Volunteers--Recruiting

Theodore Roosevelt tells Hugh Douglas Wise that Wise is on the list of men Roosevelt will have as officers if he is allowed to raise a volunteer division for the war in Europe. Roosevelt names other men he hopes to appoint and notes his preferences for Senior Brigade Commander and Chief of Staff, but notes he is not certain which officers would be colonels and which would be lieutenant-colonels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-09-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

This edition of “News and Notes” covers a variety of topics such as the conferral of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and the results of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) Public Speaking Contests. The section also notes the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the TRA, and it highlights the naming of a new commanding officer for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Updates on Pine Knot, the TRA Journal indexing, and the need for volunteers at both Sagamore Hill and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace are noted. An obituary for Grace Green Roosevelt McMillian also appears in the section.

Photographs in “News and Notes” include one of some of the leadership of the TRA at Pine Knot; the winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for New York City; and one of John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park (incorrectly identified as Yosemite). A listing of the members of the executive committee of the TRA also appears in the section.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1993-1994