April 24th, 1917. Dear Mr. Bell: Colonel Roosevelt's time will be pretty much occupied while he is in Chicago, but he will be very glad to see you for a minute or two. Sincerely yours, Mr. D. M. Bell, Pressed Steel Equipment Co., Chicago, Ills. 4012 991 April 24th, 1917. Dear Mr. Elliott: I hope I shall be able to use Mr. Bertram, but of course I don't even know whether I will get the division. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Elliott, Middletown, R.I. 33961 April 24th, 1917. My dear Captain Ely: I should like to have a very large number of Methodists in my regiment, but I could not consent to have a regiment exclusively of Methodists, any more than I could have one exclusively of Catholics, or Baptists, or Lutherans, etc. I don't now whether the Adminsitration will permit me to raise my division. Sincerely yours, Captain Harry A. Ely, The Cliff Crest, 938 St. Nicholas Ave., New York. 33962April 24th, 1917. Garfield Gentlemen: Mr. Newell Garfield, who is the son of ex-Secretary of the Interior, Garfield, is an applicant for the Officers Reserve Training Camps. I know young Garfield well. He is physically and mentally a vigorous young man, and he possesses, as would naturally be expected, precisely the type of character which one desires to see in an American officer. I cordially commend him. Sincerely, To the Examining Board, Officers Reserve Corps, Governor's Island, N. Y. 33963[*Harris*] April 24th, 1917. Gentlemen: Mr. Julian Harris, son of Mr. J. Chandler Harris, is an applicant for the Officers Reserve Corps. I know him well. In courage, and integrity and intelligence he represents exactly the type of highbred gentleman whom we most need to have in the service, and I earnestly hope he will be made an officer. Sincerely, To the Examining Board, Officers Reserve Corps, Governor's Island, N.Y. 33964April 24th, 1917. Dear Mr. Harris: It is a real pleasure to write the enclosed. George is emphatically all right. Always yours, Mr. Julian Harris, Industrial Finance Corp. 53 William St. N.Y.C. 33965April 24, 1917. My dear Mr. Harris: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but it will be impossible for me to make any additional speech at that time. Sincerely, yours, Mr. R. F. Harris, First National Bank, Champaign, Ill. 33966Hibben April 24th, 1917. Sir: Mr. Paxton Hibben is an old friend of mine. He was in the diplomatic service under me. He is a gentleman, and a man of high sprit. He is a remarkably accomplished linguist. He has been following the active fighting at the front, as a press correspondent. I believe he would make an excellent officer. Sincerely, General Commander of the Eastern Division, Governor's Island, N.Y. 33967Form 260 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH AND CABLE WESTERN UNION GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, VICE-PRESIDENT NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, VICE-PRESIDENT CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED RECEIVER'S No. TILE FILED CHECK SEND the following Telegram, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to April 24th, 1917. Mr. John T. King, Bridgeport, Conn. COLONEL ROOSEVELT EXPECTS YOU SAGAMORE HILL DINNER WEDNESDAY EVENING SEVEN THIRTY J.M.STRICKER Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 33968ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a telegram should order it REPEATED, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the unrepeated telegram rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face. THIS IS UN UNREPEATED TELEGRAM AND PAID FOR AS SUCH, in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the telegram and this Company as follows: 1. 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Beyond these limits the Company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, endeavor to contract for him such delivery at a reasonable price. 5. No responsibility attaches to this Company concerning telegrams until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a telegram is sent to such office by one of the Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. 6. The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the telegram is filed with the Company for transmission. 7. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT CLASSES OF SERVICE TELEGRAMS A full-rate expedited service. NIGHT TELEGRAMS Accepted up to 2.00 A.M. at reduced rates to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than the morning of the ensuing business day. DAY LETTERS A deferred day service at rates lower than the standard telegram as follows: One and one-half times the standard night letter rate for the transmission of 50 words or less and one-fifth of the initial rates for each additional 10 words or less. Subordinate to the priority of transmission and delivery of regular telegrams. Must be written in plain English. Code languages are not permissible. Telephone delivery permissible. Day Letters received subject to express understand that the Company only undertakes delivery of the same on the day of their date subject to condition that sufficient time remains for such transmission of regular telegrams. NIGHT LETTERS Accepted up to 2.00 A.M. for delivery on the morning of the ensuing business day, at rates still lower than standard night telegram rates, as follows: The standard day rate for 10 words shall be charged for the transmission of 50 words or less, and one-fifth of such standard day rate for 10 words shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less. Must be written in plain English. Code languages are not permissible. Mail delivery, postage prepaid, permissible. April 24th, 1917. Dear Mr. Menken: During Colonel Roosevelt's stay in Chicago this week end, Mr. L. H. French will call. Will you kindly see that he gets to Colonel Roosevelt? Also, will you be good enough to send a note to B. F. Moseley, 6221 Halsey Street, Chicago, asking him to call with two or three of his fellow men during Colonel Roosevelt's stay? These men are negroes, and it is important that Colonel Roosevelt should see them. Sincerely yours, Mr. S. Stanwood Menken, National Security League, 31 Pine Street, New York. 33969Patterson April 24th, 1917. My dear Judge : That 's an awfully nice letter of yours. I would love to have you with me, but I am very doubtful whether the Administration will let me go. I wish I could answer you definitely. Faithfully yours, Hon. John M. Patterson, Room 240 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 33970April 24th , 1917 . My dear Marshal Richards : Good for you ! I am very much obliged for what you did . It will be the greatest mistake if they don' t organize vol- unteers . If I get any definite information , I will let you know , but so far I am bound to say what information I have is that the Secretary of War does not approve my plan . Faithfully yours , Hon. John J. Richards , U. S . Marshal ' s Office , Providence , R . I . 31186[*Ranisford*] April 24th,1917. Gentlemen: Mr. Walter Kerr Ranisford, the son of Dr. W. T. Ranisford, desires to enter the Officers training corps. He is a graduate of Harvard - 1904 - with high honors; is a John Harvard scholar; has a diploma of the Beaux Arts of France; speaks French fluently, and for three years was in squadron "A". He is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and he is peculiarly fitted to be a good officer. I most cordially commend him. Sincerely, To the Examining Board, Officers Reserve Corps, Governor's Island, N.Y. 33971April 24th , 1917 . Dear Mr. Welling: The enclosed letter from the Navy Department under date of April 18th, is self-explanatory. I am sending it at Colonel Roosevelt 's request. Sincerely yours, Mr . Richard Welling , 2 Wall Street , New York . 33972April 24th , 1917 . My dear Mr . Williams : That 's a mighty nice letter of yours . I agree with you entirely but I am utterly powerless to exert any influence with this Administration . So far , the Administration seems opposed to my going abroad in any capacity . I would love to take your son with me , if I am allowed to go . With hearty thanks , Sincerely yours , Mr. N. Winslow Williams , Fidelity Bldg . , Baltimore , Md . 33973April 25th , 1917 . My dear Dr. Abbott : I have written Frissell that I would make such a statement to him to be used as he sees fit , but it would be entirely inappropr- iate in my Chicago speech . Good luck ! Faithfully yours , Dr. Lyman Abbott , Cornwall - on - Hudson , N . Y .April 25 , 1917 . Dear Allen : That's a mighty nice editorial . I thank you for it . Sincerely yours , Mr. Henry Allen , Wichita , Kans .April 25 , 1917 . Dear Mr . Ambrose : I have long suspected that the case about Hammerling is as you describe. Marcus Braun I know all about , I am sorry to say. I wish you would write yourself direct to Mayor Mitchell; or can I send him your letter? Faithfully yours, Mr. A. S. Ambrose , 157 Stratford Avenue , Bridgeport , Conn . Ambrose ' s letter sent to Mayor Mitchel 5/18 /17 Arnott April 25th , 1917. My dear Sir : I certainly thought I had disposed of that brand years ago. I would assign you the brand, only I don't know whether I have assigned it to anyone else. If I have not, treat this letter as authority for using it . Faithfully yours , Mr . George Arnott , Jr . , Montana Power Block , Billings , Mont . 352April 25th , 1917 , My dear Mr . Bock : I remember rather vaguely being well impressed by the steward on that transport , but I do not remember his name , so I can 't give you the letter you wish . Sincerely yours , Mr. Fred W. Bock , 215 West 100th St . , New York . 634Bulmer April 25th, 1917. My dear Sir: With reference to your note of April 20th, Address to Colonel Roosevelt, has asked me to let you know that he would be glad to receive your company of boy scouts at Sagamore Hill, Saturday afternoon, May 5th, at 5 O'clock. Sincerely yours, B. S. A. Mr. J. Wesley Bulmer, Scoutmaster of Troop #4 Cold Spring Harbor, Bunn April 25, 1917. Dear Paul: Most emphatically I will take that boy, if I am allowed to raise the division. Don't you think he could get twenty men to come along with him so that I could give him a commission? Sincerely yours, Mr. Paul V. Bunn, 510 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. April 25th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Burdick: I have just learned from Mrs. Shackleford of your action in connection with signing of the Star Spangled Banner. I am very glad you rebuked the man who refused to rise. It was a fine thing for you to do, and that man should have been thrown promptly out of the theatre. You did exactly right. Sincerely yours, Mrs. M. E. Burdick, 18 South Burnett Street, East Orange, N. J. 3998April 25th, 1917. My dear Carey: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I wish I could tell you something definite, but I am absolutely at sea. I believe I can take your organization as cavalry, if I take any cavalry, and if I am allowed to go. But I haven't the faintest idea what I can do. It is most exasperating. Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert D. Carey, Careyhurst, Wyo. 4969Cartier-De MarCom April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Minister: That's mighty nice of you. I look forward to seeing you whenever you come to New York. Faithfully yours, E. de Cartier-de Marchienne, Legation de Belgique, Washington, D.C. 6065April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Clark: Most certainly I honor the men of the National Guard. (I was one myself!) But surely you cannot believe that men like Jack Greenway, and Colonel Groome, the head of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary, to whom I have offered colonelcies, and Dave Goodrich, who is 40 years old, and Rock Channing, who is 49 years old, to whom I have offered lieutenant colonelcies, should be asked to enlist in the National Guard. This would be an absurdity. So it is with a great multitude of men who have applied to me from the west. I emphatically want to help the National Guard in every way I possibly can; but to tell me that the men such as I have named, and the multitude of others like them, ought to enlist in the National Guard, is I am sure, something that you do not mean. Now, my dear sir, here is another point. I don't believe in the National Guard regiments being sent abroad at all; as such. I believe that the proper course to follow would be to make out of the National Guard regiments, skeleton regiments of volunteers; permitting the men who are married and have people dependent upon them, to get out and have their places supplied by men who could afford to go; and at the same time getting rid of the men who although eminently fit to do national guard work inside a state, are not fit to go on a hard expedition. It 6810 - 2 - seems to me that to use the National Guard without doing these things is cruel to some men, and as regards other men, does not secure good service. Of course very many render admirable services. I was three years in a National Guard regiment. There were many men in my company who were well fitted for state service, and whom it would have been an outrage to turn out of the regiment, and yet who were entirely unfitted to go on a gruelling campaign; or else, who were in circumstances which would have rendered sending them on such a campaign a piece of cruel injustice. I have the highest respect for the guardsman who went to the border, but I think that sending them under the Hay bill was eminently improper from the military stand point , and produced a dreadful amount of needless suffering. Sincerely yours, Mr. Merrell E. Clark, 52 William Street, New York. 6811April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Cutler: I deeply appreciate all that you said the other day. I believe in the principle of obligatory universal military service with all my heart. I am not only earnestly backing the Administration's bill, but I would back it if it were ten times as effective and as far reaching as it is. I wish to see the principle of universal obligatory training introduced at once without a day's delay, and continued as the permanent policy of our Government. If we had done our duty, and had introduced this principle of universal obligatory training as our permanent policy and as the main feature of a great movement for preparedness two and a half years ago, when the war began, there would be little need for volunteers now. But we have delayed