March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Bolton: I take pleasure in sending the enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. B. Bolton. National Press Club, Washington, D.C.991 March 20, 1918. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; Mr. R. B. Bolton of the National Press Club of Washington is going to Europe as a correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. Mr. Bolton is a gentleman of high character. He has always done excellent work in his profession; and the Christian Science Monitor is not only a capital paper, but has taken an eminently sound view of the duty of this country in the great international questions that have been before us for the last few years. It is pleasure to write this for him. Faithfully yours, 35273528 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Bruce: That's very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wm. De W. Bruce, College Point, N.Y.2016 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Bruns: That's extremely kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry A. Bruns, 1165 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, Ohio. March 20th, 1918. My dear Dr. Bugher: That's an awfully nice letter of yours and I am very proud of the incident set forth in the letter of your gallant son. It makes me proud of him and proud that my boy was with him. Faithfully yours, Dr. O. E. Bugher, Ladysmith, Wis. 1585My dear Senator Chamberlain: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you with all my heart for your thoughtfulness; and even more, my dear fellow, for the work you have done for this country. Let me know if there is anything whatever I can say or do that will help you. Faithfully yours, Hon. George K. Chamberlain, U. S. Senate, Washington, D.C. [5090] 6719March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Comstock: I thank you for those clippings and for all that your are doing. With deep appreciation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur F. Comstock, Cleveland, Ohio.. 7063 March 20th, 1918. Dear Dr. Croft: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I was glad to see the editorials. Let me thank you for all you say and still more for all you have done for Americanism and civilization in this great world crisis. Always yours, Dr. Delmer Eugene Croft, New Haven, Conn. 8611 Des Moines Univ. l March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Brigham: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. When I come to Des Moines it will give me real pleasure to accept your invitation, if the Committee in charge will allow me. But I can not commit myself in advance without their knowledge. Believe me, I greatly appreciate your writing. Faithfully yours, Mr. Johnson Brigham, State Librarian, Des Moines, Iowa. 170March 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Carr; For the last three years we have been sending our books to the different agencies who were distributing them to the men at the front, and for the last few months we have sent them to our own soldiers. I would not like to break what we are doing and I gladly send you a small check for the special work. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Foster Carr, Publicity Director, American Library Ass'n, 476 Fifth Avenue, City. 71 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Coolidge: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you in behalf of my boy; but my dear sir, I cannot do as you suggest in the latter part of your letter. You have no idea of the multitude of similar requests I receive. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. H. W. Coolidge, Crowe Name Plate & Engraving Co., Chicago, Ill. 2March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Danaher: It is a pleasure to send the enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mr. Cornelius J. Danaher, 30 Colony Street, Meriden, Conn. 3March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. de Graffenried: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full. Poor Archie Butt! How I wish he could have lived until this war! Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward de Graffenried, Tuscaloosa, Ala. March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Deming: I am touched and pleased by your letter, and I thank you for it. Love to the family! Faithfully yours, Mr. E. W. Deming, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. 75 March 20th, 1918. My dear Mrs Dewey: That's mighty nice of you. I appreciate the book, an d I appreciate still more the feeling that prompted the gift. Ever yours, Mrs. Harriet Russell Dewey, Brady's Band, Pa. 76March 20, 1918. DearMr. Dingley: I will do mybest to write that article but I cannot promise that it will be more than a few hundred words long. I look forward to seeing you at Portland. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank L. Dingley, Lewiston Journal, Lewiston, Maine. P.S. Here's the article -- and you are the only man I would have written it for. March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Dodge: That's fine! I look forward with real pleasure to reading " Skinner's Baby ". With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry Irving Dodge, 137 East 26th Street, New York City. March 20th, 1918. My dear Donovan: Just a line of hearty congratulations. I have a feeling of personal pride in you. I hope you have seen my boys. Well, I guess my estimate that you would have made a good Colonel of one of the regiments in my division has been borne out by facts! Good luck ever! Faithfully yours, Major William J. Donovan, 185th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces, France. March 20, 1918 My dear Mrs. Eberhart: I am really pleased to see those editorials and I am even more pleased to get your kind and friendly letter. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mrs J. B. Eberhart, Austin, Minn. 80 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Edwards: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Yes, Archie is named for his Georgia forbears; and I hope he came up to the Georgia standard. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry Stillwell Edwards, Holly Bluff, Macon, Ga. 181March 20th, 1918. My dear Elliot: Your letter pleased and touched both Mrs. Roosevelt and me. I thank you for it with all my heart. Faithfully yours, [Mr.] Col. Duncan Elliot, Annapolis, Md. 182March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Engert: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter of February 8th, and it is with very great pleasure he sends the enclosed autograph for Mme. Allize'. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C. Van H. Engert, Legation of the U. S. of America, The Hague, Netherlands. 83March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Fish: That's mighty nice. Mrs. Roosevelt and I are very much pleased with your telegram. Good luck to you and to Mrs. Fish! Faithfully yours, Mr. William L. Fish, Newark, N. J. 84March 20, 1918. My dear Mrs. Gailey: I am very sorry but it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. With hearty thanks and deep regret, Faithfully yours, Mrs. J. K. Gailey, 725 Hammond Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 85 March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Gavin: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Will you thank Mrs. Gavin for me? I appreciate your writing. We are very fond of you both! Faithfully yours, Mr. Michael Gavin, 14 Wall Street, New York. 86 March 20th, 1918. My dear Father Gleason: No letter could have pleased me more than yours. Heavens, Father, how I wish I had you as Chaplain and were over on the firing line with a brigade or a division myself. Always yours, Father Gleason, U. S. Naval Station, Newport, R. I. 87 Gleaves March 20, 1918. Dear Admiral: Mrs. Roosevelt and I appreciate very much the letter from you. Give my love to dear Mrs. Gleaves, Admiral Alert Gleaves, Station H. New York City. 88 March 20, 1918. Dear Miss Haley: I am sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. You have no idea of the multitude of similar requests made of him. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Elizabeth Haley, Box 113, Manasquan, N. J. 89 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Hall: Why not use the letter I have already sent you? Faithfully yours, Mr. William E. Hall, National Director, Boys Working Reserve, Washington, D.C. 90 Day Letter March 20, 1918. Mr. Frank M. Ham, Thomaston, Maine. If eight oclock suite the committee Colonel Roosevelt is satisfied. I have application in for drawing room on midnight train to Boston but wish you would make sure that we get it. Charge to Met. Mag. 91 March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Herrman: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I hope you have seen what I have written on Americans who are, like myself and you, in part of German blood or entirely of German blood. Of course I shall ask you not to quote me in public about your American creed, but without dealing with it in detail I can say that I am in very hearty sympathy with the general purpose. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry White Herrman, Plainfield, N.J. 92March 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hurd: That's a mighty nice telegram of yours. I thank you for it. I am really anxious to see you. If you can bring ex-Chief Flynn out to Sagamore Hill any time between now and next Tuesday, I would be very glad to see you. I am planning to leave here on Tuesday next to go to Boston and Portland, and will not return to New York until the 30th. If you cannot get out to Sagamore Hill before next Tuesday, do let me see you as early as possible in April. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. M. Hurd, 59 Liberty Street, New York. 93[*Kaufmann*] March 20th, 1918. My dear Madam: My son Archie went to the Evans School, and it did a very great deal for him. So much depends however upon the special needs of the special boy that I suggest that you write Mr. Evans direct in the matter. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Helen Kaufmann, "Edgerly Court" Santa Barbara, Calif. 94[?] March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Koenig: That's mighty nice of you. I appreciate your letter greatly. A little later I shall want to see you and talk over the situation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Samuel S. Koenig, Republican County Committee, 105 West 40th Street, City. 5Leaycraft March 20th, 1918. My dear Reginald: I appreciate your telegram and thank you for it sincerely. Faithfully yours, Mr. Reginald Roosevelt Leaycraft, New York City. 96March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Lufkin: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you for your letter. Will you give my regards to Mrs. Lufkin? Faithfully yours, [?] W. W. Lufkin, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 7March 20th, 1918. My dear Mackay: That's mighty nice of you. I have read the book all through with genius interest. I wish could bring down the two authors and let me see them with you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Clarence H. Mackay, 253 Broadway, City. 98 March 20th, 1918. Mr McKenzie March 20th 1918. My dear Sir: It seems to me that that matter should be stopped at once. I can only suggest however that you bring it immediately to the attention of the District Attorney. Sincerely yours, Mr. Alex W. Mckenzie, c/o Meakin A Ridgeway, 129 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 9 March 20, 1918, Dear Mr. Melies: Colonel Roosevelt is very sorry, but it is not possible for him to accept your very kind invitation. Sincerely yours, Mr. Paul Melies, Secy. 220 West 42nd Street, New York. 00 March 20, 1918. Dear Dean Minnich: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but at the moment it is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. I must first make good the speeches I promised to make but which I had to cancel because of my ilness. With real regret, Sincerely yours, Dean H. C. Minnich, Miami University Oxford, Ohio. 01 TELEGRAM March 20, 1918. Mr. Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburg Leader, Pittsburg, Pa. If type set for speech has not been distributed please me 800 additional copies but don't bother resetting type. Answer collect. J. M. Stricker Charge to Met. Mag. 2March 20 1918. My dear Sergeant Morgan: Ere this of course you know that Russia has made a separate peace. I thank you for your letter non the less. Sincerely yours, Sgt. John N. Morgan, Co. D., 19th Ky. Vol. Colorado Soldiers & Sailors Home, Monte Vista, Colo. 03[*Moryta*] March 20, 1918. My dear Sir: I appreciate your letter and thank you for it. With all good wishes for you and your great, great country, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Moryta, Kawaramachi, Ebisugawa, Kyoto, Japan. 04March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Noble: That's a mighty nice editorial; and a mighty nice memorandum of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur S. Noble, Baltimore, Md. 05March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Owings: Unless return postage is included when manuscripts or materials are submitted, they are thrown away, as it is not possible to provide filing space for them. I return herewith postage sent with your letter of March 9th. Sincerely yours, Mr. S. T. Owings, Box 281, Sanger, Cal. [?]06March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Parmelee: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it to the full. [?] I did not know about Captain Delehanty, and I mourn his death. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles R. Parmele, 47 West Street, City. 07March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Pope: I am perfectly clear under that no circumstances should I take part in any local contest, no matter who is in it. If I had to do it in one state, I would have to do it in every state, and then in every Congressional District of the union. My interference would be in no case do good, and it would in every case do harm. Isn't this your judgment also? Faithfully yours, Mr. Gustavus D. Pope, 20 Locust Street, Detroit, Mich. 08 [*Punnett*] March 20th, 1918. My dear Cousin Helen: I thank you for your letter. I do not believe that the proposal you suggest would be feasible, and in any event [*, *] if it were feasible [*, *] I would disapprove it. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Helen Roosevelt Punnett, 44 West 10th Street, City. 09 March 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Ravage: You are very welcome to say that I told you that I regarded the latter chapters of your book as making a substantial addition to the doctrine of real Americanism, and as set forth in convincing manner and with genuine insight, both the strength of Americanism and the points at which Americanism needed strengthening. I doubt if I used "analysis" in speaking to you, because it is a term I happen to be rather cautious about using. I wish I had time to write you a fuller estimate of your capital book. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. F. Ravage, 867 West 181st Street, New York. 10March 20,1918. Dear Mr. Reichling: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your courtesy in submitting your manuscript, but it is not possible for him to read it and express an opinion. He is not as yet able to take up his work generally. I am returning your manuscript. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Gerard Alston Reichling, 388 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Reynolds: That's a mighty nice letter. I wish to congratulate you and Mrs. Reynolds on your gallant son. Faithfully yours, Mr. Cuyler Reynolds, Albany, N. Y. 12[*Roberts*] March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Roberts: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Believe me I appreciate it to the full. I am trying to act as an American, and to take the stand that all good Americans should take, without the slightest reference to party lines. With many thanks. