December 13, 1917. Dear Father Belford: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to say that that was entirely anti-Tammany and anti-Hearst on his part. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Rev. John. L. Belford, 20 Madison Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.991 December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Bell: I am very sorry. I know nothing whatever about that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Landon C. Bell, 115 E. Rich St., Columbus, Ohio. 3258December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Bernstein: I am greatly indebted to you for the article, and look forward to reading it. I wish to say that I am in the heartiest sympathy with your attitude alike towards the autocracy and towards the Bolsheviki. Sincerely yours, Mr. Herman Bernstein, 44 East 23rd Street, New York. December 13, 1917. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The bearer of this note, Captain Charles Bull, of the United States Army is in France on a governmental mission of a confidential character. He was one of the best men in my regiment during the Spanish War. If I had been allowed to raise troops he would have been a Major under me. He is an old Harvard man. I guarantee his loyalty and devotion and I trust him absolutely. Sincerely, 4463December 13, 1917. Dear Mr. Balliet: In response to your inquiry of the 10th, I am glad to send you the enclosed Christmas Card from Colonel Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Charles N. Balliet, Fort Ontario, Oswego, N.Y. 13December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Davis: I thank you for your very courteous letter and appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Mr. Howard C. Davis, 30 Kilby Street Boston, Mass. 14 14December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Demorest: 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. Wm. C. Demorest, Bronx International Exposition, 217 Broadway, City. 15December 13, 1917. My dear Dr. Dickey: 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. Sincerely yours, Dr. R. W. Dickey, 1735 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J. 16December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Edwards: I thank you for your letter. But I spoke where the Canadian Government requested me to. Sincerely yours, Mr. R. C. Edwards, Calgary Eye Opener, Calgary, Alta. Canada 17Everest December 13, 1917. Dear Brother and Comrade: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I genuinely appreciate it and I am glad at last to have seen the editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. G. Everest, 611 Yale Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 18December 13, 1917. My dear Mr Garnsey: I have been having some correspondence with your father. I wish to say that I am very proud of you for having enlisted in the Navy at Newport last May. You have been made a first class electrician and are in temporary charge of the electrical and radio construction and repair at Nantucket, but you wish to see service abroad, I am told. Now that's a very honorable ambition on your part, but you do whatever your superiors tell you to do. You are in service in the most honorable way wherever you are rendering the best service in the estimate of your superiors. I sympathize entirely with your desire to get on the craft abroad and hope ultimately you can; but meanwhile you are doing the best and most honorable duty just as you are. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles T. Garnsey, General Delivery, Nantucket, Mass. 9December 13, 1917. Dear Mr. Garnsey: The two fine young fellows of whom you speak are just exactly the type who ought to go into the Y.M.C.A., if they are turned down by our far from intelligent authorities of the army and navy; and it ought to be known and will be known that they are in the Y.M.C.A. because in spite of every effort they could not get into the fighting line. About your foster-son. Of course he must do the service where it is needed, but here again let me say that, with the clerk at Headquarters as with the Quartermaster, I would see that every man also got his service in the line. One reason I would do so is because it would heal gallant hearts which are now sore. I have a nephew who is a captain in the Quartermaster's Department. He was turned down for the line, as I think quite improperly, because of a defect in his eye. For that boy's sake they ought to use him six months at least in the firing line. He would be more useful after that as a Quartermaster and it would be infinitely better for him and for the service. I have written at once to your son as you wish. Sincerely yours, Mr. John H. Garnsey National Bank Bldg. Joliet, Ill.December 13, 1917. Dear Miss Gerow: I do not know where you could purchase one of Colonel Roosevelt's pictures in Philadelphia, but Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York have a very fine plate and most people procure this picture from them. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Wynne May Gerow, 2215 Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 Dec? 13th, 1917. Mr. Francis Heaney, 5309 - 17th St. , N. W. Washington, Dc Will you and Mrs. Heaney lunch with Colonel Roosevelt Sagamore Hill next Tuesday one thirty. J. M. Stricker. chg. to Metropolitan Magazine. 22 December 13, 1917. Dear Mr. Justice: Mr. Roosevelt does not think that it would be proper to call attention to that matter at such a dinner. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Theodore Justice, 520 W. Clapier St. Germantown, Phila. , Pa. [3] December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Loree: I am extremely sorry, but my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to do that. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. J. E. Loree, 32 Nassau Street, New York. December 13, 1917. [*Private*] My dear Mr. Millen: That’s a very nice letter of yours. At the very outbreak of the war I advocated prohibiting the use of all hard grain to be made into alcoholic liquors, but the Administration did not see fit to act upon my suggestion! Sincerely yours, Mr. J.R. Millen, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn.December 13, 1917. My dear Professor Patterson: I am sending you the speech and the book. Glance at pp It was delightful seeing you at breakfast. Faithfully yours, Prof. W. Morrison Patterson, 610 West 116th Street, New York City. 6December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Phelps: I am really touched and pleased by your letter, but just at the moment I do not quite see my way to formulating the platform. It may be in the future that I can do it. Let me again most heartily thank you. Sincerely yours, Mr. F.W. Phelps, Editor, Pacific Coast Mechanic, Seattle, Wash. December 13, 1917. Dear Mrs. Pinchot: At Colonel Roosevelt’s request I am enclosing herewith copy of his letter to Mr. Robins. I am enclosing an extract from Mr. Robins’ letter of December 12th. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Pa. December 13, 1917. My dear Dr. Reisner: That is a very attractive invitation but the more I think of it the more I am convinced that it would not do for me to speak in your church, especially after having addressed the Methodist Ministers. It would entail innumerable other invitations to speak in other churches, where I should have to cause legitimate heartburnings if after accepting your invitation I refused theirs. My dear Dr. Reisner, I am really sorry. Faithfully yours, Rev. Christian F. Reisner, West 104th St. near Columbus Ave., New York City. December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Robinson: I wish I could help you, but my dear sir, I have no influence whatever with the Administration. I can only suggest that you communicate directly with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. D. Robinson, 830 East 163rd Street, New York. December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Russell: That’s mighty nice of you. I appreciate your letter I appreciate the poem. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.W. Russell, Waterloo Times-Tribune, Waterloo, Iowa. [*Smith*] December 13, 1917. My dear Sir: I thank you for the letter of Mr. Wheeler, our Charge d’Affaires at Tokio which you have presented. I note the fact that he says you are a jiu-jitsu expert and that you have had marked success as an instructor. I have been greatly interested in judo, and took a few lessons myself, enough to convince me of its great worth and to allow me to understand something of its theory and practice. I [agree with Mr.] have no question that Wheeler is right and that your knowledge could be used to great advantage in the physical training of the men in our camps. I wish you all success in your effort. Sincerely yours, Mr. Allan Smith, Camp Upton, L.I.December 13, 1917. Dear Mr. Smith: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and appreciate to the full your courtesy and look forward with pleasure to reading the little pamphlet. Faithfully yours, Mr. Peter G. Smith, 2024 – 33rd Avenue, So., Seattle, Wash.December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Stetson: Three cheers! You have done it, exactly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Cushing Stetson, American Defense Society, 44 East 23rd Street, City. Baker is a trial, isn’t he? And of course he speaks for Wilson in his opposition to universal obligatory military training.December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Summerell: I thank you and appreciate your letter, and I mourn with you over the death of your dear little boy. He must have been indeed a fine and manly little fellow. With sympathy, Faithfully yours, Mr. James E. Summerell, Southern Pine Co. of Georgia, Savannah, Ga. 5December 13, 1917. My dear Mrs. Thomas: That’s a very nice letter of yours. If you will send me one of the books, I will gladly autograph it as you request. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Helen C. Thomas, Hotel St. Frances, San Francisco, Cal. 6December 13, 1917. My dear Mr. Thompson: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Merry Xmas! Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph O. Thompson, American Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala.[*Hard*] December 13, 1917. My dear Senator Wadsworth: This will be presented to you by Mr. William Hard. Mr. Hard is a close personal friend of mine and I can guarantee his trustworthiness, loyalty, and great intelligence. He has been doing invaluable work. I most earnestly commend him to you and hope you will speak freely to him. Faithfully yours, Hon. James W. Wadsworth, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.December 13, 1917. My dear Senator Wadsworth: I want to congratulate you upon your speech and upon the investigation. Would it help or hurt if I wrote a brief editorial in the Kansas City Star saying that you had performed a great public service, that your obvious purpose was merely to find out the facts so as to remedy the defects and enable us to take steps that would prevent the repetition of these defects, that you were trying as everyone knew, to speed up the war and that it is the highest duty of Congress to back you in finding out all the good and all the bad that has been done? I shall be glad to get any suggestions. Gen'l Johnsons statement in contradiction of yours is false as to Dec 1st. Emphasize what the conditions were until you & others started the agitation Sincerely yours, Hon. James W. Wadsworth, U. S. Senate, Washington, D.C. P.S. Crozier's testimony yesterday seemed to me to be a Frank admission of the essential truth of your charges.[*Hard*] December 13, 1917. My dear General Wotherspoon: This will be presented to you by Mr. William Hard. Mr. Hard is a close personal friend of mine and I can guarantee his trustworthiness, loyalty, and great intelligence. He has been doing invaluable work. I most earnestly commend him to you and hope you will speak freely to him. Faithfully yours, Major-General W.W. Wotherspoon, Superintendent of Public Works, Capitol Bldg., Albany, N.Y.