so long that it is absolutely impossible to introduce the plan and have it effective in less than a year, and perhaps not for a couple of years. Under the circumstances, it is mere folly not to employ, in the interval, volunteers. Remember that the principle of universal obligatory service does not in any way exclude volunteers; on the contrary, it necessarily included and welcomes the volunteer, who volunteers to fight. The individual against whom it dis- 8746- 2 - criminates, is the volunteer who volunteers to stay at home. Every wise system of universal obligatory service includes a provision for volunteers. It merely excludes the possibility of men who ought to serve being permitted not to serve. If the volunteers I ask to raise are raised, they will none of them be among those included in the draft. They will all be taken from men who will be exempt under the bill as proposed by the Administration. Therefore, they would represent a net addition to the fighting force of the republic. Not only is what I am asking absolutely compatable with the Administration's bill, but it offers the only way of rounding out that bill so as to meet the immediate needs of the country. "Universal service" is not "universal" unless it includes not excludes, the service of the men of my [pro]posed division; my effort is merely to include them myself in their service, as to make it really universal as far as we are concerned. I most earnestly hope that we shall furnish dollars and food for the fighting men. But if this is all we do, it will be shameful on our part, and our grandchildren will read, not with pride, but with humiliation, of our conduct. I ask that our country's record in this war be kept in line with the heroic deeds of the past. Let us, for our own sake, at once send troops to France, where their presence will both be impressive to our enemies and helpful to our allies. Not a moment should be lost in sending over the force. We can raise (and I will help raise) that division very speedily, with the approval asking of the War Department all I ask is to be allowed to half raise it, and to go abroad with it, under the commission of whoever the President appoints in command. 8747 - 3 - I congratulate you on what you are endeavoring to do in arousing the people of Rockland County to our national crisis. Our people cannot prepare too thoroughly now for the ordeal this country will pass through next fall and winter. If possible, our crop should be double in volume. Our farmers should be in every way, encouraged and aided in doing their share; the Government should take any steps necessary in securing this labor or fixing minimum prices or arranging for markets & terminal facilities, so as to aid them. Such organized effort as you are making in Rockland County will add materially in minimizing the deprivations that are ahead of us. The pinch will be severe unless the people join in efforts, such as yours, for the prompt development of the agricultural, no less than the military and industrial resources of the country. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Hon. Otis Cutler, Suffern, Rockland Co., N. Y. 8748April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Allen: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Hon. Crombie Allen, California Legislature, Sacramento, Cal. 33975April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Barrett: That's fine. It is a real pleasure to hear from you. Good luck always! Sincerely yours, Mr. C. S. Barrett, Union City, Ga. 33976April 25th, 1917. Dear Mr. Coles: I thank you for both of your letters. That was an extraordinary statement of Taft's. Of course, I never communicated with him on the subject of war with Japan; but when it looked as if he did intend war with Mexico, I formally tendered him my services. Sincerely yours, Mr. Russell J. Coles, Danville, Va. 33977 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Combs: Through my sister, I have heard from Miss Furman that you would like to join my division, if I am allowed to raise it. From all I can learn, you are of the right type. Will you send me an application, stating your qualifications? Sincerely yours, Mr. Troy Combs, c/o Dean Hurlburt, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 33978April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Denby: I wish I could answer you, but I cannot. The Administration seems much more anxious to keep me out of the war, than to get America into it! Faithfully yours, Mr. Edwin Denby, 1405 Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 33979April 25th, 1917. Dear Mr. Doran: You're a trump! It just would not do for me to go to Canada at present. I think it would be unfortunate in more ways than one. Will you express my very deep regret that I am not able to accept? Faithfully yours, Mr. George H. Doran, 38 West 32nd Street, New York. 33980Downing (handwritten across the middle of the page) April 25th, 1917. My dear young friends: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and evidently you are two young Americans of the right type, but I don't believe it would be well for you to try to go abroad, even if I am allowed to raise the division. Good luck to you both! Your fellow American, Miss Lois A. Downing, Miss Grace M. Burton, Velva, N.D. 33981April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. English: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and I want to say that you have proved to be exactly right about Vance McCormick. Sincerely yours, Mr. H.D.W. English, Pittsburgh, Pa. 33982April 25th, 1917. My dear Eustis: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Send me an application, which I can put on file; but of course, I have not idea what I can do. Sincerely yours, Mr. William C. Eustis, Corcoran House, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. 33983April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Flanagan: I cannot advise you for I don't know your special qualifications, or circumstances. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Paul R. Flanagan, 1833 West Grace St., Richmond, Va. 33984April 25th, 1917. Dear Fox: I certainly would like Bullitt with me, and I have filed his application; but I haven't the faintest idea whether I will be allowed to do anything or not. In great haste, Sincerely yours, Mr. John Fox, Jr., Big Stone Gap, Va. We are loving your Scribners short stories. ?985April 25, 1917. Dear Freuren: Just a line to say how much I appreciate your letter. I am delighted beyond measure that we have at last begun to do our duty. But I doubt if they let me take a division abroad. Sincerely yours, Mr. Moreton Freuren, Carlton Club, Pall Mall, England. 33986Form 260 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AND CABLE GEORGE W. ATKINS, VICE-PRESIDENT NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVER'S No. TIME FILED CHECK SEND the following Telegram subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to April 25, 1917. [*Furlong*] Mr. James J. Furlong, Mgr. Morning Star Publishing Co., New Orleans, La. I mourn the death of Archbishop Blenk. I knew intimately the service he rendered in Porto Rico, and he is one of the Americans of whom all good Americans should feel proud. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 33987 April 25th, 1917. My dear Professor Harper: That's most interesting. Curiously enough, the next issue of the Metropolitan will contain an article by me, in which I quote a speech by Rosen. Sincerely yours, Prof. Samuel N. Harper, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ills. 33986April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Humphreys: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, but my dear sir, I am sorry to say that it is not possible for me to write about the books I receive. You have no conception of the difficulties it would entail. With the heartiest good wishes and thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. T.L. Humphreys, The Union League Club, New York. 33989Hutchinson Dear Dr. Is the enclosed all right? Sincerely yours, Hutchinson 33990April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Jones: I am very deeply touched and pleased by your letter, and it thrilled me to read how the Montgomery people cheered when Judge Clayton spoke of me. If you see the Judge, will you tell him how much touched I am? It was fine to hear from you, both because of you yourself, and because of your father; and indeed it is just first class to think that those speeches were made on the exact spot where Jefferson Davis gave his inaugural address, as the first President of the southern confederacy. You know I once spoke from that same spot myself. It may possibly interest you to know that Jefferson Davis' granddaughter voted for me in Colorado four years ago. I was very proud of it. If I am allowed to have my division, I shall have in it, among others, Fitz Hugh Lee, and the grandson of Stonewall Jackson, and Gordon Johnston and Jim Shelley of Alabama, as colonels. Will you give my warm regards to your mother? I am concerned to hear about her health. With many thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter B. Jones, Montgomery, Ala. 33991April 25, 1917. My dear Joy: I heartily approve of what you are doing. The newspaper, or Senator, or private citizen, who, or which, announces that "preparation is urged by the rich for the further gaining of riches" is not only guilty of mendacity, but of treason. The papers and the public men to whom you refer, are engaged in sedition against the United States. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry B. Joy, Detroit, Mich. 33992April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Keener: That's fine. You are evidently the type of American I want in my division. I thank you for the dollar contribution, and have turned it over to Captain Dame, to apply on the Division Headquarters expense, and I have it at once put your application on file. Sincerely yours, Mr. Harry H. Keener, Atlanta, Ida. ?3993April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Knox: That's a mighty nice letter. I have time but for a word in reply. Andrew Jackson has grown to be more and more of a hero of mine as I have grown older, and I have always felt that my handling of Panama was exactly in his line! Faithfully yours, Mr. John B. Knox, Anniston, Ala. ?3994April 25, 1918. Dear Major Landon: Colonel Roosevelt thinks it would be much easier to try to see you some afternoon at about 5 o'clock at his home in Oyster Bay. When you return to town, will you kindly telephone me, and I will try to arrange the appointment? Sincerely yours, Major Francis G. Landon, 29 Broadway, New York. 3995April 25, 1917. My dear Colonel Lee: I am awfully obliged to you, and deeply appreciate your letter of the 21st. I haven't any photographs. The demands were so innumer- able that I found I had to give up keeping them; other- wise, I would be glad to send one to you. Sincerely yours, Colonel E.T. Lee, 3125 Wicollet Ave. Minneapolis, Minn. ?3996April 25, 1917. My dear Mrs. Le Roy: I am very sorry, but I have no power whatever in that matter, and I can only advise you to write to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Alice Fuller Le Roy, 18 West 51st Street New York. 33997April 25th, 1917. My dear Mrs. London: I am profoundly touched and pleased by your letter, and the enclosure. I had not seen it. Another thing pleases me; and that is the nailing of the lie about the advice of your husband to young men. Really, it is infamous that such things should be permitted to be circulated without severe punishment. My dear Mrs. London, let me [thank] you most warmly. I wish I could have the chance to see you, and thank you in person. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Jack London, Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, Cal. [I have just been reading with the greatest enjoyment your South Seas experience.] 33998 April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Lundy: You have every right to be proud of the boy. That's a fine letter. I congratulate you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph Lundy, 43 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 333999 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Mahoney: I can't write you an article. In the first place because I have not the time, and in the next place, it is not proper under my arrangement with the Metropolitan Magazine, so all I shall do is to compliment the New York Athletic Club most heartily on the action it is taking along the lines of sound Americanism. Faithfully yours, Mr. Jeremiah T. Mahoney, New York Athletic Club, Central Park South, New York. ?4000 [McCormick] April 25th, 1917. Dear Medill: In my opinion nothing can be done through the New York National Guard. The men I want won't enlist if I can't tell them that I intend to go abroad, and expect to be sent abroad. I am not engaged in enlisting home guards. Faithfully yours, Hon. Medill McCormick, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 34001 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Merrill: I have no influence. I am not able to get myself into service! With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. F. O. Merrill, St. Albans, Vt. ?4002 April 25, 1917. Dear Miss Meserole: I am sorry I am unable to accept your mother's invitation. You have no conception of demands upon my time. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Sophie Meserole, 483 Washington Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 34003 April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Miller: Your letter of the 20th instant, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt , is received. If you will send the photograph here, with a memorandum attached so as to properly identify it, Colonel Roosevelt will be very glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Mr. John S. Miller, Jr., Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ills. 34004 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Mutzenberg: I thank you for your courtesy, and look forward to receiving the book. You say you are Swiss, not German. I have some German blood in me, and I am just as proud of it as any other blood, but you and I are Americans, and nothing else. