jones on the grounds of both his physical condition and his moral conduct. He asks for another investigation into Jones’s conduct.
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1908-04-13
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft to investigate the War Department and ensure that no work is being done on Sundays, unless it is unavoidable.
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1908-03-25
President Roosevelt sends Representative Burton a report from the War Department concerning water power. He would like to have the views of the Inland Waterways Commission on the report by April 1.
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1908-03-18
President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Bonaparte to communicate with the War Department regarding the question of having a United States Marshal inspect some messages. If the Marshal needs soldiers, Roosevelt says, they will use them, but it would be better to have a definite statement regarding whether they are needed or not. Roosevelt thinks that having civil authorities patrol the line and only resorting to soldiers in the case of a mob would be preferable.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt tells Governor Noel of Mississippi that, having received his letter, he directed Captain Ira C. Welborn to be suspended from duty at the Agricultural and Mechanical College pending an investigation, as Noel requested.
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1908-02-13
Although President Roosevelt verbally expressed his appreciation for Colonel Humphrey’s and Lieutenant Murphy’s work in Panama and Venezuela, he does not feel it is appropriate for him to send a letter expressing those sentiments until they have resigned.
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1908-01-07
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that in accordance with the request of the Nevada Governor John Sparks, the Nevada senators and representative, and the War Department, he is sending troops to Nevada on standby. Root should obtain the War Department papers on the subject and speak with Sparks about any steps he needs to take for further action on the part of the federal government.
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1907-12-13
President Roosevelt appoints Surgeon General O’Reilly as the representative of the War Department on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt heartily sympathizes with Thomas P. McLoughlin’s proposal and has sent it to the War Department with his stated support. Roosevelt asks McLoughlin to write to as many Congressmen as he can about the project and Roosevelt will back him.
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1907-11-06
President Roosevelt regrets to tell Senator Bourne that even thought the man he recommends for the Philippine Scouts is a good man, he cannot put aside non-commissioned officers who have stayed in the service for a private who has left the service.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft of the recommendation by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to lay adequate fuel supplies for all federal offices in the Northwest before winter.
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1907-06-11