[*Abbott*] September 16, 1918 Dear Lawrence: This will introduce to you Mr. Andre Cheradame. I am not speaking hyperbolically when I say that Mr. Cheradame has literally done more than any other man in the world to make the allied nations understand where the really vital danger from Germany lay. You have doubtless read his articles in the Atlantic Monthly. I believe he would do great work for the country [?] the columns of the Outlook. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence Abbott, 381 Fourth Avenue, City. 991 September 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Appleton: That's mighty nice of you. I greatly enjoyed your article about the Marines. My nephew has just gone over with them. I wish I could advise you about the Indians. I can only suggest that you write to George Bird Grinnell. He might be able to inform you, but why don't you go up to the American Museum of Natural History yourself? I know they have used Indian pictures in some of their mural decorations. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Caroline D. Appleton, Hotel Savoy, New York. 51September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Bates: Personally, I do not believe in giving any of the young men special privileges when they are drafted. This is exactly what is done when those with the necessary education, which means those whose parents have had the money to give them an education, are granted a special privilege of this kind. I would make every man enter into the ranks exactly on an equality with everyone also. Then from among those who had done best I would take all who desired to enter on a course of training for a commission and put them in some government institution or college. Very sincerely yours, Mr. James H. S. Bates, c/o General Hazard Stevens, Pres. Olympia Light & Power Co., Olympia, Wash.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Bowman: Sir Harry Johnston's proposed work on the Ethnography of Africa would be a work of first class importance. I do not know any American who would be apt to a great interest in it, unless perhaps John Hays Hammond. Mr. Hammond is a man of wide knowledge and he has a peculiar acquaintance with Africa. It is probable he would be genuinely interested in the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. Isaiah Bowman, American Geographical Society, New York. 3214 September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Bowman: I don't like to write Hammond or anyone else direct in the way of asking for money. Will the enclosed do any good? You can use it any way you wish. Faithfully yours, Mr. Isaiah Bowman, American Geographical Society, Broadway--156th Street New York. 395 [*Texas*] September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Brooks: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. S. P. Brooks, Pres., Waco Colon Palace Exposition, Waco, Texas. 2314 September 16, 1918. My dear General Butt: I was greatly interested in the letter and the enclosures. I am sorry to say that I entirely agree with what you say as to many of the regulars, and French officers have at different times told me exactly what you quote. With hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, General McCoskry Butt, Union Club, 5th Ave. & 51st Street, New York.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Charles: I think your letter a very fine letter. I am sending it back to you and I want you to present it with this to Mr. George W. Perkins; or if there is any difficulty about seeing him, then to the Local Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. I know they want men at the front and I believe you would do admirably. I mourn with you in the loss of your son. It is the fathers of soldiers like your son whom I believe could do best in Y.M.C.A. work, if they are not able themselves to get into the army. Faithfully yours, Mr. William H. Charles, 410 W. 18th Street, New York City. [*6772*]September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Cheradame: I gladly send you the enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mr. Andre Cheradame, 27 West 81st Street, New York City. [*6753*]September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Chickering: 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 an utter 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. Allen L. Chickering, Chairman, Liberty Loan General Speakers Com., San Francisco, Calif. 8342September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Conner: 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. Ernest L. Conner, P.O. Box 488, Lexington, Va.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Cosley: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Jean Neal Cosley, 101 W. Water Street, Troy, Ohio.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Coyle: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. George A. Coyle, Plainfield Executives' Club, Plainfield, N.J.September 16, 1918. My dear Baroness Dahlerup: 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, Baroness J. Dahlerup, Ellenton Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.September 16, 1918. My dear Mayor Estberg: I am really touched by that letter you sent me. May I through you thank Captain Martin most warmly? Tell him how deeply I appreciate what he did in reference to the grave of my son, and that through him I would like to thank his battalion. I hope to see both Captain Martin and yourself out at Sagamore Hill on some occasion in the future, so that I may thank you in person. Faithfully yours, Yon. Edward R. Estberg, Mayor, Waukesha, Wis.September 16, 1918. Dear Foulke: Of course the trouble is that I have to assail the Administration on so many issues that it is not always easy to know upon which one to lay emphasis. I will see if I can't take up this one; but don't forget that the Civil Service Reform Association will do it far more effectively than I can. Faithfully yours, Nr, Wm. Dudley Foulke, Richmond, Ind.