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles G. Mutzenberg, Harlan, Ky. 34005 [Newell] April 25, 1917. My dear Young Namesake: Your father has just written me about you, and how you were christened upon the advice of my old friend Jacob Riis. I am glad that you are patriotically doing your duty. I wish you all good luck! Faithfully yours, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Newell, Naval Reserves, City Y.M.C.A., Newport, R.I. 34006 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. O'Donnell: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but as things are now I dare not make any further engagements. Sincerely yours, Mr. James V. O'Donnell, Reaper Block, Chicago, Ills. ?007 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Orr: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I was interested in the enclosure. I am awfully sorry, but I fear your age will make it a little difficult. I have, however, ordered an application sent you. I am returning the enclosure. Sincerely yours, Mr. D. Lincoln Orr, Orr's Mills, New York. ?4008 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Owsley: Through my sister, I have heard from Miss Furman that you would like to join my division, if I am allowed to raise it. From all I can learn, you are of the right type. Will you send me an application, stating your qualifications? Sincerely yours, Mr. James Owsley, c/o Hindman School, Knock County, Ky. ?4009 [Parker] April 25th, 1917: Dear John: Evidently Merchant is a fine fellow; but as you know, I have no idea whether I will be allowed to go, and if the War Department accepts my request, I have told them I wish in almost all cases to have a Colonel who [is] a Regular. I can only wish you better luck if you do finally decide to go in under your state. It is most exasperating not to be able to answer you definitely. Faithfully yours, Col. John M. Parker, 816 Union Street, New Orleans, La. 34010 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Post: It is good to hear from you. I am sure you would do admirably with the Girl Scout movement. I don't know, of course, about your special qualifications as instructor, but I have great faith in you. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. C. B. Post, 26 Hurlburt St., Cambridge, Mass. ?11 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Rahm: That's worthy of consideration. It would be a great body, and I should love to address it, but I don't dare to accept any invitations at the present moment beyond those to which I am already committed. I wish I could answer you more favorably. Faithfully yours, Mr. Andrew A. D. Rahm, P. O. Box 410, Minneapolis, Minn. ?4012 April 25th, 1917. Dear Mr. Robbins: Your telegram of the 22nd to Colonel Roosevelt is received. Will you be sure to see the Colonel while he is in Chicago? He will be at the Blackstone. Sincerely yours, Mr. Raymond Robbins, 1437 West Ohio St., Chicago, Ills. ?4015 [Roberts] April 25th, 1917. My dear Judge: That's simply fine. You are the kind of American in whom I believe with all my heart; but my dear fellow, I very much doubt whether you ought to go, even if I am allowed to raise the division, which at present seems unlikely. Faithfully yours, Hon. Frank B. Roberts, District Court, Lockhart, Texas. ?4014 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Sager: Good for the Sager family! Down you go. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur N. Sager, 61 Broadway, New York. ?015 April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Selby: Good for you! I should particularly like to have you in the division, and utilize you along the lines you indicate. I have put your application on file. Sincerely yours, Mr. Norman Selby, 924 West End Avenue, New York. ?4016 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Shackleford: That's a very nice letter of yours, and I wish to express my sympathy with you in your convalescence. I have written at once to Mrs. Burdick, as you suggested. Sincerely yours, Mrs. M. Shackleford, 382 Springdale Ave., East Orange, N.J. ?017 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Shaffer: I thank you. If it is possible, I would like to take that ride with you. Sincerely yours, Mr. John C. Shaffer, Chicago Evening Post, Chicago, Ills. April 25th, 1917. My dear Major Shanton: The copies of the papers you enclosed did not refer to work on the Isthmus. What I wanted to learn was what you had done under me, and under those I appointed. I cannot deal with other considerations. Sincerely yours, Major T. Harry Shanton, Municipal Bldg., New York. 34019 April 25, 1917. My dear Mrs. Shonts: That's a matter in which I could not possibly interfere. Sincerely yours, Mrs. T. P. Shonts, Martha Washington Hotel, New York. 34020 [Simpson] April 25, 1917. Dear Sloan: All right. I understand thoroughly, and you are right about Brigadier Commanders, and all the rest. Jack Greenway I would give a Brigadier Commandership at once, if necessary, just as I would make you a Colonel, if necessary, but this Administration hasn't any real thought of getting into war. Faithfully yours, Mr. Sloan Simpson, Cotton Exchange Bldg., Dallas, Texas. ?4021 April 25th, 1917. My dear Mr. Smith: Good luck to the people of Millerton upon the occasion of the flag raising! War is upon us, and we must show ourselves Americans, and nothing else. Let us see that our representatives inaugurate the system of obligatory military training in this country and as an addition to provide immediately for volunteers to put the flag on the firing line at the earliest possible moment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dix W. Smith, Realty Bldg., Elmira, N.Y. 34022 [Smith] April 25th, 1917. My dear Judge: That's simply fine. I am not at all sure you ought to go, if I am allowed to raise the division; and it does not look as if I would be allowed to raise it; but there is not a man I would rather have under me, if I could go. Your letter gives me a thrill of pride. You represent the kind of American in whom I believe [with all my heart.] Faithfully yours, Hon. James F. Smith, U. S. Court of Customs Appeals, Washington, D.C. 34023 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Stephens: That's mighty nice of you, but I am sorry to say I am not in a position to give you any advice. Congratulating you on your patriotism, Sincerely yours, Mr. Ward Stephens, Sanford Arms, Sanford & Central Aves., Murray Hill, Flushing, L.I. 34024 April 25, 1917. My dear Mr. Stevens: About the only way I can suggest is that you write me a formal letter about Foley, and I will answer it saying that I would heartily approve of his reinstatement, and then you forward it to the Secretary of War. I could not do it on my own hook, so to speak. Faithfully yours, Mr. John F. Stevens, 52 Broadway New York. ?4025 April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Stewart: I thank you for your letter, and I thank you for the editorial enclosed. Sincerely yours, Mr. Hollis W. Stewart, c/o Fowler-Curtis Co., Glens Falls, N.Y. 34026 [Sullivan] April 25, 1917. Dear Mark: It would be a real pleasure to take Buchanan. Will you have him send me an application at once? If I am given leave to raise the division, I should particularly like to have him in it, but just what the position would be, would have to depend a little upon the course of events; and [of course] what he himself could do if he came in. Love to Mrs. Sullivan. Faithfully yours, Mr. Mark Sullivan, c/o Collier's, West 13th Street, New York. ?4027 April 25th, 1917. Dear Mr. Taintor: That's very interesting. There are any number of things I would like to say on the present situation, but I don't think it well to do so at this moment. Sincerely yours, Mr. Giles Taintor, City Hall, Cambridge, Mass. ?4028 [Vessey] April 25, 1917. My dear Governor: That's fine. I should like to see you and Mr. Monnette, when I am in Chicago. Sincerely yours, Hon. R. S. Vessey, 1018 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ills. 34029 April 25, 1917. My dear Mrs. Ward: I could do nothing whatever about such a matter. I am not a lawyer. Moreover, I think I ought to tell you that I have never known or heard of any such effort as you intend making, resulting in anything but waste of money, and disappointment on the part of those making it. Sincerely yours, Mrs. J. K. Ward, Arcadia, Nebr. 34030 April 25, 1917. My dear Mrs. Watson: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your kind offer to dedicate your song to him, but so many similar requests are made, that he has been obliged to refuse them all. He would much prefer this song would be dedicated to someone else. Sincerely yours, Mrs. B. Watson, 176 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. ?4031 April 25, 1917. Dear Mr. Weeks: I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Raymond Weeks, c/o Oxford University Press, 35 West 32nd Street, New York. ?4032 [Willis] April 25, 1917. Dear John: I don't want to go unless there is [to be] real fighting. If I am allowed to go, could you raise some first class boys in Montana to go under you? A man of your age ought to have a commission, and not go in the ranks. Same here! Always yours, Mr. John Willis, Hotel Shannon, Glasgow, Mont. 34033 April 25th, 1917. My dear Dr. Young: You are one of the men I have every intention of making chaplain, if I have the chance, for I believe in you with all my heart. Sincerely yours, Rev. S. Edward Young, Nostrand Ave. & Dean St., Brooklyn, N.Y. ?4034 April 26, 1917. My dear M. Azan: I am very sorry not to have seen you. When do you get back to New York? I particularly wish to have the pleasure of meeting you. Faithfully yours, Commandant Paul Azan, Harvard Club, Boston, Mass. April 26, 1917. Dear Mr. Carey: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Robert Carey, 75 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N.J. April 26, 1917. Dear Mr. Coupal: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now, I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank A. Coupal, Pres., Rotary Club of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. 8576 6061 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Cushman: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks, your very courteous letter of recent date. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. L. Cushman, Tenafly, N.J. 8083 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Downey: I wish I could be with you, but as things are now I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. George E. Downey, 732 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa. 34035 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Eichelberger: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Ed. C. Eichelberger, c/o Elks #213, York, Pa. 34036 Goodrich April 26, 1917. Dear Dave: I have thought most seriously over our conversation. You feel that, as you always have been, and are now, and ardent believer in, and an upholder of, obligatory universal military service, perhaps you ought to go up to the Officers training camp at Plattsburgh, rather than continue in the work of the division. I understand your feeling, but I think it is erroneous. I am fighting, as you are fighting, for the [unmedian?;] [?ustion] of obligatory universal military training. We are both of us demanding far more than the Administration measure. We are supporting this merely because it is the best way we can get a step forward; but we are supporting it heartily. If the bill for obligatory service passes and you are called, you will instantly drop everything, and serve in whatever capacity you are selected to serve; but there is at present no obligatory service law, and no suggestion that, if there was one, you will be called under it. You simply have your choice of serving between two volunteer organizations, in both of which you would render unpaid service. The Plattsburgh camp is an unpaid volunteer organization, and the men working for my division are in an unpaid organization. You have been a Captain in the field, and have 4037-2- served in the bloodiest battle, in which American troops have engaged since the Civil War. If I am allowed to raise my division, you will be a Lieutenant Colonel in it; and you are fit to be Colonel. If you go up to Plattsburgh you will begin to drill as a private in the ranks; and what use will be made of you, you have no idea. Under these conditions, your duty is to stay just where you are, and work at the division, as long as there is any chance of our getting it; then let events determine what you are to do. "Universal service" must include, not exclude, service by you & me; it is nonsense to suppose that to seek to render service is in some [occult?] way a species of opposition to universal service. Faithfully yours, Mr. David Goodrich, 61 Broadway, New York. 34038April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Gray: That's such a very nice letter of yours, that I must send you just this line of personal acknowledgment and thanks. As a fellow American, I thank you for what you are doing. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. M. Gray, 805 Yeon Bldg., Portland, Ore. 34039 April 26, 1917. Dear Mr. Hall: That's such a very nice letter of yours, that I must send you just this line of personal acknowledgment and thanks. As a fellow American, I thank you for what you are doing. Sincerely yours, Mr. B.F. Hall, Wilmington, N.C. 34040April 26th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Harahan: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you, but my time in Chicago is already more than full. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. J.T. Harahan, 199 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ills. 34041April 26th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Hegel: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you, but my time in Chicago is already more than full. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. George W. Hegel, 7300 Union Avenue, Chicago, Ills. ?4042April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Horne: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. John Horne, Hon. Secy., Caledonian Society of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. 