June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Barcroft: That's fine! I congratualte you and thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick T. Barcroft, 601 Fine Arts Building, Detroit, Michigan. June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Campbell: It is hardly necessary for me to say that anything I know is in your favor; but I have known so little of you intimately for the last eighteen years that I am not competent to speak of your fitness to hold a commission. They now demand first-hand information; the questions are direct. With regret, Mr. Maurice Campbell, Editor, The New Era, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York City.June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Fisher: I'm absolutely powerless in such matters. You know I have no influence with the Administration and no means whatever of communicating with the War Department. Anything I did would simply be resented. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. C. Fisher, Abbotsford Hotel, Vancouver, B. C. 844June 29th, 1917. My dear Dr. Hillis: Will you permit me as an American citizen to thank you with all my heart for what you have done. There is not a man in this country who has accomplished more along the lines of patriotic achievement than you have accomplished during the last few months. What you have done in behalf of the Liberty Loan, what you have done on behalf of enlistments and on the behalf of the Red Cross, and, above all, what you have done for the soul of the American people - al this makes every one of us your debtor. With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, New York. 36845King June 29th, 1917. My dear General: I am very glad to hear from you. I hope you will soon be stronger. I have written at once. I have sent the letter to Dr. Hillis. If you want any changes will you let me know? I can't make it too strong. Faithfully yours, General Horatio C. King, 44 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 36846June 29th, 1917. My dear Miss Leaycraft: That's very good of you, but I have had to make a rule not to give permission to make such dedications to me. If I make an exception in one case, I cause heartburnings in countless other cases. The things that have been dedicated to me have been dedicated without authorization from me. With thanks & regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Agnes Leaycraft, Beechwood Hotel, Summit, N. J. 36847June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Marechal: I thank you and greatly appreciate your courtesy. I am greatly touched by what you write. With all good wishes for your glorious country, I am, Faithfully yours, M. Constantin Marechal, 45 Rue de la Chausin de Autin, Paris, France. 36848June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Martin: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. E. Martin, 220 Broadway, New York City. 36849PAID TELEGRAM June 29th, 1917 Colonel O'Loughlin Hibbs Building Washington, D.C. Exceedingly sorry. Saw the party and he declines to make any change in price THEODORE ROOSEVELT Chg. to Metropolitan Magazine 36850June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. O'Mahoney: That's one of the nicest letters I have received at all. I am very much afraid that the President's decision is final; but if I get the chance to go, you are one of the men whom I most especially want to have with me. Faithfully yours, Lieutenant Jeremiah W O'Mahoney, c/o Army and Navy Club, New York City. 36851[*Perkins*] June 29th, 1917. Dear George: I am very anxious to get at that set of Wilson's speeches, messages, etc., especially those dealing with war, preparedness, international duty, etc. Would it be possible for you to send me whoever it is that had charge of it, to go over with me, which ones are the important ones. Now, can't Mrs. Perkins and you motor down to take dinner with us some night? If this is impossible, can't you take lunch with me some time when I am in New York? Ever yours, Mr. George W. Perkins, 71 Broadway, New York City. 36852June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Prince: I am in so many things that I do not wish to go into anything more; and really I think that in this moment of stress a French Shakespeare Society is not quite what is needed. The real work I could have done would have been to take armed forces to the front. In this I have been refused permission. Faithfully yours, Mr. Morton Prince, 54 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 36853June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Reisner: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Rev. Christian F. Reisner, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, West 104th St. near Columbus Ave., New York City. 36854June 29th, 1917. Dear Mr. Schiff: I am glad you liked my letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, c/o Kuhn, Loeb & Co., William and Pine Street, New York City. 36855June 29th, 1917. Dear Mr. Stewart: I will gladly be on that committee, but it must be understood that I cannot possibly go abroad to take actual part in the presentation. I congratulate you heartily on what you have accomplished. Faithfully yours, Mr. John A. Stewart, Chairman Executive Committee American Peace Centenary Committee, Woolworth Building, N.Y. City. [3]6856June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Talbot: Will you send me a copy of some of the printed matter to which you refer? I do not remember the name of Quarles, but of course it is possible that through someone else [?] I went in the Society, although I have no recollection of it. Sincerely yours, Mr. John W. Talbot, Secretary, The Game Bird Society, South Bend, Indiana. 36857June 29th, 1917. My dear Mr. Wilfley: Those are capital articles of yours. I am impressed by them and I thank you for having let me see them. Faithfully yours, Mr. L. R. Wilfley, 27 Cedar Street, New York City. 6858June 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Alexander: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Good luck, ever! Faithfully yours, Mrs. Frances Gordon Alexander, Claridge's Hotel, Brook Street, W1, London, England.920 June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Altheimer: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ben Altheimer, 25 Broad Street, New York City.787 June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Bainbridge: That's a very nice letter of yours. I am greatly interested in your proposed scientific expedition. I can imagine few things that would be more interesting. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Oliver Bainbridge, Trescoe, Reigate, Surrey, England.3896 June 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Bayles: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Miss N. L. Bayles, 147 West 55th Street, New York City.June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Dawson: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. S. R. Dawson, 1104 Market Street, Wheeling, W. VA. [*6859*]June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Doud: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. M. F. Doud, St. Louis, Missouri. [*6860*]June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Earle: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Enoch W. Earle, 39 Woodland Street, Worchester, Mass. 36861June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Ely: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lewellen A. Ely, 221 Glover Street, Detroit, Michigan. 36862June 30th, 1917. My dear Miss Fay: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Miss Frances C. Fay, 57 West 10th Street, New York City. 36863June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Forst: I thank you for your letter and I enclose you copy of one I wrote to a fellow American. It would be a great pleasure to receive the little playlet. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. Forst, 31 Union Square, New York City. 36864June 30th, 1917 My dear Mr. Griffiths: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Griffiths, 618 Charlotte St., Utica, N. Y. 36865June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Gunnison: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Stanley E. Gunnison, President, Brooklyn Advertising Club, 31 Nassau Street, N. Y. City. 36866June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Helms: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. T. Helms, Hillsboro, Oregon. 36867June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hoffman: Three cheers for you! You are the kind of American in whom I believe. You were born in Germany. Your six children are native born; three of your daughters are now helping in the Red Cross work. You are a member of the Council of National Defense. How can any family have a better or more typically American record? I enclose you a copy of a letter I have written to another of our fellow Americans, who is of your blood. By the way, I am partly of German blood myself. Faithfully, Mr. Frederick L. Hoffman, The Presidential Ins. Co. of America, Newark, N. J. 6868June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lynch: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. M. Lynch, 343 South 14th, Lincoln, Nebraska. 36869June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lichtenstein: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Paul Lichtenstein, 25 Broad Street, New York City. 6870Mahoney June 30th, 1917. My dear Sir: Your letter of June 28th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, asking for a photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundred of similar requests are made during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pack Brother, Photographers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very good plate, and many people purchase this picture. If you care to leave an order with them, they will send it down to the Metropolitan Magazine office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank A. Mahoney, c/o Gallagher & Ascher, 29 Broadway, N. Y. City. 36871June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Marx: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Otto Marx, Birmingham, Alabama. 36872June 30, 1917. My dear Mr. Maye: I thank you for your kind invitation, but I am speaking at Forest Hills that day. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick J. Maye, Brooklyn Trust Company, 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 36873June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. O'Neil: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph O'Neil, Chairman, Branch Navy League, St. Louis, Missouri. [*36874*]June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Retz: I thank you for your letter. What American could desire more honorable and more typically American ancestry and association than yours? Your father was born in Germany. He served through the Civil War; was wounded twice in it and died from the results of the injuries. It makes my blood boil to have our Government permit any discrimination against the children of such a man. But I go further than that; it makes my blood boil to have them permit any discrimination against such a man as your father was. In my regiment in Cuba, one of the Captains under me was born in Germany; he had been a non-commissioned officer in [the] our regular army. I will fight for his rights as my fellow American just as quick as I would fight for the rights of any man whose ancestors came over here three centuries ago to Virginia or Massachusetts. 