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Deputy Commissioner of Pensions Davenport states his qualifications to support his desire to be promoted to Commissioner. Davenport also urges that the Pension Department’s record system be changed to a card system in order to preserve the older records and to become more efficient in processing claims.
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1904-12-22
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions Davenport distances himself from criticism of Commissioner Eugene F. Ware. Davenport considers Ware to have been a very good commissioner. Davenport writes that the Bureau of Pensions was well run.
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1904-11-17
President Roosevelt thanks Justice Holmes for sending him a copy of a biography written by President Charles William Eliot of Harvard (probably John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman) and thinks that in time it may be considered a classic. Roosevelt reflects on Eliot’s message of how people are remembered after their deaths and for how long. Roosevelt thinks that ultimately it is best for a person to feel internally that they lived honorably and did not shirk any duties, regardless of how long civilization as a whole remembers them.
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1904-12-05
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Henry W. Taft that it is possible William McKinley and Grover Cleveland did not know about the orders but that it was very improbable as the orders were essentially the same under Roosevelt as the others. Roosevelt also explains that had the orders not been made there would have been a extravagant pension law.
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1904-10-08
President Roosevelt thanks Daniel Edgar Sickles for his letter. He has asked Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware to act on the cases Sickles mentioned. One side claims Roosevelt is doing too much, while the other claims he is doing too little for soldiers.
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1904-08-02
Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware has given President Roosevelt a special bound copy of St. Clair Augustin Mulholland’s book, The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry: War of Secession, 1862-1865. Roosevelt looks forward to reading the book.
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1904-05-09
Commissioner of Pensions Ware has not hinted at resigning and President Roosevelt will discuss the “Blue matter” with Representative Scott when he sees him.
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1903-06-29
President Roosevelt will take up the pension matter with Commissioner of Pensions Ware at once.
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1903-06-17
President Roosevelt describes his recent dinner guests.
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1903-03-01
President Roosevelt sends his thanks for the copy of William Elsey Connelley’s book, which was given to him by Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware.
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1902-11-10
President Roosevelt sends his thanks for the book, which was given to him by Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware.
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1902-11-10
As Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not take part in government affairs, George B. Cortelyou notifies Chloe Andrews Sweet that her letter will be brought to the attention of Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware.
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1902-09-29
Eugene F. Ware is being removed from the Board of Visitors and President Roosevelt would like to appoint George W. Childs Drexel.
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1902-05-12
President Roosevelt is dining with Eugene F. Ware on Thursday and invites St. Clair McKelway to join them.
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1902-05-01
President Roosevelt is pleased that Myron T. Herrick is favorable to Eugene F. Ware.
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1902-04-17
President Roosevelt thanks Charles S. Gleed for the letter, but thinks the judgment on William Allen White is too harsh. Cyrus Leland has significant support from White, Eugene F. Ware, and Marcus A. Low. Roosevelt plans to ask Nicholas Murray Butler about the chancellorship.
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1901-12-07
President Roosevelt feels William Allen White “missed the point in the matter.” Roosevelt is more concerned about the qualifications of the candidates for pension agent in Topeka than he is about Senator Joseph Ralph Burton’s reaction to his decision. Roosevelt asks White to solicit private opinions of Eugene F. Ware and Cyrus Leland, the two candidates he is considering.
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1901-11-15
President Roosevelt has heard multiple reports about Cyrus Leland and is hesitant “to fight a Senator” over what appears to be factional bickering. He asks William Allen White his opinion regarding candidates and others he could consult.
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1901-11-06
Arthur C. Wade tells New York Lieutenant Governor Higgins that Harry B. Bouton, Special Pension Commissioner at Erie, Pennsylvania, is being transferred to a position in Washington, D.C. Wade, among many other citizens, considers Bouton “one of the strongest and most influential men in our County,” and has signed a petition to allow Bouton to remain at his current post. Thus far, this petition has had no effect, and Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware, “has treated him very abruptly and given him no consideration.” Wade asks Higgins to bring the matter to the attention of President Roosevelt or Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-21
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou has received the letter forwarded by William Loeb from Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware. The Commissioner’s annual report will be reprinted as he suggests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-02