34043April 26th, 1917. My dear Miss Houghton: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Louise Phillips Houghton, Knox School, Tarrytown, N.Y. 34044April 26, 1917. Dear Mrs. Larned: I am sorry I am unable to comply with your request, but unless I can take at least a small activity in the work of the committee, I very much prefer not to have my name included in the list. Sincerely yours, Mrs. E.C. Larned, Pres., Children's Tin Box Fund, 411 Fifth Avenue, New York. ?4045Lippincott (handwritten across the middle of the page) April 26, 1917. Gentlemen: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks "Fundamentals of Naval Service," by Commander Yates Stirling, U.S.N. Sincerely yours, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 34046 April 26, 1917. Dear Mr. Markle: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 17th. Sincerely yours, Mr. M.C. Markle, Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada. ?4047 COPY. [*Miller*] Sagamore Hill, April 26th, 1917. To the Examining Board for the Officers Reserve & Training Camp Gentlemen: I know Mr. Leo Miller intimately; he went through my South American Exploring trip with me. He is a gentleman of high character; a college-bred man of scholarly attainments; and a particularly daring, resourceful and energetic man, experienced in handling men, coolheaded in emergency, accustomed to danger. If I had troops to command I would be very glad to have him hold a commission under me. Very respectfully, (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Leo Miller [*Amer Museum of Natl History New York.*] 34048 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Moseley: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now, I dare not make any further engagements. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Beauregard F. Moseley, National Theatre Bldg., Chicago, Ills. ?049 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Pickett: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles E. Pickett, Leavett & Johnson Natl. Bk. Bldg., Waterloo, Iowa. 34050April .26, 1917. My dear Mr. Pleasant: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. L. P. Pleasant, Sag Harbor Public Service Committee, Sag Harbor, N. Y. 34051 April 26, 1917. Dear Mr. Reynolds: I am sorry, but I can only refer such matters to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lewis C. Reynolds, 39 North Tenth Street, Richmond, Ind. 34052 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Sanders: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now, I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Leon Sanders, Pres., Hebrew Sheltering & Immigrant Aid Society of America, 229 East Broadway, New York. ?4053 April 26, 1917. My dear Mr. Shriver: I thank you and appreciate your very courteous letter, but I haven't the faintest idea what I will be able to do. Sincerely yours, Mr. Samuel H. Shriver, 1415 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Md. ?4054 April 26th, 1917. My dear Mr. Sinkinson: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. C. D. Sinkinson, Paape & Belmont Ave., Atlantic City, N.J. 34055 [Viskinskki] April 26th, 1917. Gentlemen: This will be presented by Mr. Guy T. Viskinskki, who is an old personal friend of mine. He is an applicant for a position is the training camp of the Officers Reserve Corps. His father was a soldier of the Union at seventeen. Another of his ancestors was in [the] campaign [of] the Revolutionary army. He himself served in the first United States Volunteer Engineers in Porto Rico during the Spanish War. He was educated in Swarthmore College, and has been in the newspaper business all his life. He is a gentleman, and exactly the type of man who would make a first class officer. I would be glad to have him under me, if I an allowed to raise a division. Sincerely, To the Examining Board, Officers Reserve Corps, Governor's Island, N.Y. 34056 April 26th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Wyman: I can only suggest that you take that matter up with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Jessie M.B. Wyman, 517 Cedar Avenue, Niagara Falls, N.Y. 34057 Telegram April 27th, 1917. Mr. Robert Bacon, c/o Eye & Ear Infirmary, 13th Street & 2nd Ave., New York City. I am greatly concerned to hear of your illness. I hope it is not anything serious. Theodore Roosevelt. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. April 27th, 1917. Dear Dr. Bair: I wish I could do something definite in that matter myself. Sincerely yours, Dr. Edward Bair, Murphysboro, Ills. [4/27/17] [Bean] Gentlemen: Mr. Rodney Bean has been closely associated with me for about six years, and I am willing to guarantee him as I am willing to guarantee but few men. He is a man of the nicest and highest standard of honor, a gentleman in every sense of the word, brave, modest, and intelligent. We could not desire a better man for an officer in the United States Army. Sincerely, To the Examining Board, Officers Reserve Corps, Governor's Island, N.Y. 3900April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Biby: I thank you, and and appreciate your very courteous letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. Edward A. Biby, 843 West 3rd Street, Riverside, Cal. 3447[Mrs Clara Bell Brown] April 27th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Brown: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 13th. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Clara Bell Brown, 1777 Broadway, Long Beach, Calif. 5524[*1502*] April 27th, 1917. My dear Captain Clift: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Captain R. S. Clift, 1-5 St. John Street, New York City. 853April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Barrett: I was concerned the other day at learning that you had not received my answer to your letter. Probably you have gotten it by this time, but I am sending this care of Gifford Pinchot. It would give me peculiar pleasure to have you with me, if I had a division; but of course I shall not make any promises because I don't know what the conditions would be! You are one of the Americans in whom I emphatically believe. With hearty good wishes, Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles S. Barrett, c/o Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Penna. [*I'll take you somehow, if only the Gov't gives me a chance!*] 34058 [Economic League] April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Beatson: I am sorry, but it is a physical impossibility for me to attempt anything additional at this time. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. W. Beatson, Secy., National Economic League, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 34059 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Chapple: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but of course at this time it is impossible to make even tentative engagements. I am doing everything I can to get permission to raise my division, and take it to the front. Sincerely yours, Mr. Joe Mitchell Chapple, National Magazine, Boston, Mass. ?4060 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Coles: Colonel Roosevelt send his best his best wishes, but unfortunately he had to leave this afternoon for Chicago where he is making his speech tomorrow night at the Chicago Stock Yards. Apparently only one of the gopher pictures came out, and that one is not very good. Colonel Roosevelt says won't you go up to Scribners and see the pictures? Sincerely yours, Mr. Russell J. Coles, Hotel Imperial, New York. ?061 [de la Fayette] April 27th, 1917. My dear Count: Your letter to Colonel Roosevelt under date of April 24th, is received. Will you call at the Metropolitan Office next Tuesday, between 12 and 12:30 noon? Sincerely yours, Count de la Fayette, 1192 Park avenue, New York. ?062 [Delaforce] April 27th, 1917. My dear Sir: Colonel Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work that it is impossible for him to attempt anything additional at this time. I am, therefore, unable to make the appointment requested. Sincerely yours, Mr. William P. Delaforce, The Patterson, 58 West 47th St., New York City. ?63 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Gardner: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now, I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. W. P. Gardner, Chairman, 85 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N.J. ?064 [Gavin] April 27th, 1917. Dear Tony: I am sorry I cannot go to Buffalo. You have no idea how overwhelmed I am. Sincerely yours, Mr. Tony Gavin, 276 Hampshire St., Buffalo, N.Y. ?065 [Gladney] April 27th, 1917. Gentlemen: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very courteous letter of April 17th, with enclosure. Sincerely yours, H.H. Gladney, D. Darling Gladney, Box 96, Weleetka, Okla. ?66 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Grosier: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 14th. Sincerely yours, Mr. Thomas Grosier, Brooksville, Fla. ?67 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Harris: Colonel Roosevelt regrets exceedingly that he is unable to comply with Dr. Stufler's request. Sincerely yours, Mr. James Harris, Harris Abbittnor Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada. ?68 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hartford: I am very sorry, but it is a physical impossibility. You have no conception of the multitude of demands made upon me. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. J. Hartford, Editor, National Defense, 304 Madison Avenue, N.Y. ?69 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hayes: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Francis T. Hayes, Secy. City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. 70 April 28th, 1917. Dear Hoster: It would be fine to see Bridges; and I am very glad to hear from you. I am just off for Chicago, and I intend to hit them hard. Sincerely yours, Mr. William Hoster, New York American, Post Bldg., Washington, D.C. ?71 April 27th, 1917. My dear Miss Inslee: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you, but it is impossible for him to be of any assistance in getting things published. Sincerely yours, Miss Eleanore Lee Inslee, 915 Court Street, Muskogee, Okla. ?72 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Jones: Colonel Roosevelt is over his ears in work, so I am acknowledging with thanks your courteous letter of April 23rd. Sincerely yours, Mr. S. R. Jones, 126 State Street, Boston, Mass. ?73 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Keen: So many demands are made upon me, that it is impossible for me to comply with your request. I am sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Cyrus P. Keen, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. ?074 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Leiter: When you receive this letter, you will have had time to look at my Chicago speech. I answer the points you raise in full in that speech. The course that you advocate I should take, would, in my judgment, be both absurd and thoroughly mischievous from the national stand point. I trust you will do everything you can [to help] in bringing about the course [action] I outline in my Chicago speech, [the course I have advocated, and now advocate, is the only wise and patriotic course.] Sincerely yours, Mr. Joseph Leiter, President of the Army Club, [League of the U. S.] Washington, D.C. 075 April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Marsh: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you, but there is nothing he can do in a matter of that kind. He can only refer you to the War Department at Washington. I am returning herewith the enclosures. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. T. Marsh, 196 N. Goodman Street, Rochester, N.Y. ?076 TELEGRAM April 27th, 1917. Mr. Robert R. McCormick, c/o Chicago Tribune, 251 Fifth Avenue, New York. Colonel Roosevelt is leaving for Chicago via Pennsylvania Railroad at two forty-five this afternoon, arriving at Chicago nine forty tomorrow morning. The Colonel did not answer your previous communications for the reasons that he did not know until last evening the exact time of his departure or the route. He very earnestly wishes to see you. I have been trying since nine thirty to get you on the telephone and not having been successful I am hoping that this will reach you in good time. J. M. STRICKER Secretary. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 34077 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mr. Muldoon: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 18th. Sincerely yours, Mr. William Muldoon, Purchase, New York. April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Munro: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 16th. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. A. Munro, 442 State Street, Flushing, N.Y. April 27th, 1917. Dear Mr. Ogden: I am very sorry, but I am helpless in that matter, and therefore cannot be of assistance to you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Jesse E. Ogden, East Auburn, Calif. [*Oulihan*] April 27th, 1917. Dear General: Richard Oulihan is an applicant for the Reserve Corps Commission. I know his father well, and I know all about the boy. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and by training and by blood has the instinct of a fighting man in him. I should be glad to have him as a commissioned officer under us, if I am allowed to go with troops. I cordially recommend him to you. Sincerely yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Governor's Island, N.Y. 34081April 27th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Payne: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Julia E. O. Payne, 3300 South Humboldt Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. ?4082 April 27, 1917. My dear Mr. Pratt: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received more than 500 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Nathanial M. Pratt, General Secretary, American Institute of Social Service, Bible House, Astor Place, New York. [*34083*][*Proctor*] [*not sent destroy*] April 27th, 1917. Dear John: I am fond of you, and fond of all your family, and therefore I answer your letter. I assume that you can only have written it from not having taken the trouble to read my published letters to the Chairmen of the military committees of the House and Senate, and the various statements I have made again and again - last Friday for example, and last Saturday also. Anything sillier than my denying silly statements which are denied by anything I have said, could not be imagined. In everyone of these statements I have announced that I am for the immediate enactment of the compulsory universal law as the President proposed it, but also for the immediate use of volunteers from the excluded classes. I have made this statement as emphatic as mortal can make it. I make it in my speech in Chicago tomorrow. Therefore, if you believe that this statement is worth several hundred thousand volunteers, I have already rendered the service that you request, and shall render it tomorrow once more. In view of your request to me, I don't suppose that you have read my letter, or statements, on this subject. If my speech in Chicago, as made, is published, I trust you will read it. 34084-- 3 -- I wish to state, with all possible emphasis, that to regard my attitude as unpatriotic because of a fancied interference with the President's recommendation, is mere hysteria. The proposal that I make for real universal obligatory service entered into at once, and for the use of volunteers interim, should of course be adopted by the Administration, and should be backed up by every wise American citizen. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. R. Proctor, Fort Totten, N.Y. [?]4085 April 27th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Warren: I thank you for letting me see your song, but my dear madam, I am unable to help you in getting it published. You have no idea of the multitude of similar demands made upon me. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell Warren, Mitchellville, Iowa. ?096 [Williams] April 27th, 1917. Gentlemen: Mr. Foster Williams, a Yale graduate, is applying for entry to the camp. He is the son of Mr. N. Winslow Williams of Baltimore, and by tradition and education comes among the class from whom we have a right to expect to produce good officers. I gladly give him this letter. Sincerely, To the Examining Board for the Officers Training Camp, Governor's Island, N.Y. April 28th, 1917. My dear Chancellor Avery: Will you be good enough to advise me by return mail, the time and the date that has been set for Colonel Roosevelt's speech next June? Sincerely yours, Mr. S. Avery, Lincoln, Nebr. April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Barnard: With reference to the Gibson matter; Captain Dame has sent me copy of the records in our division files, and among them is our letter of March 20th, for which I thank you. What a wretched creature Gibson must be. Sincerely yours, Mr. George Grey Barnard, 454 Ft. Washington Ave., New York City. April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Barnard: With reference to the Gibson matter; Captain Dame has sent me copy of the records in our division files, and among them is our letter of March 20th, for which I thank you. What a wretched creature Gibson must be. Sincerely yours, Mr. George Grey Barnard, 454 Ft. Washington Ave., New York City. April 28th, 1917. My dear Chancellor Avery: Will you be good enough to advise me by return mail, the time and the date that has been set for Colonel Roosevelt's speech next June? Sincerely yours, Mr. S. Avery, Lincoln, Nebr.April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Barnard: With reference to the Gibson matter; Captain Dame has sent me copy of the records in our division files, and among them is our letter of March 20th, for which I thank you. What a wretched creature Gibson must be. Sincerely yours, Mr. George Grey Barnard, 454 Ft. Washington Ave., New York City. 672April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Barnard: With reference to the Gibson matter; Captain Dame has sent me copy of the records in our division files, and among them is our letter of March 20th, for which I thank you. What a wretched creature Gibson must be. Sincerely yours, Mr. George Grey Barnard, 454 Ft. Washington Ave., New York City. 3060 April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Coit: That's good, but remember I haven't made any promises, and can't make a promise until I see just how things shape themselves. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. H. Coit, 120 West 32nd Street, New York City. ?088 [Gardner] April 28th, 1917. Dear Gilson: Alas, I cannot write anything now, and it would not be fair to the Metropolitan if I did. I think the Administration is making a mistake in fighting my division. As you say, the surest way to get the proper moral and material benefits will be to let me take that division across. Faithfully yours, Mr. Gilson Gardner, 637 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D.C. ?09 April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Green: In Colonel Roosevelt's absence from the city, I am acknowledging with thanks your very courteous letter of April 23rd. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. W. Green, 747 Postal Tel. Bldg., Chicago, Ills. ?90 April 28th, 1917. My dear Mr. Haskett: Have you any particular time you would like to see me on Decoration Day? It is a bare possibility that I may have to speak on that day, although I don't expect to. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter F. Haskett, Y.M.C.A. Yonkers, N.Y. April 28th, 1917. My dear Dr. Hill: I have known Judge James C. Jenkins for fourteen years. In 1904 he was, on my suggestion, when I was President, appointed a Judge of the First Instance by General Luke Wright. I appointed him on the recommendations of a number of the best people of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, belonging to both political parties. His standing at the bar at the time was admirable. He was then for twelve years on the bench in the Philippines, and his record was exceedingly good. A rather extraordinary thing was, that although Judge Jenkins has always been a consistent Republican, and although he is a southerner, yet the southern Democrats spoke particularly well of him, and urged his appointment. He is a graduate of Princeton, and Columbia College Law School. Although he had never been north until he came to Princeton in 1874, he delivered a eulogy on Abraham Lincoln at Princeton the following year. I take pleasure in heartily recommending him to the Chair for the teaching of American patriotism in the Lincoln Memorial University. He has practically applied the teaching of patriotism in his work 34092 -2- for this country. He is a cultivated, and trained, and faithful public servant, and eminently fitted to do credit to the position. Sincerely yours, Dr. John Wesley Hill, Chancellor L. M. U. New York City, N.Y. ?93 April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hinshaw: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. David Hinshaw, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. April 28th, 1917. My dear Mr. Horne: I very much appreciate your courtesy, and what you offer to do, but I have had to make a rule not to give my permission for the dedication of books to me. As it is impossible for me to read them, I cannot permit the dedication. Quite a number have been dedicated to me without my permission. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Mr. Herman H. Horne, New York University, Washington Square, N.Y. April 28th, 1917. Dear Knox: You are quite right. I am very glad that you have gone into that training camp. Three of my sons have gone into it, and the fourth is an enlisted man in the aviation corps. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank Knox, Union-Leader Publg. Co., Manchester, N.H. [McCormick] April 28th, 1917. Dear Medill: I have already given John Quinn a statement in favor of Home Rule. Sincerely, Hon. Medill McCormick, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. ?097 April 28th, 1917. My dear Miss O'Reilly: That's most interesting, and most ominous. I am really glad you showed it to me. It was a great pleasure having you out here the other day. Faithfully yours, Miss Mary B. O'Reilly, Prince George Hotel, New York City. ?098 April 28th, 1917. My dear Mr. Richardson: I would gladly do as you request, only I have already written General Wood at the request of the Montgomery people. At the time I had no idea that Vicksburg had made an application. I am sorry not to be able to do as you request. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lee Richardson, Vicksburg, Miss. ?099 April 28th, 1917. Dear Mr. Robinson: In reply to your letter of April 24th from Washington, I beg to advise that it arrived in Colonel Roosevelt's absence in Chicago. However, he is so overwhelmed with work at this time, that it is impossible for him to attempt anything additional. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Narborne Robinson, Buffalo Evenings News, Buffalo, N.Y. ?100 April 28th, 1917. My dear Captain Sartoris: I have no influence whatever with the President. I could not possibly ask him for any favor. I have not recommended a single man to his for a commission. I am very sorry I cannot do as you request, but it is a simple impossibility. Sincerely yours, Captain Algernon Sartoris, 1st Regt. de Marche de la Legion Estrangers, 1 ere Cie, La Valbonne - Ain. ?4101 April 28th, 1917. My dear Mr. Scott: That's a most interesting series of photographs. I thank you for sending them to me. Sincerely yours, Mr. Osborne Scott, Canadian Northern Ry., Winnipeg, Man. ?4102 April 28th, 1917. Dear Simond: Many thanks. I shall read the matter with the utmost interest, meanwhile, I am sending you a copy of my speech in Chicago. Just glace at what I have marked on pages 3 and 4, as it bears out our conversation of the other day. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank Simond, The Tribune, New York. ?4103 [Sullivan] April 28th, 1917. Dear John: You can guarantee no word from me, excepting in your favor. If I go to France and I think there is anything I can do for you in the way of bringing you along with me, you can be sure I will do it. I wish I could see you. Sincerely yours, Mr. John L. Sullivan, 704 Hancock Street, North Abington, Mass. ?4104 April 28th, 1917. My dear Mr. Van Ness: I have no power to act on any such recommendation, I regret to say. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. P. Van Ness, The Army & Navy Club, Washington, D.C. ?4105 April 28th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Ward: Your letter pleases me very much. Is the enclosed all right? Make any suggestions for changes that you wish. I have given a copy to Wheeler. He showed me a proof of your letter to him; [it appears that] he is acting as your representative. I congratulate you with all my heart upon what you are doing, and upon what your country is doing, and upon the outlook. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Stocks House, Tring, Hertfordshire, England. April 28th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Wills: I wish you all success in your efforts for the Patriotic League of the United States Marine Corps. The Navy and the Marine Corps make our first line of defence, and everything should be done to get Americans of the right sort to enlist therein. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Davis B. Wills, Patriotic League of the U.S. Marine Corps, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York. [?]07[Amer. P. + A. C.] April 29th, 1917. Gentlemen: That's fine. I congratulate you. Sincerely yours, Amer. Peace & Arbitration League, 31 Nassau Street, New York. [Armstrong] April 29th, 1917. My dear Senator: That's fine. I thank you and appreciate what you have done. I particularly appreciate it coming form a Democrat. This is no time for party discussion or [party distinctions] of any kind; we are all Americans, and nothing else. With heartiest good wishes, Sincerely yours, Hon. Perry M. Armstrong, 548 Riverside Drive, New York City. [Bishop] April 29th, 1917. Dear Joe: Will you answer the writer? I don't know what to say; I am not sure that you do, but have her written something that will at least show that the letter has received attention; and it is possible you may know to whom to refer her. Sincerely yours, Mr. Joseph Bishop, American Belief of French War Orphans, 120 Broadway, New York. [Letter from (?) Rose Leon, Castillon on Mme. Larquay. (France)]April 29th, 1917. Dear Elves: I am doing everything I can to help matters along the lines that you indicate, but of course you realize that I have no influence whatever with the Administration. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. W. Elwes, Colesborne, Cheltenham, England. 34108 April 29th, 1917. Dear Father Fitzgerald: Three cheers for you! A priest who was under the training, in any shape or way, of my beloved friend, the late Archbishop Spalding, is entitled to immediate consideration. I have put your name on the list at once, and only hope circumstances may enable me to take advantage of your offer. Faithfully yours, Rev. J. T. Fitzgerald, Trappist P.O. Nelson County, Ky. ?109 April 29th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hall: You second letter has come, and I am mighty glad to get it. If I am allowed to raise the division, you are precisely the kind of man I would want in it. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. B. Hall, Camaguey, Cuba. Box 144. ?4110 April 29th, 1917. Dear Mahan: Three cheers for you! I will take Mr. Wetzlar at once, if I am given the chance, and have put his name on the list with a word from me to this effect. Many thanks for your letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lyle Mahan, 233 Broadway, New York City. ?4111 April 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Parks: Indeed, I shall not forget the Methodists in the very unlikely event of my passing through London. It was mighty nice of you to write me. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. W. Parks, 11 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W., England. 