36875Mr. Frederick Retz. -2- I don't believe in [?] Americans behaving as if they transplanted second rate English, any more than I believe in them behaving as if [?] they were transplanted second rate Germans. We are all Americans, and nothing else! Billy Loeb has been for fifteen years closer to me politically than any other man. His father and mother were born in Germany. His father, like yours, served through the Civil War. I would give anything if Billy Loeb were at this moment President of these United States. Two of the naturalists who were closest to me in South America and Africa were Edmund Heller and Leo Miller. The fathers of both were born in Germany, but they are just as good Americans as I am. Leo Miller is now in the Officers' Training Camp, and, if I had been allowed to raise troops, both he and Heller would have been under me. [?] I would like to see any one try to discriminate against either of them if I had power to deal with the discrimination! Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick Retz, 461 Eight Avenue, New York City. June 30, 1917. My dear Mr. Talbot: I thank you for your kind invitation, but I am speaking at Forest Hills that day. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. P. Talbot, Bellmore, Nassau County, L. I. 36876June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Tilghman: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. G. Tilghman, Evanston, Illinois. 877June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Tullar: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Rev. Edgar Collins Tullar, 453 - 7th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. [*36878*]June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Weaver: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. John R. Weaver, c/o Mesers. Holmes & Clark, Philadelphia, Penna. 36879June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Whitney: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. D. Whitney, 204 Sharon Building, San Francisco, Cal. 880June 30th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Yocum: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mrs. H. G. Yocum, 6834 Paschal Ave., West Philadelphia, Pa. [*36881*]June 30th, 1917. My dear Mr. Retz: I thank you for your letter. What American could desire more honorable and more typically American ancestry and association than yours? Your father was born in Germany. He served through the Civil War; was wounded twice in it and died from the results of the injuries. It makes my blood boil to have our Government permit any discrimination against the children of such a man. But I go further than that; it makes my blood boil to have them permit any discrimination against such a man as your father was. In my regiment in Cuba, one of the Captains under me was born in Germany; he had been a non-commissioned officer in the regular army. I will fight for his rights as my fellow American just as quick as I would fight for the rights of any man whose ancestors came over here three centuries ago to Virginia or Massachusetts. 36899July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Bacon: I cannot possibly advise you. You, yourself, know where you can do the best work for the country at large. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wentworth C. Bacon, Canoe Hill Farm, Milbrook, Duchess County, New York.1731 July 2nd, 1917. Dear General Bandholtz: I am greatly obliged to you for what you have done about George, and am immensely pleased that he is to go back in the Guard; I don't in the least mind his going back as Captain as long as it is understood that when the vacancy arises he is to be Major. The boy has soldierly qualities which at this time ought not to be wasted. Again heartily thanking you, I am, Faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Harry H. Bandholtz 540 West 136th St. New York3318 [*Wash Nat Conf of 100*] July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Bliss: I thank you for your courteous letter of the 20th, and will be glad to see you next Friday at the Metropolitan Magazine office, at about quarter past twelve. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Frank H. Bliss, 812 Washington Loan & Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. National Co. of 100July 2nd, 1917 My dear Miss Camp: I am now doing everything I can. Two of my sons already have joined Pershing troops, and my other two sons as well as the husband of one of my daughters are in the Army awaiting call. Sincerely yours, Miss E. Alice Camp, The Savoy #52, Washington, D. C.6219 July 2nd, 1917. My dear Dr. Chase: So many requests of a similar nature are made to Colonel Roosevelt, that he has been obliged to refuse them all. If he complies in one case he must comply in literally hundreds of others. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Rev. William Sheafe Chase, 481 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. 6882July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Davis: I took up with Colonel Roosevelt the matter of making his Pittsburgh speech in the afternoon rather than the evening. He is willing to do this, and suggests if possible that the time be set for 4 or 4:30. Will you be good enough to let me know if this will be satisfactory. Sincerely yours, Mr. James J. Davis, Farmers Bank Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 36883July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Dickinson: Will you present my compliments to your mother and tell her her descendants are Americans of the right type. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Charles H. Dickinson, Woodcliff-on-Hudson, New Jersey. 884July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Dobson: Colonel Roosevelt is not on the editorial staff of the Metropolitan Magazine, and he has absolutely nothing to do with the acceptance or rejection of articles for the magazine. I return your enclosure, and ask that you kindly take this matter up with them direct. Sincerely yours, Mr. Richard Dobson, 1812 Washington Ave., So., Marion, Ind. 6885July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Drymore: With reference to your note of June 26th to Colonel Roosevelt, he will be glad to see you on next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Harvard Club. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. Radclyffe Drymore, c/o The Players, 16 Gramercy Park, New York. 36886July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Elgutter: I thank you for letting me see the proof sheets of "A Citizen of the United States". There is nothing I can suggest now. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles S. Elgutter, Omaha, Nat'l. Bank Bldg., Omaha, Nebraska. 887July 2nd, 1917. My dear M. Faray: I thank you for your very courteous note and the enclosure. May I ask you to send the enclosed letter to M. Hanotaux? Faithfully yours, M. Louis Faray, 21, Rye Cassette, Paris, France. 36888July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Franklin: Through you may I extend to Major Dwight and his officers and men, my heartiest congratulations and good wishes? Faithfully yours, Mrs. Jean Dwight Franklin, 202 West 74th Street, New York. 36889July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Grady: I thank you for your kind invitation, but I cannot possibly attempt anything additional for that day. With regret, Mr. Leander A. Grady, 24 Scott Street, Richmond, Hill, N. Y. 36890July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Gardner: Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to have you bring Mr. Scripps to see him Friday afternoon next, at 4 o'clock at the Harvard Club. Sincerely yours, Mr. Gilson Gardner, 637 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. 36891TELEGRAM July 2nd, 1917. Sara Ford Greenfield, 676 Riverside Drive, New York. I THANK YOU CORDIALLY BUT SUCH A MULTITUDE OF REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO AS YOU REQUEST WITH REGRET THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "COLLECT" 36892July 2nd, 1917. My dear M. Hanotaux: I was greatly interested in your letter and the enclosure. I enclose you an article on the peace terms, which I have just published in the Metropolitan Magazine, from which you will see, I think, that I am in substantial agreement with your position. I shall continue to warn our people against accepting any improper or halfway peace. I only wish I had some power in the Government; for of course it would be an affectation for me to pretend that I am satisfied with what America is doing. We did not show wisdom in advance, and we are not showing enough intelligen[ce]t and disinterested energy now. But at least thank Heaven that we are in the war, and I have no question that we will fight to the end, and our small army in France under gallant General Pershing will I believe do well. But I agree with you that the danger is lest some of our people be misled by the German sophisms, which have misled those Russian revolutionists who prattle about "neither annexation nor indemnity". In Canada the Catholics of Irish descent have done admirably. Some of the French Catholics have 6893- 2 - also done well; but it would not be true to say that French Canada has come forward by any means as well as English Canada. For at least a year there was a strong tendency to speak as if Republican and anti- clerical France had no claim on the sympathy of French Canada, which is really a survival of the 17th Century France. Moreover, French Canada, like the United States, was so content with its absolute safety and freedom that it did not understand the vital need of overthrowing the German menace of the 20th Century [?] to all peace and civilization, neither they nor our people, understand that this overthrow [?] was the condition precedent to the perpetuat[e]ions [?] of all peace. Faithfully yours, M. Gabriel Hanotaux, 21 Rue Cassette, Paris, France. [*Two of my sons are already in France with General Pershing's army*] 36894July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Harvey: I thank you for the book. Although I had already received a copy, I am glad to have your copy. With deep appreciation, Faithfully yours, Mr. H. Paul Harvey, 16 South Indiana Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 36895July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Harwood: An answer was sent to your letter and the enclosed returned to 1106 L. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. I did not suppose that Oyster Bay contained such an address. Faithfully yours, Mrs. J. P. Harwood, 1106 L Street, N. W., Oyster Bay, L. I. [*P. S. Upon its return by P. O. authorities the enclosure will be sent to you*] 36896July 2nd, 1917. PRIVATE: Dear Mr. Heal: Of course, everything done to help the Allies must be done in a way that would not hamper them. If they 2ish me to do anything, they will ask me. It would embarrass them and not only serve no useful purpose, but would even be mischievous if I should make any proposal to them which might give offense to President Wilson, who is the head of the nation, and who is in a position to give very material aid to the Allies, and whom naturally and properly our Allies would be very loathe to offend in any way. While in my judgement many things might be done, if the Administration would permit, it is nevertheless true that it would be a mere embarrassment to our Allies to help them in a way of which President Wilson does not approve. You may remember that the State Department, acting for the Administration, censored General Joffre's remarks because it was deemed that these remarks were favorable to the plan I had advocated. This was not an action that was lost on either our French or English visitors. This is, of course, for your private information. Faithfully yours, Mr. William E. Heal, 945 Penn. Avenue, Washington, D. C. 6897July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Hoffman: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I thank you for it. I am enclosing herewith copy of a letter I have written to a fellow American, in which I think you will be interested. Faithfully yours, Mr. Louis Hoffman, Plainfield, New Jersey. 