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Gallivan: Is the enclosed all right? I hope Mrs. Gallivan got the check I sent her. Faithfully yours, Hon. James A. Gallivan, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.September 16, 1918. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I am informed that Mr. Joseph M. Connors of No. 5 Leedsville Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, the Assistant Secretary to Congressman James A. Gallivan, who is about to file an application for an appointment as Army Field Clerk. I have made inquiries about him. I believe him to be a man of character and standing and of experience such as to qualify him to do excellent work in the position he seeks. He has been for four and a half years with Mr. Gallivan. Faithfully yours, ?3September 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Gates: I thank you for your letter and I mourn with you in the death of your gallant nephew, Captain Davis. Naturally, I am touched by what you tell me of his feelings toward me. Will you not give my deepest and most respectful sympathy to his mother, Mrs. Davis? There is nothing that I can say that will comfort her, and yet the pride she must feel in the gallantry and self-sacrifice of her boy must in itself be to some extent a comfort. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Mary B. Gates, 15 West 107th Street, New York City. 4September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Grass: That's a very nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I have taken the liberty of sending it to Mr. Hays. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Grass, 690 Lafayette Street, Denver, Colo. 5September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Hance: In the first place let me express my sympathy for you in the death of your boy. Now, as to the other matter, I am absolutely powerless. I have no weight whatever with the Administration, and I cannot make requests. There is absolutely nothing I can do, except to refer you to the government officials. Faithfully yours, Mr. Irwin H. Hance, Lakewood, N.J. 6September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Hardy: I very deeply appreciate your letter and I appreciate that article. I wish I could express my appreciation in warmer manner. With renewed and hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. William N. Hardy, Boston Press Club, 2 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 7September 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Harper: In the quotation you attribute to me you omit the three opening words, which were "I trust that". You write to me contrasting the record of the Republican and Democratic Parties in the Senate, on suffrage. You infer that the Democrats have done better than the Republicans. Of course this is unintentional on your part, for you know that the percentage among the Republicans has been better than the percentage among the Democrats on this issue. You also speak of "the difference between the promise and the performance of the Republican Party." You of course also know that this difference is infinitesimal, as compared to the difference between the promise and the performance of the Democratic Party. This letter is written to you personally and no public use is to be made of it. Yours truly, Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, Woman Suffrage Commission, 171 Madison Avenue, City. P.S. Now as to Senator Lodge. This is war time. Winning the war is the great [?] -- and all patriotic women will put it far ahead of woman suffrage as I do, and I speak as an ardent suffragist. At this time Senator Lodge's [?time] as leader emphatically identifies the Republican Party with winning [?the] war, and is heartily to be commended by every patriotic American [?man] or woman.September 16, 1918. My dear Judge Head: 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 an utter 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, Judge R. L. Head, Hotel Statfield, Bridgeport, Conn. 79September 16, 1918. Dear Herman: I have received the proof sheets and have nothing to suggest. I am exceedingly touched and pleased with the dedication of the book. Now, I don't think it necessary for you to send me any further proofs, unless you think there is something I ought to say. I suggest that you merely send me the proofs relating to matters after I left the Presidency, and after I returned home from my African trip. I am very much pleased with the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. Herman Hagedorn, Fairfield, Conn. 80September 16, 1918. Harvard Club, New York. Gentlemen: Colonel Roosevelt will want a room in which to dress, next Wednesday afternoon, September 18th, at about 4 o' clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary. 81September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send you the enclosed letter from Mr. Grass for your information. Will you be good enough to return it for our files after you have read it? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. P.S. I also enclose letter of Henry Moskowitz. 82September 16, 1918. My dear Governor Hobby: 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 an utter 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. I hate to answer thus; for I have a very warm feeling for the Lone Star State. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am. Faithfully yours, Hon. W. P. Hobby, Governor, Austin, Tex. 83September 16, 1918. PRIVATE My dear Mr. Irvine: I am very much interested (and much edified!) by your letter and by the enclosure. Am I correct in gathering that LaFollette is a Congressman? Is he a Republican or a Democrat -- I mean nominally? The American Defense Society or National Security League should deal with this case. Faithfully yours, Mr. Leigh H. Irvine, Walla Walla Bulletin, Walla Walla, Wash. 4September 16, 1918 My dear Mr. Jackson: That's such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. S. Jackson, Warsaw, Mo. 5September 16, 1918. My dear Madam: I wish I could as you desire; but my dear Mrs. Janeway, the reason that letters from me have some value is that I only write about those whom I personally know. If I wrote of those whom I do not know, no matter how good these persons may be, my letter would cease having any value whatever. I am very sorry Faithfully yours, Mrs. H. T. Janeway , 17 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick , N. J. 6September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Jessup: That's very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. A. Jessup, Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N. Y. 7[*file Johnson*] September 16, 1918. Dear Sir: I have received a letter obviously from you but unsigned, You say that there is no need for any kind of public discussion between us. My own interest in writing you of course was the public interest. You are welcome to publish my letter if you desire. I shall not publish yours; but if I think it is desirable to publish my own I shall do so. You state "The world by an enormous majority entirely differs from you". You do not state that this is your belief. You make it as a naked statement of fact. I doubt whether you are entitled to speak with such dogmatic confidence that you represent the "enormous majority" of the world. You say that the President's Lusitania message "to most people of real information or thinking power made it certain that nothing but a speedy end of the war could keep us out of it". You thereby assert either that President Wilson had no "real information or thinking power", or else that he knew we were certain to go to war - for the war did not end speedily. Therefore you say that President Wilson kept us totally unprepared, in spite of the fact that he knew we were certain to get into the war! This statement of yours 82 also brands as hypocritical every man who by speech or by silence acquiesced in the re-election of President Wilson on the "he kept us out of war" issue. It is of course absurd to say as you do that this statement about the "he kept us out of war" issue being the issue of the campaign "emanates from pro-German sources" unless you mean that the President and all his most prominent supporters were pro-German. It was the predominant issue in the campaign. The Democratic National Convention was a howling peace-at-any-price body. The most successful speakers for the President were most successful when they raised this issue. You say that we were not ready to enter the war at an earlier date, and give as your reason that more than a hundred of my party in Congress voted "for a dastardly pro-German resolution". Evidently you refer to the resolution introdused by a Democratic Congressman which Henry Ford so ardently championed; in spite of which championship President Wilson has been urging that he be elected to the United States Senate. I at the time strongly opposed the resolution in question. The resolution however was based on an official note of Mr. Wilson's Secretary of State, issued with Mr. Wilson's authority, as expressing his views. Mr. Wilson then turned a somerset on this matter, as on so many others. But the damage he had done remained, and a number of 89- 3 - Congressmen, championing his former view, took wrong action in consequence. You have given your opinion about the country not being ready for war when the Lusitania was suck. In return I give you mine. The country was absolutely ready and eager for immediate action when the Lusitania was sunk. If the President had then taken the action which he did two years later, this country would have been more completely united for the war than it was in the actual fact. Every charge you make against any Republican politician is a charge which it is inexcusable for you to make without accompanying it by the statement that it was President Wilson himself who was primariyl to blame for the nation's failure to act as its duty and self-respect demanded, during the two and a half years before we entered the war, and especially during the twenty-three months following the sinking of the Lusitania. Yours truly, Prof. W. H. Johnson, Denison University, Granville, Ohio. 90September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Johnstone: 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 an utter 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. Calder Johnstone, 385 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 91September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Kyriakides: If you will call at the office at about 12 o'clock on Friday, the 27th, Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. N. G. Kyriakides, Hotel Netherlands, 5th Ave. & 59th St., New York. 2September 16, 1918. My dear Loder: I thank you for your letter and I appreciate it. I mourn with you in the loss of your son. I am more fortunate than you, because I still have three other sons left. Two of them have been wounded. You and I have the great consolation that nothing in the world would have tempted us to wish our sons a different part from that which they actually played. Faithfully yours, Sir Edmund Gile Loder, Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex, England. 593September 16, 1918. My dear Father Lyons: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for mentioning Quentin in your Mass. Now, as to your other question. The answer is simple. Germany has done to Belgium what Cromwell did to Ireland in the middle of the Seventeenth Century. I would be the last to say that this would mean that in the event of a total change in conditions two centuries and a half hence, Belgium should align herself against Germany if Germany then happened to be facing a hideous and brutal world foe of liberty. We have to deal with the exigencies of the generation in which we live. Daniel O'Connell denounced the Americans of his generation for keeping slaves. He was quite right. But it would be an absurdity for Irishmen today to be hostile to America, because my grandfather's generation kept slaves. It is just as wicked to give aid and comfort to Germany at this time because of misdeeds of Englishmen in Ireland two and a half centuries ago. As you know, I have always been a Home Ruler. But to compare the failure of Englishmen to give Home Rule to Ireland with what