34112 April 29th, 1917. My dear Major Radclyffe: That's mighty nice of you. I don't know that I shall be allowed to go over, or to have any share in handling matters, if the expedition is allowed to go; so all I can say is that yours is a very attractive offer, and I shall file it for reference. Faithfully yours, Major C. E. Radclyffe, Hyde, Warsham, England. ?4113 April 29th, 1917. Dear Mr. Schieffelin: Would you look over the enclosed? I don't even remember hearing about de Oceta. Is there any society here that could do anything for this unfortunate stranded negro? Sincerely yours, Mr. William J. Schieffelin, 170 William Street, New York. 34114 April 29th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Stevens: That's a very touching note of yours. I gladly enclose the letter that you request. With deep sympathy, and admiration for your attitude, I am Faithfully yours, Mrs. W. S. Stevens, 295 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 34115 [Stevens] April 29th, 1917. To whom it may concern: This bearer, Mr. Stanford Stevens [file], is a son of an old friend and classmate, and is himself a friend of one of my sons. He is a Harvard boy, and is now going to France in the ambulance work. He is too young to go into the Army, and wishes to do something for his country, and for France. I most cordially commend him to the good offices of whoever may read these lines. Sincerely, ?4116 April 29th, 1917. Dear Mr. Wakefield: That's mighty nice of you. If I am allowed to raise a division, I should greatly like to have you in it, but I am powerless to make any promises at the present. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. M. X. Wakefield, 706 Salisbury House, London Wall, London, E.C., England. ?4117 April 39th, 1917. Dear Mr. Adams: That's fine. I have put your application on the list at once, but of course I don't know whether I will be allowed to raise the division or not. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Hooper Adams, Selma, Ala. April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Allison: All right, print it, but print it as being the foreword that I have written for the cartoons. I thank you for your thoughtfulness, but Raemaker's have already sent me a copy of the cartoons. Faithfully yours, Mr. Irving Allison, Land & Water, 185 Madison Avenue, New York. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Bainbridge: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but I would much prefer that you make the dedication to someone else. So many similar demands are made upon me that it is impossible for me to accept. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Katherine Banbridge, 6778 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Barker: I thank you for your letter of April 21st, but I do not know anything definite at this time. I hope the Administration will permit me to raise my division. Sincerely yours, Mr. Chas. H. Barker, 702 South Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Beale: I wish I could [advise] you, but that is a matter you will have to take care of yourself. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Harris Beale, Fitts Jewelry Co., Martin, Tenn. [Beresford] April 30th, 1917. Dear Admiral: Your letter delighted me. Will you give my regards to Lady Beresford? I wish to Heaven the Administration would let me go over at once with a division. It is not that I could do very much, but I want the stars and stripes at the head of an American force beside your people in the trenches. I don't expect any "well done, Conder;" I am not in your class, my dear fellow; but I do want the chance to do the ordinary duty of an ordinary man fighting in a just cause. However, I don't suppose I shall get it. Faithfully yours, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 1 Great Cumberland Place, w., London, England. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Berhman: I thank you, but I can only refer such a matter to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. W. Berhman, Lincoln Park, N.J. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Booth: I am sorry, but I have no influence in such matters. I can only refer you to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. John Booth, 2352 Cornell Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 4523[5980] April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Bowker: I headed the charge of the cavalry division at San Juan Hill, and for my conduct at that time I was recommended for a medal of honor, and for a brevet as Brigadier General. The men you speak of were guilty of a deliberate falsehood which they knew to be a falsehood. If you will get from the Public Library, a copy of my book "The Rough Riders", or a copy of my "Autobiography", you will see the original documents given, including the statements and the recommendations of my superior officers. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. W. Bowker, 11 Pearl Street, No. Abington, Mass.[4496] April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Boynton: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy, but my dear sir, you must not ask me to express an opinion. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests. Sincerely yours, Mr. H. D. Boynton, 1233 B Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Brown: I have answered every letter that has come to me, so that your letter must have gone astray. I am sorry, but it is impossible for me to go to see pictures. If you will stop in at my office at the Metropolitan Magazine, Tuesday, May 1st, at about 12 0'clock, I will be very glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Mr. R. Harris Brown, 57 West 45th Street, New York City. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Buehler: That's a really fine poem. I am sorry it was not published. With hearty thanks, Sincerely yours, Mr. M. E. Buehler, 870 East 162nd Street, New York City. April 30th, 1917. Dear Dr. Buckley: I thank you for your very courteous letter. I am doing all I can to get permission to raise my division. Sincerely yours, Dr. T. A. Buckley, 530 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Cadman: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received in the neighborhood of 600 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, 64 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. 6515 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Campbell; That's mighty nice of you. I thank you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Maurice Campell, Editor, The New Era, 381 Fourth Avenue, N.Y. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Carr: Your letter of April 24th to Colonel Roosevelt, is received. I can only suggest that such a matter be taken up with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. Palmer W. Carr, 1213 Duncan Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Clifford: Your letter, without date, to Colonel Roosevelt, arrives at a very busy time. Colonel Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work relative to the division he hopes the Administration will permit him to raise, that it is impossible for him to attempt anything additional at this time. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. H. Clifford, 2154 Beechwood Drive, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal. ?5854 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Clinton: It is absolutely impossible for me to make requests for appointments, or promotions. I have no influence whatever with the Administration[, anyhow.] Faithfully yours, Mr. John H. Clinton, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. 6849 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Adams: That's splendid. I greatly appreciate your offer, and if I am permitted to raise the division, and we find ourselves in need of funds, I shall very gladly communicate with you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Elmer E. Adams, Fergus Falls, Minn. 34118 April 30th, 1917. My dear Bonaparte: Your letter was delightful, but then your letters are always delightful. Strictly between ourselves, good John Rose had come to see me to urge me to speak for the "Baltimore Fund" and I hard-heartedly refused. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 34119 April 30th, 1917. Dear Bridges: That's the only photograph I remember. If Miss Dickinson would like it, won't you send it to her? Sincerely yours, Mr. Robert Bridges, c/o Scribner's, 5th Ave. & 48th Street, New York. 34120 April 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Chadwick: Colonel Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work at this time - in fact, his mail represents several thousand letters a week - so it is impossible for me to ask him for the information relative to your request. Sincerely yours, Miss Julia H. Chadwick, Box 729, East Hampton, L.I. 34121 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Chase: I expect to make a speech at Lincoln in mid- June, but of course this will be the only address I will be able to make. With hearty thanks, and appreciation, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Clement Chase, Blackstone Hotel, Omaha, Nebr. ?122 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Childs: Colonel Roosevelt is unable to express an opinion in such a matter. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests he receives. With regret, Sinderely yours, Mrs. Elizabeth Hebert Childs, Sutton Manor, New Rochelle, N.Y. 34125 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Cohn: I am sorry I cannot comply with your request. I cannot recommend people that I do not know personally, otherwise, my recommendations would be of no value. Sincerely yours, Mr. Harvey W. Cohn, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. ?4124 April 30th, 1917. Dear Dr. Coit: That's a fake story. The English people made no such declaration. It is simply used by [those of] our own people who are trying to avoid their duty to send troops abroad. [Then French and English have earnestly asked that we send men over. With all good wishes, Sincerely yours, Rev. Dr. Olin B. Coit, Rockville Centre, N.Y. ?125 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Coles: Colonel Roosevelt will be in town on Friday of this week. Will you lunch with him at the Hotel Langdon, at 1:30? Sincerely yours, Mr. Russell J. Coles, Hotel Imperial, New York. ?4126 April 30th, 1917. Dear Dr. Danchakoff: I thank you, but I am so overwhelmed with work relative to the division I hope to raise, that it is a physical impossibility for me to attempt anything additional. With regret, Sincerely yours, Dr. Vera Danchakoff, Columbia University, New York. ?4127 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Deuther: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but as things are now I dare not make any further engagements. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Tomas F. Deuther, Secy., 1152 W. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ills. ?128 April 30th, 1917. Dear Dr. Dingwell: Colonel Roosevelt is so overwhelmed at this time, that I have availed myself of your kind offer, and have not presented it to him. He is literally over his ears i work. Sincerely yours, Dr. James D. Dingwell, Pawtucket, R.I. ?130 [Donovan] April 30th, 1917. Gentlemen: That's very kind of you. I appreciate your letter, and look forward to reading the beautiful little book you have sent. Sincerely yours, Mr. John A. Donovan, Mr. J. R. Bevis, Butte, Mont. 34131 April 30th, 1917. My dear Commander Downs: I greatly appreciate the action of the Gridley Garrison No. 4. Sincerely yours, Commander George Russell Downs, 225 Peach Street, Erie, Pa. ?32 [file Japan Society] April 30th, 1917. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt greatly regrets that it is not possible for him to accept the kind invitation of The Japan Society on Friday evening, May Fourth. Mr. Douglas L. Dunbar, Asst. to President, Japan Society, 165 Broadway, N.Y. ?4133 April 30th 1917. My dear Mr. Dwyer: I thank you. I shall read the story at once and I am sure with the greatest pleasure and interest. It was very good of you to remember me. Sincerely yours, Mr. James F. Dwyer, 1328 Broadway, New York City. ?134 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Erb: I am sorry, but I am utterly helpless in such matters. I can only refer you to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. Newton B. Erb, Boyertown, Pa. ?4135 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Evans: I can only say I stated the facts, and if your friends disagree with them, I of course cannot help it. I thank you for the kind sentiments expressed in your letter. Sincerely yours, Mrs. G. B. Evans, Hotel Albert, Selma, Ala. ?136 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Evans: That's such a very nice letter of yours, that I must send you just this line of personal acknowledgment and thanks. Sincerely yours, Mr. Horace Evans, 2041 Wallace Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ?4137 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Evans: The trouble is that there are so many causes in which I believe, that if I should start to approve of them all, I would spread myself out pretty thin! Sincerely yours, Mr. W. A. Evans, 905 Tribune Bldg., Chicago, Ills. ?4138 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Farrell: I thank you for letting me see your article, but I have no means whatever of getting it published. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. F. D. W. Farrell, Hotel Albert, Selma, Ala. Enclosure returned. ?4139 April 30th, 1917. Dear Fennessy: If I can, I will use you. I would like to give you a commission, but I don't dare promise now. I haven't any idea whether I will be permitted to raise a division or not. Sincerely yours, Mr. Tom Fennessy, c/o The Examiner, Los Angeles, Cal. ?40 April 30th, 1917. My dear Lieutenant Fike: That's fine. Busy though I am, I must send you just this line of acknowledgment and thanks. Sincerely yours, Lt. Cyrus Fike, Road Superintendent's Office, Fort Wayne, Ind. ?4141 April 30th, 1917. My dear Major Fishback; Good for you! I am much amused at the incident which you recall. I have put your application on file for consideration, if I am allowed to raise the division. Sincerely yours, Major George Walton Fishback, Carmel-by-the-sea, Calif. 