36898[June 30 1917] Mr. Frederick Retz. -2- I don't believe in men being transplanted second rate English, any more than I believe in them being transplanted second rate German. We are all Americans and nothing else! Billy Loeb has been for fifteen years closer to me politically than any other man. His father and mother were born in Germany. His father, like yours, served through the Civil War. I would give anything if Billy Loeb were at this moment President of these United States. Two of the naturalists who were closest to me in South America and Africa were Edmund Heller and Lee Miller. The fathers of both were born in Germany, but they are just as good Americans as I am. Lee Miller is now in the Officers' Training Camp, and, if I had been allowed to raise troops, both he and Heller would have been under me. Under no circumstances would I like to see any one try to discriminate against either! Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick Retz, 461 Eighth Avenue, New York City. 900July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Kohlsaat: These are very interesting letters. I return them and I thank you for having let me see them. It was a great pleasure to have caught a glimpse of you the other day. Let me see you whenever you come to New York, and if possible come out to Oyster Bay for lunch or dinner. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, 1440 First Natl. Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ills. 36901July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Johnston: I am greatly interested in those resolutions, and I am in general agreement with them, but at the moment I am overwhelmed with work and cannot take them up in detail. It would be a pleasure to see you. Faithfully yours, Mr. George H. Johnston, c/o Citizens Bank, Wales, N. D. 36902July 2nd, 1917. My dear Madame Lalande: I thank you for your courteous letter. I need hardly say how bitterly I regret that I was not allowed to go to France with troops. Faithfully yours, Madame Lalande, Riberac, Dordogne, France. 903TELEGRAM July 2nd, 1917. Mr. Charles E. Lambert, Secy., Rockville Chautauqua Ass'n, Rockville, Ind. I AM SORRY BUT IT IS A PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "COLLECT" 904July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Lewis: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but I have no idea the President will permit me to go. Sincerely yours, Mr. D. C. Lewis, 217 Board of Trade Bldg., Portland, Oregon. 6905July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Lingenfelder: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I like your article. I enclose you copy of a letter I have written to a fellow American. I am partly of German descent, although I have much more Scotch and Dutch blood in me than I have German or English or French. The Hollanders and Flemings are racially nearer kin to the North "low" Germans, than the latter are to the "high" Germans of South Germany. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter Lingenfelder, American Chemical Products, Co., 23 Liberty Street, New York. 6906July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Loeb: Colonel Roosevelt mentioned to me the other day that you had not received the note he asked me to send you, and owing to the stress of business, it has taken me a few days to refer to the files and send you copies of what I then enclosed. Here they are. I cannot imagine what could possibly have happened to the other envelope. I signed the letter for Colonel Roosevelt so as to get it off to you quickly. Sincerely yours, Mr. William Loeb, Jr., 120 Broadway, New York. 6907July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Loyd: I have no information on that matter, so of course I cannot advise you. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. H. Loyd, 303 Corby-Forsee Bldg., St. Joseph, Missouri. July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Lunen: I thank you for letting me see your song, but, of course, it is impossible for me to express an opinion on such matters. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. L. Lunen, 304 Logan Street, Steubenville, Ohio.July 2nd, 1917. My dear Monsignor Marechal: I appreciate to the full your courtesy, and look forward to reading the volume. Faithfully yours, M. Constantin Marechal, 45 Rue de la Chavin d'Antin, Paris, FRance.July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. McElhany: I thank you for your letter and regret it is not possible for me to accept your kind invitation for the yacht trip. If I am going to be in Oyster Bay, and if you will let me know in advance, I will be very glad to have the Club members call. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. B. McElhany, c/o American Steel Export Co., Woolworth Building, N. Y. City. 6911July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Meyer: I hate to seem churlish, but I cannot ask my daughter-in-law to do as you request. She may or may not be willing to do it; but it seems to me that my daughters-in-law are already serving their country pretty efficiently, as they have sent their husbands to the front; and I think that those who have not sent their husbands should take part in such work as that of which you speak. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer, American Home Economics Ass'n., 19 West 44th Street, New York. 6912July 2nd, 1917. My dear Miss Morris: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. I really like the poem. Faithfully yours, Miss Sallie Morris, W. O. W. Building, Omaha, Nebraska. 36913July 2nd, 1917. My dear General O'Ryan: I wish personally to thank you for your kindness to George. I am exceedingly pleased that he is to go back in the Guard; the fact that at the moment it is only in the position of captain is of no consequence, inasmuch as I understand that he is to be made Major when the vacancy arises. The important thing is to get him in, where he can render service. Again very heartily thanking you, and with warm regards to Mrs. O'Ryan, believe me, Faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT./ Major General John F. O'Ryan, 640 Riverside Drive, New York City. 14July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Pearson: I thank you for your very kind letter. As you probably know, I am now doing everything I can. Faithfully yours, Mr. George W. Pearson, 515 St. Louis Street, Toledo, Ohio. 6915July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Potter: I would suggest that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. They can give you definite advice. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Dorothea Potter, 936 Woodycrest Avenue, New York City. 36916July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Rihani: Your letter addressed to Colonel Roosevelt is received. Will you call at the Metropolitan Magazine office at 12:30 Friday next. Sincerely yours, Mr. Amsen Rihani, 37 Madison Avenue, New York City. 6917July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Ross: I thank you for the book and look forward to reading it. Faithfully yours, Mr. P. H. W. Ross, The Natl. Marine League of the U. S. A., Old Slip, New York City. 6918July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mrs. Saporta: In accordance with your request, Colonel Roosevelt has gladly autographed the enclosed card. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Suzanne Saporta, 28 Blvd. Boune Nouvelle, Paris, France. 36919July 2nd, 1917. My dear Lieutenant Schaefer: I thank you heartily for the book and look forward to reading it. Faithfully yours, Lieutenant R. G. Schaefer, 22nd Regt. of Engineers, N. Y. N. G., New York City. 36920July 2nd, 1917. Dear Mr. Schieffelin: The enclosed letter from J. Burton Harper is self-explanatory. Can you make any suggestions with regard to this matter? Colonel Roosevelt suggested that I communicate with you. Sincerely yours, Mr. William J. Schieffelin, 170 William Street, New York.July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Scranton: I thank you for your letter and I return herewith the enclosures. I can only suggest that you communicate with the War College. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank A. Scranton, 343 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York City. July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Seely: I thank you but there is no way I can help you. I refer you to my book. There is no private information I have in addition to the information in public files. Sincerely yours, Mr. Walter H. Seely, c/o C. L. Chester, Inc., 120 West 41st Street, New York City.July 2nd, 1917. Slav Press Bureau, Tribune Building, New York City. Gentlemen: I thank you for your courtesy and look forward to reading the literature. Faithfully yours, July 2nd, 1917. Mr. Ora Ionsene Smith, Chief, Order Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. My dear Mr. Smith: In accordance with your request, I am pleased to enclose herewith copy of "Progressive Party - Its Record from January to July, 1916." Sincerely yours, JMS.SJuly 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Solborg: I am very sorry, but I have absolutely no influence whatever, and therefore am unable to help you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Robt. A. Solborg, American Rolling Mill Co., Middletown, Ohio.July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Thompson: That's very good of you. I need hardly say how disappointed I am that the President refused me permission to raise my divisions and take them to France. I return herewith your enclosure. Sincerely yours, Mrs. V. C. Thompson, 115 E. Magnolia Avenue, Wildwood, N. J.July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mr. Wars: I am sorry I cannot help you, but surely you must know that any interference on my part is resented. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard D. Ware, Amherst, New Hampshire.July 2nd, 1917. Dear Charley: Your letter pleased me much. I know you would approve of what I rote. As you say, it is a mighty poor rule that doesn't work both ways. I will smite with the sword of the Lord and Gideon, the American of German origin, who professes a divided allegiance, and I will also smite just as hard those who discriminate against any American or German origin, if his allegiance to the United States is whole-hearted and undivided. Ever yours, Mr. Charles G. Washburn, Princeton, Massachusetts. July 2nd, 1917. My dear Mrs. Wright: Mrs. Roosevelt did not know Mrs. Austin's address. IN any event, it is impossible for her to comply with Mrs. Austin's request. With regret, Mrs. Addie Wright, The National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York City.July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Arkeney: I greatly appreciate your letter and I congratulate you upon what your boy is doing; but you must not ask me to write him a separate letter. If I should do that in one case, I should have to do it in literally thousands of other cases, as I am sure you will understand; for thank Heaven, there are many, many such fine young patriotic Americans. With all good wishes for you and for him, Faithfully yours, Mr. F. H. Arkeney, Cumberland, Maryland.309 July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Beck: That's s mighty nice letter of yours and a mighty nice letter from your nephew. I return it to you with hearty thanks. Faithfully yours, Mr. Emil C. Beck, S. Egremont, Berkshire Co., Mass.3981 July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Davison: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I am immensely pleased that you put on Raymond Robbins and I believe you will find him satisfactory. I was also very much pleased with Sherry's proposition. I am glad you have taken it up with him direct. Indeed, I only wish I could have been of more service in the matter! Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry P. Davison, The American Red Cross, Washington, D. C. [*P. S. The Russian envoys called on me to ask especially that the Red Cross should care for the starving Russian prisoners in Germany; this plight seems dreadful; can not something be done for them?*] 931July 5th, 1917. My dear Monsieur de Cartier: First let me thank you for the book on the deportations. It is a very sad, but a very necessary, book to publish at this time. In the next place, let me ask you to let me know when Baron Monoheur returns. What I should really like would be to have you and him come out here to dinner some night. Faithfully yours, M. E. de Cartier, Belgian [?] Legation, Washington, D. C. 32July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Dolge: Colonel Roosevelt is not going to be in town on Wednesday, July 11th. He will be in town the day previous - Tuesday - and he will be glad to have you lunch with him, if your plans are such that you can be in the city on that day. Will you be good enough to let me know? Sincerely yours, Mr. Fritz Dolge, Dolge Felt Co., Oxford, Mass. 933[*Private*] July 5th, 1917. My dear Easley: You say you "don't know what the answer is to some of the questions" you raise. I do know. The rule is perfectly [secure] simple and safe - treat every American of German origin as a good American, if he so acts; and if he shows himself disloyal, treat him as you would any other disloyal man, shooting him or hanging him, if that is possible. The difficulty of which you speak is caused by the attitude of the present administration, that is by Mr. Wilson. President Wilson for 2 1/2 years deliberately connived at the traitorous and murderous propaganda of Germany in this country. He failed to act against the criminals in any effective fashion. He fails now to act effectively against them. If I were in power I would put Virieck (whom you name) instantly in jail, exactly as was done with those two Columbia students, for Virieck is conducting a campaign of treason against this country. But nothing more unpatriotic could be imagined than to split our people along lines of national cleavage, as would inevitably follow any policy of discriminating for or against any citizens because of their national origin, 6934-2- instead of treating each of them on his worth as a man, and his conduct as an American. My dear Mr. Easley, you aid the German propaganda of disloyalty in the most efficient way if you act so as to make loyal Americans of German origin feel that they are discriminated against and thrown back [?] with the others. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph M. Easley, The National Civic Federation, Metropolitan Tower, New York City. July 5th, 1917. Dear Foley: That's capital. I am very glad indeed you put it in. It is worth while having the historical sense as well as the historical knowledge sometimes, isn't it? Faithfully yours, Evidently Hannibal is as much a hero of yours as he is of mine; and the Metatannes battle was one of the decisive battles of history. Mr. James W. Foley, Medora, North Dakota. 935July 5th, 1917. To the Dean of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sir: This letter will be presented by Mr. Frans J. Fransson, of Stockholm, Sweden, who desires to get permission to visit Harvard University in order to study radio telegraphy and high frequence technic. He does not wish to pass an examination, but only to spend a month at Harvard. He has already graduated from the Swedish Technological Institute, and intends to become the head of the Radio-telegraphic Laboratory at the American Gasaccumulator Company at Elizabeth, N. J. He is vouched for by my friend, the former Swedish Minister at Washington, Mr. H de Lagercrants, in whose word I have entire confidence. I trust this which he requests can be done. Faithfully yours, 36July 5th, 1917. My dear Chaplain Handel: Of course, I remember you well. Pray tell Colonel Norton that if he desires to have the regiment band visit visit Oyster Bay, it would be a pleasure to receive them, and listen to it; but I am very sorry that it is not possible for me to undertake the review of which you speak. Faithfully yours, Rev. Harry A. Handel, Chaplain, N. Y. Fire Dept., 365 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York. 937[*Hart*] July 5th, 1917. Dear Albert: Well, I am captive to your bow and spear, and I shall make the speech just along the lines you indicate! Faithfully yours, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Mooseheart, Illinois. 6938July 5th, 1917. My dear President Hibben: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I hesitated to send you word about Major Bigelow, and evidently it was needless to have done so; but still I thought I ought to. As for your concluding paragraph, my dear sir, I appreciate it greatly, but as far as I myself am concerned, I fear the opportunity for me to do good service has passed. I could have admirably filled the gap between the declaration of war, and the assembling, drilling, and the sending over of the draft army. But by the fall circumstances will be such that if I were allowed to raise volunteers I would find two-thirds of my best men had joined other organizations, and I would be in the position of merely raising some among many organizations with the Government endeavoring to hamper me. Still, I would jump at the chance! As for Wood, of course he ought to go over. Faithfully yours, Pres. John Grier Hibben, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. 6939July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hornaday: Good for you! I'm delighted you are keeping on with that work. You are a good citizen in every way. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. T. Hornaday, N. Y. Zoological Park, New York City.July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Huff: Will you show this letter to Mr. Perkins? I am not competent, of course, to speak of your plan, but Mr. Perkins is particularly interested in the agricultural situation, and as you say that all you ask is the chance to see him and explain what you desire to do, I am confident if you will show him this letter he will give you this chance. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Thos. Salisbury Huff, Sanford, Fla.July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Huppuch: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Winfield A. Huppuch, Home Defense Committee, Hudson Falls, New York.July 5th, 1917. My dear Dr. Krueger: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Dr. R. Faust Krueger, Schenectady, N. Y.July 5th, 1917. Dear Grant: Inasmuch as the enclosed letter is written on the paper of the New York Society of Architects, by its Secretary, I think I shall call it to your attention. There is no objection to the worthy Mr. Mullin being an ass and writing me an important letter if he does it on his private paper - there are a great multitude of asses in the United States, and a reasonable proportion of them are impertinent, and the mails are open to them. But I do not think he ought to write it on the paper of the Society of Architects. The gentlemen os of course wrong in his facts. I never expressed "gratitude to God" that I "hadn't a drop of English blood" in my veins; on the contrary I always said that I had as much English bloodJuly 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lagercrantz: Of course I remember you very well. Is the enclosed letter all right? Faithfully yours, Mr. H. de Lagercrantz, 1701 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lathrop: That's such a very nice letter of your that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles W. Lathrop, 637 Marshall Street, Milwaukee, Wis.July 5th, 1917. Dear Brother Leahy: I have to make an invariable rule not, in any way, to appear as responsible for the publication of such articles about myself, so to my great regret I have to refuse your courteous request. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas Leahy, F. & A. M. Publg., Co., Inc. 248 Powers Bldg., Rochester, N. Y.July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lilienthal: I have received many letters such as yours, but none that put the case so clearly, and none which gave me such satisfaction. What a record your family is making! What genuine Americanism that record implies! Three cheers for your son-in-law, and your son, and for Mrs. Lilienthal, and for yourself. If you four "don't belong", then I don't; then Muhlenberg, and Herkimer, and Custer didn't belong in their days and Perching doesn't belong now, for he is of Alsatian-German origin. I mentioned a few names in my letter, merely samples! I could have mentioned scores of names of close friends of mine who are hole, or in part, of German blood, but who are just as straight United States as I am. The very fact that I would like either to banish or to hang creatures like Virieck, and Horace Brand, and the whole brood of hyphenated German-American,who hatch treason against this country, makes me flame with indignation against the equally (?) creatures who would discriminate against Americans of the highest type, who are of German origin. Lord, how I wish that Billy Loeb, whose father and mother were both born in Germany, and whose father fought in the Civil War, were President at this moment. Faithfully your fellow American, Mr. Howard Lilienthal, Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York City.July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Marshall: That's a capital letter. It isn't legalistic a bit; it is legal! Always yours, Mr. Louis Marshall, 120 Broadway, New York City. 50July 5th, 1917. My dear Mr. Metcalf: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I appreciate the enclosure. Give my love to dear Mrs. Metcalf. We talk of you very often. Faithfully yours, Mr. Victor H. Metcalf, Union Savings Bank Building, Oakland, California. 6951July 5th, 1917. Dear Miller: I am much pleased with your telegram. I am interested in the further information you gave me. Of course the trouble with the Administration is that, having pandered improperly for political reasons to German sentiment in this country at one time, it naturally, when it thinks it can help itself, goes to the opposite extreme, and discriminates improperly against first-class citizens of German origin at another time. Faithfully yours, Mr. George E. Miller, Washington, District of Columbia. 903 Colorado Bldg. 52July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Mills: I am really obliged to you for the volume, and I am particularly pleased not only that you wrote it, but that you dedicated it to George Perkins-Welsh. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Enos A. Mills, Longs Peak, Estes Park, Colorado. 953[*Moore*] July 5th, 1917. Dear Alex: All right, I will come on, and speak in the afternoon, by preference, at about 5 o'clock. I will leave New York the night before, and I will leave Pittsburgh by the night train after the speech. But under no circumstances will I make more than one speech. I already have had to refuse many suggestions to make extra speeches. I look forward to seeing you and dear Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Roosevelt will not be able to come with me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Alexander P. Moore, The Pittsburgh Leader, Pittsburgh, Pa. 954July 5th, 1917 Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: Mr. Stewart Edward White has applied for the position of officer de liason. I gladly write on his behalf. He is a gentleman of the highest standard, an educated man, with wide experience in foreign countries. I believe him to be a good linguist. I know he is fit to render first-class service as an officer. I vouch for him in every way. Very truly yours, 955July 5th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Parr: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Margaret M. L. Parr, 427 Park Avenue, Collingswood, N. J. 956July 5th, 1917. Dear George: I am very much pleased that Enos Mills dedicated to you his book on National Parks. Evidently that gentleman understands perhaps a little better than you do the importance of the work you have done in the Palisades Park. Faithfully yours, Mr. George Perkins, 71 Broadway, New York City. 957July 5th, 1917. Dear Robins: I don't know a human being in Russia personally, as far as I can now recollect, excepting Baron Rosen, and I don't know where he stands at the moment. Is the enclosed of the least service? With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Raymond Robins, 1437 West Ohio Street, Chicago, Ills. 958July 5th, 1917. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: My friend, Raymond Robins, is a member of the National Red Cross Commission to Russia. I believe the program of the Commission, if carried out, will be of far-reaching service to the Russian people, and significant for the whole future of international relations. There is no man in the United States whom I regard as better fitted to make this program an accomplished fact than Raymond Robins. I know him intimately. I can vouch for his integrity, and his disinterestedness, his courage and his commonsense. I unreservably ask that any man who know of me, and who values my opinions, will give the fullest confidence to Mr. Robins, and will aid him in any way in the great work he is trying to do. Sincerely yours, 959July 5th, 1917. Dear Mr. Street: That's all straight, and Colonel Roosevelt wishes me to tell you that he and Mrs. Roosevelt are jointly going to demand the privilege of lunching with Mrs. Street and you at your apartment sometime next winter. Sincerely yours. Secretary. Mr. Julian Street, 151 West 86th Street, New York.July 5th, 1917. My dear Dr. Tuttle: I very cordially hope you will succeed in securing from Congress the passage of the bill to do justice to Osteopathic physicians of the kind of whom you speak. I am able to bear testimony personally because my wife and one of my sons have been successfully treated to their great benefit by Osteopaths. The country needs all the physicians possible at this time, and it is unpatriotic as well as unjust and unwise under such conditions to discriminate against an organized medical body of over 5,000 men and women, who ask only the opportunity to serve their country and humanity, and who are admirably fit to render such service. Faithfully yours, Dr. Lamar K. Tuttle, 18 East 41st Street, New York.July 5th, 1917. My dear Countess Venturini: That's very kind but I would not have any work for you to do. Believe me, I appreciate your courtesy. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Countess M. Venturini, c/o Messrs Goudert Brothers, 2 Rector Street, N. Y. City.July 5th, 1917. My ear Mrs. Ward: I haven't yet received the preface. I'll gladly add anything you suggest; but, my dear Mrs. Ward, I doubt if I can comment to soften down anything I have said about the pacifists. There has been altogether too much pussy-footing about the pacifists. No corrupt politicians have done as much harm to England or the United States as men like Mass Ingham, Bernard Shaw, David Starr Jordan, Carnegie and those fellows and they have been enabled to do much of this harm because they have had the sinister abilities of Germen conspirators to aid them. I am very sure, from my own personal knowledge, that this Germen influence is potent in many pacifist circles in England. Since the war, it has been the most potent force with them here in the United States. The professional pacifists need to be scourged out of the temple of humanity! With hearty thanks and good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Stocks, Tring, England.July 5th, 1917. My dear Weyl: It is a great pleasure to hear from you and I am so pleased to get the photographs you sent. I was especially pleased to hear from Admiral Togo. My admiration for him both as an admiral and as a man, is very, very sincere. The others you mention are genuine friends of mine. Give my warm regards to Mrs. Weyl. I am glad you are back in the country. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter Z. Weyl, Hillcrest Farm, Woodstock, N. Y. July 5th, 1917. Dear White: Is the enclosed all right? I sent the original as you direct. Faithfully yours, Mr. Stewart Edward White, Little Hill, Burlingame, Cal. July 5th, 1917. Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: Mr. Stewart Edward White has applied for the position of officer de liaison. I gladly write on his behalf. He is a gentlemen of the highest standard, an educated man, with wide experience in foreign countries. I believe him to be a good linguist. I know he is fit to render first-class service as an officer. I vouch for him in every way. Very truly yours,July 6th, 1917. My dear Colonel: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I very bitterly regret that we were not allowed to raise that division. I think it was my only chance for service. My four sons are going, at any rate, and I do earnestly hope that you are soon given a chance yourself to be in the fighting line. If you come to New York be sure to let me know. I want to have the pleasure of getting you to break bread with me. Faithfully yours, Colonel Henry T. Allen, Headquarters, Fort Riley, Kans.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Atkinson: Colonel Roosevelt is sorry, but there is nothing whatever he can do in connection with that matter, as he has absolutely no influence. I am returning herewith your enclosures. Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert G. Atkinson, National Soldiers Home 4450, Virginia.July 6th, 1917. My dear Beck: I am afraid Mrs. Roosevelt and I are confirmed home cats! So I shall have to deny myself the real pleasure of accepting your invitation. Are you to be in town next Wednesday? Will you lunch with me at the Harvard Club at one thirty? Faithfully yours, Mr. James M. Beck, 55 Wall Street, New York City.3991 July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Brown: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. R. Brown, 1114 - 28th Street, Milwaukee, Wis.1865 July 6th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Brown: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Fred Brown, 1151 Washington St/, Albany, Calif.1875 [*Bankard*] July 6th, 1917. My dear sir: The trouble is that such a message can only have the effect you desire if it comes from a man who by his deeds is making the message good. When war is on it is the men of action and not the men of words who count. If I had been permitted to raise my division, or rather the four divisions, in one of which I should have served as a brigade commander, I am sure I could have rendered incalculable service to this country along the lines you mention. One of the reasons I was not allowed to raise them was, in my judgment, because it was not desired that I should arouse this enthusiasm, for the men who were hostile to my going with troops to France were quite incapable themselves of looking at the matter, except from its political standpoint, and therefore veryJuly 6th, 1917. My dear General Brugere: I am deeply touched, and very greatly pleased, by your letter. I now write you rather in full and shall ask you to treat this letter as confidential, except that you are entirely at liberty to show it, of course in confidence, to the four gentlemen you named: Mr. Poincaire, Ribot, Clemenceau and Hanotaux. My heart is sore because I have been denied the chance to "prove my truth by my endeavor", and I wish you and my three or four other friends in France to know that it is not my fault that I am not allowed to go with troops to the other side. I take the liberty of sending you herewith a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of War, President Wilson and myself. This will show you exactly what I proposed. I did not for a moment pretend that I would be able to do as good work as a trained and experienced general. But we have no experienced generals. All American troops are raw -2- naturally ascribed to me a like incapacity - although they were wholly wrong in so doing. As things are now, I am doing everything that it is possible for me to do. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. S. Bankard, Joplin, Missouri. 33312061 -2- now, even our regulars; they would all have to learn. Many of the brigade commanders, and some even of the division commanders, are men who have had much less experience of war even that I have had. I commanded a regiment in the most important, and the bloodiest, battle in which American troops have fought for the last fifty years. Toward the close of the campaign, I commanded a brigade. My regiment was raised, armed, equipped, drilled, mounted, dismounted, kept two weeks on transports, and put through two victorious, aggressive fights, in which it lost one-third of its officers and one-fifth of its men, all within sixty days of the time when I received my commission. This, of course, was merely in a campaign such as your Colonial campaigns. But I think it is safe to say that a regiment of that kind offers good material, and could rapidly be trained into efficiency, if put behind your lines and with your wounded officers to instruct it. Well, if President Wilson had permitted me, I would have had one hundred such regiments ready for action immediately2062 -3- after war was declared, and the divisions could have been sent over at intervals of fifteen or thirty days. I only asked to be made Junior Brigadier Commander among the many Brigadier Commanders who would have been sent over, and I would have gladly taken a less position were it not for my age. All I wished to do was to be allowed to raise the troops and to tell them that I was going with them - not merely that I was asking them to go while I stayed at home. The fighting men of this country would have eagerly flocked to me; I would not have dulled their fighting edge; I would have got them to the front; and then how long I personally lasted would have been of small consequence. Frankly, the trouble was partly because Mr. Wilson let his malice overcome his desire to render service, and partly because he feared the effect2063 -4- politically. He was not afraid I would do badly. He was afraid I would do well. He has almost no military sympathy or understanding, therefore he could not comprehend that to a man of my feelings merely being permitted to take part in the campaign would itself have crowned my career, and that I would have been more than willing to die, if thereby only thus I could have purchased the right to serve. Well, at least I am sending over my four boys, whose lives are naturally much dearer to me than my own. Two of them are already on your side. During the two and a half years that Mr. Wilson was hesitating, and trying to curry favor with Germany, and refusing to prepare our army and navy, I attacked him and his policy strongly and bitterly, advocating preparedness and advocating action against Germany and in the interest of the Allies. General Wood was not at liberty to speak quite as freely; but he continually and publicly advocated our preparing the army, and pointed out our military shortcomings and failure. In consequence, President Wilson felt a peculiar animosity against me, and an only less2064 -5- animosity against Wood. He felt towards me both malice, and political animosity. Towards Wood he felt malice. The very fact that he had failed to follow the course I advocated in our foreign policy, and that he found himself terribly hampered because he had failed to follow the advice of both Wood and myself as to military preparedness, and finally had to adopt both courses, only made him the more bitter. His action about myself you know. As for Wood, he offered to send him to Hawaii, and I believe regarded Wood's choice of the post which he actually holds with some surpirse. Of course, your government cannot ask for me or do anything more than it has done. President Wilson is the head of our government, and the French Government must keep on good terms with him. I thoroughly understand this. But I am most grateful to Senator Clemenceau for his letter. With very hearty thanks to you, my dear General, and again expressing the bitterness of my2065 -6- regret that I am not allowed to serve in whatever capacity I am best fitted for in the fighting force, I am, Very faithfully yours, General Brugere, 20 Avenue Rapp, Paris, France.2066 July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Corrick: I shall not try to discuss your letter at length. I wish to thank you most warmly for your interest in me. Don't you find Howell a pretty good fellow? I wish you would get in touch with John King of Bridgeport, Conn. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. P. Corrick, Lincoln, Nebr. 8517July 6th, 1917. To the Officers of The Camp Fire Girls: That's a very nice letter of yours. I am trying my best not to take honorary positions at the head of my additional society, however good. Indeed I had forgotten that honorary position in the Boy Scouts, so instead of my accepting an honorary position, will you accept this letter? I trust I need not say how deeply I sympathize with what the Camp Fire Girls are going, and especially what they are doing in this crisis. You could not have a better program than that you have adopted - to hold on to health, to save food, to care for children, and to work through the homes. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Dr. Luther H. Gulick, Pres. Mrs. Gabrielle S. Mulliner, 1st V. P., Mr. Lester F. Scott, Secy. Camp Fire Girls, 461 Fourth Ave., New York. 6096 Canada July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Adams: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank D. Adams, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 36967July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Demond: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Mr. Bernie Demond, Secy., Ideal Music Publg. Co., 184 West Washington St. Chicago, Ills.July 6th, 1917. Dear Mr. Dodge: I have just had returned Colonel Roosevelt's letter of Jun 7th, which was sent to you at Denver, in response to the telegram you sent from that place, in conjunction with Messrs, Colt and Hamlin. It was returned to us as you will see, and I regret that it was not delivered to you. I supposed, of course, that you would expect an answer at the point from which you telegraphed. Faithfully yours, Mr. Clarence P. Dodge, Colorado Springs, Colorado.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Ewry: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Sincerely yours, Mr. Ralph R. Ewry, Portland, Ind. 36970July 6th, 1917. My dear Judge: That letter of yours is one of the very nicest I have received at all. I thank you for it with all my heart. Give my warmest regards to your family. You are one of the Americans whose attitude is precisely that in which I believe. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Judge John J. Freschi (?), 32 Franklin Street, New York.July 6th, 1917. My dear Dr. Gabriel: I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy, and look forward to reading the book. Sincerely yours, Dr. M. Simbad Gabriel, 410 West 23rd Street, New York. 36972July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Gade: That's a very fine letter of yours. I sincerely thank you, and I am immensely touched that that poor, gallant, little Belgian paper should have contained such allusions to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. John A. Gade, c/o Knickerbocker Club, 807 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 36973July 6th, 1917. Dear Tony: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Tony Gavin, Buffalo, New York.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Gray: Colonel Roosevelt takes pleasure in enclosing to you under separate cover an autographed copy of his Autobiography for the St. Paul Woman's Club. Faithfully yours. Mrs. W. G. Gray, St. Paul, Virginia.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Harvier: Yes, that certainly was unexpected; and it was as good as it was unexpected. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Ernest Harvier, 1193 Broadway, New York.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hitchcock: The salmon was perfectly delicious! Mrs. Roosevelt and I and our guests have enjoyed it to the full. We cannot thank you enough. I am delighted that Tom has gone into the Aviation service. As for young Tom, I hated to see him sail, but I immensely admired the gallant spirit that made him sail. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. L. Hitchcock, Ristigouche Salmon Club, Matapedia, P. Q. 36977July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Houk: I am very much pleased with that editorial. I thank you for it, and I appreciate your courtesy in sending it to me. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. E. Houk, North Memphis Savings Bank Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. 6978July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Kahn: I read your speech through from the beginning to the end. It is unnecessary to say that I agree with it in every way: and I am really immensely interested, to see that some of the things I have recently said [have] had already been said by you. It was a case of unintentional plagiarism on my part! With hearty good wishes, I am, Very faithfully, your fellow American, Mr. Otto H. Kahn, Kuhn, Loeb & Company, William & Pine Streets, New York City. 6979July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Mann: I am really much pleased with the pictures of the boys. They are capital. I am sending several copies to friends at home and abroad. Faithfully yours, Mr. Conklin Mann, c/o Leslie's Weekly, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. 36980July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. McMillin: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Rev. Frederick N. McMillin, First Presbyterian Church, Gilbert Ave. & Locust St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 36981July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Murphy: I am immensely pleased with your letter. When you get back, do let me know, so that I may have the pleasure of having you and Mrs. Murphy (if there is a Mrs. Murphy) out here, and then you must tell me all the inside things of the Panama business. I have just received a letter from General Brugere. Naturally I feel pretty bitter at the exceedingly petty politics which kept me from going with the troops to France! Faithfully yours, Mr. G. M. P. Murphy, American Relief Clearing House, 5, Rue Francois, Paris, France. 36982July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Murphy: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ignatius I. Murphy, National Publicity Bureau, 905 North Topeka Avenue, Topeka, Kans. 6983[*Myers*] July 6th, 1917. My dear sir: The trouble is that such a message can only have the effect you desire if it comes from a man who by his deeds is making the message good. When war is on it is the men of action and not the men of words who count. If I had been permitted to raise my division, or rather the four divisions, in one of which I should have served as a brigade commander, I am sure I could have rendered incalculable service to this country along the lines you mention. One of the reasons I was not allowed to raise them was, in my judgment, because it was not desired that I should arouse this enthusiasm, for the men who were hostile to my going with troops to France were quite incapable themselves of looking at the matter, except from its political standpoint, and therefore very 36984-2- naturally ascribed to me a like incapacity - although they were wholly wrong in so doing. As things are now, I am doing everything that it is possible for me to do. Faithfully yours, Rev. Charles Haven Myers, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee. July 6th, 1917. My dear Dr. Myers: I am not able to answer your question, so I return you the [three] two checks. I am sure that Mr. H. P. Davison, of J. P. Morgan & Co., 23 Wall Street, New York, if you sent them to his order, would see that they went with the American Red Cross. I am only sorry that I am not able to give you the information you desire. Faithfully yours, Dr. C. W. Myers, Hurley, Okla. 36985July 6th, 1917. My dear Miss O'Reilly: That's mighty nice of you, and it may be that the opportunity to use your very kind letter of introduction will come. Just at present I feel I have more on hand than will allow of my going into anthropology. It was delightful to see you and your two friends the other day. Sincerely yours, Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Prince George Hotel, New York. 36986[*Osborn*] July 6th, 1917. My dear Governor: That's a mighty nice clipping. I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Hon. Chase S. Osborn, Sault de Sainte Marie, Michigan. 36987Parker July 6th, 1917. Dear Major: It is very good of you to write to me. As to the second point you raise; I only wish I had influence with the government: I would insist upon the terms of peace, including some such provision as that of which you speak, as a punishment for the use of submarines, or else I would try in some way more effectively to render it impossible to use them in the future against non-combatants. As to the first point, I shrink from going to the front inasmuch as I am not allowed to go in a fighting capacity. I have always been a man of action, and the words I have used have simply been a form of action, and I hate now to be among the men who merely talk, instead of among the men who act. Sincerely yours, Major John H. Parker, Headquarters American Expedition, Paris, France. 36988July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Peiper: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. D. E. Peiper, Box No. 32, Cornelia, Georgia.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Pitts: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. You may be sure that in the very unlikely event of my going abroad with troops, I shall want you with me. Sincerely yours, Mr. Clarence E. Pitts, 326 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ills.July 6th, 1917. Dear Mr. Recklaw: Colonel Roosevelt asks me to say in reply to your recent letter that he is obliged to ask you to take his letter of June 22nd as final. He is very sorry but he cannot possibly attempt anything additional at this time. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Y. Recklaw, Exec. Secy., National Bureau of Awards and Prizes, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mr. Reisner: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Rev. Christian F. Reisner, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, West 104th St. near Columbus Ave., New York City. 6992July 6th, 1917. My dear Comrade Remig: It's mighty nice of you to have sent me that letter. It was the first full copy I had seen. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Phillip Remig, 126 Liberty Street, New York City.July 6th, 1917. My dear Sir: That's a very interesting record of yours. I wish I could help you, but I am absolutely powerless. I can only suggest that you go to Mr. Hamilton Fish, 111 Broadway, or Mr. William J. Schieffelin, 170 William Street. If colored regiments are sent abroad, as I hope they will be, your qualifications are precisely those which an interpreter should have. Sincerely yours, Mr. James A. Rivers, 72 West 132nd Street, New York.July 6th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Robertson: I wish I could advise you, but it is quite impossible, for I do not know the boy. My youngest son is 19 1/2 years. He is enlisted. But, frankly, a years ago I should have been very doubtful about having him enlist, and two years ago I should have been strongly against it. I wish I could answer you more definitely. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Robt. Boyd Robertson, R. F. D. #16, Anchorage, Louisville, Ky. July 6th, 1917. My dear Miss Stevenson: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Sincerely yours, Miss Emma B. Stevenson, American Central Life Ins. Co. Indianapolis, Ind.July 6th, 1917. My dear Wheeler: I am very much obliged to you for your long and frank and kindly letter. Would you object to my sending it to Kirkwood? Of course, I think the matter is academic at present, for I am very doubtful whether the Metropolitan will not strongly object to giving me up, and I am also doubtful as to whether I care to sunder connection with them. I certainly would not do so in any way that would hurt their feelings, or make them believe that I was not appreciative of the very great courtesy and consideration with which they have treated me, and therefore I don't think I would leave them unless they themselves were a little doubtful as to the desirability of our staying together. Pray treat this as confidential. I congratulate you upon what you have arranged with Northcliffe and Marcosson. Faithfully yours, Mr. John W. Wheeler, Bell Syndicate, Inc. 604 World Bldg., New York. 36997July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Atkinson: That's a very nice letter of yours, and I am glad you liked what I said. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wilmer Atkinson, The Farm Journal, Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pa.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Beebe: I thank you for your very patriotic letter but you probably now know that the President has refused me permission to raise my divisions and go abroad with troops. I bitterly regret the President's action. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter S. Beebe, Detective, Secret Service, Manila, P. I. 983July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Benjamin: I wish I could do as you request, but such a multitude of similar requests are made that unless I am personally acquainted with the fitness of the candidate, you will see, I am sure, that it is impossible for me to write such letters. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Orrin L. Benjamin, Ingleside Farms, Pennington, N. J. 28985556 July 7th, 1917. Dear Congressman Bennet: Colonel Roosevelt will be very glad to see you next Wednesday afternoon, at 3:30, at the Harvard Club. Faithfully yours, Hon. William S. Bennet, 60 Wall Street, New York City. 5867 July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. Bernhey: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see "A Voice from the Trenches", but he is unable to express an opinion in such matters. You have no idea of the multitude of such requests received. He is very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. Henry Bernhey, 330 West 45th Street, New York.4458 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Bird: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to acknowledge with his heartiest thanks your courteous note, and the words to the song, and to express his full appreciation. Sincerely yours, Mr. P. Douglas Bird, San Diego, California.4613 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Brendle: It is always a pleasure to hear from any of my Reformed Church friends. But it is not possible for me this year to make any speeches save those that have to do with our immediate work, the war. I am sincerely sorry that I cannot make an exception in your case. Faithfully yours, Mr. T. R. Brendle, Green Lane, Pa.4802 July 7th, 1917. My dear Senator Burkett: The pictures were fine, and I thank you for having sent them. Good luck, always! Faithfully yours, Hon. E. J. Burkett, Lincoln, Nebr.5048 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Butler: That's very good of you and I thank you and look forward to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, Ohio.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Campbell: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. C. C. Campbell, Farragut, Iowa. 48506122 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Campus: I thank you but can only suggest that you take the matter up with the War Department at Washington. I am powerless to do anything in matters of that kind. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. Campus, c/o Sirio Match Co., 33 Thirty-fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York.6095 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Caracristi: I thank you for your letter of the 23rd. I am not in the least surprised at what you tell me. It is part of the general handling of our governmental force during the past two years. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. F. Z. Caracristi, Caracas, Venzuela.6075 July 7th, 1917. My dear Professor Carlton: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Professor A. C. Carlton, Washington C. H., Ohio.6052 July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Carrington: I am very much interested in Mr. Noxon's letter to you, and I shall read his book with the utmost interest. Faithfully yours, Mr. O. H. Carrington, Metropolitan Magazine, New York.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Curry: Unless I can take at least an occasional active part in the work of a committee, I do not wish to be a member of that committee. At this time, I am so overwhelmed with work that I cannot possibly attempt anything additional. I am very sorry. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. W. Curry, New York Recruiting Committee, Harriman National Bank Bldg., New York.July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. West: You shall have a copy of that speech. I congratulate you upon your answer to that scoutmaster. His attitude is thoroughly unpatriotic and mischievous. With hearty good wishes for Mrs. West and yourself, I am, Very sincerely yours, Mr. James E. West, Chief Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Beatson: I regret greatly that it is not possible to accept the membership on the general committee of the National Economic League. I have hearty sympathy with the purpose of the League, but it is not possible for me to accept memberships in any other societies at this time. You have no conception of the multitude of such requests. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. W. Beatson, Secretary, The National Economic League, 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Birks: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. W. M. Birks, President, The Canadian Club, Montreal, Canada. [*3?6999*]July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Cheeseman: I can only suggest that you communicate with the War College at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. Henry K. Cheeseman, Vergennes, Vermont.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Colby: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. L. W. Colby, Beatrice, Nebraska.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Constant: In reply to your letter of July 1st, the picture was forwarded to you by the photographer from whom you ordered it, and I have this day written him, quoting your letter in full. I feel very sure, therefore, that it will reach you in good order in a very short time. You will remember that the photographers are Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Faithfully yours, Mr. George E. Constant, Editorial Department, The Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Davison: This is to introduce to you my old personal friend, Mr. Philip Lydig. He has returned not long ago from Russia, where he did work of really first rate importance, in connection with caring for the German and Austrian prisoners. He speaks and writes French fluently; has had diplomatic experience, in thoroughly a man of the world in its best and broadest sense, and a man that I am anxious that you should know. May I ask of your courtesy that you give him am interview? Very sincerely yours, Mr. Henry P. Davison, c/o J. P. Morgan & Co., 23 Wall Street, New York. July 7th, 1917. I am very much obliged for your second letter. I am sorry to say that I absolutely agree with you about Nagel. Moreover, I entirely agree with what you say as to the general situation. The trouble, as you point out, is the criminal negligence on the part of this Government during the last three years. Now they should act in the most vigorous way, striking right and left, and using good Americans who are in whole or in part of German descent, to smite down the traitors, both those of German blood and those of native American stock. I think you will find that Mayor Mitchell has been doing good work to aid the British against the German spies in this country; much better work than the national Government has done. Of course, if President Wilson were a real man, if he had in him only a touch of the Andrew Jackson type, he would put this whole thing to rights in short order; but he is aself-seeking rhetorician, incapable of considering a single national problem except from the stand point of his own personal interest, and in addition I firmly believe that he is a physically timid man. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph N. Easley, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Eberle: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank Eberle, Joplin, Missouri.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Edwards: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Sincerely yours, Mr. L. M. Edwards, 54 Merrell Avenue, Southington, Conn. 007July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Forst: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your play "Drums and Hearts". Sincerely yours, Mr. E. Forst, 31 Union Square, New York City. 37008July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Gilmer: I thank you for your very kind letter and appreciate your courtesy in writing me. Faithfully yours, Mr. David J. Gilmer, Greensboro, North Carolina. 7009July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hanns: I thank you for your patriotic letter, but of course you now know that the President has refused me permission to raise the division, and take troops abroad. I bitterly regret this. Sincerely yours, Sergeant George W. Hanns First Class, Med. Dept., U. S. A. Fort Wm. McKinley, Rizal, P. I. 7010July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hansel: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Good luck Always! Faithfully yours, President John W. Hansel, Fargo College, Fargo, N. D. 7011July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hartigan: I have no influence whatever and therefore I am unable to be of any assistance to you. I can only suggest you communicate with the War Department at Washington. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas F. Hartigan, Ghent, New York. 12July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hazleton: That's very good of you and I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. John H. Hazleton, 220 Broadway, New York City. 7013July 7th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Hayes: Your letter of July 4th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, requesting a photograph, is received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of these requests are received during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very good plate, and many people purchase this picture. If you care to place your order with them, they will send it down to the Metropolitan Magazine officer, and Colonel Roosevelt will gladly autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Mrs. William C. Hayes, Montrose, Penna. 