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. Roberts, The Valley Bank, Rosedale, Miss. 13 March 20, 1018. Dear Mrs. Robertson: I can only suggest that you communicate with your Senator or Congressman. Sincerely yours, Mr. Robert Royd Robertson, R.F.D.#16, Anchorage, Ky. 14March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Robinson: I thank you for your telegram. I am deeply concerned at the death of Comrade Ivy. Will you give me my sympathy to [?????] his relative? Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred B. Roberson, Waco, Texas. 215March 20, 1918. My dear Professor Steele: Of course you could not place the speech from which that quotation is supposed to come, for the excellent reason that there was no such speech. I never made any such speech, or anything remotely resembling it. The editor of the local Democratic paper, of whom you speak, either deliberately invented it, or, doubtless in bad faith, copied someone else who deliberately invented it. Challenge him to name the speech or article from which that is an extract. Then send his answer to me, if he ventures to make one, and I will give you full information. Apparently, what he has done has been to take two or three sentences which I did utter in wholly different connections, and join them with two or three sentences that are sheer inventions; - such as the first sentence which you particularly marked - [the] a sentence which represents more mendacity on his part. I may add that the editor in question sticks to perversion all through his editorial. In other words, as is natural to a man who does not tell the truth, he is thoroughly anti-patriotic in his statements. Apparently he thinks 6- 2 - that I have invented the doctrine "to be prepared in time of peace for war." He seems ignorant of the fact that this was George Washington's doctrine and that I merely quoted it. He says that military preparedness is not a preventative of war." Unless he is ignorant to a degree that should prevent his ever being accepted by any human being as an authority on anything, he must know that this is false. Belgium was not prepared. Switzerland was prepared. And this is the reason why Switzerland escaped war and Belgium did not. Preparedness will not always avert war anymore than a fire department will always avert a great fire; but it helps to avert war just as a fire department helps to avert disaster from fire. Again he says that the events of the war show that universal military training does not produce the best type of soldiers. Here again he says either what he knows, or ought to know, is false. Of course the comparison must be made at the outset of a war. After a war has been waged a sufficient length of time, and when everybody in every country has been trained, all distinctions disappear. During the first six months of the great war only the soldiers already trained were able to fight at all. The Australian, Canadian and British volunteers began to fight afterwards. The war would have been over by a German victory in thirty days 17- 3 - if it had not been for the French soldiers, produced under their system of universal military training; and it would never have been begun at all had England possessed universal military training and been able to put in the field at once as many soldiers as France put in. We have been in the war for fourteen months and we have not yet put against the Germans an army the size of Belgium's or Portugal's, and this is because we are cursed in this country with men as shortsighted, as unpatriotic and as untruthful as the editor of the paper you sent me. Apparently he does not even know that the system I advocate is the system which has obtained in little Switzerland the most democratic Republic in the world, a Republic which, [is] precisely [the] because of this system, although she is surrounded by great military nations, has been able to keep at peace for a century. Would you get out of the library my Autobiography and look at the chapters on the Spanish War, and on the Peace of Righteousness, and will you also get from the library my two last books called, "Fear God and Take Your Own Part" and "The Foes of Our Own Household"? Faithfully yours, Prof. B. L. Steele, State College of Washington, Pullman, Was. 18March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Stewart: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and a mighty nice editorial. Naturally I am very much pleased with it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert E. Stewart, 6557 Darlington Road, Pittsburg, Pa. 219March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Tait: I really value your letter, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. John H. Tait, Federal Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 20[*holdout*] March 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Tanner: Evidently your letter failed to reach me or my secretary, and was answered by one of the numerous volunteers at the hospital. I think you would hardly care to come out here some afternoon [*? *] And so [*, *] I shall let you know immediately upon my return from Maine when I am to be in New York. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick C. Tanner, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. 221March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Thomason: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you. We have reason to be proud of our boys. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry B. Thompson, 320 Broadway, City. 222March 20, 1918. My dear Judge Tracey: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Will you thank Mrs. Tracey for me, and when you write will you give my regards to your son Walter, the Lieutenant? I hope he meets my boys on the other side. Faithfully yours, Judge James F. Tracey, 487 State Street, Albany, New York. 223March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Tucker: That's mighty nice of you. Three cheers for young Albert Sidney Johnson! I hope he has met my boys at the front. With warm regards to Mrs. Tucker, Faithfully yours, Mr. H. S. G. Tucker, [48 West 44th Street New York.] Lexington, Va. Lexington, Va. 24March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Loan: That's [a] mighty nice letter or yours. I remember your visit well, but I did not associate my then visit with the writer[.] whose books I have liked so much. Mrs. Roosevelt wishes me to tell you that she is as much of an admirer of "old man Curry" as I am. I am afraid however she does not care as much as I do for your prize-fighting stories [*! *]. You must let me see you when next you come east. [*Lord! This Administration rather bad medicine for man who tell the truth and are willing need to fight! *] Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles E. Van Loan, 312 W. Commonwealth Ave., Loa Angeles, Cal. 5[*Washurn*] March 20th, 1918. Dear Charley: The statement of Lodge and White are substantially accounts. On Saturday, the 30th, I go from Boston to New York on the 12 O'clock train. Can't you join me and go to Worcester [*, *] and I will tell you the whole business? Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles G. Washburn, 28 Union Street, Worcester, Mass. 26 March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Wehling: I am interested in getting your letter, to find that you were named after me. I wish you well. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thedore R. Wehling, Knowles Ville, N.Y. 7 March 20, 1918. My dear Mr. West: It is a pleasure to hear from you [*, *] for your own sake and because you are your father's son. [*Good luck*!] Faithfully yours, Mr. H.F. West, 218 Atlanta National Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. 28 March 20th, 1918. Dear [*Lieutenant*] Wheeler: three cheers for you [*! *] Will you give my warmest regards to the bride? With hearty congratulations, Faithfully yours, [*Lt.*] John W. Wheeler, 30th U.S. Field Artillery, Camp Dix, N.J. [*307th U.S.F.A. Camp Dix, N.J.*] 9 March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Wheeler: That's extremely interesting; but the proofs have not come. Would you mind sending them in a letter signed by you [*. *] Sometimes if matter comes to me with no letter, it gets lost in the immense mass of newspapers and the like. I particularly want that testimony. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloon League of America, 30 Bliss Bldg., Washington, D.C. March 20, 1918. My dear Mrs. White: That's really very [*dear*] of you. I deeply appreciate it. I feel that your beloved husband would have been as proud of my boys as I am. [*with love, *] Faithfully yours, Mrs. Lolita White, 1810 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 1March 20th, 1918. Dear White: I don't dare to make any engagements just at present. I have a feeling that I ought to fulfill those engagements which I had to cancel on account of my sickness, before I attempt any new ones; and I have to make the requests from all around the country gee into one another! The editorial in the suppressing "Metropolitan" was suggested by your letter to me! Read my piece in the [?] number. With regards to Mrs. White, Faithfully yours, Mr. William Allen White, Emporia Gazette, Emporia, Kans.March 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Williams: That's a mighty nice note of yours and I thank you for it. I wish you would thank Mr. Murphy for the work the Tribune is doing. Faithfully yours, Mr. Willis L. Williams, Minneapolis Tribute, Minneapolis, Minn.March 20, 1918. My dear Bishop Wilson; I am very much touched by your letter. I wish to thank Mrs. Wilson, and you, particularly. With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Bishop L. B. Wilson, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York. [?]4March 20, 1918. Dear Miss Wurst: I take pleasure in enclosing herewith the autograph requested. Sincerely yours, Miss Anna H. Wurst, North Arlington Public School, North Arlington, N. J. 235] [*Young*] March 29th, 1918. Dear Mary Fanny: Well. I am disappointed. All I can hope is that when the war is over Scribners will take a more favorable view: perhaps I should say a wiser view. I return the enclosure. Always yours, Miss Mary Fanny Younge, Garden City, L.I. 6 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Bertron: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. S. R. Bertron, 40 Wall Street, New York. March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Bie: 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 is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am Faithfully yours, Mr. Juell Bie, 237 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. March 1st, 1918. My dear Mr. Bourdon: The demand upon me or speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action 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 H. Bourdon, 24 Lincoln Avenue, Montresl Canada. March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Bramhall: I am really touched by your letter. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. With all my good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. John T. Bramhall, Press Club of Chicago, 139 W. Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. 3797 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Clark: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. K. Clark, Chief Investigator, Department of Labor, Albany, N.Y. 6879 March 21st,1918. My dear Mr. Culbertson: I am very much interested in that, and I am sincerely obliged to you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Hon. William S. Culbertson, U. S. Tariff Commission, Washington, D. C. 8667 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Hodgson: There isn't anything I can do in that matter I suggest that you take extracts from my books "Fear God and Take Your Parts" and from "The Foes of our Own Household". Faithfully yours, Mr. Casper W. Hodgson, World Book Company, Yonkers, New York. [*Hold out*] March 21st, 1918. Dear Mr. Goldsmith: In reply to your letter of the 14th, Colonel Roosevelt says he will arrange to see you the first time he is in New York, which will be, I should say, about the middle of April. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Bernard Goldsmith, 12 West 77th Street, New York City. 7 March 21st, 1918. My dear [===] Coudert: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. [*I have written Rodiguez*] Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederic N. Coudert, 2 Rector Street, City. 8 March 21st, 1918. [*Private*] My dear Miss. Gray: You have doubtless seen what I have said again and again about Mr. Hearst's publications. I am confident that I know why the Administration does not proceed against him - but of course I have no legal proof thereof. Sincerely yours, Miss Ethel Gray, 180 Madison Avenue, New York. 39 C O P Y FOR FILE. Sagamore Hill, March 21, 1918. Dear Mr. Heller: I thank you for your very kind letter. it is a real pleasure to hear from you. I return you Mr. Taft's interesting but puzzling letter. I haven't the slightest idea what it means. While I was President his handling of the Philippine Islands was admirable, and I repeatedly said so, then and since; nor have I "changed my mind", so far as I recall, on any of the matters of importance on which I expressed myself while President. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, (signed) Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. R. Arthur Heller, 790 Broad Street, Newark, N.J. 40 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Hickey: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. John J. Hickey, W.Y. Veteran Police Assn. 200 E. 19th Street, City. 41 March 21st, 1918. My dear Dr. Huget: It was very kind of you to send me your sermon which I much enjoyed. Believe me, I appreciate your courtesy to the full. Faithfully yours, Dr. James P. Huget, Tompkins Ave. & McDonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 42 March [??], 1918. My dear Mrs. Hynds: Your letter pleases and touches me. I thank you for it and appreciate it the full. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Irving E. Hynds, 665 Delamore Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 43 March 21st,1918. My dear Mr. Kuntz: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Emile Kuntz, 8000 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La. 244 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Magrath: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. P. F. Magrath, Binghamton, N.Y. 45 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Mitchell: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. W. Mitchell, B. & C. R.R. Co., Atlanta, Ga. 46 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Moore: I thank you for your very kind letter of the 12th. Give my warm regards to your wife, and with my best wishes for the little boy, believe me Faithfully yours, Mr. J. H. Moore, Clin, Ky. 47 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mayor Mountain: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Hon. Worrall F. Mountain, Mayor, East Orange, N.J. 48 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Newton: I thank you for your curtesy, but [????] just made a separate peace with Germany. Sincerely yours, Mr. F. W. Newton, Saginaw, Mich. 49 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Quinlan: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. J. Quinlan, Easthampton, Mass. 0 March 21st, 1918. My dear Mrs. Post: That's a mighty nice note of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mrs. William Post, 77Madison Avenue, New. York. 1March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Remmel: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. L. Remmel Bankers Trust Co., Little Rock, Ark. March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Revell: That's a mighty nice letter. I thank you for it and I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Alexander H. Revell, Hotel Bon Air, Augusta, Ga. March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Sampson: I very much appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wm. H. Sampson, 307 Prospect Street, Westfield, N.J. March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Sands: I very much appreciate your letter and thank for it. Sincerely yours, Mr. William F. Sands Room 3700, 120 Broadway, New York, 6March 21st, 1918. My dear Mr. Wight, Even though you ask me not to reply to your note, I must send you just this line of personal acknowledgement and thanks. [*What a fine fellow your son is! I immensely respect and admire him. *] Faithfully yours, Mr. Pearl Wight, 1402 Whitney Central Bldg., New Orleans, La. 6March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Alsop: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send you full information relative to his trip to Portland. Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt will leave New York on the 27th on the 1:03 train for Boston. They have a drawing room, which requires five pullman tickets in addition to the railroad fare. As I understand it, Colonel Roosevelt expects you to board the train somewhere along the line, so will you just provide your railroad ticket, as od course the pullman reservation will be included with Colonel Roosevelt's tickets. As drawing room accommodations are already provided for Colonel Roosevelt's trip from Boston to Portland and return, I do not believe any extra tickets, railroad or pullman, will have been provided, because it was necessary to purchase two railroad tickets in addition to the cost of the drawing room. I took this matter up with the ticket office thar morning but for some reason the clerk refused to say definitely that any further would be required. I know this- 2 - used to be the rule. Th clerk promised to let me know by two o'clock whether or not I am right about this but upon inquiring just now he says he has not been able to get definite information. A drawing room is reserved on the train leaving Boston at noon on the 30th so that your pullman accommodation are covered there and I presume you will take a round ticket at the point where you come abord the train. Colonel Roosevelt asked me to say also that Dr. Bigelow expects you to take meals at his house while you are in Boston, but will you get hotel reservations for yourself in Boston for the night of Wednesday [*, *] the 27th and Friday the 29th? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J. W. Alsop, Avon, Conn.780 [*W. H. Allen*] March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Allen: It [does not] seems to me [advisable] both inadvisable and improper at this time to publish such a pamphlet as that you enclose to me. I gravely doubt whether the pamphlet would not cause great bewilderment to many honest people, and be of assistance to the pro-Germans who especially desire that our people shall be puzzled as far as possible; in other words its effects (whatever your intentions) are quasi-treasonable Question number 3 for instance, would be answered in diametrically opposite ways by presumably competent people. It would deal with what is mainly a matter of opinion, rather than one of observed facts. Again, question 10 would be in the same category. When we come to question 14, the answer, even if correct, would tend to deceive good citizens, because in its present form the question is really misleading, as to the main issue. The [simple] essential fact about the sinking of the Lusitania was the murder by the German submarine of the non-combatant men, women and children aboard her. It inevitably diverts attention from this perfectly clear issue to ask whether she was loaded with contraband of war. If a woman driving motor car was murdered by a ruffian, it would be considerably worse than a waste of time to puzzle men's brains by diverting their attention to the question of whether she had or had not - 2 - A last year's license. I believe that only damage will come from circulating such a paper as [====] [*yours, and that in writing it you have [????] Germany against America. Very truly yours, *] Mr. W. H. Allen, Institute for Public Allen, 51 Chamber Street, City. 1008 March 25, 1918. Dear Mr. Beede: I thank you for your very kind letter. The Doctors are making every effort to get Colonel Roosevelt in shape to go to Maine and make one speech. All other speeches will have to be postponed until a much later date. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Lyman J. Beede, U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, 161 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich.March 22nd,1918. My dear Mrs. Blatch: I am a great believer in you and your work, and so [*, *] I shall depart from my ordinary rule and write as you request [*, *] if you will allow me to send a letter which you can use an introductory letter, instead of asking me to write a [??ord]. To do the latter I would have to read the whole book through [*, *] and I simply haven't the time; but I will gladly send you introductory letter if you will give me a precis of just what it is you are trying to do, and just what you would like me to say. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, 15 West 91St Street, New York.[*private;*] [*not for the official files*] March 22nd, 1918. My dear M. Clemenceau: The most influential and malignant foe of the Allies, and [*most powerful supporter and*] friend of the Germans, in this country is Hearst, the newspaper editor. He is far more dangerous than any organization or newspaper of the German- Americans because he has far wider influence of [*a*] very base kind, and far more astuteness. He ardently served Germany up to the period when we went into the war. Since that time he has continued to serve her less openly but quite as effectively. He renders the service in many different ways. He[?] ardently champions [?] negotiations [*which would*] [*lead to the complete triumph of Germany, under*] cover of supporting the Pope's appeal for peace, or under [*cover of supporting the Russian Bolshevists appeal for peace,*] cover of supporting efforts to find out if Austria wouldn't like to make peace. He ardently champions our proposing a peace on the basis of the status quo ant[?] bellum. He strongly supports every proposal that means delay in sending troops or munitions and war instruments abroad, or any refusal to declare war on Germany's allies. He continually seeks to create prejudice [*against,*] and to embroil us with, England or Japan, as the occasion offers. In short he is as sinister and efficient [*a*] friend of Germany as is to be found in all the world. In order to cover up his activities he [will] make[*s*] a great pretense of patriotism, 32- 2 - or of devotion to the Allies' cause on points where no possible damage to Germany is involved. The feeling in this country for France is very strong and he does not venture to go against it, (although he expressed [his] the greatest disapproval of, and strongly protested against, the [effort to win back for] demand that France receive back Alsace and Lorraine; and [always] he loudly backs the Russian Bolshevists and their no- annexation and no-indemnities proposal.) As part of his campaign he has conducted an advertising scheme for a fund to help "rebuild France". If he can get the French Government to accept his help it will immensely increase his power to aid Germany and to hurt the whole allied cause — and therefore especially France — by his actions in the future. To accept the fund would, in my deliberate judgment, be [merely] an evil thing for France here; and no possible material benefit from the money, as regards rebuilding France, will effect the aid and comfort France would thereby give to the man who is playing Germany's game, who can be counted upon to do everything possible to divide and weaken the allies, and who openly and industriously works for a "peace without victory" and against the obtaining of Alsace and Lorraine for France. If the French Government, and above all if you, whose name carries such weight here in America, could announce that France would not find it 33 - 3 - possible to accept a penny from Mr. Hearst, you would strengthen every friend of the allies and of the war in America, and incidentally in England; you would offend no human being who is a friend of France, and you would greatly limit Mr. Hearst's real power of mischief to the allied cause. I was very deeply touched by your note to me during my entirely unimportant sickness. I am very proud that all my sons are on your side of the water and fighting beside the troops of France - and of England and Belgium. One of them was wounded the other day in the trenches, his left arm being broken [*, *] and one knee injured, together with a slight body wound. One of your Generals gave him the Croix de Guerre [*, *] and I am proud of his having received it than of my having been President! With high regard, Faithfully yours, M. Clemenceau, Paris, France. [* P.S. Of course [*, *] I immensely admire your administration of the Government. Oh Lord, how I wish you were President of the United States! *] 6834 [*Cook & Sons*] March 22nd, 1918. Gentlemen: Enclosed find check for $16.78 covering drawing room pullman reservation for Colonel Roosevelt's trip, Boston to Portland, Portland to Boston, Boston to New York, and Upper birth reservation for Mr. Amos, Portland to Boston. Sincerely yours, Thomas Cook & Sons, 264 Fifth Avenue, New York. Attention of Mr. Turbet. 7[*Davies*] March 22nd, 1918. Ladies: I am exceedingly sorry [*, *] but I am absolutely unable to be of assistance to you. There are any number of American who want to go over and I am unable even to help them. With regret, Sincerely yours, Miss Elinore M. Davies, Miss Kathleen A. Covey, 68 Stanley Street, London, Ont. Canada 58 March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Doran: I am greatly indebted to Curtin for those two articles. I think my first effort will be in accordance with Curtin's suggestion, to have them published somewhere, by preference in the Kansas City Star, with some statement by me. It was delightful to have you at lunch the other day. Faithfully yours, Mr. George H. Doran, 244 Madison Avenue, New York. [*Essich*] March 22nd, 1918. My dear Sir: I appreciate your letter, and yours is certainly a very hard case. I am glad you liked my article; but my dear sir, never forget that the main trouble comes from the misconduct of the German [=] Americans of the type of those who [*had*] the German [=] American alliance, and who handle most of the German language newspapers in this country. Their attitude in Wisconsin at this moment is one that is absolutely certain to excite exasperation which might vent itself on good and loyal citizens of German blood. I wish these good and loyal citizens and would take the lead in [*the*] war against organization and individuals who are treacherous to this country. Will you give my hearty regards to your two gallant boys? Faithfully yours, Mr. Leo Essich, 1070 Aloatras Avenue, Oakland, Calif. March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Funge: I am obliged to you for your letter and for the account of what happened at the club. It may be necessary for me to take it up later, but at the moment the stops you have taken are the only steps that can be taken. I suppose that by this time the club authorities have been acquainted with what has occurred. It was great pleasure to see you the other day. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. W. Funge, Jr. The Republican Club, 54 West 40th Street, City. March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Gordon: That's a very nice letter of yours. I eagerly look forward to receiving "In the Alaskan Wilderness". I know I shall enjoy it to the full. I wish I could see you in person. Faithfully yours, Mr. G. B. Gordon, The University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. 2 TELEGRAM Mr. William E. Hall, [*1 Labor*] Washington, D. C. You are most welcome to use what I said and to preface it by the statement that I wish to take this time to reiterate with all emphasis possible the statement I then made THEODORE ROOSEVELT. [*Collect*][*F. M. Ham*] March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Ham: I am enclosing herewith several copies of Colonel Roosevelt's speech. Senator Hale talked with me on the telephone yesterday from Washington and I told him that Colonel Roosevelt was entirely satisfied to speak at 8 o'clock in the evening. I also told him about your request for Colonel Roosevelt's arrival at 12:15 noon so that you could make plans. He wanted to know if Colonel Roosevelt would like a reception or anything else of the kind. I told him that whatever the committee decided to do would be entirely satisfactory to Colonel Roosevelt, provided it did not entail personally meeting a large number of people. Of course he wants to see the Governor, Mr. Dingley, and any other men you and Senator Hale feel that he should see, and of course you must remember there are a few old friends of his from Aroostock County he will want to see. The telephone connection to Washington was very poor but I tried to impress upon Senator Hale, and I think he understood me, to get the more important people to see the Colonel as soon as possible and not to let them take any more time than it is absolutely- 2 - necessary. In this way he must be provided with time for rest. He has prepared a splendid speech, and I hope that you will see to it personally that he is given a sufficient time for rest as of course he is not yet all well. For instance, I think it would be too hard on him to try to shake hands with the several hundred men that will likely be attending the conference. I do hope they will all be able to stay to hear the speech. The few people who have read it think it is corking. The railroad company tell me that they have drawing room reservations for the Colonel all the way through but I have not as yet been able to get them in hand. Whenever Colonel Roosevelt starts on a trip he always has his transportation and reservations to carry him back home. I presume the Government control of the roads may have something to do with the delay I have experienced. If Colonel Roosevelt [?] to any private house at all it ought to be to Mr. Hamlen's, either for lunch or dinner, but this matter is entirely in the hands of the committee. If it can be arranged for Colonel Roosevelt to accept Mr. Hamlen's hospitality you can arrange with Mr. Hamlen what other guests to have. Sincerely yours, Mr. Frank M. Ham, Thomaston, Maine. 