34142 April 30th, 1917. My dear Forbes: I would love to have you, if I am allowed to take a division, but up to the present I have had no encouragement. Sincerely yours, Mr. Gerrit Forbes, 25 Blvd. du Roi, Versailles, France. ?143 April 30th, 1917. My dear Captain Fuland: I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy, and look forward to reading the book at an early date. Sincerely yours, Captain J. J. Fuland, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. ?4144 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. GIllen: I thank you, and am very much interested in what you are doing. Sincerely yours, Mr. Martin J. Gillen, Mitchell Wagon Co., Racine, Wis. 34145April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Gilson: I thank you for your very courteous letter. I hope I shall be able to use your flag, but I am not in a position to make any definite plans. Sincerely yours, Mrs. H. B. Gilson, Gilson Farm, Quechee, Vermont. ?4146 April 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Hackett: I thank you, and can only suggest that you take up such matters with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Miss Ethel L. Hackett, Kenwood, N.Y. ?4147 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hall: That's fine. I congratulate you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Richard B. Hall, 40 State Street, Boston, Mass. ?48 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hard: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles K. Hard, Columbus Savgs. & Trust Bldg., Columbus, Ohio. 34149 Telegram. April 30th, 1917. Hon. Warren G. Harding, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. I deeply appreciate your patriotic work. As both Houses have passed the obligatory service bill, there is now no shadow of excuse for rejecting your amendment and those who vote against it will regard themselves as being hostile to the immediate and efficient use of the man in America peculiarly fit to be used as General Joffre has asked. Will you not show this letter to Lodge, Johnson, Kellogg and our other friends, and get them to exercise their influence in the House. Opposition is of course merely political. This ought not to be made merely a political war. Theodore Roosevelt. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. ?4150 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hartford: I thank you cordially for your very courteous letter of April 26th. I hope the Administration will permit me to raise my division, and take it to the front at the earliest possible moment. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. W. Hartford, Portsmouth, N.H. ?4151 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hartnett: There is nothing I can do in such a matter. I can only refer you to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wm. J. Hartnett, 8121 Mingo Ave. West Philadelphia, Pa. 34152 April 30th, 1917. Dear Major Hartung: I thank you, and greatly appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Major A. H. Hartung, 2110 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 34153 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hines: It would give me great pleasure to have such a flag from Miss Ross, a descendant of the famous Betsy Ross, but of course as yet I cannot say whether I will be allowed to have the division. Heartily thanking her, and you, I am Faithfully yours, Mr. Dixie Hines, 1400 Broadway, New York City. ?4154 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hitchcock: I thank you for your letter of the 20th, but of course at present I am unable to state what I shall be able to do. I hope the Administration will permit me to raise the division. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles H. Hitchcock, Colvin Bldg., Glens Falls, N.Y. ?4155 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hopper: That's fine. I thank you for letting me see the picture. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. C. Hopper, Ness City, Kans. ?156 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Houghton: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received in the neighborhood of 700 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. E. Russell Houghton, The Knox School, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y. [*4157*]April 30th, 1917. My dear Dr. Inglis: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, but my own feeling is that probably you ought not to leave your family; certainly not at present. Sincerely yours, Dr. Robert Scott Inglis, 3rd Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. ?158 April 30th, 1917. My dear Dr. Jackson: I wish I could answer you definitely, but I cannot, as I do not know what the Administration will permit me to do. Sincerely yours, Dr. H. Nelson Jackson, Burlington, Vt. April 30th, 1917. My dear Captain Jobe: That's a very nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Captain T. Jobe, Burnsville, N.C. April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Johnson: That's fine. As a fellow American, I thank you, but I am absolutely powerless in getting things published. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Alfred B. Johnson, 110 Ford Place, Pasadena, Cal. ?61 Telegram April 30th, 1917. Hon. Hiram Johnson, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Have heard much of your wonderful speech. I want a copy immediately. Could it be mailed this evening to me, Langdon Hotel, New York. Theodore Roosevelt. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. Telegram April 30th, 1917. Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Accept my very hearty thanks. Theodore Roosevelt. 34163 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. La Fetra: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 23rd. Sincerely yours, Mr. D.W. La Fetra, Ridgewood, N.J. 34164 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Le Fevre: I am sorry, but I can only refer you to the War Department in such a matter. Sincerely yours, Mr. George A. Le Fevre, 1609 Church Street, Richmond, Hill, N.Y. 34165TELEGRAM April 30th, 1917. Hon. Irving Lenroot, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. The obligatory service bill has now passed [both] Houses and it is impossible to regard the Harding amendment or any similar amendment such as that I proposed in my letters to Dent and Chamberlain as in any way obstructing the obligatory service bill. I very earnestly hope that you will now use your great influence in seeing that the House adopts in some form the substance of the Harding amendment in the Senate. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 4166April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Lindeman: I thank you cordially, [but] If I raise a division I don't care where the man comes from or where he was born, but I don't want a regiment of any one nationality. They must all be Americans; that's enough. Sincerely yours, Mr. Carl Lindeman, Box 213, St. Cloud Minn. 34167April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Likens: That was mighty nice of you. The May flowers were beautiful, and Mrs. Roosevelt and I thoroughly appreciated them. Sincerely yours, Mr. Isaac Likens, Mines, Pa. 34168 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lipps: I thank you, but I can only suggest that you take that matter up with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. William Lipps, Cincinnati, Ohio. 34169TELEGRAM April 30th, 1917. Hon. H.C. Lodge, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Have telegraphed Harding. Hope you will try to influence Congressmen for Harding amendment. Of course let it be that I am allowed to take all men over twenty five. Hearty thanks for all you have done. Thank Knox and all the brethren. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 34170 April 30th, 1917. My dear Captain Marcotte: That's mighty nice of you, but of course I am not able at present to say anything about that matter, one way or the other. Sincerely yours, Captain Henry Marcotte, St. Augustine, Fla. 34171April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Machold: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.M. Machold, 603 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 34172 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. McCook: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your courtesy in sending him a copy of "Universal Service-what it means". Sincerely yours, Mr. Anson T. McCook, Hartford, Conn. 34173 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. McCoy: It is not possible for me to make suggestions in such a matter, to President Wilson. Sincerely yours, Mr. James R. McCoy, 1329 Benton Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. 34174April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. McElderry: That's fine. As a fellow American, I thank you; and will you express to Mr. Knox my deep appreciation? Sincerely yours, Mr. W.E. McElderry, Princeton, Ind. 34175April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. McFetridge: Your letter did not come in time for me to answer it as you requested - naturally you can have no idea of the mass of mail that arrives. I most strongly back up your League of Defense. I wish you every success in your patriotic service to dispell the cloud of pacifism and anti-Americanism, of which you speak. With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. W. H. McFetridge, Island Woolen Co., Baraboo, Wisc. 76April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Meredith: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your kindness in sending "The Message to Garcia". Sincerely yours, Mr. Philip T. Meredith, Harrisburg, Pa. 34177April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Mertz: It is impossible for Colonel Roosevelt to give advice in such matters. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. D.W. Mertz, DeMiracle Chemical Co., Park Ave. & 129th St., New York. 34178April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Meserole: I thank you for your kind invitation, but as things are now, I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. J.V. Meserole, 483 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 34179 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Miller: I am so overwhelmed with work at the present time, that it is impossible for me to go into anything additional. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. George E. Miller, 903 Colorado Bldg., Washington, D.C. 34180April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Miller: I don't know anything about that matter. You have evidently been misinformed. Sincerely yours, Mr. H.R. Miller, Jr., Green Mountain Card Co., White River Junction, Vt. 34181April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Moore: I thank you for leeting[sic] me see your song, but it is impossible to me to express an opinion in such a matter. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests. Sincerely yours, Mr. L. Embry Moore, 3801 South State Street, Chicago, Ills. 34182April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Morris: That's fine. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.E. Morris, Coon Rapids, Iowa. 34183April 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Morton: That's a delightful letter of yours. To this day we are continually quoting the William Henry letters in our family, and I remember particularly the quotation in question. I am very glad to hear thus pleasantly from one of those for whom the letters were written. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Miss Margaret B. Morton, Morton Homestead, Plymouth, Mass. 34184 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Netherton: I thank you, and greatly appreciate your courtesy in sending me that editorial. Sincerely yours, Mr. T.M. Netherton, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. 34185 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Nicholson: That's a very nice letter of yours, and I thank you. I should be glad to have Indians with me, but I doubt the advisability of putting them in a separate regiment. Sincerely yours, Mr. Angus S. Nicholson, Department of the Interior, Neopit, Wis. 34186 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. O'Connor: I can only refer such matters to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. John P. O'Connor, 2414 Creston Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 34187April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Palmer: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received in the neighborhood of 700 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Williston B. Palmer, Chairman, Western High School, Washington, D.C. [*188*]April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Peirce: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. If I am given the chance, I would like to have your two sons with me. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Anna H. Peirce, 214 Cedar Street, Bangor, Maine. 34189April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Perce: I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy, but my dear sir, you must not ask me to express an opinion. You have no idea of the multitude of similar requests I receive. Sincerely yours, Mr. L.D. Perce, 2611 E. 14th St., Chattanooga, Tenn. 34190April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Peregrine: I appreciate your letting me see your song, but I am unable to help you in getting it published. You have no conception of the multitude of similar demands made upon me. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.S. Peregrine, Asotin, Wash. 34191 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Perry: Just a line to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 21st. Sincerely yours, Mr. A.E. Perry, Irvine, Ky. 34192April 30th, 1917. My dear Captain Peters: I thank you for your very courteous letter of April 18th, but my dear sir, it is a physical impossibility for me to attempt anything additional at this time. Sincerely yours, Captain G.W. Peters, Forest Grove, Ore. 34193April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Phelps: Busy though I am, I must send you just this line of acknowledgment of your very courteous letter of April 19th. I only hope the Administration permits me to raise my division. Sincerely yours, Mr. Bruce M. Phelps, United Sons of America, Mt. Vernon, Mo. 34194April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Pomeroy: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy, and look forward to reading the book. Sincerely yours, Mr. D.E. Pomeroy, Bankers Trust Co., New York. 34195 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Prince: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but as things are now I dare not make engagements of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Benjamin Prince, 839 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. 