37014July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Hill: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Albert W. Hill, Hotel Georgian, Seattle, Washington. 7015July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Holcombe: I thank you for your very patriotic letter, but you probably now know that the President has refused me permission to raise my divisions and go abroad with troops. I bitterly regret the President's action. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas H. Holcombe, c/o Headquarters P. C. Manila, P. I. 7016July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. Howard: Long ago I found it was impracticable to, in any way, interfere in local political matters. Once or twice I thought I could help and broke the rule, but people resent outside interference, and I found it was harmful, rather than helpful to the person I wanted to help. Under the circumstances, therefore, I cannot possibly comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Perry W. Howard, 10 Roof Garden Bldg., Jackson, Miss. 37017July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. Hutton: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your courteous letter of July 3rd, and to say that he does not believe that plan would be feasible. Faithfully yours, Bugler Dixie Hutton, 686 Wright Street, Memphis, Tennessee. July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Jameson: I have no influence whatever with the Administration and therefore I am unable to be of assistance to you. With regret, Mr. J. Eustace Jameson, 8 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London, England.July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. Jerome: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your courteous letter of June 9th, and to assure you of his appreciation. Sincerely yours, Mr. William Jerome, Strand Theatre Bldg., New York.July 7th, 1917. Dear Senator: Did you decide that you would or would not put my military record in the Congressional Record? Lord, how I wish I could see you! Love to Mrs. Johnson, Faithfully yours, Hon. Hiram W. Johnson, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.July 7th, 1917. Mu dear Mr. Jones: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. George Jones, Cameron Terrace, Woodside, L. I., N. Y.July 7th, 1917. My dear Miss Kohn: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Miss Annette Kohn, Larchmont Manor, New York.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Krask (?): That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Krask (?), 4458 West 143rd Street, New York City.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Lake: Colonel Roosevelt gladly sends you the enclosed copy of his campaign speeches, but of course he is not able to supply you with a copy of Mr. Wilson's speeches. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. F. Lake, What Cheer, Iowa.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Loyer: I have no influence whatever. I was not able to have my divisions accepted and go to France myself to serve with troops. Faithfully yours, Mr. William E. Loyer, 4110 Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. McPherson: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank G. McPherson, Beaver Falls, Penna.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Meltzer: I am extremely sorry but I am so overwhelmed with work that it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests received. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles H. Meltzer, c/o Captain Hutchinson Scott, 78 West 11th Street, New York City.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Mynheir: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Sincerely yours, Mr. E. H. Mynheir, Noblesville, Ind.July 7th, 1917.Dear Mr. Nixon: So many bulky things of the nature of the cover you submitted are received in Colonel Roosevelt's mail that they are destroyed immediately the letter is answered, unless return postage is enclosed. It is impossible to provide the filling space for such articles. Sincerely yours, Mr. N. F. Nixon, P. O. Wampee, South Carolina.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Pach: Will you be good enough to quote a price to Dr. Edward MacInall, 570 Fifth Floor West, City Hall Phila., Pa. for a large size picture of Colonel Roosevelt, mounted. I have in today's mail a letter from Mr. George E. Constant, of Mobile, Ala. You will remember he ordered a picture from Owensboro, Ky., and you sent it to him there. He says in his letter: "Through the asinine stupidity of a clerk in the business office, an autographed photograph of Colonel Roosevelt, mailed to me at Owensboro, Kentucky, and forwarded to my new residence, in Mobile, was returned. I will be very glad if you will catch this and return to me. I regret not having received it and will be deeply disappointed if I cannot recover it." This undoubtedly has been returned to you and will you kindly attend to it, to the owner Faithfully yours, Mr. George Pach, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 37031July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Partridge: That's very good of you and I thank you and look forward to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward Bellamy Partridge, 2520 San Marcos Avenue, San Diego, California. 37032 [*Pike*] July 7th, 1917. My dear Sir: I thank you for your very patriotic letter, but ere now you doubtless know that the President has refused me permission to raise my division, and accompany troops abroad. I bitterly regret the President's action. Sincerely yours, Mr. M. D. Pike, 349070, 16th Battery, C. F. A. B. E. F., Canadians, France. 37033July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Puschett: I thank you for your letter and for the poem, but of course I cannot express an opinion as to its merit. So many similar requests are received that I am obliged to refuse them all. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph J. Puschett, 1562 Minford Place, Bronx, N. Y. City.July 7th, 1917. Dear Mr. Renihan: Your letter of July 3rd, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, is received. He asked me to say that he is sorry he cannot help you, for of course, he has no influence with the Administration, aside from this he could not possibly write letters for people with whom he is not personally acquainted. Sincerely yours, Mr. Walter E. Renihan, 375 Eighth Street, Troy, New York.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Richardson: I thank you for your patriotic letter, but of course you know that the President has refused me permission to raise the division. Sincerely yours, Mr. L. C. Richardson, Rama, Nicaragua.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Rosewater: That's very good of you and I appreciate to the full your courtesy. Good luck! Faithfully yours, Mr. Victor Rosewater, The Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha, Nebraska.July 7th, 1917. My dear Miss Ross: I appreciate your courtesy and regret it is impossible for me to accept your kind invitation. Faithfully yours, Miss Mary J. Ross, 1043 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Roth: I thank you for your letter but I can only suggest you communicate with the War Department at Washington. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. J. Roth, c/o Mr. W. Rathborne, 19 Liberty Street, New York City.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Schar: I would suggest you get in connection with the nearest Red Cross Society branch. It would seem you could be of real service there. Faithfully yours, Mr. Benjamin F. Schar, Cumberland, Virginia.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Schwartz: In compliance with your request of July 5th, Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the enclosed card for you. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. Jay Schwartz, 848 West 12th Street, Chicago, Illinois.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Simkovitch: I have just received "The City Worker's World", and I shall read it with genuine interest. As usual, your husband has been a great help to me. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Vladimir Gr. Simkovitch, Columbia University, New York.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Simonson: Not knowing the boy personally, I cannot possibly advise you. My four sons are in the army, the youngest being nineteen and a half years of age. Faithfully yours, Mr. N. E. Simonson, 2243 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Smith: Under Colonel Roosevelt's arrangement with the Metropolitan Magazine, it is impossible for him to comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. C. E. Smith, Industrial Press Association, 507 Kresge Building, Detroit, Michigan. July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Stockwell: I thank you for your very courteous letter of July 5th. Do you not think you ought to use the same message as that I gave to the New York Bible Society? Write to the Rev. George William Carter, c/o the Bible Society, and ask him for a copy of what I said. Faithfully yours, Mr. John W. Stockwell, 4304 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.July 7th, 1917. My dear Monsieur Tardieu: Colonel Roosevelt thank you for your very courteous letter of July 3rd, and will be very glad to have you come out to Sagamore Hill for dinner either Monday or Tuesday evening, at seven thirty; or if this is not convenient he will be very glad to see you at the Harvard Club, New York City, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. Sincerely yours, M. Tardieu, 2005 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Tarlo: I greatly regret I am powerless to do anything in the matter. Only the government can act in such cases. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. P. Tarlo, 13-21 Park Row, New York City.Marcosson July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Willard: This will introduce to you my friend Mr. Isaac Marcosson, who is a fine fellow in every way; as staunch an American as there is to be found, and a journalist and observer of very unusual capacity. He has done really remarkable work both in England and in Russia. He now wishes to examine conditions in Spain. I very earnestly, and cordially commend him to your courtesy. Remember me warmly to dear Mrs. Willard. Thanks to the courtesy of Lord Worthcliffe, I have just been able to get Kermit an appointment on the staff in the British Army in Mesopotamia. I suppose he will sail soon. Ted and Archie are already in France. Quentin has just become a Lieutenant in the Flying Corps, and hopes soon to sail. You yourself are of the 07048-2- fighting type, and both you and Mrs. Willard come of fighting ancestry, and so you will readily understand the pride I take in my four boys. But it would be no use that I pretend that I feel happy about their going. Faithfully yours, Hon. Joseph E. Willard, U. S. Ambassador, Embassy, Madrid, Spain.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Wright: If you will turn to the chapter on Mexico in Colonel Roosevelt's book "Fear God And Take Your Own Part", you will find out exactly what he has said, and what no man can truthfully contradict. Faithfully yours, Mr. Hallock Wright, Business Mgr., Downtown Association, 57 Post St., San Francisco, Cal.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Waring: I am sorry I cannot make a suggestion to you as to the man to fill the position you speak of. I can only suggest that you communicate with the War College at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. L. Waring Pres., 28 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Va.July 7th, 1917. My dear Mr. Yohn: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry I. Yohn, 114 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 37052