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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
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft in his view on the action of the Commissioners of Claims in Cuba. Roosevelt directs that the payment of the claims proceed.
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1907-05-11
President Roosevelt designates Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus W. Jones as a War Department representative to the United States Geographic Board.
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1907-05-01
President Roosevelt assures Commandant of Cadets Howze of his high regard, which has been demonstrated by his having recommended Howze for appointment or advancement three times in the past, the last two times over the protest of the War Department. Despite this, Roosevelt cannot nominate Howze for promotion to brigadier general at this time, and does not believe such a nomination would be confirmed.
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1907-04-05
President Roosevelt appoints an Inland Waterways Commission and requests that Representative Burton serve as chairman of the commission, along with Senator Francis G. Newlands, Senator William Warner, Representative John Hollis Bankhead, General Alexander Mackenzie, Dr. W. J. McGee, Frederick Haynes Newell, Gifford Pinchot, and Herbert Knox Smith. He explains the purpose of the commission to develop a “comprehensive plan for the improvement and control of the river systems of the United States.” The same letter was sent to the other prospective appointees.
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1907-03-14
President Roosevelt has forwarded Francis J. Heney’s letter to the War Department with a request that they comply with his suggestion regarding Raymond W. Briggs.
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1907-02-14
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft for his opinion on a series of five orders regarding practice marches which he is considering issuing meant to make them “as attractive as possible to the enlisted men.”
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1907-02-05
President Roosevelt appoints Surgeon General O’Reilly to the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross as a representative of the War Department.
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1906-11-30
President Roosevelt appoints Colonel Potts to the U. S. Geographic Board as a representative of the War Department.
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1906-11-08
President Roosevelt thinks Secretary of War Taft should send the letter from former Panamanian president Tomás Arias to Secretary of State Elihu Root for review. While canal engineer John F. Stevens is admirable man, Roosevelt believes he can render himself valueless by thinking himself indispensable. Roosevelt wants to keep the party traveling to Panama a small one. He requests Taft communicate with the acting Secretary of War, as he is not pleased with the War Department’s lack of initiative concerning Cuba’s request for cartridges.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Labor Neill for his recent report on the enforcement of the eight-hour law, and remarks that he is concerned by some of Neill’s findings. Roosevelt declares that he is “bound to see that this law is absolutely enforced,” and “will go to any requisite length in order to secure its proper enforcement.” He asks Neill to continue to work on the issue, and to draw up several orders to help ensure the law is enforced within governmental departments. Roosevelt also wishes to act against district attorneys who are lax in enforcing the law, and asks for the names of any officials Neill knows of who fall into this category.
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1906-08-21
President Roosevelt would like for Frank L. Laird and Adam C. Haeselbarth to discuss the conditions in Santo Domingo with some members of the War or State Department. Roosevelt praises Haeselbarth’s performance as Director of Charities in Puerto Rico, but does not know how familiar he is with the situation with the Dominican Republic compared with government agents George R. Colton or Thomas Cleland Dawson. He is interested in learning exactly what Haeselbarth wishes to discuss, but then would like to invite the pair to Washington, D.C., to discuss the matter. Regarding the recent treaty, Roosevelt maintains that “there was literally one one honest or intelligent objection,” and the Senate’s conduct was shameful.
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1906-08-03
President Roosevelt congratulates Acting Secretary of State Bacon on the way he handled the situation in Central America, and directs him to answer the cables received from Central American authorities and American Ministers in Central America. Roosevelt also asks Bacon to inform him if there is further action required regarding the matter of arms and ammunition on the Mexican border, and asks him to contact the War Department to look up precedents for deploying troops in Texas.
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1906-07-21
President Roosevelt was interested to read what Dan T. Moore has had to say about Colonel Arthur Murray. Secretary of War William H. Taft and senior War Department officers think highly of Murray, and Roosevelt believes that “in spite of certain defects he is on the whole the best man for the position.”
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1906-07-11
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that he has asked Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill to look into complaints alleging violations of the eight-hour law, and has directed him to communicate directly with various Departments and Bureaus he needs information from in order to save time and minimize correspondence. Roosevelt directs Taft to give Neill any information he may request promptly in order to facilitate his work.
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1906-06-28
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Postmaster General Cortelyou to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Post Office Department in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
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1906-04-23
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Department of the Treasury in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
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1906-04-23
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Secretary of War Taft to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Department of War in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
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1906-04-23