34196April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Purcell: That's fine. As a fellow American, I thank you. Sincerely yours, Mr. T.F. Purcell, Queens Plaza Court Bldg., Long Island City, N.Y. 34197April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Quick: In Colonel Roosevelt's absence, may I thank you for the poem you so kindly sent. I know that Colonel Roosevelt will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Sincerely yours, Mr. Arthur Craig Quick, 209 N. Lockwood Ave., Chicago, Ills. 34198April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Quimby: That's a very interesting letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Of course, I can't yet say what the Department of War will allow me to do, if anything. Sincerely yours, Mr. Jos. L. Quimby, Jr., Graniteville, S.C. 34199 April 30th, 1917. Dear Miss Ranger: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but I am so overwhelmed with duties that it is impossible for me to attempt anything additional. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Edith F. Ranger, 311 West 55th Street, New York. 34200April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Ravage: I thank you for sending me the manuscript, but it is impossible for me to express an opinion on matters of that kind. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. M.E. Ravage, 867 West 181st Street, New York. 34201 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Reiss: I regret I must refuse your very kind invitation. Since election I have received in the neighborhood of 700 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Harry F. Reiss, Secy., 410 Nostrand, Place, Richmond Hill, N.Y. [*4202*]April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Reynolds: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Percy W. Reynolds, c/o Brownell & Field Co., Providence, R.I. 34203 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Royer: I cannot suggest that you add to the lot of books already here, because, as I explained to you the other day, there is a very great chance that Colonel Roosevelt may not even be able to autograph these books. You have no idea how very busy he is. Sincerely yours, Mrs. R. de Vaux-Royer, 628 West 139th Street, New York. 34204 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Sackett: I thank you, but I am so overwhelmed with work at this time that it is impossible for me to attempt anything additional. Sincerely yours, Mr. Chas. E. Sackett, Danbury, Conn.April 30th, 1917 My dear Miss st. John: Unless I can take at least a small active part in the work of the committee where my name appears, I do not think it advisable to be on such a committee. Moveover, I am so overwhelmed with work, that it is impossible for me to accept any memberships at this time. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Emily P. St. John, 294 Argyle Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. April 30th, 1917. My dear Sir: I am sorry if my previous letter failed to reach you. It is with regret I am unable to accept your kind invitation. I am so overwhelmed with work that it is a physical impossibility for me to attempt anything additional at this time. Sincerely yours, Mr. Leon Sanders, Pres., Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America 229 east Broadway, New York. [*Schenck*] April 30th, 1917. My dear Comrade: That's such a very nice letter of yours, that busy though I am, I must send you just this line personal acknowledge and thanks. I am the opinion that the young men ought to do the work this time. Sincerely yours, Mr. Howard s. Schenck, 18 South Fifth Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Form 260 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AND CABLE GEORGE W. ATKINS, VICE-PRESIDENT NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVER'S No. TIME FILED CHECK SEND the following Telegram subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to April 30th, 1917. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Will personally present your telegram to Wood today. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 34209[*Sewall*] April 30th, 1917. Friend William: I wish I could help Merrill, but as you know, I am not a business man, but one who earns his living by the pen, and I simply cannot go into what Merrill desires, especially this year when of my four boys, three have left their business, and one has left college to go into the Army, and I shall have to be supporting the households of two of them. I should suppose it would be pretty difficult to get money now, although I don't know. I am very glad to hear about all your family, and to learn how you are getting on. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. W. Sewall, Island Falls, Maine. [?]4210April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Sheridan: That's very good of you, and I thank you for your very kind offer, but as things are now, I am unable to say anything definite in the matter. I sincerely trust the Administration will permit me to raise the division. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank Sheridan, 1531 Broadway, New York. 34211 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Shipman: I am very sorry, but it is impossible for me to attempt anything additional at this time. You have no idea how very busy I am. Sincerely yours, Mrs. O.H. Shipman, Vanderbilt Hotel, New York. 34212 TELEGRAM April 30th, 1917. Mr. Harry Worcester Smith, Worcester, Mass. Can you be at Hotel Langdon, Fifty Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, 3 PM tomorrow? THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charge to Met. Mag. Off. 34213April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Sovers: That's very nice of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Loren E. Sovers, 1014 Reukert Bldg., Canton, Ohio. 34214 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Spalding: That's very nice of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Samuel Chas. Spalding, 98 Morningside Avenue, New York City. 34215 Stafford April 30th, 1917. My dear Comrade: That's very good of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles S.W. Stafford, 439 Deming Place, Chicago, Ills. 34216April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Stephenson: Dr. Graves will not need a letter of introduction to Dr. Derby. Will you please have him just take this letter along as a matter of identification, and call on Dr. Derby, at 116 East 79th Street. I am sure that Dr. Graves will also be interested in calling at the Division Headquarters, 753 Fifth Avenue — Captain William Dame in charge — and if he has time we would be very glad to see him here at 432 Fourth Avenue. We are over our heads in work, so I can only send you this short line at this time. Of course you know that Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to see you any time you are in New York. So I hope when you come, your stay will be long enough to include one of the Colonel's city days. Sincerely yours, Mr. Percy S. Stephenson, Norfolk, Va. 34217April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Stimson: I thank you for your letter of the 23rd of April, and have passed the application on to Division Headquarters for proper file. Sincerely yours, Mr. H.L. Stimson, 32 Liberty Street, New York. 34218 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Sullivan: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. James D. Sullivan, Department of Education, University of New York, Albany, New York. 34219April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Sullivan: I have no influence in such matters, and therefore I am unable to be of assistance to you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Hugh H. Sullivan, 216 Remington St., Bridgeport, Conn. 34220April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Thomson: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. A.H. Thomson, Coshocton, Ohio. 34221 April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Thompson: Your letter pleases me very much. Naturally, you are the type of man I would like to have in my division, but I don't know what I can do. I hope the Administration will permit me to raise the division. Sincerely yours, Mr. John M. Thompson, Queens Plaza Court Bldg., Long Island City, N.Y. 34222April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Tucker: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 15th. Sincerely yours, Mr. Walter G. Tucker, Hotel Victor, Spokane, Wash. 34223April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Turner: That's a very kind offer of yours, but at present I am not in a position to consider it, as I do not know what we can do. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.E. Turner, 50 Church Street, New York. 34224April 30th, 1917. Dear Miss Underhill: Colonel Roosevelt is so overwhelmed with work that it is a physical impossibility for him to attempt anything additional at this time. Sincerely yours, Miss Margaret Underhill, 307 West 93rd Street, New York. 34225April 30th, 1917 My dear Mrs. Vaughn: I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mrs. F.W. Vaughn, 2211 California St., San Francisco, Cal. 34226April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Wade: I wish I could comply with your request. So many demands are made upon me, that it is a physical impossibility to comply with them. I am over my ears in work, and if you care to, I should be pleased to have you use something I have already said. Sincerely yours, Mr. John A. Wade, 224 Waverly Place, New York. 34227Wadsworth April 30th 1917. Dear Austin: James S. Wadsworth will go in my division, if I am allowed to raise one. Evidently he has got the right stuff in him. My lady and I appreciate that poem. Give my love to your lady. I don't suppose I shall be allowed to go, but if I ever get over there, and get established, I will see if I can't send back for you to fit in a niche somewhere. The administration is more anxious to hurt Wood & me than to do what it can to help with the war. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.A. Wadsworth, 350 Park Avenue, New York. 34228April 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Waldron: I regret I must refuse your kind invitation. Since election I have received in the neighborhood of 600 requests for speeches, and many of them I am sorry to have to refuse. I am simply overwhelmed with work just now, and it is a physical impossibility for me to make another engagement of any kind or sort. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Anne B. Waldron, Chairman of Red Cross Chap. Atlantic Highlands, N.J. [*34229*]April 30th, 1917. Dear Mr. Walser: I thank you, and very heartily appreciate your courteous letter of April 20th, with enclosed clippings. Sincerely yours, Mr. Zeb. V. Walser, Lexington, N.C. 34230April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Warner: I thank you for your very kind letter, but I can only refer such matters to the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. W.I. Warner, c/o Mallison Braided Card Co., Athens, Ga. 34231April 30th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Watson: I thank you for your courtesy, and am sorry I cannot accept the dedication of your song, but my dear madam, so many similar requests are made that I find it is an impossibility. With regrets, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Carl L. Watson, 176 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 34232April 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Wayland: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I appreciate it more than I can tell you. Evidently, your sons are worthy of their mother. Indeed, I would be glad to have your son with me, if it is possible. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Nannie M. Wayland, 916 Fifteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 34233 April 30th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Weeks: Permit me to express my deep sympathy about the death of your son, and my admiration for your attitude. I don't quite understand how you think I can help. It would be a pleasure to see you, if you come on to New York. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Alice S. Weeks, Hotel Kempton, Boston, Mass. 34234April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Weeks: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of April 25th, Sincerely yours, Mr. Seth Weeks, 326 West 52nd Street, New York. 34235April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Wetmore: I am sorry Colonel Roosevelt is unable to comply with your Night Letter, asking for a message to help your recruiting work. The demands upon Colonel Roosevelt at this time are so enormous that it is impossible for him to comply with them. He is over his ears in work relative to the division he hopes the Administration will permit him to raise. Sincerely yours, Mr. L. H. Wetmore, Norfolk, Va. [*34236*]April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Wheeler: I thank you heartily for your letter of April 20th. I have put your application on file, but of course I cannot do anything definite at this time. Sincerely yours, Mr. John N. Wheeler, World Building, Park Row, New York. 34237April 30th, 1917. Dear Miss Williams: That's very nice of you. I thank you. Sincerely yours, Miss Nina Maxwell Williams, 158 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 34238April 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Winthrop: I wish I could be present at the meeting of the Roosevelt Athletic League. As I cannot be with you, will you give them my warmest good wishes? Every boy in this country should train himself so that he grows up to be a decent citizen in time of peace, and a competent soldier in time of war! Faithfully yours, Mr. Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr., Roosevelt Athletic League, 215 East 41st Street, New York. (500 Park Ave.) 34239 [1917 Apr?] Sager My dear General Goethals: This will introduce to you an old friend of mine, Mr. Arthur N. Sager, formerly of St. Louis and now of New York. His brother was a color sargeant in the first Illinois regiment beside me at Santiago; he afterwards got his commission from the ranks in the regular army. I have known Mr. Sager well for a number or years; he has been one of my personal friends. He wishes to speak to you on an official and business matter [(about which I personally know nothing)] connected with the affairs of your Department. May I ask you to accord him the courtesy of a hearing? Faithfully yours, General George W. Goethals, Washington, D.C. 34240