5 March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hammond: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Hon. John Hays Hammond, 2301 Kalorama Road, Washington, D. c. 6 March 22nd, 1918. Dear Hard: I am very glad you rested and did not come on. I shall come back from Maine next Saturday and Sunday I suppose I ought to rest. If you are in this neighborhood on Monday the 1st, or Tuesday the 2nd of April, could you come out to lunch or dinner conveniently, or would you like to defer doing so until later? Faithfully yours, Mr. William Hard, 2022 Hillyer [Road] Place Washington, D. C. 57March 22nd, 1918. My dear Captain Harris: I cannot imagine that any trouble whatever could come from the repetition of the facts about the crucified Canadian. You say you are doing everything in your power to bring this matter as well as a few others before the public as it is your opinion that these atrocities should be known. I quite agree with you. My purpose was if you furnished me with the statement, (if your superior officers approve), to bring the matter as prominently before the public as possible, just as I have been doing with certain other atrocities, so as to try to wake our people up to what is being done. Probably I should put it in the Kansas City Star, as in my experience more weight is attached to an incident of this kind when it is set forth in printed form, rather than merely brought up in a lecture or a speech. I of course hear innumerable accounts of atrocities. But the repetition of such stories [?] does no good whatever, except in cases like this, when a Captain of the British Army, whose name can be quoted, recites such an account 8- 2 - with the full data, [and] so that there is no possibility of denying it. Faithfully yours, Captain Thos D. Harris, 6380 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. 9March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hays: Will you look over the enclosed letter and carefully consider what it says about the women? In New York City the smashing defeat of our candidates for Congress at the last election was due more to the woman vote than anything else. Tammany and the Socialists instructed their women, (and instructed them carefully,) to vote the Democratic ticket on this occasion. The Republicans did very little. There isn't any use of just doing enough so that we can insist that we have done something. Very striking action is necessary, and the sooner we [get] take it the better. It should be action of a kind that will arrest the attention of women and will visualize or dramatize the attitude we are taking. As in so many other matters, we must not let the Democrats beat us to it! I have just received your letter of the 16th. Is there the least chance of your being on here before you go west? I will of course give you every particle of advice or help I possibly can. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. H. Hays, Indianapolis, Ind. [*In New York State unless we at once begin to deal with women as we ought to, we shall be defended. By the way, wish you to meet the Vigilantes leaders when you come back.*] 0March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hirsh: 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. Ed. Hirsh, Pres. Boy Scout Council, 207 Phoenix Bldg., Muskogee, Okla.[*Jusserand*] March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Ambassador: Will you please read the enclosed, and if there is no objection, forward it to Clemenceau. Hearst is the ablest and most dangerous foe of the Allies, and friend of the Germans, in this country. With love to Mme. Jusserand, Faithfully yours, M. Jules Jusserand, French Embassy, Washington, D. C. 2March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Keith: Mrs. Roosevelt and I are equally pleased with that poem - and [its] it is poetry, not merely verse. I am going to see if I can't have it published. Of course I may not succeed; but it is such a capital poem that it ought to be published. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Henrietta Keith, The Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn. 73March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Kieffer: If you have seen my recent speeches and articles, you know how strongly I have urged action by the Government on behalf of the farmer. But I am absolutely powerless to do anything more. I have no influence with the Administration. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph H. Kieffer, Milton Center, Ohio. 4March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Landis: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate to the full your allusion to my boy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick Landis, Logansport, Ind. 275March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Marquis: I think that is a capital suggestion of yours and I shall act on it. I haven't an idea whether M. Clemenceau will take kindly to what I say or not. Of course keep quiet the fact that I am writing to him. Faithfully yours, Mr. Don Marquis, 56 Mackey Avenue, Port Washington, L. I. 6March 22nd, 1918. My dear Miss Martin: It is not possible for me, as I am sure you will realize on thinking it over, to take part in any local contest. I would not have any warrant in so doing in Nevada, unless I acted in a similar way in every Senatorial and Congressional District in the country. With regret, Faithfully yours, Miss Anne Martin, National Woman's Party, Washington, D. C. 7[*Masters*] March 22nd, 1918. My dear Masters: "Toward the Gulf" has come. It goes without saying that I am very glad to get it and very proud that the first poem should be dedicated to me. Let me say also how much I appreciate your allusion to me in the introduction and how glad I am that the volume itself should be dedicated to Marion Reedy. Don't forget to let me [see] know [you] whenever you are in New York; I wish to get you out to my house, at Sagamore Hill. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward Lee Masters, c/o MacMillan Co., New York. [[shorthand]] 78March 22nd, 1918. My dear Miss Monroe: I have taken the liberty of sending your letter direct to Mr. Hays. I shall do all I can to have a serious effort made by the Republican Party to recognize women just along the lines you mention. Moreover, I agreed with you entirely that the best work can often be done by men and women who are not running for office at all. Faithfully yours, Miss Lilla Day Monroe, 909 Harrison Street, Topeka, Kans. 9TELEGRAM March 22nd, 1918. Mr. Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburgh Leader, Pittsburgh, Pa. Colonel expecting you lunch Saturday one oclock J. M. STRICKER [*Charge to Met. Mag.*] 80March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Morris: I am very much pleased that you should have used my message. I emphatically believe in the work of the Needlework Guild. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Alfred Norris, Princeton, Ill. 281March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Chlinger: Colonel Roosevelt is very anxious to have the testimony with relation to the German-American Alliance. He asked me to get into communication with you and ask if you would see to it that copy of it is sent to him at an early date. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Gustavus Chlinger, 1507 Second National Bank Bldg., Toledo, Ohio. 5282 March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Person: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. S. Person, Paso Robles, Calif. 283March 22nd, 1918. My dear General Radiguet: I thank you for the volume and for the inscription. I shall not only enjoy reading it, but I am particularly glad that it has been published just at this time, for the good of our army. I need hardly say how proud I am that my sons are fighting in France, and that they are proving their faith by their deeds, and not merely by their words. Faithfully yours, General R. Radiguet, c/o New York Yacht Club, New York. 284[*Hold out*] March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Reis: Soon after I return from Maine on April 1st, I shall arrange to have the pleasure of seeing you. There is much I desire to hear from you, and there is something about Colonel Rondon I wish to tell you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Luix Reis, 178 West 94th Street, New York. 5March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Scribner: General Roosevelt dictated the following postscript for your letter, but unfortunately the letter got into the mail before we realized it. "Your note of the 15th has just come. I think the last chapter of Arthur Train's book ought to be circulated as a tract everywhere. I doubt where attempting to cast it in story form is wise. I am very proud about Archie and of course much pleased that he seems to be getting along well." Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Charles Scribner, 48th St. & 5th Ave., New York City 86COPY FOR FILE. Sagamore Hill, March 22nd, 1918. Dear Mr. Sedgwick: As an article from a first hand and presumably scientific observer the article of Mr. Scully is distinctly misleading; I saw something of wild ostriches while in Africa; Beebe can also inform you about one or two of Mr. Scully's statements. I do not know whether the enclosed article will be of interest to you or not. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt Ellery Sedgwich, Esq., Editor, The Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass. 7March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Stout: Your told me that probably on some occasion when I wished to write a rather longer article, you might put it in some Sunday issue of the Star. I am enclosing a piece, where I am only the master of ceremonies, so to speak, and I should be really glad if it could be published, or if at least the two enclosures could be published. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph Stout, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. [*P. S. Can a "book" of my editorials for Jan. Feb. and March be sent me? *] 8[*Stout*] HOW THE HUN EARNS HIS TITLE. We live such sheltered lives here, three thousand miles away from the war, that most of us don't even yet realize [now] what Germany has done and stood for in this war, and what a terrible menace she is to us and to all civilization. The other day I met a very able writer and observer, who at the outbreak of the great war spent many months with the German and Austrian armies, and then lived in Germany untill it became impossible for a self-respecting American longer to stay there. He is Mr. D. Thomas Curtin. His father was born in Ireland. He himself is a Catholic. I mention these facts merely because they refute the [ch?] and vicious falsehood so often promulgated by the pro-Germans to the effect that the accounts of the German atrocities are due to English propaganda. I ask all good Americans whatever their creed, and I especially ask American women, to read these two straight-forward statements by Mr. Curtin; the account of the killing by torture of the Priest who fell into the hands of the German soldiers, and the account of the fearful brutality of an Austrian German to a poor old woman. These [are] were not isolated cases of brutality. They were both part of the policy of deliberate horror, which Mr. Curtin speaks of as "the system". All in America who have [been the tools] played the game of Germany, from Hearst and the Germanized Socialists and the German-American Alliance at one end of the line, to foolish pacifist preachers at the other end of the line, have been, according to their power, working to bring about 92. the day when we here in this country would see our own women and helpless non-combatant men and our own children exposed to such hideous wrongs and torture as is described by Mr. Curtin. I very seriously ask our people to read what Mr. Curtin says and to ponder the full meaning of the facts he sets forth. In the next place I ask them to read the poem - and it is a real poem, not merely verse - of Mrs. Keith, a Minneapolis woman, called "No Guns". Well-meaning foolish people, and sane people who in ordinary relations of life are not foolish, are fond of telling us not to point out the defects in the army, because [that] this encourages Germany, and because anyhow it is a case of spilt milk and there is no use of crying over spilt milk. The answer is twofold. In the first place, Germany knows all our shortcomings. Inasmuch as we have [very unwisely] wickedly refused to go to war with Turkey and Bulgaria we have left open avenues by which it is absolutely certain that Germany gets full knowledge of everything she [wants] wishes to know about this country. It is only our own people who are kept in ignorance. In the next place, as regards the spilt milk proposition, the trouble is that we have kept on spilling the milk and that only by pointing out that it has been spilled is it possible to [?] and stop further spilling. Until Senator Chamberlain and his Committee [broadly] boldly and truthfully pointed out the evil caused by the delays and shortcomings of the War Department, the Administration made not the slightest effort to remedy them. Some of the most salient of these shortcomings have been remedied, and this fact is primarily due to the courage and patriotism of these public servants, Senator Chamberlain and his committee. 03. If fourteen months ago our people had been willing to demand the truth and to listen to those who told the truth, we would at this moment have four times the force we now have in France; and we would have [had] guns and airplanes, and auto-rifles of our own make with it; and we would have had plenty of ships to carry our men across and to give them food and munitions. The reason [that at present we have in France a gallant army] why we fighting army at the front in France is not as large as that [as] of poor little ruined Belgium, [at the front], and the reason why we have had to get the necessary field guns, airplanes and auto-rifles for that army from the French, is because we, as a people, were not willing to insist upon knowing the truth. It is precisely because certain men are now telling the truth that there is reason to hope that gradually the milk spilling will be stopped; that gradually we shall get the guns, the airplanes, and auto-rifles for our men, and above all the ships that are vitally necessary. I ask the mothers of this country whose sons are now in the army, or may go into the army, to read and ponder this poem by a woman, and to cast the weight of their great influence in favor of demanding that every ounce of energy we as a nation possess be used to speed up the war, to relieve our allies of the burden of supplying us with weapons of war, and to see that the American troops abroad are furnished from this country with American made weapons of the highest type. The don't-cry-over-spilt-milk appeal represents unpardonable wrong to America and to civilization. If we had begun to make ready our strength as soon as the 914. great war was on, and if we had then acted as we ought to have acted when the Lusitania was sunk, Russia would never have broken. In all probability we would not have had to fight at all and millions of lives would have been saved and a lasting peace would now have been secured. Misery and woe has come from our failure to stop the milk spilling. Let us now alter our conduct. Let us face the fact that the milk has been spilled; because only by doing so will we be able to stop [all] such spilling in the future. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 2March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Brocklin: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. F. Van Brocklin, Ishpeming, Mich. 3March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Welch: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. James S. Welch, Los Angeles, Calif. 4March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mr. Wenrich: I heartily approve of keeping down the wolves, and I heartily approve of killing in season the necessary quantity of game to use for food and to keep the stock down to the proper limits and yet not to destroy the stock. But my entire experience has been that unlimited slaughter, and also killing during the breeding season and while the young are still helpless, means the absolute destruction of the animals and is therefore thoroughly bad from every standpoint. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wright Wenrich, All American Club, Juneau, Alaska. 