[*Michigan Battle Creek*] December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Anderson: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but I do not expect to be in Battle Creek. Sincerely yours, Mr. L.B. Anderson, Advance Pump & Compressor Co., Battle Creek, Mich.2415 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Anthony: I am sorry, but there is nothing I can do in such a matter. I can only suggest that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. W.M. Anthony, R. 3, Box 4A Cushing, Okla.325 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Anthony: I am very sorry, but I do not know to whom to refer you. Sincerely yours, Mr. Walter M. Anthony, R. #3, Box 4A, Cushing, Okla.324 December 14, 1917. My dear Dr. and Mrs. Beitel: That’s extremely kind of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy to the full. Faithfully yours, Rev. & Mrs. J.C. Beitel, Wichita, Kans.2960 December14, 1917. [*Private*] My dear Mr. Bernard: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. President Thompson’s statement is literally infamous. I do not see how any man can be willing to utter such an infamous falsehood. Faithfully yours, Mr. George P. Bernard, 38 East Naughten Street, Columbus, Ohio.4559 December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Bishop: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter of December 8th with enclosure. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles F. Bishop, Evans Bldg., Washington, D.C.1837 December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Blount: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your splendid report. Sincerely yours, Mr. S.M. Blount, Jr., Millers Ferry N. & I. School, Millers Ferry, Ala.5806 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Brewster: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate the poem. Sincerely yours, Mr. H.P. Brewster, Pres. Rochester Savings Bank, Rochester, New York.4730 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Broadhead: 7 It is utterly impossible for me to ask for any such appointment, or anything of the kind. I have not done it in any instance. I am returning herewith your enclosures. Sincerely yours, Mr. Theodore Broadhead, 3[?] Liberty Street, New York City.5703 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Brown: I am sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to express an opinion in that matter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Reginald T. Brown, House 4, 24th Street, Guachapali, Section 7[?] Panama, R.P.1884 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Cariker: I am very sorry, but so many sim8lar requests are made of me that it is not possible for me to comply with them. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. George Cariker, Call, Texas.6058 December 14, 1917. My dear Dr. Clymer: I thank you for your letter and have forwarded the $2. you enclosed to the George H. Doran Company with instructions to forward to you a copy of my book “The Foes of Our Own Household”. I greatly regret that it is not possible to go into the details of a plan now. It is simply a physical impossibility. I am literally driven to death with work. Sincerely yours, Dr. R.S. Clymer, Beverly Hall, Quakertown, Pa. 6835December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Connolly: I am really interested in that account. I must see you soon. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.P. Connolly, 76 N. Munn Avenue, East Orange, N.J. 7970 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Crampton: I am very sorry, but my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to comply with your request. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. C.W. Crampton, Secy., Public Schools Athletic League, 157 East 67th Street, New York. 8827December 14, 1917. My dear Miss Curran: That’s a very nice letter of yours, but just at present it is not possible for me to make any kind of a speech that is not connected directly with the war, and even on that subject I cannot make any other engagements at the moment. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Miss Gertrude Curran, Uitca, New York 8113December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Curren: I am very sorry it is not possible for me to accept your very kind invitation. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph F. Curren, 37 West 9th Street, New York. 8112December 14, 1917. Dear Father Curran: I wish I could accept that invitation; but my dear Father Curran, it is simply out of the question for me to attempt anything additional at this time. I am simply driven to death and I cannot undertake another speech at this time, other than those to which I am already committed. A Merry Xmas, my dear Father Curran! With real regret, Sincerely yours, Rev. J.J. Curran, Holy Saviour Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 8111December 14, 1917. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt greatly regrets it is not possible for him to attend the dinner at The Bankers Club of America Thursday, December 20th, to meet The Honorable William C. Redfield. Mr. George T. Wilson, 120 Broadway, City. 3403 December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Bailey: That’s mighty nice of you, but I just cannot undertake any speech at present. I wish I could. Sincerely yours, Mr. L.H. Bailey, Ithaca, New York. 41741December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Bonaparte: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your very full and courteous letter, and for your information to enclose herewith copy of Mr. Hurd’s letter relative to the auditing of the books. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, N.E. Cor. Centre St. & Park Ave., Baltimore, Md. 1742December 14, 1917. My dear Mrs. Cochran: That is very kind of you, but my dear Mrs. Cochran, my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional at this time. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Alfred W. Cochran, 101 West 85th Street, New York. 743December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Collier: That’s fine. I believe you could not do a more useful work, and I am very much pleased that you should have undertaken it. Good luck ever! With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. Miller Collier, Auburn, New York. 1744December 14, 1917. Dear Mme. de la Fond: I thank you for your courtesy in submitting your manuscript, but my dear madam it is not possible for me to attempt anything of the kind. You have no conception of the multitude of similar demands made upon me. I am returning herewith your enclosure. Sincerely yours, Mme. Clarice de la Fond, 269 Grant Street, Pasadena, Calif. 1745December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Duncan: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that I must send you just this line of personal acknowledgment and thanks. Sincerely yours, Mr. Howard J. Duncan, Crowe Wilson Chambers, Vancouver, Canada. 746December 14, 1917. My dear Mrs. Eckles: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but it is not possible for me to make engagements so far in advance at this time. Conditions are such that I might not be able to make speeches at that time. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Isabel Lancaster Eckles, Pres., New Mexico Educational Assn., Silver City, N.M. 747December 14, 1917. Dear Miss Emerson: I am sorry, but Colonel Roosevelt does not know to whom to refer you. So very many similar requests are made of him that it is not possible to go into these matters. His time would all be spent doing just those things, and he thinks it is very doubtful as to the real amount of help he could render. In fact he is very sure he could not be of any help. Sincerely yours, Miss Marguerite Emerson, 601 Flower City Park, Rochester, N.Y. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Emery: I thank you for your very nice letter, but I am afraid that the the President will not permit me to go abroad with tropes. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank E. Emery, 41 Park Row, New York. [?1749]December 14, 1917. My dear Dr. Evans: Indeed, I have mentioned Servia many times and have said everything I could in her favor. Sincerely yours, Dr. Croft Evans, Joplin, Mo. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Fairfield: That’s a very nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. But my dear sire, my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to be with you on the occasion mentioned. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. E.M. Fairfield, Pres., The Omaha Club, Omaha, Nebr. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Ferguson: 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 J. Ferguson, Unionville, Ont., Canada. 2December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Forster: You are most kind to send the clippings and articles from time to time. The clipping enclosed in yours of the 10th was very important. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry A. Forster, 316 West 84th Street, New York. 753December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. France: I wish I could help you, but my dear sir, I have no influence whatever. Why don’t you take the matter up with your Senator and Congressman? I am sorry I cannot give your more advice. Faithfully yours, Mr. William L. France, Authors’ League Fund, 33 West 42nd Street, New York. 54December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Garica: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to send the enclosed autograph to you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Eradio Garcia, Chacon #13, Altos, Habana, Cuba. 55December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Garrett: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Sylvester S. Garrett, 259 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa.December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Garrity: I am very sorry, but so many similar requests are made of me that it is not possible for me to comply with them. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry Garrity, The Devin-Adair Company, 437 Fifth Avenue, City. 57December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Green: Colonel Roosevelt is speaking on Sunday for the Nassau County Red Cross at Hempstead. He is speaking in New York on January 19th at 11:00 A.M. at Carnegie Hall, under the auspices of the League for Political Education. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Neal J. Green, 875 Hunts Point Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 758December 14, 1917. My dear Miss Griffiths: The manuscript has not been received, but in any event my dear madam, it is not possible for me to do that kind of thing. You have no conception of the multitude of demands made upon me. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Edith H. Griffiths, c/o S.C. Spencer, Ocean Springs, Miss. 59December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Guitian: I thank you and appreciate your letter, and gladly sign this letter myself. Unfortunately so many requests are made for photographs that I have had to abandon trying to keep them. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. Espinosa Huitian, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. P.O. Box H.December 14, 1917. My dear Dr. Gulick: I had not seen that article. I thank you for sending it to me. Sincerely yours, Mr. Luther H. Gulick, 461 Fourth Avenue, New York. 1December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Heath: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your courteous letter of December 3rd with enclosure. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C.W. Heath, Washtuona, Wash. 2December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Henderson: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. J.W. Henderson, Bureau of Smoke Regulation, Pittsburgh, Pa. 63December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Herbert: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but I am not in a position to do anything about that matter. I suggest, however, that you get into communication with the Pension Department at the War Department, Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. A.P. Herbert, 1513 South 9th Street, St. Louis, Mo. 764[*Hillyer*] Dec. 14, 1917. Sir: I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Lillian Hillyer. Her sister Miss Marion C. Smith is a very old and close friend. I will voucher for the absolute loyalty and single minded devotion of Mrs. Hillyer exactly as I would voucher for the devotion of and loyalty of one of my own sons or daughters. Mrs. Hillyer has two sons are in the service, one is a Lieutenant and the other is an ambulance driver. Very truly yours, The Post Office Dept., [*file Hillyer*] 765December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Hobbs: That’s most kind of you, but I simply cannot do as you request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. John F. Hobbs, Chief Ruler of Thirteen Club, 1495 Broadway, New York. 766December 14, 1917. Dear Mrs. Horten: Will you be good enough to let me know the nature of the interview you desire with Colonel Roosevelt? His time is so very full that it is only possible for him to do a few of the many things requested of him. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Thaddeus Horten, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, N.Y. 67December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Hubbell: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you most heartily. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ira C. Hubbell, 4018 Campbell Street, Kansas City, Mo. 768December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Justice: Pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. Theodore Justice, Philadelphia, Pa. 69December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Keck: That’s one of the very nicest letters I have received. I thank you for it, and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. F.A. Keck, Collins, Ohio.December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. King: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter and enclosure. He is very much obliged. Sincerely yours, Mr. Arthur King, 220 Lexington Avenue, Lakewood, N.J. 71December 14, 1917. DearMr. King: At Colonel Roosevelt’s request, I am enclosing herewith Mr. Corrick’s letter of December 2nd, for your information. Will you kindly return it when you have finished reading it? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John T. King, Bridgeport, Conn. 772December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Kirkland: I am very sorry, but there is nothing I can do in that matter but suggest that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. I have absolutely no influence in that direction. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank S. Kirkland, Hotel Lorenz, Redding, Calif. 1773December 14, 1917. [*Private*] My dear Mr. Krag: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. President Thompson’s statement is literally infamous. I do not see how any man can be willing to utter such an infamous falsehood. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.C. Krag, 724 Columbus Savings & Trust Bldg., Columbus, Ohio. 1774December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Lawhon: That’s extremely kind of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Luther A. Lawhon, San Antonio, Texas. 775December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Lee: That’s such a very nice letter of yours, but I cannot possibly answer you now. Conditions next year may be such that I could not make a speech. I can only suggest that when the time comes if you care to take the matter up with me. I will gladly see what I can do. Faithfully yours, Mr. Guy C. Lee, Pres., Carlisle Chamber of Commerce, Carlisle, Pa.December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Littig: I am very sorry, but I cannot possibly go into anything else just now. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. C. Bosley Littig, Van Bibber, Md. 777December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Lowenstein: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. J. Lowenstein, Norris Inc., Atlanta, Ga.December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Lowry: I thank you for your courtesy, but my dear sir, you must not ask me to express an opinion. So very many similar requests are made that it is not possible for me to comply with them. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. J.B. Lowry, Elizabeth City, N.C. December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Marble: Colonel Roosevelt is speaking in Boston on February 6th, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and other business associations. Will you not get in touch with them and participants in their meeting, as of course it is not possible for him to go to Boston twice? With full appreciation of your very kind invitation, and trusting your association will hear Colonel Roosevelt when he speaks in Boston. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. A.B. Marble, Chairman, New England Iron and Hardware Assn., Boston, Mass. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Markwald: It does not seem to me that this is a time to put up buildings. I feel that all available funds should be used in the prosecution of the war. Sincerely yours, Mr. M.L. Markwald, 80 Maiden Lane, New York. December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Marshall: I am sorry, but I do not know just what the requirements are in such a case, so I am unable to be of any assistance to you at this time. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Howard T. Marshall, 14 – 10th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. P.S. I am returning herewith your enclosures. December 14, 1917. My dear Miss Mason: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but it just is not possible for me to attempt anything additional now. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Miss C.E. Mason, Chairman, Inter-American Round Table Com., The Castle, Tarrytown, N.Y. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Matsnoka: I cannot give my interview, but if you care to call at my office on Friday, December 21st, I will be glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Mr. M. Matsnoka, Hotel La Porto, Cor. Amsterdam Ave. and 117th St., W. New York City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. McConnell: I do not see what I can do about that matter. My boys are all from Plattsburg, but they do not feel that way. I wish I could be of assistance. Sincerely yours, Mr. D.H. McConnell, 31 Park Place, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. McCormick: I am very sorry, but I have absolutely no influence whatever. I wish I could help you, but unfortunately I cannot. Sincerely yours, Mr. J.R. McCormick, Scranton, Pa. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Middlecoff: I am very sorry not to have been able to answer your letter sooner, but we are under a perfect avalanche of work always. “The African Game Trails” and “Trip Through Brazil” are published by Scribners, and Colonel Roosevelt’s Autobiography is published by the MacMillian Company. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W.W. Middlecoff, Goldstein Bldg., Visalia, Calif. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Miller: That’s very good of you. I thank you and greatly appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Jose D. Miller, Single Tax Review, 150 Nassau Street, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Miller: Under the terms of my contract, it is not possible for me to comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Joseph D. Miller, Editor Single Tax Review, 150 Nassau Street, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Mussey: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional now. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Henry R. Mussey, Secy., Academy of Political Science, Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Pergler: That’s a very nice letter of yours. I greatly appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles Pergler, Room 1430, Tribune Bldg., New York. December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Philips: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks your courteous letter, but he feels there is very little he can do. Sincerely yours, Mr. W.G. Phillips, 527 Spring Street, Shreveport, La. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Robinson: I thank you and appreciate your courtesy to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Karl D. Robinson, The League of the Allies, 360 Madison Avenue, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Russy: I wish I could be with you on the occasion mentioned, but my engagements are such that it just is not possible. With very real regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Rue. A. Russey, Secy., Military Order of Foreign Wars, 15 Wall Street, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Sahlin: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. George A. Shalin, Benton Harbor, Mich. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Slisk: That’s one of the very nicest letters I have received. I thank you for it most heartily. Sincerely yours, Mr. H.R. Slisk, Secy., Men’s Club of Park Street Church, Boston, Mass. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Staples: I have not influence whatever with the Administration. There is absolutely nothing I can do in such a matter and I can only suggest that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mr. Rodolph R. Staples, The Alamo Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colo. December 14, 1917. My dear Mrs. Stirling: I am very sorry, but my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mrs. Sarah V.D. Stirling, 47 East 58th Street, City. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Storrs: I am awfully sorry, but it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. A.H. Storrs, Scranton, Pa. December 14, 1917. My dear Miss Tuttle: I thank you and really appreciate the volume. It is mighty good of you to have sent it to me. Faithfully yours, Miss Gertrude A. Tuttle, 34 Green Avenue, Madison, N.J. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Vivian: That’s the right kind of American spirit, but my dear sir, I do not know what advice to give you. I wish it were possible to be of assistance. Sincerely yours, Mr. Robert E. Vivian 1331 So. Mariposa Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Wallace: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. G.T. Wallace, 14 N. Second Street, Memphis, Tenn. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Whelan: I am very sorry, but it is utterly impossible for me to undertake anything additional at this time. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Paul M. Whelan, 61 Broadway, New York. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. White: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. C.H. White, No. Amer. Securities Co., Sioux City, Iowa. December 14, 1917. My dear Captain Wiener: I hope you see my articles. It is impossible for me to do anything more of any kind. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Captain C. Wiener, Hotel St. Regis, New York. December 14, 1917. Dear Mr. Williamson: Your letter of October 5th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, requesting a photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of similar requests are received during the year, Colonel Roosevelt was obliged to give up trying to keep a supply on hand. I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for him to comply with the demands. However, Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very fine plate and most people procure this picture from them. If you should care to place an order with them, they will send it down to the Metropolitan Magazine office properly identified, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Rodney E. Williamson, 1315 Ohio Avenue, Anderson, Ind. 6December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Wise Wood: I think you will be interested in the enclosed copy of my Princeton lectures. Sincerely yours, Mr. Henry A. Wise Wood, 25 Madison Avenue, New York. December 14, 1917. My dear Mr. Wright: All right, I will come for dinner on Washington’s Birthday, btu will you first let me know who the other speakers are to be? Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard E.E. Wright, Police Department, Brooklyn, New York. 54 prospect place,December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Abbott: Please accept my hearty thanks for your letter of the 14th with enclosure. As soon as you can, will you send me for correction the proof of the review I wrote for Osborn’s book. Faithfull yours, Mr. Lawrence Abbott, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York. December 17, 1917. Gentlemen: I enclose for your attention, letter from Sam R. Snitcher together with carbon copy of Colonel Roosevelt’s reply. Will you kindly take up this matter with Mr. Snitcher? Sincerely yours, Secretary. American Defense Society, 44 East 23rd Street, New York. 363 [*file*] December 17, 1917. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Bishop William F. Anderson has been appointed by the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church to special duty in European countries during the next year. He is of the high reputation and standing. He goes as a representative of a great American Church and I bespeak for him all proper courtesy. Faithfully yours,December 17, 1917. Dear Warren: I think you are most wise. I am very glad to learn just what you have done. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. W. Warran Barbour, The Linen Theard Co., 96 Franklin Street, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Bartle: 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. W.H. Bartle, 1327 – 11th Avenue, Altoona, Pa. December 17, 1917. Dear Sturgis: I am very much obliged! Look forward to being your guest. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.S. Bigelow, 56 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Bratton: 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.L. Bratton, Chairman, Republican Central Committee, Lebanon, Ind. Boone County. {NY December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Brown: 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. Elmer E. Brown, Chancellor, New York University, Washington Square, N.Y.December 17, 1917. My dear Miss Brunot: 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 Marion Brunot, The Chronicle Telegraph, Pittsburgh, Pa. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Clee: 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. Frederick Clee, Y.M.C.A. 1164 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, N.J. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Crum: You have no idea of the demands made upon me. The address of the American Defense Society is 44 East 23rd Street, New York City. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. Luther Crum, Penbrook, Pa. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Brown: Under no circumstances must you use my name in either connection as you suggest. I have almost grown to feel that I cannot answer courteously any of the numerous friends who send me their books, without having afterwards to refuse to have my answer used as an advertisement! It is not possible for me to permit this kind of use. Mr. Fairbanks in the kindliest and most courteous way made me a gift of his book. I responded on kind. Neither fact should be used as an advertisement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ray Browm, 347 Fifth Avenue, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Chadwick: I thank you for calling my attention to that letter. I have never given authorization for my signature to any such letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. C.W. Chadwick, 262 Washington St., Boston, Mass. December 17, 1917. My dear Mayor Davis: That’s a very nice letter of yours, but it is not possible for me to attempt any additional speeches just now, beyond those to which I am already committed. With very real regret, Faithfully yours, Hon. Harry L. Davis, Mayor of the City of Cleveland, Ohio.December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Dolge: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed to you for your information. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Captain Fritz Dolge, c/o Ford Bldg., Cambridge, Mass. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Doran: I enclose herewith my check for $2.00, and a copy of a letter sent to Dr. R.S. Clymer in response to a letter form him. It is self-explanatory. Sincerely yours, Mr. George H. Doran, 38 West 32nd Street, New York. December 17, 1917. Dear Sir: With reference to your letter of December 11th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, kindly ask Mr. Mark Nathan to get into communication with Colonel Roosevelt’s office by telephone any morning between 10 and 11. Yours truly, Secretary. Mr. L.G. Dorman, Office of the President of the ??? Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y. December 17, 1917. My dear Dr. Dumwill: 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. Will S.S. Dumwell, St. Geroge’s Rectory, New Meadows, Idaho. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Egbert: I can only suggest that you communicate with the various magazines direct. I am returning herewith your enclosures with thanks. Sincerely yours, Mr. J.H. Egbert, Chatham, N.J. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Elias: 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. Louis J. Elias, Trinity Bldg., Ill Bway, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Emerson: 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. F.L. Emerson, Dunn and McCarthy, Auburn, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Fiske: 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. Horace Spencer Fiske, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. [*Flinn*] December 17, 1917. Dear Senator: Bully for you! Let me know when you come to New York. I need hardly say I want to act with you on that German Alliance matter. Pray treat my other letter as confidential. Faithfully yours, Hon. William Flinn, Pittsburgh, Pa.December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Foss: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that I must send you just this line of hearty thanks and deep appreciation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Archibald C. Foss, 304 Madison Avenue, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Fox: I am sorry, but those applications all require that the writer state his personal knowledge of the man. Sincerely yours, Mr. Everett B. Fox, P.O. Box 425, Lexington, Ky. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Gardnier: 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. George W. Gardiner, Chairman, Providence Chamber of Commerce, Providence, R.I. December 17, 1917. My dear Governor Goodrich: I am so glad to know that you are better, and I am delighted to go to Indiana on that occasion. With hearty good wishes, Sincerely yours, Governor J.P. Goodrich, Indianapolis, Ind. December 17, 1917. My dear Mrs. Gran: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to comply with your request. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests made of me. It just is not possible to comply with them. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Vera Gran, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Hagedorn: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed letter form Mr. Butz for your information. Will you kindly return it after you have read it? Sincerely yours, Mr. Herman Hagedorn, c/o Vigilantes, 505 Fifth Avenue, City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Hanlon: I thank you for your letter and much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles F. Hanlon, 501 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Hanlon: I thank you and trust you are satisfied with the letters I recently sent. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles F. Hanlon, 501 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. December 17, 1917. My dear Mrs. Heisse: I congratulate you on the birth of your son and I hope he will grow up to be a good son and afterwards a good husband and a good and loyal American citizen. Faithfully yours, Mrs. E.V. Heisse, 108 Putnam Street, Syracuse, N.Y.December 17, 1917. Dear Mrs. Herrig: I have just received a letter from Fred and it gave me real pleasure. I have been told about how your three sons have gone into the army. My dear Mrs. Herrig I congratulate you and I am proud of those three boys, my comrades, just exactly as I am proud of Fred himself who was my comrade in the Spanish War. I hope your three boys will meet my four on the other side. Faithfully yours, fellow American, Mrs. Fred Herrig, Fortine, Mont. December 17, 1917. My dear Dr. Howe: I submitted your letter of the 13th to Colonel Roosevelt and he said “all right.” Accordingly, I have made a notation in my diary that he is to speak in Bloomington on June 12th at 10 A.M. Will you be good enough to let me know under whose auspices? I think it is the University of Indiana. Also when all details are completed will you be sure to let me know so that I may submit them to Colonel Roosevelt? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. W.D. Howe, 622 West 114th Street, New York City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Kauffman: That’s very of you. I thank you for your courtesy in letting me see your compositions, but I cannot make use of them. Faithfully yours, Mr. Louis Kauffman, Box 166, York Pa. December 17, 1917. My dear Major Kerrick: I heartily congratulate you, and am very glad to get your letter. Faithfully yours, Major Felix Kerrick, Camp Travis, Near San Antonio, Tex. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. King: 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. Warren C. King, Director, Manufacturers’ Council, Bound Brook, N.J. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Lambert: 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. Charles E. Lambert, Secy. Rockville Chautauqua Assn., Rockville, Ind. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Leland: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Abby Porter Leland, Director, National Headquarters Girl Scouts, 527 Fifth Avenue, City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Leland: I have just been advised that my name is being used in connection with a chain letter with regard to the work for the Fatherless Children of France. I am enclosing herewith carbon copy of a letter I have just send to Mrs. Kinsloe, which is self-explanatory. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Lusita Leland, Chairman, Fatherless Children of France, 665 Fifth Avenue, City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Little: I am very sorry, but my dear sir, I have absolutely no influence with the administration. I can only suggest that the matter be taken up with the War Department at Washington. Sincerely yours, Mr. A.S.B. Little, Public Utilities Commission, Springfield, Ill. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Lucas: I very much appreciate your courteous invitation, but my engagements are such that it is not possible for me to be with you on the occasion mentioned. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles W. Lucas, 27 Cedar Street, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Lyan: 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. Preston P. Lyan, Sphinx Club, New York City. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Madeira: In response to your letter of December 14th Colonel Roosevelt asked me to say to you that he would be glad to see you either on Wednesday or Friday of this week, between 12:00 or 12:30, provided you will not ask him to make a speech. It is not possible for him to undertake another speech at this time. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Percy C. Madeira, North American Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Metcalf: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. R.A. Metcalf, c/o Allyn and Bacon, 11 East 36th Street, City. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Morgan: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Mr. Elisha Morgan, c/o Mr. Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago, Ill. December 17, 1917. My dear Comrade Morrison: I am extremely sorry, but I have absolutely no influence with the Administration and there is nothing I can do in the matter of helping you get a transfer. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert J. Morrison, 105th U.S. Inf. Machine Gun Co., Spartansburg, S.C. P.S. I return herewith your enclosures. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Norie: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but only the War Department can deal with those things. Sincerely yours, Mr. J.L. Norie, 206 Commercial Bldg. Seattle, Wash. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Pach: Will you kindly let me have two pictures of Colonel Roosevelt (small size)? One is for me J. Odgen ??? and the other for Mr. Kotaro Mochizuki. Sincerely yours, Mr. Gottheil Pach, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Perry: 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. A.C. Perry, Jr., Department of Education, Elmhurst, N.Y. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Preston: It was you who started me, so I want to say that I have had a most successful visit to Ohio, in spite of the blizzard and the cold. The speech at Cincinnati went off wonderfully, and Governor Cox introduced me in the finest way. I thoroughly enjoyed going to Chillicothe as guest of Major-General Glenn. Through Mr. Brown and Governor Cox I received information about the Columbus trouble which I think I should put before you. Mr. Brown found that no preparations whatever were being made for the meeting there and became convinced that there was not any real purpose to have a meeting for me, or at least no real purpose to have it succeed. He therefore went to see Mr. Parry [or Perry ?]. After a little conversation Mr. Parry [or Perry ?] stated that they did not want any man to speak who would not announce that he was standing behind Mr. Wilson in everything he did and supporting him in every position he took; and that I had said I did not care to speak on the same platform with Mr. Bryan; and that you had been bothering him to have me speak, but that he did not think I ought to speak. Mr. Brown of course at once told him that under those circumstances he would emphatically be against my speaking under the auspices of any committee 848-2- over which Mr. Parry presided, and he reported the matter to the Governor. The Governor was greatly upset and said that Mr. Parry was not important; that he only did what Dr. Thompson, President of the State University, said and that he, the Governor, would fix Dr. Thompson all right. He accordingly at once sent for Dr. Thompson and told him that he, Governor Cox, wished me to speak in accordance with the wishes of your committee and that he expected Dr. Thompson to carry out the play. Dr. Thompson assented; but that evening he made a speech, the report of which I enclose. This speech was of course the kind of attack on me which rendered it absolutely impossible for me to come out under the auspices of the organization in which Thompson and Parry were prominent. The Governor at once told Brown that of course under the circumstances it would be out of the question for me to speak at Columbus and that he had arranged to have me speak at Cincinnati instead. I think this rather interesting. I could have had, of course, as enthusiastic a meeting in Columbus as I had in Cincinnati; but equally of course it would have been utterly hopeless to undertake such a meeting under Messrs. Thompson and Parry. Will you give my warm regards to Mrs. 8493 Preston. Remember that I want to see you both out at our house just as soon as the weather becomes possible for you. You can show this letter to Mr. Menken and Mr. McElroy, but I would rather you would not make it public otherwise. Faithfully yours, Mr. T.???. Preston, Jr., National Security League, 31 Pine Street, City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Richards: 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. John Richards, 1st M.E. Church, Ithaca, N.Y. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Richberg: Colonel Roosevelt says that Mrs. Malloy has sent him a great number of pictures for autograph. Will you please find out whether or not she is selling these after they are autographed, or just what the condition is? She may be giving them for presents. In that case it is all right, but Colonel Roosevelt would like to know just exactly what is being done with the pictures. With all good wishes to you, and trusting that you will have a very happy Christmas, I am Sincerely yours, Mr. Donald R. Richberg, Harris Trust Bldg., Chicago, Ill. December 17, 1917. Dear Tom: Don’t make my letter public. I am sorry to say that there is altogether too much in both of your letters with which I agree! Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomas Robins, 1501 Franklin Bank Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Rollins: I am sorry but there is nothing I can do in that matter. Only the War Department can act in such matters. Sincerely yours, Mr. C. B. Rollins, Columbia, Mo. 41854December 17, 1917. My dear Dr. Scofield: I wish I could help in that matter, but I have absolutely no influence with the Secretary of War. I much appreciate what you are doing. Faithfully yours, Rev. C.I. Scofield, Grayshingles, Douglaston Road, Douglaston, L.I. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Shaw: I appreciate your courtesy but unfortunately I do not feel justified in making comment. Faithfully yours, Mr. David J. Shaw, Kingston, N.Y. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Smith: I am absolutely powerless. I am very fond of Garfield’s brother, but I am complete out of sympathy with the Garfield in power in Washington and under no circumstances would I have anything to do with him. I am as you know out of sympathy with the entire attitude of the Administration. I shall see whether or not there is anything I can do by calling attention to the matter in my articles. Can I send your letter to a newspaper friend? Faithfully yours, Mr. Dix W. Smith, Realty Bldg., Elmira, N.Y. December 17, 1917. My dear Senator Smith: That’s mighty nice of you, and I thank you warmly. Faithfully yours, Hon. Marcus A. Smith, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Snitcher: I have no personal knowledge whatever in that matter. I have sent your letter to the proper authorities. Sincerely yours, Mr. Sam R. Snitcher, 207 West 18th Street, Wilmington, Del. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Steely: Your letter of the 8th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, requesting an autographed photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of such requests are received during the year, Colonel Roosevelt was obliged to give up trying to keep a supply on hand. I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for him to comply with the demand. However, Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York City, have a very fine plate and most people purchase this picture from them. If you should care to place an order with them, they will see that it is sent down to the Metropolitan Magazine office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Oscar B. Steely, Pocatello, Idaho. 1860December 17, 1917. Dear Mrs. Stobart: If you will call at Colonel Roosevelt’s office Friday of this week between twelve and twelve-thirty, he will be glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. M.A. St. Clair Stobart, Hotel Seville, 29th St. and Madison Ave., New York City. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Stout: I am very much pleased by your note and by the use you made of what I said at the end of that speech at the Penn dinner. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph Stout, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. December 17, 1917. My dear Lieutenant Talmage: That’s very good of you. I so much appreciate your courtesy and after looking at the snapshots return them to you. I have such a quantity of material always that I thought they would be very much safer in your keeping, and if I needed them again I could get them from you. Faithfully yours, Lt. J.B. Talmage, Eng. U.S.R., Council of National Defense, Washington, D.C. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Tipton: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that I must send you just this line of very hearty thanks and appreciation. Faithfully yours, Mr. F.B. Tipton, Home Acres Farm, Seward, Nebr. December 17, 1917. Dear Mr. Vickers: In response to your letter of December 12th Colonel Roosevelt asked me to say to you that he would be glad to see the committee you mention either on Wednesday or Friday of this week, between 12:00 and 12:30, provided you will not ask him to make a speech. It is not possible for him to undertake another speech at this time. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. George T. Vickers, Hudson County, Prosecutor of the Pleas, Jersey City, N.J. December 17, 1917. My dear Mr. Wilson: 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, and to say I much appreciate the sermon. Faithfully yours, Mr. J.C. Wilson, 1725 T. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. December 17, 1917. Dear Comrade: I wish I could help you, but I have absolutely no influence whatever with the Administration. I can only suggest that you take the matter up with the war College at Washington. Sincerely yours, Sargeant E.H. Wolfe, ??? Batt. Quebec, Canada P.Q. December 18, 1917. My dear Miss Black: 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, Miss Gertrude Black, Barbourville, Ky. American Cross. December 18, 1917. My dear Mr. Buckhout: 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. Henry C. Buckhout, 19 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. December 18, 1917. My dear Mr. Garner: 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 Garner, American Defense Society, 303 Fifth Avenue, New York. December 18, 1917. My dear Mr. Shelton: I wish I could answer you definitely but it is not possible. I receive, not figuratively but literally, hundreds of letters asking me to give advice, or to point out the way in which service could be rendered. I have no influence with the Government and do not know what they wish; in addition to this there is each man’s own personal equation to be considered. I regret I cannot be of help. Faithfully yours, Mr. LeRoy Lawrence Shelton, 60 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. December 18, 1917. Dear Mr. Wilhelm: First let me say how glad I am about your soon and your son-in-law. But I have already written my speech for tonight, and I do not think it would do for me to bring in anything so entirely alien as that in the speech I have in view. Faithfully yours, William Wilhelm, Esq., Pottsville, Pa. [*Abbott*] December 19, 1917. Dear Lawrence: That’s a capital letter by George Kennan. I am really glad that you showed it to me. I must say how much I enjoyed seeing your dear father, and you, and Ernest the other day at lunch. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence F. Abbott, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York.December 19, 1917. My dear Captain Agnew: I wish to tell you with what pride I have learned of the record you have made in this war. My four sons and my son-in-law are on the other side. I wish you might meet them. With heartiest congratulations and good wishes, Faithfully your and Colonel, Captain Frank Vans Agnew, #5 Company, B Battalion, Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, French Expeditionary Forces, c/o War Office, London, England. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Ambrose: If you will call at Col. Roosevelt’s office Friday, Dec. 21st, at about 12 o’clock, he will be glad to see you. Very truly yours, Mr. A.S. Ambrose, 300 Tribune Bldg., New York. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Armstrong: Your letter gives me real pleasure. I thank you heartily and appreciate it. As you say, we are now getting into our pace, and when America does that she can take the lead from anyone. Faithfully yours, Mr. Luther D. Armstrong, Band Leader 11th Ammunition Train Band, Camp Kearny, Calif. December 19, 1917. Gentleman: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc. 3 Park Street, Boston, Mass. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Baird: That’s a mighty thoughtful thing of you to do and I appreciate your note and so did Mrs. Roosevelt. Give my hearty regards to your son, the Lieutenant. Naturally I am proud of everything I hear of my sons. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Baird, 969 Park Avenue, City. December 19, 1917. My dear Mrs. Bartlett: I have just learned about the death of your gallant son. Believe me I sympathize with you very deeply. I have four sons and a son-in-law on the other side of the water myself. Again expressing my deep sympathy, I am, Faithfully yours, Mrs. William Bartlett, Hawthrone, Brigus, Newfoundland. December 19, 1917. To whom it may concern: The bearer Mr. William Beebe is an old and close personal friend of mine. He has done a great deal of flying. He would have had a commission in my division if I had been allowed to raise troops. – for his judgment, courage and loyalty – I vouch for him in every way, and bespeak every courtesy for him. Faithfully yours, December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Blair: I enclose you a circular. I did not authorize my name to be appended to such a circular. I must request it to be withdrawn. How did it happen to be appended? My dear Mr. Blair, unless there is some very good explanation, I must ask you to take my name off the Advisory Committee. I think this is a very unbusinesslike way to have acted. Very truly yours, Mr. James A. Blair, Jr., French Heroes, Fund, 360 Madison Avenue, City.December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Bonfils: I am sending you back your check. My name was not authorized for signature to that appeal. All my information is that the purpose is most worthy and that the people engaged in it are excellent, but I did not authorize my signature to any appeal for funds. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick G. Bonfils, The Denver Post, Denver, Colo. December 19, 1917. Dear Senator Bourne: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy to the full. Faithfully yours, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Real Estate Trust Bldg., Washington, D.C. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Broadbent: In response to your letter of December 14th addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, he will be glad to see you if you will call at his office Friday of this week at about 12:30 noon. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. S. Newton Broadbent, 417 West 121st Street, New York City. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Bugbee: 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. Newton A.K. Bugbee, Chairman, Comptroller of the Treasury, Trenton, N.J. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. President: That’s a capital article. I am really obliged to you for sending it to me. By the way, I saw our contemporary, Dana, the other day and I must say I felt very sorry for him to have a son who is guilty of such conduct. Faithfully yours, President Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia College, New York. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Carnagey: 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. J.A. Carnagey, Danville, Ky. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Carroll: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I am sending you a book I wrote a couple of months ago. Will you read through the chapter on the farmer? I wish you would read through the rest of it and then make any suggestions you wish to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dorr H. Carroll, Minot, N.D. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Crampton: 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, Dr. Charles H. Crampton, Pres. The People’s Forum, 600 Forster Street. Harrisburg, Pa. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Brock: 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. George E. Brock, Pres., 75 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. P.S. I am speaking in Boston on February 6th under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Davis: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I have got time merely to acknowledge it in this way and to say how much I appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Gherardi Davis, 15 William Street, New York City. December 19, 1917. Dear Stuart: I am very much pleased indeed to hear from you and to know about Quentin. I am very proud of you, Stuart. You are living up to the character of your father and grandfather. With all good wishes, Your affectionate cousin, Lt. Stuart E. Elliott, G.S., S.C., U.S.R., American Expeditionary Force, France. [*file*] December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Frankfurter: I thank you for your frank letter. I answer it at length because you have taken, and are taking, on behalf of the Administration an attitude which seems to me to be fundamentally that of Trotzky and the other Bolsheviki leaders in Russia; an attitude which may be fraught with mischief to this country. As for the conduct of the trial, it seems to me that Judge Dunne's statement which I quoted in my published letter, covers it. I have not been able to find anyone who seriously questions Judge Dunne's character, judicial fitness and ability or standing. Moreover, it seems to me that your own letter makes it perfectly plain that the movement for the recall of Fickert was due primarily not in the least to any real or general feeling as to alleged shortcomings on his part, but to what I can only call the Bolsheviki sentiment. The other accusations against him were mere camouflage. The assault was made upon him because he had attacked the murderous element, the dynamite and anarchy group, of labor agitators. The movement against him was essentially similar to the movements on behalf of the McNamaras, and on behalf of Moyer and Hayward. Some of the correspondents who attacked me frankly stated that they were for Mooney and Billings just as they had been for the McNamaras and for Moyer and Hayward. In view of Judge Dunne's statement it is perfectly clear that even if Judge Dunne is in error in his belief as to the trial being straight and proper, it was an error into which entirely 41874- 2 - honest men could fall. But the question of granting a re-trial is one thing. The question of the recall is entirely distinct. Even if a re-trial were proper, this would not in the least justify a recall - any more than a single grave error on your part would justify your impeachment, or the impeachment of President Wilson for appointing you. Fremont Older and the I. W. W. and the "direct action" anarchists and apologists for anarchy are never concerned for justice. They are concerned solely in seeing one kind of criminal escape justice, precisely as certain big business men and certain corporation lawyers have in the past been concerned in seeing another kind of criminal escape justice. The guiding spirits in the movement for the recall of Fickert cared not a rap whether or not Mooney and Billings were guilty; probably they believed them guilty; all they were concerned with was seeing a rebuke administered to, and an evil lesson taught, all public officials who might take action against crimes of violence committed by anarchists in the name of some foul and violent "protest against social conditions". Murder is murder; and it is rather more evil, not less evil, when committed in the name of a professed social movement. It was no more accident, it was the natural sequence of cause and effect that the agitation for the recall of Fickert, because he had fearlessly presented the dynamiters (and of course no human being doubts that Billings and Mooney were in some shape or other privy to the outrage) should have been accompanied by the dynamite outrage at the Governor's Mansion. The reactionaries have 41875- 3 - in the past been a great menace to this republic; but at this moment it is the I. W. W., the Germanized Socialists, the Anarchists, the foolish creatures who always protest against the suppression of crime, the pacifists and the like, under the lead[s] of the Hearts and La Follettes, and Bergers and Hillquits, the Fremont Olders and Amos Pinchots and Rudolph Spreckels [and ?] who are the really grave danger. These are the Bolsheviki of America; and the Bolshevikis are just as bad as the Romanoffs, and are at the moment a greater menace to orderly freedom. Robespierre and Danton and Marat and Hebert were just as evil as the worst tyrannts of the old regime, and from 1791 to 1794 they were the most dangerous enemies to liberty that the world contained. When you, as representing President Wilson, find yourself obliged to champion men of this stamp you ought by unequivocal affirmative action to make it evident that you are sternly against their general and habitual line of conduct. I have just received your report on the Bisbee Deportation. One of the prominent leaders in that deportation was my old friend Jack Greenway who has just been commissioned a Major in the army by President Wilson. Your report is as thoroughly misleading a document as could be written on the subject. No official, writing on behalf of the President, is to be excused for failure to know, and clearly to set forth, that the I. W. W. is a criminal organization. To ignore the fact that a movement such as its members made into Bisbee is made with criminal intent is precisely as foolish 41876- 4 - as for a New York policeman to ignore the fact that when the Whye gang assembles with guns and knives it is with criminal intent. The President is not to be excused if he ignores this fact, for of course he knows all about it. No human being in his senses doubts that the men deported from Bisbee were bent on destruction and murder. If the President through you or anyone else had any right to look into the matter, this very fact shows that he had been remiss in his clear duty to provide against the very grave danger in advance. When no efficient means are employed to guard honest, upright and well-behaved citizens from the most brutal kind of lawlessness, it is inevitable that these citizens shall try to protect themselves; this is as true when the president fails to do his duty about the I. W. W. as when the police fail to do their duty about gangs like the Whye gang; and when either the President or the Police, personally or by representative, rebuke the men who defend themselves from criminal assault, it is necessary sharply to point out that far heavier blame attaches to the authorities who fail to give the needed protection, and to the investigators who fail to point out the criminal character of the anarchistic organization against which the decent citizens have taken action. Here again you are engaged in excusing men precisely like the Bolsheviki in Russia, who are murderers and encouragers of murder, who are traitors to their allies, to democracy, and to civilization, as well as to the United States, and whose acts are nevertheless apologized for on grounds, my dear Mr. Frankfurter, substantially like those which you allege. In times of danger nothing is 41877- 5 - more common, and nothing more dangerous to the Republic, than for men - often ordinarily well-meaning men - to avoid condemning the criminals who are really public enemies by making their entire assault on the shortcomings of the good citizens who have been the victims or opponents of the criminals. This was done not only by Danton and Robespierre but by many of their ordinarily honest associates in connection with, for instance, the "September massacres". It is not the kind of thing I care to see well meaning men do in this country. Sincerely yours, Mr. Felix Frankfurter, Counsel to President's Mediation Commission, Washington, D. C. 41878December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Gammons: In reply to your letter of the 13th, the date for Colonel Roosevelt's speech in Boston has necessarily been changed to February 6th. He is to make his address in the evening and if you [?] think he ought to address the meeting in Springfield on the afternoon of that day, and details can be arranged satisfactorily I am very sure he will be able to stop over and address your meeting. Will you please let me hear from you? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Chas. A. Gammons, Secy., Hampden Co. Improvement League, Massasoit Bldg., Springfield, Mass. 41879December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Gardiner: That’s fine. Let me thank you again. Your letter was the first notice we have had that my son had been taken away from his Company. Of course I am very sorry. I return your son’s letter and have made a couple extracts from it. Faithfully yours, Mr. C.A. Gardiner PRR Police Dept., Pier 28, N.R. New York City.December 19, 1917. My dear General Goethals: I congratulate you and thrice over I congratulate the Country! Faithfully yours, General George W. Goethals, War Department, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Goodrich: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed letter to you and ask if there is anyone you can suggest he could write to regarding Charley Hunter? Sincerely yours, Major David Goodrich, 60 Broadway, City. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Hall: I am sorry but there is absolutely nothing I can do in a matter of that kind. I should think you ought to communicate with the men representing your district politically. I am returning your enclosure. Faithfully yours, Mr. Alfred E. Hall, 159 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto Ont., Canada. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Harding: That’s mighty nice of you. I am very proud to see Ted’s name at the head of a list of the White Motor Company’s Honor Roll and I am touched at what you say of him. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Horace Harding, c/o Chas. D. Barney & Co., 15 Broad Street, City. 41884December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Harriman: How would “Americanism and Preparedness” do? Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry I. Herriman, Pres. Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Harris: I know Mrs. Guy H. Holiday personally and I know everything about her antecedents, kinsfolks and surroundings. I personally vouch for her fitness as a person to be sent to do war work in France. She is an absolutely loyal American whose patriotism can be trust to the very limit, and my belief is that her qualifications for the work are such as would make her a really valuable asset in your organization. Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred Harris, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York. [*Hill*] December 19, 1917. Dear Arthur: I heartily congratulate you and I envy you note a little. I shall read both your address and the argument with genuine interest. Give my love to dear Mrs. Hill. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur D. Hill, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. Frankfurter has joined the Bolsheviki Ugh! Wilson is much worse than Buchanan! 887December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Hilty: 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. George R. Hilty, Chairman, Court House, White Plains, N.Y. 1888December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Howell: Are you going to come east? I very much want to see you and talk over various things. Faithfully yours, Mr. R.B. Howell, Omaha, Nebr. December 19, 1917. My dear Dr. Iglehart: I thank you for your book and appreciate your sending it to me and I wish to congratulate you on what happened in Congress and the success that is crowning your long fight against alcoholism. The American saloon has been one of the most mischievous elements in American social, political and industrial life. No man has warred more valiantly against it than you have, and I am glad that it has been my privilege to stand with you in the contest. Faithfully yours, Dr. Ferdinand C. Iglehart, c/o Christian Herald, Bible House, New York City. 41890December 19, 1917. My dear Sir Walter: I am very sorry to have missed you. When you get back at the end of January, will you let me know at once? I should like to have you out to Sagamore Hill, or if the weather is bad then we will lunch at the Harvard Club. Faithfully yours, Sir Walter Lawrence, British Embassy, Wash., D.C. December 19, 1917. My dear Colonel Lawton: I do wish I could accept but it simply is not possible. I have more on my hands now than I can attend to. I hate not to go to Savanah but it just is not possible. Faithfully yours, Colonel Alexander R. Lawton, Savannah, Ga. 1892December 19, 1917. My dear Dr. Lazarus: That’s mighty kind of you. I very much appreciate with Christmas gift. With heartiest thanks and all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Dr. Benard Lazarus, 327 Central Park West, New York City. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Leo: 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. Alexander H. Leo, 2225 Mascher Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Lodge December 19, 1917. Dear Cabot: This is to introduce an old friend, Mr. Tracey C. Madeira. He had a son in Harvard who, together with all his other young kinsfolk, is now in the war. I know Mr. Madeira well and he is entirely trustworthy. He is in the coal business. He wants to talk to someone in power, who does not believe that every man dealing in coal is necessarily a pirate and who will seriously consider some of the features of the situation, which ought to be brought before him. I think you ought to see him and I hope you will do so and give him the chance to talk quietly with you. Faithfully yours, Hon. H.C. Lodge, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.December 19, 1917. Dear Cabot: All right. I will act on your suggestion. Wadsworth has done finely and I am going to back him up all I can in the Kansas City Star. That was a capital speech of yours about Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria. I hope to get on to Washington in January. Faithfully yours, Hon. H.C. Lodge, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1917. My dear Miss Macurdy: I must give myself the pleasure of saying how much I have enjoyed your article on “The Passing of the Classics.” Perhaps I especially appreciate your criticism of ex-President Elliott’s position! If you come to New York at any time, I do wish you would give me the chance to see you. Faithfully yours, Miss Grace Harriet Macurdy, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Mason: 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. Wm. T. Mason, Chairman, Canadian Lumbermen’s Assn, 80 St. Francois-Xaiver St. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [*McCoy*] December 19, 1917. Dear Frank: This will be presented to you by Lieutenant Hallett A. Borrowe, formerly of my regiment. He served with gallantry and efficiency under me. He is fit for a higher position than Lieutenant; but he is also admirably fitted for the position of Lieutenant! Major-General Leonard Wood recommended him in the following terms, " I also strongly recommend and urge the appointment of Sargeant Hallett A. Borrowe as Captain of this Bureau in case it is formed. He has done most gallant and efficient service under fire, and showed great zeal and efficiency in handling and transporting this [?]." This referred to a dynamite gun which was attached to our regiment and which Mr. Borrowe commanded. He has been given a position as Lieutenant in the Corps of Interpreters. He is most anxious to get as near to the front as possible. As you know the only favors I ever ask for anybody are requests to put men of the right type as near to the danger zone as possible. Mr. Borrowe is the right type. He is cool and fearless and efficient in danger and I hope he can be used as near the 8992 front as is humanly possible. He hasn’t the slightest dread of being shot at! Ever yours, Major Frank McCoy, Assistant Chief of Staff, General Pershing’s Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, France. December 19, 1917. My dear Comrade McDavid: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours and you tell me just the kind of news I am glad to hear. Faithfully yours, Major Jesse T. McDavid, Medical Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley, Kans. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. McGraw: 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. James J. McGraw, Republican National Committee, Ponca City, Okla. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Mitchell: Mr. Barbour has sent me copy of his letter to you and under the circumstances it is not possible for me to do anything more in the matter. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred Mitchell, Hotel Manhattan, New York. December 19, 1917. Dear Alty: That’s mighty nice of you. I did not expect you to come. Everything went well. Three of my four boys have now been under fire. Dick Derby is abroad too. Ever yours, Mr. E.D. Morgan, 125 East 34th Street, New York. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Musgrove: In response to your telegram of the 18th, to Colonel Roosevelt, he will be glad to see you if you will call at his office Friday of this week at about 12 o’clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. L.B. Musgrove, Hotel Raleigh, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Oliver: In response to your letter of December 14th addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, he will be glad to you if you will call at his office Friday of this week at about 12 o’clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Albert Oliver, Flatiron Bldg., New York City. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Patterson: In response to your letter of December 12th addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, he will be glad to see you if you will call at his office Friday of this week at about 12 o’clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John M. Patterson, Court of Common Pleas No. 1 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Pengelly: I thank you for your published letter I saw the other day. Believe me, my dear sir, I am deeply touched by it. Faithfully yours, Mr. R.H. Pengelly, Delaware, Ohio. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Rickman: Mrs. Roosevelt and I are immensely pleased with the fruit. Indeed we were very much touched with your thinking of us at Christmas time in this fashion. As always, the fruit was delicious. With heartiest thanks and good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. and Mrs. P.O. Rickman, Sr., Punta Gorda, Fla. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Roesch: That’s mighty nice. Some time or other I want to get to make just that kind of an address and have almost none but men of German origin preside over it. Faithfully yours, Rev. George W. Roesch, St. James M.E. Church, Lynbrook, L.I. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Shepard: I appreciate your letter in the North American so much that I am taking the liberty of sending you a little book containing my Princeton lectures, which has just been published. Faithfully yours, Mr. William G. Shepard, Guinea Mills, Va. [*Stimson*] December 19, 1917. Dear Harry: I am extremely pleased. Of course you are most wise to go over. It will be of the utmost benefit to you. I congratulate you upon that early target practice. I doubt very much if any other artillery regiment has done as well. My dear fellow, you don't know how proud I am of you. You have in this war set the standard for American citizenship - and I am not talking in any exaggerated way. I am speaking cold-bloodedly about the example set by an Ex-Secretary of War when the fighting came. I suppose that fifty times during the last three months I have held you up as a model to our young men who ought to have come older man to look up to - and you may be amused to know that I have often bracketed Hiram Bingham with you. With love to dear Mrs. Stimson, Faithfully yours, Major Henry L. Stimson, 277 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 912December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Sturgis: I am concerned at what you say. The men who can do the work for the Rough Riders organization are now going to France, and I am at my wits ends to know what to do about Charley Hunter. I shall see what can be done. Faithfully yours, Mr. H.J. Sturgis, Stephenson Bldg., Enid, Oka. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Ten Eyck: If you will go out to Sagamore Hill either Thursday, the 20th or Saturday the 22nd at 5 o’clock, it will be a pleasure for Colonel Roosevelt to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. James A. Ten Eyck: 603 Academy Street, New York City. December 19, 1917. My dear Colonel Thord-Gray: I thank you very much for that little book and I shall read it with pleasure. I am sorry to say that I entirely agree with what you say in the final paragraph of your letter. Faithfully yours, Lt. Col. I. Thord-Gray, c/o Dr. Charles Eaton, Plainfield, N.J. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Troy: That’s mighty nice of you. I appreciate your letter and appreciate the poems, and I am sure that 95% of our citizens of German origin stand exactly as you do. Your fellow American, Mr. Ernst Troy, 1305 First National Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. [*Wadsworth*] December 19, 1917. Dear Senator: Before receiving your letter I had written one editorial. I have now sent out another which you will probably see in the Washington Post about the time you get this letter. You will observe I have used your various expressions. I coupled Senator Chamberlain’s Universal Service bill with your action, just to show that I was not in any way partisan. Faithfully yours, Hon. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 41917December 19, 1917. Dear Comrade Waller: I am very glad to hear from you. I have done everything I could for Fickert. I am mighty glad that you are going abroad. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Julian L. Waller, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif. December 19, 1917. Dear Mr. Walters: That’s all right. I am glad if you found that little message of any possible use, and I will take advantage of the suggestion you make in your closing paragraph. Faithfully yours, Mr. Anderson H. Walters, Johnstown Tribune, Johnstown, Pa. December 19, 1917. My dear Mr. Wentz: That’s a mighty nice of you. I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. I am sure that 95% of our citizens of German origin stand exactly as you do. Your fellow American, Mr. Rudolph Melvill Wentz, San Diego, Calif. December 19, 1917. My dear Dean West: That’s a capital article of yours in the Educational Review. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I need hardly tell you what a pleasure it was to have you home that Sunday. Faithfully yours, Dean Andrew F. West, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. [*Wight*] December 19, 1917. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The bearer Captain Ira E. Wight has been long known to me. He is a man of exceptional character and standing, and of exceptional business ability. He lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, until nine years ago and was then absolutely conversant with French and very little experience will make his absolutely conversant again. He reads it well and in two weeks could talk it fluently. Captain Wight’s one desire is to make himself more efficient and more useful in the line of the army. His desire is to render the very best service of which he is capable and what he desires to do is done solely with this end in view. I very earnestly hope that his wish may be granted. Very truly, 41922December 20th, 1917. My dear Mr. Baldwin: I would not know how to comment on such a matter, because I am not sufficiently acquainted with the demands. Believe me I appreciate your letter. Our business is to stand by the Administration in everything it does to fight this war thoroughly and efficiently; and it also our business when criticism is helpful and constructive to give it, for the faults of the Administration have not only been very grave but terrible in their effects upon the country. Faithfully yours, Hon. Edward D. Baldwin, 242 House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. December 20th, 1917. My dear Comrade: I am touched with the Christmas greeting and I am very much obliged for the American Soldier Ballads. Believe me I appreciate them. Wishing you a merry Christmas, I am Faithfully yours, Mr. F.C. Camp, Box 701 Deming, N.M. December 20th, 1917. Dear Miss Colgrove: In accordance with your recent request, I am pleased to enclose Colonel Roosevelt’s autograph. Sincerely yours, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Emily Colgrove, East Franklin, Maine. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Davis: In reply to your recent letter to Colonel Roosevelt, I am very happy to enclose herewith Christmas card that you may care to reproduce. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. D.T. Davis, Jr., Editor and Treasurer, The Naval Reserve, Cape May, N.J. December 20th, 1917. Dear Miss Dodge: The demands upon Colonel Roosevelt’s time are so numerous that it is not possible for him to comply with requests of that nature. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Dorothy Dodge, Plathead Co. Free High School, Kalispell, Mont. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Ferree: I am returning herewith the stenographer’s report of Colonel Roosevelt’s address for your society with corrections. Sincerely yours, Mr. Barr Ferree, The Pennsylvania Society, 249 West 13th Street, City. December 20th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Garrison: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours and Mrs. Roosevelt liked it as much as I did. You are the mother of one volunteer; I am the father of four and the father- in-law of one. My experience has been that there isn’t any need to try to make the volunteers feel all right; and, especially as I was myself a volunteer in the Spanish War, my aim has been to make the drafted men feel all right; but I shall profit by your letter in what I hereafter say. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Sadie W. Garrison, Chantilly Hotel, Lynbrook, L. I. 1927December 20th, 1917. My dear Mr. Grayson: I am interested in your letter, but I am absolutely powerless to do anything in the matter. Any number of the men whom the President has appointed were rank pro-Germans. Faithfully yours, Mr. John B. Grayson, Warrenton, Va. 8December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. King: I find Miss Matthews’ address was not on the memorandum I had here. Will you please let me have it again so that I may send the autographed picture to her? Sincerely, Mr. John T. King, Bridgeport, Conn. December 20th, 1917. My dear Mr. Koshaba: I am very sorry, but I haven’t an extra copy of that speech left. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. George S. Koshaba, 118 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. December 20th, 1917. Dear Cabot: As you spoke to me about Frankfurter I enclose you copy of a letter I have just sent him. Faithfully yours, Hon. H.C. Lodge, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. McIntyre: I thank you for your very courteous letter, and regret greatly to advise you that it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to undertake any additional speeches at this time, other than those to which he is already committed. I hope he may be able to address a Buffalo audience some time in the future, but at this time it is out of the question. For future use I beg to advise that his permanent address is Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. E.W. McIntyre, Pres. Lawyers Club, Buffalo, N.Y. 41932December 20th, 1917. My dear Miss Meares: I can only suggest that you communicate with the War College at Washington. Sincerely yours, Miss Jane M. Meares, 406 Church Street, Greensboro, N.C. December 20th, 1917. My dear Mrs. Moore: Mrs. Roosevelt and I are immensely touched by your Christmas thought of us. I value the safety razor that I am to have; and the others shall go abroad to the five boys at once. Mrs. Roosevelt and Ethel send you their love and thanks, and wish a merry Christmas to you and Alex. He was exactly right about the San Francisco matter! I am very glad I followed his suggestion. Ever yours, Mrs. Alexander Moore, Pittsburgh Leader, Pittsburgh, Pa. 41934December 20th, 1917. Dear George: If you care to, inasmuch as Swope has asked me similar questions, some time or other you and I might talk to him with frankness about the misdeeds of the Administration! Faithfully yours, Mr. George W. Perkins, 71 Broadway, City. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Putnam: I have seen Mr. Barrell and I also have copy of your letter to him under date of December 18th. I have told Mr. Barrell that whatever arrangements you make with him relative to ["Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"] The Wilderness Hunter and the Hunting Camps of Lanchman will be satisfactory to me and that you will look after my interests and any protection that I may need. Faithfully yours, Mr. George Haven Putnam, 2 West 45th Street, City. 41936December 20th, 1917. Dear General: Can you wait until the spring? I don’t want to be traveling about now if I can help it, and I have just as many engagements as I can keep; but I do want to speak in New Jersey and it would be a real pleasure to speak under you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Bird W. Spencer, National Security League, Passaic, N.J. December 20th, 1917. Dear Cecil: May I ask you, if it is proper, to forward the enclosed letter and book through the Embassy bag to Arthur Lee? Christmas Greetings – not a merry Xmas – to dear Lady Springly and you. Faithfully yours, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Embassy, Washington, D.C. December 20th, 1917. My dear Mr. Starbuck: That’s a mighty nice of you. Mrs. Roosevelt and I appreciate the book and thank you very much. Wishing you a merry Christmas, Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. D.L. Starbuck, Garden City, L.I. December 20th, 1917. My dear Mr. Stephany: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it and thank you for it. Mr. Garrison never answered those statements in the appendix to which you refer; because, of course, there was no truthful answer he could make. Faithfully yours, Mr. Raymond E. Stephany, 1496 Main St., E., Rochester, N.Y. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Stetson: I doubt this advisability of my singing appeals like that, but you are most welcome to quote this letter as follow, “I am glad you are circulating the Patriotic Creed, and wish you all success with it. You have set forth the ideal of duty to which good American citizens should at this time try to live. Faithfully yours, Mr. Cushing Stetson, American Defense Society, 44 East 23rd Street, City. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Stout: I have sent the second editorial as by your telegram and I have one editorial I shall send in a day or two. Now for your letter. I like it very much. But my dear fellow, are you not expecting from me more than it is within my capacity to give? You know I have always had a nervous feeling that Kirkwood and you might think I could do better than I can! If I try to speak forcibly all the time I should give the impression that I was doing so for the sake of speaking forcibly and not because I thought the need demanded it. This would be in my judgment a mistake. The fact is that as in so many other things of life I am always teetering along a ridge pole, with as in this case the danger of alling into more forcible speaking on one side and not enough forcible speaking on the other. I shall try to keep my balance and say the things that ought to be said with fearlessness of the criticism that comes upon me for saying them, and yet at the same time not to say them so often and in such language as finally to lose the benefit of them by making people think I am just scolding. Naturally I am pleased at the concluding part of your letter. I was well aware how many people thought 1942- 2 - that it was unpatriotic not to stand by the President, as they phrased it, and blind our eyes to shortcomings and wrongdoings. I knew for example of the criticisms of me when I pointed out the shortcomings in the camps and our misconduct in failing to declare war on Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria. I was absolutely certain I was right and as you put it I was performing the real duty of a public man by seeing ahead what was going to happen, and by performing the functions of a leader, which is to lead. But I did not know that people would so soon find out I was right and I was very much afraid that you might pay the penalty. Wire me suggestions whenever you can and I shall be more than glad to get them. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph M. Stout, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. 41943December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Strong: In accordance with your request, Colonel Roosevelt has autographed the snapshot and I return it to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Walter W. Strong, The Roth Memory Institute, Chicago, Ill. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mrs. Wight: Your manuscript was returned two days ago. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. M.F. Wight, 1440 Meridian Place, Washington, D.C. December 20th, 1917. Dear Mr. Woodworth: That’s very good of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry A. Woodworth, Army and Navy Signal Publishers, 8 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.