5March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Wheeler: You are most kind. I look forward with real pleasure to reading the book, and thank you for sending it to me. Will you give my warm regards to your husband? I trust you will both enjoy your stay in Stockholm. I am very much pleased that I should have been instrumental in getting him his first diplomatic appointment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Post Wheeler, 57 East 64th Street, New York City. [*6*]March 22nd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Wilson: If you have been seen my recent speeches and articles, you know how strongly I have urged action by the Government on behalf of the farmer. But I am absolutely powerless to do anything more. I have no influence with the Administration. Faithfully yours, Mrs. E. Wilson, R. R. #5, Martinsville, Ind. 7March 23, 1918. Dear Mrs. Anderson: I am not at all sure that Colonel Roosevelt will find it possible to comply with your request, but at this writing I expect that he will come into his office on the 4th of April. At that time our address will be 347 Madison Avenue, and if you will call at his office at about 12 o'clock on that day I will see to it that you meet him and put the matter before him. Very truly yours, Mrs. Augustus M. Anderson, 250 West 76th Street, New York City.687 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Balch: That's extremely kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. C. Balch, Union League, Philadelphia, Pa.2548 March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Ballard: Those were delicious oranges! You are more than kind. Mrs. Roosevelt and I deeply appreciate all that you have done. Faithfully yours, Mrs. T. Thurston Ballard, Eau Gallie, Fla.3940 March 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Battreall: This is just a line to acknowledge your letter of the 6th to Colonel Roosevelt and to say that the clipping was not enclosed, or perhaps it may have become lost after the envelop was opened. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C. A. Battreall, St. Joseph, Mo3210 March 23, 1918. Dear Dr. Bigelow: Colonel Roosevelt has asked me to give you his itinerary, for your information. Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt will leave here March 27th, on the 1:03 P.M. train, arriving in Boston at about 7 P.M. Colonel Roosevelt will leave the next morning for Portland on the 9 o'clock train, which is due in Portland at 12:15 noon. He will leave Portland on the midnight train on the 28th and will probably leave his sleeper in Boston at about 7 the next morning. On Saturday the 30th, Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Boston for New York on the noon train. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. W. S. Bigelow, 56 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.[*4590*] March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Bloss: I do not know how to advise you in that matter except perhaps that you ought to get in communication with the college. They probably could give you the information you desire. Sincerely yours, Mr. Edward B, Bloss, 2 Rector Street, City.5800 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. A. H. Boies: Thay'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. A. H. Boies, Inspector U. S. Engineer Corps, Hudson, Mich.5473 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Brownell: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it and value it. Faithfully yours, Mr. George C. Brownell, Oregon City, Ore.[*2026*] March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Cern: That's a fine letter from an eighty year old man, and I am mighty glad that your observations of the loyal citizens of German blood are the same as mine. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. M. Cern, R.R. Box 22, Chio, Ill. [*653*]March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Chaudet: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. Max L. Chaudet, 1339 Benton Avenue, Springfield, Mo. 6760March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Curran: That's very kind of you. I thank you and look forward with pleasure to reading the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. John H. Curran. 5711 Cates Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 8685March 23, 1918. My dear Judge Cushman: Nothing could have pleased me more than your letter. Will you give my regards to your two gallant sons? I hope they meet my boys. You have understood just exactly how I feel about Archie's wound. Again most heartily thanking you, Faithfully yours, Judge Edward E. Cushman, U. S. District Court, Tacoma, Wash. 651 March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Baldwin: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am. I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Myra H. Baldwin, Daughters of the Revolution, Brooklyn, N.Y. 298 [*Conrad*] March 23, 1918. My dear Helen: I feel I can't call you Mrs. Conrad - I can see you and my own children now tapping your wrists and saying "great excitement" - I never was initiated into the mystery of the phrase! I am greatly pleased with your letter. Give my warm regards to your husband and if ever you two come in this neighborhood let me know so that we can have you out [to] at Sagamore Hill. Ethel and her two babies are passing the winter with us. Always yours, Mrs. H. H. Conrad, 2310 Devisadero St., San Francisco, Cal. 9March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Darrow: I am sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests he receives. In the last paragraph of your letter you state you "enclosed postage". You evidently forgot to do this as no stamps were contained in the letter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. A. L. Darrow, 120 Broadway, City. 00 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. de Bekker: That's very kind of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. L. J. de Bekker, New York Tribune, New York City. 301 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Ellis: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for the time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. William H. Ellis, Sacramento, Calif. 2March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Flynn: I thank you for your paper and for that admirable article on the benefits of military training for working men. Personally, I believe that the farmer and the laboring man will benefit more by military training along the lines of the Swiss system than any other people. Switzerland is a genuine democracy. It is the most thoroughly democratic republic in the world, and the Swiss farmers and working men and small shopkeepers whom I have known have all told me that the training they got in the military camps was of incalculable service to them. I know several of them who from time to time have gone back to Switzerland precisely so that they might keep up their training. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. J. Flynn, [Industrial Educational League, Boston, Mass.] [*sent to 161 Devonshire St Boston, Mass.*] 3March 23, 1918 Dear Mr. Fowler: In Colonel Roosevelt's absent from the office occasioned by illness, I desire to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your very kind letter and to say from my knowledge of what Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt have done since our entry into the war I know it is not possible for them to attempt anything additional at this time. With regret Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C. Lewis Fowler, Lanier University, Atlanta, Ga. 4March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Frick: Mrs. Frick has kindly asked Mrs. Roosevelt and myself to lunch with you on April 4th. We will come with pleasure. Three cheers for the 1st Lieutenant! I shall have more important things than natural history to talk over with him when I see him. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry C. Frick, 1 East 70th Street, New York. 5March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Garnsey: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I shall be very glad to learn about those two protegees of yours. Faithfully yours, Mr. John H. Garnsey, Hamiton Club Chicago, Ill. 6March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Goken: I wish to thank you for your really charming letter. Mrs. Roosevelt and I appreciate your thoughtfulness; and we are so fond of the country ourselves that we loved what you said about your farm, the view from your window, and the wild life around the house. Give my warm regards to the five daughters who were "about to demand their dinner", when you wrote me. Good luck always! Faithfully yours, Mrs. Julia C. Goken, R. F. D. Chester, Conn. 07 [*Hagedorn*] March 23, 1918. Dear Herman: Will you, and Brown, and Towne, and Street come out to Sagamore Hill [??????] after the 1st of April. Hard is coming on and I will wait and ask you to come at the same time. Sincerely yours, Mr. Herman Hagedorn, c/o The Vigilantes, 505 Fifth Avenue, City. 08 March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Hall: I must send you just a line of thanks for your letter. I very much appreciate what you did about that Sequoia. I wish there were more men, as well as more women, who felt as you do! I am often at my wits ends what to do. If I protest too much, if I tell even half of the truth, people think I am showing personal spite, or wronging the Administration. Yet if I don't protest, and do not tell the truth, I feel as if I were myself assuming part of the guilt for our dreadful national shortcomings. With high regard, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Priestley Hall, Riverside, Calif. 09March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hall: 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. Walter Hall, Chesapeake ' Delaware Canal Co., 251 So. 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 10March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hickok: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I deeply appreciate the clipping, which I shall send on to Archie. Naturally, I am very deeply touched by what you tell me about the soldiers at your meetings. More power to your elbow! The work of the National War Council of the Y. M. C. A. is one of the very most valuable pieces of work being done in this country at this time. With hearty regards, Faithfully yours, Mr. Paul R. Hickok, 1736 G Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 11 March 23, 1918. Dear Mrs. Hohman: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the ribbon and I return it to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Geraldine F. Hohman, Montclair, N.J. 12March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Hopkins: Even though you tell me not to reply to your letter, I must send you just this line of appreciation and thanks. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thos. S. Hopkins, Hibbs Bldg., Washington, D. C. 3March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Johnson: It is impossible for me at this time to endorse work which would include local charitable organizations. If I did it in one city I would have to do it in many others. I have to confine myself to backing organizations doing war work, and I have to back them along nation-wide lines. I heartily sympathize with every local effort, but my dear Mr. Johnson, if I tried to express my sympathy with each local effort by a special letter, I would be doing nothing else but [writing] write such letters. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. F. Johnson, Roanoke, Va. 4March 23, 1918. Dear Miss Kent: I am extremely sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Bertha Kent, 54 West 39th Street, New York. 5 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Kerr: I am really very much pleased to see that picture of de Bussigny. What a wonderful old man he is! With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. George Kerr, 100 Highland Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 16March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Knapp: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Of course, the trouble with that kind of cartoon in the Hearst papers is that President Wilson has, through his Attorney General and Postmaster General, and by the actions he has been taking, deliberately encouraged it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edgar A. Knapp, National Security League, Elizabeth, N. J. 17March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. La Motte: That's a mighty nice letter. Good for your four boys! With my best wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. F. La Motte, P. O. Box 97, Norfolk, Va. 18 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Macon: I deeply appreciate your kind letter. I am now on the high road to recovery. With many thanks, Faithfully yours, M. Louis Macon, 6, Rue Gounod, Paris, France. 319 March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. McCullough: 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 M. McCullough, Box 253, Bremerton, Wash. 20March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. McCurrie: 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. Charles H. McCurrie, Alameda, Calif. 21 March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. McKean: 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 W. McKean, Parsons, Kans. 2March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Merritt: I greatly fear that I will have to speak in other states [rather than] before I speak again in Connecticut. I am to go to Hartford in June to receive a degree. I spoke twice in Connecticut last Fall. I must speak in Massachusetts, New Jersey and probably Rhode Island and many western States before I speak in Connecticut again; and I don't wish to speak any more often than I have to! With real regret, Sincerely yours, Hon. Schuyler Merritt, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 3March 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Minami: I take pleasure in returning herewith the picture you sent to Colonel Roosevelt for autograph. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Y. Minami, c/o Okura & Company, Ltd. 30 Church Street, city. 4 Marh 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Mossier: It would be perfectly useless to submit blueprints or even the motor, for my inspection as I do not know enough about things of that kind to express an opinion worth while. Further, I have no influence whatever withe the Administration. I suggest you get in communication with your Senator or your Congressman. Sincerely yours, Mr. A. Mossier, 200 West 105th Street, New York. 25[*Nowka*] March 23, 1918. Dear Gus: That's all right. You are welcome to use that. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. W. G. Nowka, 293 Central Park West, New Your City. 26 March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Noyes: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you, and after we have enjoyed the puzzles [*, *] we will send them on to the boys at the front. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Charles W. Noyes, 77 Irving Place, City. 27March 23, 1918. My dear Miss Parker: Will you look at my book called "The Foes of our own Household"? I have therein tried to set forth my conception of democracy; and you will also find it set forth in [my] the speech I am about to deliver in Maine. Faithfully yours, Miss Ella M. Parker. Waltham, Mass. 28March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Patch: That's a mighty nine letter of yours. I thank you for it and I am of course particularly pleased by what you tell me of the soldiers at the encampments. Sincerely yours, Mr. William M. Patch, Times Bldg., New York City. 29[*Renner + Roberts*] March 23, 1918. Dear Sirs: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your songs. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Renner & Roberts, 2084 East 46th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 30[*Roosevelt*] March 23 [*rd*], 1917. Dear Hall: I guess I won't act about Dr. Brewster, and I return the three letters about him. I shall never cease being pleased that you brought those men down to lunch. Your affectionate uncle. Mr. G. Hall Roosevelt, c/o General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. 31 March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Rosebault: With reference to your letter of the 12th, if I get the chance I will do it. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. J. Rosebault, The Vigilantes, 505 Fifth Avenue, City. 32March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Schenck: That's very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mrs. F. P. Schenck, 46 Halsted Street, East Orange, N. J. 5333March 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Stearns: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Annie R. Stearns, 354 Chestnut Hill Avenue, Brookline, Mass. 5334March 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Stefansson: Today I received your letters of May 17th, 1916 and Feb. 9th, 1917. I haven't the faintest idea of whether this letter will reach you or not, but I must write to tell you how greatly I appreciate hearing from you, how heartily I admire the wonderful work you have done, and how gratified I am at what you have done about Colonel Rondon. He has had no proper recognition of his really great feats, although I tried to get both the English and the American Geographical Societies to do as they ought to have done for him. My own deeds needed no special recognition. About all I would say [as] of myself is that compared with other Presidents, Prime Ministers and the like, I did some work worth doing! I do not come, as Colonel Rondon does, in the explorers class which would include you and Peary, and Amundsen, and Hansen, and Scott, and Shackleton, and Livingston, and Baker, and Spek, and Grant, and Hedin, and Swinefurth, and the other men who did the very big things. Of course I am glad I had the chance to explore an unexplored river and put it on the map. I was past middle age at the time and knew this would be the last thing of the kind I could hope to do. In my case the exploration was its own reward, but Colonel Rondon ought to- 2 - have the full recognition, which he has not received; and I shall write him at once of your just and [general] generous offer to make the lack of recognition partially good. Now, as regards the muskox. I most emphatically wish your project well, not merely as regards this war but as regards the future of the country. Our domestic animals are merely those of Asia, because it was in Asia that civilization first arose, and in consequence, as it penetrated in other continents, men found it easier to use the animals already tamed, than to tame now ones. The lama of Andes is almost the only exception. It [was] is a capital misfortune that the African eland has not been tamed. It is a capital misfortune that the Muskox has not been tamed. To tame it would mean possibilities of civilization in northern-most America, which [is] are now utterly lacking. By the way, I believe that some of the very hardy varieties of the potato that are grown by the natives in the high Andes might be used up in the north. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Harvard Club, New York City. 36March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Loan: I appreciate your letter and thank you for it. I need not tell you how I admire and respect Belgium. With all good wishes, Sincerely yours, Mr. S. Van Loan, 628West 140th Streets, New York. 7March 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Van Schaick: Colonel Roosevelt greatly regrets he cannot do that kind of thing. You have no idea how often he is asked to do that. Sincerely yours, Mr. Gerard Van Schaick, Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 8March 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Welk: Your letter of the 20th, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, asking for autographed photograph, has been received. Inasmuch as literally thousands of such requests are made during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, 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 to Colonel Roosevelt's office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Mr. John C. Welk, 362 East 72nd Street New York. 9March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Wigle: That's very kind of you. I thank you and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Alexander Wigle, Board of Elections, Mineola, N.Y. 10March 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Williams: Those are mighty nice editorials. I am very much obliged to you for sending them to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. James R. Williams, 1800 Mahautongo Street, Pottsville, Pa.March 23rd, 1918. My dear Miss Winter: Mrs. Roosevelt and I were equally pleased with your letter and with the perfectly delightful examination paper of your small pupil. Three cheers for that little Iowa boy! And, my dear Miss Winter, I wish you to understand how much touched I am by your friendliness and support. With great regard, Faithfully yours, Miss May Winter, Washington, Iowa. 2[*Caird*] March 25th, 1918. My dear Sir Andrew: Their Majesties King George and Queen Alexandra very kindly cabled Mrs. Roosevelt about me when I was in the hospital; may I trespass on your courtesy by asking you to forward the enclosed letters to them? And, inasmuch as I am thus asking you to send two letters, may I add the two to Bryce and Arthur Lee? Well - as this country refused to prepare it must now accept the ignominy of being an onlooker while your army battles for freedom. Very faithfully yours, Sir Andrew Caird, K. B. E. 681 Fifth Avenue, New York. 343March 25, 1918. My dear Mr. and Mrs. Hackett: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Hackett, 58 West 71st Street, New York City. 4March 25, 1918. Dear Mr. Holman: In accordance with your letter to Colonel Roosevelt, I gladly enclose herewith copy of a message from him to all of the men in the service of Uncle Sam. Very truly yours, Secretary. Mr. Lucian C. Holman, Camp Dodger, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 5345March 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Safford: That's such a very nice telegram of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. V. Safford, St. Louis, Mo. March 25, 918. My dear Mr. Train: I have read your book. I want to congratulate you most heartily on it, and to thank you as an American for having written it. I wish the last three chapters especially could be circulated everywhere. You are exactly right in all that you say as to the mere materialism, partly sordid, party pleasure-loving and frivolous but wholly evil, into which four years ago we were tending to sink. You are absolutely right in what you say about Germany. You are absolutely right in what you say about our duty to put this war through to the end, and to reject with scorn any proposal for a peace that will leave Germany a menace to the future [of?] the world. The above you are welcome to quote. I wish to see you on two or three points raised in your book about which it is not worth while to write you. Are you ever in New York now? Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur Train, 61 Broadway, City.March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Alexander: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you for your letter and I thank you for your courtesy in sending the book. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. F. Mattias Alexander, The Essex, Madison Ave. & 56th St., City.924 March 26, 1918. My dear Captain Bertrand: Your letter pleased Mrs. Roosevelt and myself so much that I have sent it on to Archie. I am sure it will cheer him in his hospital. Of course, what Archie has done and what he has suffered is utterly trifling, compared to what you have done and what you have suffered, and what scores of thousands of young Frenchmen like you have done and suffered. Nevertheless I am very proud of him. I am very proud of the fact that all my sons are on the other side. Naturally, it is to me a matter of the most bitter regret that America's delay in doing her duty has been such that we are not yet able to give material military aid to your countrymen and to the English. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Captain George Bertrand, Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas.4478 March 26, 1818. Dear Mr. Bosworth: That's mighty nice of you. Most certainly if I need it I will see Dr. Muckey. With high regards, Sincerely yours, Mr. William Welles Bosworth, 527 Fifth Avenue, New York.4102 March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. Bourne: Through the kindness of Mrs. Weeks I have received the helmet you knitted and the little sagre for the baby. The latter has been given to the baby and we have sent the helmet, to the Red Cross for one of our soldiers at the front. I am very much touched at your kindness, and I thank you and congratulate you for all you have been doing for the Red Cross. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Mary Bourne, c/o Mrs. William Weeks, 811 Birch Street, Richmond Hill, N. Y.2887 March 26,1918. My dear Dr. [Bremmer] Brewer: I am very much pleased at receiving your letter and I appreciate more than I can say your having taken the trouble to write it. Unfortunately, the medal has not come; but I am sure it will come. I am now on the high road to recovery, although I have to be cautious about walking yet, as any sudden movement makes me giddy. What trumps Martin and Bacon are! Let me congratulate you upon the admirable work you are doing. I have heard it from many different sources. Faithfully yours, Dr. G. E. [Bremmer] Brewer, 42nd Division, American Expeditionary Force, France.4742 March 26, 1918. My dear General Beugére: There are no letters we receive that we prize more than we do yours. At the very time that this one came, General Wood himself motored out to our house. He told me about your great kindness to him, of how he enjoyed meeting you, and of how he appreciated his reception by the French officials, military and civil, and also by the British. He also told me of the conversations to which you refer. I wish to thank you personally for all that was done for him in France. It is a grave misfortune that he was not in France from the beginning. But it is a far graver misfortune that our government has not even yet awakened to the full necessities of the situation. The collapse of Russia through the incredible wickedness and folly of the Bolsheviki has been a disaster which should have made our governmental authorities strain themselves to the limit in order to put our strength effectively back of France and England. It is I suppose very hard, in a democracy, for politicians accustomed only to the arts of party management in time of peace, to devote themselves with whole-hearted patriotic fervor and efficiency and with single-minded intensity of purpose to the needs of a great war. I hang my head with shame because2067 - 2 - now, with the great German offensive against the English Army going on, the United States is still an imponderable military element in the war. I do that little I can here to try to waken our people to a realization of their duty, but it is hard to have to confine myself to words at a time like this when only deeds should be permitted. My only comfort is that my sons and my youngest daughter's husband are in the army, and three of them are already fighting at the front. One of my sons, Archie, was rather badly wounded the other day, his arm being broken and splinter of shell going into his leg near the knee. One of your Generals gave him the Croix de Guerre while he was on the operating table. We are of course very proud of him. If you ever see M. Clémenceau, I do wish you would give him my warmest regards, and tell him of the keen admiration with which I have followed his administration of public affairs. I wish we had his twin brother as President over here! With the very highest regards, my dear General, believe me, Faithfully yours, General Baugére, 20, Avenue Rapp, Paris, France.2068 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Bulloch: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I am glad to learn of the courage with which you have borne your blindness. Pray give my regards to your wife. I think, however, you are mistaken about there being any kinship between us. My father had no sister. My mother's two brothers were James D. Bulloch and Irving Bulloch, and both have long been dead. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. D. Bulloch, c/o W. J. Mitchell, Waco Texas.5079 March 26, 1918. My dear Buxton: Your letter gave me great pleasure. I was particularly delighted to hear about your family. Will you give my love to Mrs. Buxton, and my very heartiest regards to your son and grandson? I was especially interested in your letter to the latter about his campaigning over the route of his father's and mother's honeymoon journey in Palestine. My own four sons and one son-in-law are in the army on the other side. Kermit is a Captain of light artillery, or rather of a machine gun [mounted] motor battery in Mesopotamia. The other boys are with Pershing in France. One, Archie, a Captain of Infantry, has just been wounded, his left arm being broken and a splinter of shell going into his knee. A French General gave him the Croix de Guerre. I do not feel that this country has done well, in spite of your being kind enough to say so. We would have done very well if we had had the right man as President. Wilson is a rhetorician and not an administrator, and he cannot help hoping that this war will end without further bloodshed, and so he does not bend his full energy to4776 - 2 - winning the war. I regard it as a shame and a disgrace that after we have been at war over a year we are unable to give you substantial help in the terrible battle now going on. The Russian collapse is a hideous misfortune. As for the Bolsheviki, I abhor them from every standpoint. One of Wilson's really capital blunders has been his pandering to them. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward North Buxton, Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, England.4777 March 26,1918. My dear Mr. Chapman: I believe that the Savage Arms gun would be good for the big brown bear. It is not big enough for habitual use on the rhinoceros, elephant and African buffalo under ordinary circumstances, although I have killed each of these animals with a similar weapon. Even for a brown bear I should personally prefer, if I were within 150 yards, more of a "shock" gun - of at least [?] calibre. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dick Chapman, Sherman, Tex. 688March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Charnock: That's such a very nice letter of yours that I must send you just a line of acknowledgment. I congratulate you and I congratulate Mrs. Charnock upon the record of your gallant son. Faithfully yours, Mr. G. A. Charnock, Camp Kearny, California. [*ret'd and sent to Bldg. Sec'y Bldg. #6 -*] 6768March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Clark: I hardly know how it would be possible for me to write you such a letter as that you desire. My own experience has been that it is unwise for an outsider to try to influence the people of a state as to some movement within their own state. If you have ever seen the Kansas City Star you will have noticed that I have once or twice spoken of Mr. Townley as he deserves in connection with national affairs. If you will read my Maine speech you will find I have dealt with the farmer situation, and with the Bolsheviki in direct terms [?] I have gone more at length into the farmer situation in the book published by Doran, called the "Foes of Our Own Household". Faithfully yours, Mr. P. M. Clark, Lincoln Republican League, Grand Forks, N. D. 878March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. West: With reference to your telegram of the 23rd, unfortunately colonel Roosevelt did not know your address. May I suggest that you always include your address after your signature to telegram to Colonel Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. James E. West, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York.[*Cohen*] March 26, 1918. My dear young Friend: That's a very nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Master Alan S. Cohen, 89 Landscape Avenue, Yonkers, N.Y. 348March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Cort: That's mighty nice of you, and I fully appreciate your letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. Warren L. Cort, "Cakcroft" Roosevelt, L. I. 349March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Danforth: You can procure that book at MacMillan's. Sincerely yours, Mr. Alfred C. Danforth, Shoreham, Minneapolis, Minn. 350March 26, 1918. My dear de Billier: It's mighty nice to hear from you. I am afraid that your cow punching days have kept you more fit than I at the moment am. I am particularly pleased to learn what you are doing. Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred de Billier, American Embassy, Santiago, de Chile. 351March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Dirks: In the first place let me congratulate the dear little girl whose picture with the quail you sent me. As for the subject of your letter, I hope you have read the speech I made in Maine, and I hope you will turn to the chapter on "Industrial Justice" in my book "The Foes of Our Own Household". My own views are set forth in full therein. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. N. Dirks, Fish and Game Commission, Hayward, Calif. 52March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Divine: Three cheers for the "Gas Attack" and for all my comrades at Camp Wadsworth! May you meet my four sons on the other side. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Divine, "Gas Attack" 27th Division, Camp Wadsworth, S.C. 353March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Dreher: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Julius D. Dreher, American Consulate, Colon, Panama. 354[*Dyer*] March 26, 1918. My dear Judge: Indeed, I am glad to get those proceedings. My dear fellow, I am proud of what was said of you, but I am not in the least surprised, for you are one of those Americans of whom all good Americans must feel proud. I wish that our average young men of thirty had as strong and buoyant a soul and as clear moral and mental vision as you have at 80. Always yours, Hon. D. [C.] P. Dyer, U. S. District Court, St. Louis, Mo. 55March 26, 1918. Dear Professor Eigenmann: In the first place let me say that I liked your quotation and comments; excepting, my dear fellow, that you must not give the idea that I was referring to such explorations as yours, when I commented upon the people who travel along well-beaten routes, and then glorify themselves in consequence. I don't regard my work as being anything like as difficult and dangerous as yours. Yes, I heard of that little fish, but nothing more. I am particularly glad you liked my article in the Metropolitan. I felt that it should be written, as a mere matter of justice to the immense mass of Americans of the very best type who are of German blood. At the same time, my dear Doctor, I do wish these men themselves would head the fight against semi-treasonable organizations, like the German-American Alliance. That's a capital suggestion of yours about the college students and I will see if it can't be carried out. Faithfully yours, Prof. C. H. Eigenmann, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. [?]56March 26, 1918. My dear Captain Ellicot: That's mighty nice. I thank you to the full. Faithfully yours, Captain John M. Ellicot, Navy Yard, Mare, Island, Vallejo, Calif. 357March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Emerson: Will you kindly read the enclosed and return with any suggestions by Monday next? Sincerely yours, Mr. Guy Emerson, Liberty Loan Committee, 120 Broadway, City. 358March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Ewing: I thank you for your courtesy. I am so very busy that it is not possible for me to go into anything else, not even those very interesting questions that you raise. Of course, as you know, I think our government has gravely mishandled this whole war situation. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. J. Ewing, World's Democracy League, Wichita, Kans. 59[*Ferguson*] March 26, 1918. Dear Bob: Naturally it gave me very great pleasure to receive your letter. How I do wish I could go down to New Mexico and see you! But as yet that is impossible. I fairly revelled in the two children, although I do wish I could have had them for a longer time. It seems to me they are having exactly the education and training that I would be most pleased to have my grandchildren receive. I am touched and amused by your reminiscence of Archie, as the friend of Josiah the badger. How well I remember seeing Archie with bare legs and feet coming into the library with the sulky Josiah clasped in his arms, and hissing his disapproval! Of course I am very much pleased that you should ever read my books of the old ranch days, [or] or even think of them. Those memories are very vivid in my life, and always will be. I prize what you say about my having written of the scenes so as to bring them before you now. In the next number of the Metropolitan I take up the challenge of the Administration, and I hope you will like it. I of course become gravely uneasy at times as to whether Wilson may not betray the allied cause and accept an inconclusive peace. Thank Heaven the pressure of the decent and patriotic American element against Germany 60- 2 - will grow steadily stronger, and I think this will keep Wilson straight. But I think it is a terrible and shameful thing that our delay and inefficiency as a nation, through our government, should be responsible for the fact that in the gigantic battle now waging, America could only be an onlooker while England lavishes the life blood of her sons in the common cause. Ever yours, Mr. R. H. M. Ferguson, Burro Mountain Homestead, Tyrone, N. Mex. [*Archie's left arm was broken and a shell splinter went through his knee - cap into the fibula.*] 61March 26, 1918. Dear Mrs. Finlay: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very courteous letter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Louise Finlay, 20 Laidlaw Avenue, Jersey City, N.J. 2March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Gaines: I congratulate you and I am proud of you as an American for what you have done. You have fought for the cause of this country, as well as for the cause of liberty and civilization. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edmund Gaines, c/o Mrs. Bessie G. Davis, Greenwood, Sebastian Co., Ark. 363March 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Gathany: You are welcome to use those two [articles] pieces. I should suggest, however, that instead of "the meaning of free government", that you turn in the same volume to "the right of the people to rule" and beginning with the last paragraph on page 42 go on to the end of page 45. That contains the sum of the principles for which I was fighting in 1913, for which I am fighting now, and for which I have always fought and always shall fight. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Madison Gathany, Hope Street High School, Seekonk, Mass. 364March 26. 1918. My dear Major Gordon: The book has come and I look forward to reading it. I thank you for sending it to me. I need not say wat a pleasure it was having you out to Sagamore Hill. Faithfully yours, Major Charles W. Gordon, [c/o] ("Ralph Connor",) Winnipeg, Canada. 365[*Greenway*] March 26, 1918. Dear Jack: That's a very interesting photograph of a very remarkable shell. Lord, how I wish I were with you at the front! Naturally, I am very much pleased at the report of the Inspector General, that Ted has the best battalion of the 1st division. Since you wrote, Archie has been wound broken arm and shell splinter in knee) and has been given the Croix de Guerre. Leonard Wood was out here yesterday and I had a most interesting talk with him. Thank Heaven, he has placed the real facts before the Senate Committee. I hope this drive of the Germans does not mean that we cannot really do much that [?]*] Major John C. Greenway, Engineers Division. American Expeditionary Force, France. 6March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hagaman: I have just seen your letter to the Philadelphia Record. I appreciate it and I wish to express my thanks to you for writing it. With all good wishes, Your fellow American. Mr. C. Lyle Hagaman, 3431 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 67March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hagaman: I am really very much pleased with the article by your son, and I have written him as you suggest. Faith\fully yours, Mr. Harry T. Hagaman, Lakewood, N.J. 68 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Haines: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to undertake anything additional at present. I just cannot do it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles D. Haines, Illustrious Order American Patriots, 89 Chestnut Street, New Bedford, Mass. 69March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hays: Your letter of March 23rd has just come. In Portland, Oregon, see Judge McGinn and Dr. Coe and Mr. [Newhouse] Neuhauser. In California see Chester Rowell and Myer Lissner. In the other cities I suggest that you make a point of seeing the men who were the Progressive leaders in 1912, so that they shall not feel that they are slighted. This you would however do anyway, so there is no need of my suggesting it. I suggest that you be very careful to see prominent women in all those states. Personally I have found the women often like to be summoned together with the men, and some resent being called to a meeting by themselves. This is not an invariable rule, but I have found such a condition of mind so frequently that I venture to put you on your guard about it. It is perfectly true that the women are very apt to concentrate their attention purely on the suffrage issue and prohibition, and there is very real need that we should begin to take them in to our councils generally. There is a special need for doing this in New York, where I do not think that our management at present is of the best and where the women [are for] offer a new and puzzling problem, with which old-style politicians 70- 2 - are wholly incompetent to deal. That unhung traitor, Hearst, is an element of special danger in New York. The Vigilantes are anxious to do volunteer work against him and for us, although they usually keep clear of partisan politics. I should like to introduce some of them to you when you come back. Faithfully yours, Mr. William H. Hays, Indianapolis, Ind. 71March 26,1918. My dear Hinckley: First let me thank you for your letter; and [*I must confess my*] regret [*that*] I do not know anything about that remark of Cromwell's. With best wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert Hinckley, Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C. 72 [*Hinman*] March 26, 1918. My dear Senator: I thank you for your letter. I was greatly interested in the clipping. It does me good to hear from you. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Hon. Harry D. Hinman, Binghamton, N.Y. 73 March 26, 1918. My dear Major Hirtzel: That's mighty nice of you. Will you give my regards to your wife? Of course I remember you in Nairobi; and I am glad to hear that my godson is doing well, although you will see by the enclosed that I did not get his photograph. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Major Clement Hirtzel, The Ridges, Farnborough, Hants. [*P. S. All my four sons are in the army on your side if the water; one of them has been badly wounded; two are now in the counter-drive.*] 4March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hurd: I am very much pleased that you have invited Mr. Fairchild and the other gentlemen you mention, to serve on the committee. On April 4th, can you come to the Harvard Club at 3:30 in the afternoon. Sincerely yours, Mr. R. M. Hurd, 50 Liberty Street, New York. 5 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hurley: I am sincerely obliged to you for the copy of your very interesting speech. With all that you say as to the vital need of meeting the ship situation, I of course most heartily agree, and also with the facts you point out as to the great difficulties you have to overcome in your task. As you well say, you have no responsibility whatever for our delay in appreciating the situation and beginning to grapple with it. I am not competent to speak of the details of your work. If I can help you in any way, my dear Mr. Hurley, you have only to call upon me, and I shall do my best. But I am competent to point out a small and irrelevant error in the first paragraph of your speech. I do not believe that "any military men in Berlin would have much fear of us, for this year of grace 1918," if we had the magic bridge across the ocean, of which you speak. It is true that we have the men, although not in sufficient number nor in a sufficiently advanced condition 6- 2 - of training - this being due to the character of the men in the swivel chairs of the War Department at Washington, during the first year after our entrance into the war. But we have not got the guns nor the auto-rifles nor the airplanes. At this moment we have not a field gun nor an aero- plane at the front, excepting those we have obtained from the hard-pressed French, and the same is true as regards nine-tenths of our auto- rifles or machine guns. I have earnestly wished that the energy and common sense you are putting into the shipping could also be put into some branches of our military administration. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward W. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, Washington, D. C. [?]77March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Johnston: With many of the evils of which you speak I am thoroughly familiar; but I am at wits ends how to say more than in my speeches and writings I have already said about them. Will you not look at my Maine speech, and at my book "Fear God and Take your Own Part"? Faithfully yours, Mr. E. D. Johnston, c/o P.H. & B. M. Roots Co., Connersville, Ind. 78 March 26, 1918. My dear Kauffman: I am so pleased to get your letter of March 5th. My dear fellow, you greatly overestimate my usefulness to the country. I am not sure that I am of any use at all; but I am very glad that you should think that I am! I am particularly touched by what you tell me about the feeling toward me among the enlisted men at the front. There isn't any body of men in all the United States whom I would so much like to have think well of me and believe that I represent them and [stood] stand for them. I swear by the enlisted men of the army and navy; and anything I can do on their behalf, you can guarantee that I will do. I have just seen Major General Leonard Wood. Everything that you have said was borne out by his statements. And this "drive" shows, in lamentable fashion, their accuracy. With the heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Reginald Wright Kauffman, c/o American Express Co., 11, Rue Scribe, Paris, France. [?]9March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Kojassar: That's a very interesting letter of yours. I am particularly glad to hear what you say about M. Clemenceau. I have the utmost admiration for him. I hope you [*will*] see my four boys [*while*] in France. Faithfully yours, Mr. Quam Kojassar, Private, Hq. Co. 5th, M. G. Bn. American Expeditionary Force, France. 380 March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. Kramat: Mrs. Bowman and her husband, Dr. Bowman, bore the highest reputation while in our village of Oyster Bay. It is a pleasure to testify to their good name while here. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Betty C. Kramat, 5417 Second Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1March 26, 1918. Dear Mrs. W. E. Lamb: In accordance with your request I enclose herewith Colonel Roosevelt's Autograph. Faithfully yours, Mrs. W. E. Lamb, Spragne, Nebr. 82March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. La Rue: I think that German should be excluded from the primary schools; but in the higher classes where [they] scholars are prepared for college, I should include German on the same basis with French, or Spanish, or Latin or Greek. Faithfully yours, Mr. John G. La Rue, Board of Education, Administration Bldg. Spokane, Wash. 83March 26, 1918. Dear Mrs. Lawson: I am sorry I cannot secure the information you desire. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Lena Lawson, 130 First Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 84[*Lodge*] March 26, 1918. Dear Cabot: That's a capital speech and I need not say that I agree absolutely with you. Faithfully yours, Hon. H. C. Lodge, U. S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 85 March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. London: The volume has come. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. It was most kind of you to have sent it to me. [*Good luck to you, always, *] With heartiest thanks, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Jack London, c/o MacMillan Co., New York City. 386 March 26, 1918. Dear Dr. Luce: In Colonel Roosevelt's absence from the office, occasioned by illness, I desire to acknowledge with thanks your very courteous letter. Colonel Roosevelt is going through the stage of convalescence and is improving steadily, but it will probably be several weeks before he will be able to resume his desk work fully. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. P. E. Luce, 40 Central Street, Bangor, Maine. 387March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Mahdesian: I have again and again urged that the administration make war on Turkey. [failure to do so is treachery to America and to our allies. *] I greatly regret that it is not in my power to do more. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arshag Mahdesian, The New Armenia, Flatiron bldg., City. 3888 [*Manufacturers Record*] March 26, 1918. My dear Sir: I wish with all my heart to thank you and congratulate you for the admirable [?], teaching the duty of this nation at this time in the great war, which you put on the outside of the cover of your issue of February 28th. Faithfully yours, Editor, Manufacturers Record, Baltimore, Md. 5389March 26, 1918. My dear Dean McCollister: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to write on behalf of anyone I do not know. My letters would lose all value if I did so. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Dean E. H. McCollister, 488 Harrison Street, Portland, Ore. 390March 26, 1918. My dear Major McLogan: That's a very interesting photograph and a mighty nice letter. I thank you heartily. Faithfully yours, Major E. C. McLogan, Infantry N.A. 160 Depot Brigade, Camp Custer, Mich. 391March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Menken: I wish we could accept; but I shall have just come back from Maine and I didn't venture to go in town so quickly again. I am really sorry. Good luck! Faithfully yours, Mr. S. Stanwood Menken, 52 William Street, New York City. 392[*Merritt*] March 26, 1918. Dear Lela: Would you and Reeve like to bring your friend out to lunch some day, or would you prefer for me to see him in New York? Always yours, Mrs. Reeve Merritt, 7 East 53rd Street, New York. 5393March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Moore: To answer your question as it to deserves to be answered would need for me to write pretty near a volume, - and in the first place, I cannot write a volume in a private letter, and in the next place I have already written a volume which very nearly covers my views of those two subjects. If you will get from the library my book called "The Foes of Our Own Household", published last September by Doran & Company, you will, in the middle chapters, find my view on the subjects you mention set forth in detail. Faithfully yours, Mr. Homer Moore, 4301 Lindell Bl. St. Louis, Mo. 5394March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. L. Newberg: In according with your request I enclose herewith Colonel Roosevelt's autograph. Faithfully yours, Mr. L. Newburg, Box 33, Sewaren ,N. J. 95[*Nowka*] March 26, 1918. Dear Gus: That's mighty nice of you. I am very much obliged for the exercise cards, and I am very glad to learn of your success. Give my regards to your wife and the children, and also to Dr. Farrall. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. W. G. Nowka, 293 Central Park West, City. 6March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. O'Brien: I thank you for your very kind letter and I thank you for the amusing clipping. Sincerely yours, Mr. Wm. T. O'Brien, 130 East 15th Street, New York City. 5397 [*Olson*] March 26, 1918. Dear Judge: That's fine! I was very much interested by Professor Sco[?] speech. That you will do good work goes without saying, and my dear Judge, you are one of the very few men of whom I can be absolutely sure that they will conduct themselves with entire wisdom in the delicate type of work that you have under- taken. Of course, you must let me see you before you go abroad. Faithfully yours, Judge Harry Olson, 1347 Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 5398[*Osborn*] March 26, 1918. My dear Governor: Will you tell Mr. Thompson how much I appreciate his invitation and I regret I cannot accept. If I accept any invitations for Michigan at all in the near future, it must be at Detroit, because I had to cancel my engagements there on account of my sickness. It was mighty nice of you to write me. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Hon. Chase S. Osborn, Sault de Sainte Marie, Mich. 5399 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Pike: I have just received your letter and I am immensely pleased that you are getting out the second volume of your father's work. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. Trevett Pike, 124 Audubon Avenue, New York. 400March 26, 1918; My dear Mr. Pringle: I thank you and I congratulate you on that admirable article. Faithfully yours, Mr. John D. Pringle, The Labor World, 220 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 02COLLECT DAY LETTER March 26, 1918. Mr. C. Fletcher Quillian, Secy., Cambridge, Mass. Extremely sorry but Colonel Roosevelt will only be able to speak in Portland at this time. When he does speak in Massachusetts it will necessarily have to be for the Chamber of Commerce and Pilgrim Publicity Association to make good speech cancelled because of his illness. J. M. STRICKER Secretary. 403March 26, 1918. Dear Dr. Henry B. Ryan: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Dr. Henry B. Ryan, Grace Church Rectory, 268 Second Street, Jersey City, N.J. 5404Marh 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Schad: The interview was an entire fabrication. I gave no such interview and no cause for such an article. Sincerely yours, Mr. Oscar T. Schad, 403 Hain Street, Benwood, W. Va. 5405 March 26, 1918. My dear Professor Schofield: I was genuinely interested in your allusion to the Kaiser and myself in your Chicago speech. I remember with great pleasure your visit here. When are you coming on again? Good luck to you always, Faithfully yours, Prof. William H. Schofield, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 406March 26, 1918. Dear Miss Scott: If return postage is not included in all letters when manuscripts are submitted, they are thrown away, as we suppose that the sender has kept a copy if they are valuable; and further, it would not be possible to provide filing space for the multitude of such things we receive. I am very sorry Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Evelyn C. Scott, 322 Bouquet Street, Oakland, Pittsburg, Pa. 5407March 26, 1918. My dear Dr. Sickles: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate to the full. Faithfully yours, Dr. F. S. Sickles, Mt. Vernon Avenue, Fredericktown, Ohio. 08March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Skotthy: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to advise you that while he has deep sympathy with the purpose of your program, it is a physical impossibility for him to undertake anything additional. [*With regret*] Sincerely yours, Mr. John Skotthy, Pres. Transatlantic Trust Co., Kossuth War Savings Society, 67 William Street New York City. 409 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I thank you for your kind letter. If you have followed my writings and speeches you will see that I advocate military training for all our young men between the age of 19 and 21. There should probably be some preliminary training in the schools, as in Switzerland. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. R. Smith, 302 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. [?]410March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Spencer: I thank you for your letter. I sympathize with your friend, and I am sure you know I am doing everything to help speed up the war and bring about a victorious peace. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. Loring Spencer, 217 Second St. N., St. Petersburgh, Fla. 5411March 26, 1918. My dear Comrade Stein: It seems to me that the city authorities of Kalamazoo should promptly [be removed] remove that man from office. It is of course out of the question for me myself to take notice of such a statement made under such conditions. (It has nothing in common with a published newspaper statement.) The man making it is of course a scoundrel; but under the conditions the action against him should be taken by his own superiors. Sincerely yours, Mr. Gus L. Stein, c/o Municipal Court, Kalamazoo, Mich. 412March 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Tanner: Colonel Roosevelt will be very glad to see you at the Harvard Club at 4:30 P.M. Thursday, April 4th. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Frederick C. Tanner, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. 5413March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Taylor: With reference to your letter of the 23rd, I will see you on Wednesday, Apple 3rd at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay at 5 P.M., or Thursday April 4th at the Harvard Club at 4 P.M. Sincerely yours, Mr. C. Carlisle Taylor, British Consulate General, New York, 5414March 26, 1918. Dear M. Vinogradoff: Mr. Roosevelt regrets that he is wholly unable to meet the numerous requests made upon him from total strangers. Sincerely yours, Secretary. M. Donitry Vinogradoff, 11, Place du Pantheon, Paris, France. 5415March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Voute: You do not need to be told that I am absolutely powerless with the Administration. I am sorry there is nothing whatever I can do. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Voute, 10 Wall Street, City. 5416 March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Waite: I am sorry to say that I cannot tell you anything about that matter. I don't think I ever owned a red morocco set of my writings, and I don't know whether the Emporer or anyone else owned another! Nor have I any volume containing the names of the men who own the edition. I appreciate your letter and I am glad you should have the edition. Faithfully yours, Mr. William H. Waite, Waite-Thresher Co., Bldg., Providence, R. I. 5417March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. Walker: I am greatly touched by your letter and by your sending me the volume of sermons. I regarded your h[?]d husband, Bishop Walker, as one of the best, the bravest and most disinterested citizens of our country. I honored him and I mourn his loss. I shall read the volume with real interest. With heartiest thanks and good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. William David Walker, 360 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 45418March 26, 1918. My dear Warwick: Buxton has just told me of the destruction of you house by fire. I write to express my very real sympathy. Will you give my warm regards to Lady Warwick? I am bitterly disappointed that America's entrance into the war has been so late and has been marred by such inefficiency. My four sons are in the war and one of them has already been severely wounded. Faithfully yours, Earl of Warwick, Easton, England. 45419 March 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Washburn: I appreciate your letter and I wish I could come up to see your dear father; but it is, as I am sure you will realize on thinking it over, an absolute impossibility. You have no idea of the demands made upon my time. Will you give him my very warmest regards? With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. J. R. Washburn, Brooklyn, Conn. 420March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. Weeks: That's very, very nice. Will you hand the enclosed to Mrs. Mary Bourne. I am touched by what she has done, and I appreciate your kindness very greatly. Sincerely yours, Mrs. William Weeks, 811 Birch Street, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 45421March 26, 1918. My Dear Mrs. Whitehouse: What I can do in the matter, I am not certain. Will you let me see you in Portland? Faithfully yours, Mrs. Robert T. Whitehouse, 108 Vaughan Street, Portland, Maine. 45422March 26, 1918. Dear [Mr.] Whitney: It was mighty nice of you to write me from the Rochambeau. I do wish I could have seen you before you left. Now, I can only look forward to seeing you when you get back. The Tribune pamphlet id admirable. You have put [it] your pieces into the best possible shape. I congratulate you with all my heart on the work you have done. I have just seen Major General Wood, on his return from France, and everything that you have said has been corroborated by him. This terrible German drive emphasizes in lamentable fashion the need of such work as yours. With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Caspar Whitney, c/o New York Tribune, New York City. 5423March 26, 1918. My dear Mrs. Whitney: Privately I have urged upon the Maine people exactly what you suggest. If they don't put the plank in the platform I can hardly make an allusion to it in my set speech before the Convention, but I will give an interview about it anyway. I wish I could help you more about the national amendment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, 177 Woodruff Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5424March 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Winslow: That's very kind of you. Now, will you kindly show this note to Dr. Mangasarian? You will readily see why I do not think it is desirable to make it public. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank T. Winslow, 208 S. La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. 5425March 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Worman: I will gladly see you (at my office, 347 Madison Avenue - 17th Floor) - in April or May if you can come down; or out here at Sagamore whichever you prefer. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. H. Worman, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 45426