Germany has done in Belgium is not merely silly, but dishonest. Faithfully yours, Rev. John E. Lyons, Newport, Wash. 594September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Maines: I think you are entirely right to enter the service as a private. From your account, you evidently committed a very grave error in your attitude of favoring Germany prior to the time that diplomatic relations were broken off. At the same time, according to your statement, you did no more than many public men, who now are accepted as being absolutely loyal. If, as I have no doubt, the statements you make are true, I would be entirely willing to have you in any force I commanded, and would regard your loyalty as all right. I therefore most heartily approve of your trying at all hazards to get into the army and go over seas to fight the Germans. Faithfully yours, Mr. George H. Maines, Flint, Mich. 5September 16, 1918. My dear General Malcolm: As I understand it, Colonel Jamieson has advocated substantially that plan. Of course, it would need governmental action here; and unfortunately I am not able to be of any assistance in influencing the government. Faithfully yours, Brig. Genl. H. Malcolm, 10, Calverly Park, Tunbridge, Wells, England.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Maxwell: I am touched and pleased by your letter. I am going to put it among the letters we have kept about Quentin. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. A. Maxwell, General Secy. Y. M. C. A. Malden, Mass.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Metcalfe: I am very deeply touched by what you tell me. Just before writing this letter, I write one saying I did not care for certain proposed memorial to Quentin; but there isn't any memorial to him which his mother and I would so appreciate, or which he himself would have so appreciated, as just this particular act by your Oklahoma contributor. Will you thank him most warmly for me and say that nothing could have touched or pleased us more? Faithfully yours, Mr. James S. Metcalfe, "Life" 17 West 31st Street, City.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Miller: 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 an utter 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 regret, I am Faithfully yours, Hon. C. B. Miller, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.September 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Miller: I am very much pleased with your letter and very much pleased with your sermon. It comes to me that it is entirely proper to start a Zionist State around Jerusalem, for the same reasons that make me earnestly hope to see Armenia made a separate state. But where this has been done American citizens of Jewish faith who expect to remain Americans and be treated as Americans must behave exactly as it will be proper for American citizens of Armenian origin to behave in reference to the new state of Armenia. The Zionist who lives in the new state at Palestine will be a citizen of that state and as emphatically a foreigner to the American of Jewish faith as, for example, the German who belongs to the Reformed Church is to me who also am a member of the Reformed Church. It is entirely proper for the Zionists who feel that they are not Americans, nor Englishmen, nor Frenchmen to establish a state of their own (in which of course I take it for granted there will be full religious freedom, exactly as there is in the United States). But the American who is a Jew, precisely like the American who is a Catholic or Protestant, will stay an American; and he will have no more kinship to the new- 2 - foreign state than the American Catholic and Protestant have to foreign states that are Catholic or Protestant. Insofar as Judaism is a creed, as is Christianity, the American Jew & the American Christians must stand on [?] equality of right & of obligation. Those who trust Judaism are much [?e], & who desire to help found a [?] state in Palestine might in my judgement, to be [?isted] to do so; but the citizens of that state will [?] become as emphatically foreigners to good Americans [?] are Jews as to good Americans who are Christians - as is true [?] in [?ence] to other foreign state, [?ch] as Germany or Turkey. Very truly yours, Rabbi Julian H. Miller, R.F.D.#1, Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Tenn.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Moskowitz: I am immensely pleased with your letter. The trouble is that so many worthy people, who like to think of themselves as "progressive," do not understand that it is a crime against the right type of laboring man to coddle the wrong type. In other words, treat the man of money and the man of labor on a exact equality. I am very much pleased with your letter and I am going to bring it to the attention of Mr. Hays. It is fine that you are doing your part in the shipyards. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry Moskowitz, Submarine Boat Corporation, P. O. Box 456, Newark, N. J.September 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Neely: I thank you for your letter and I appreciate what your son Donald said of Quentin's grave. I heartily congratulate you on what your four sons are doing. I send them my regards and expression of my admiration. With high regard, Faithfully yours, Dr. John R. Neely, Asst. Health Officer, Spokane, Wash.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Noble: I wish you would send me testimony from your superiors and associates about the work you have done in the War Camp Recruiting Service. That is the only way in which I would be able to be of the least assistance to you. I cannot make recommendations for appointments, all I can do is point out the military fitness of the man for military work, and to do this I must have full information. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Noble, Military Training Camps Assn., McAlester, Okla.September 16, 1918. My dear Miss O'Reilly: First let me thank you deeply for the personal touch in your letter about Quentin. Next, as to that book. I now remember the incident only vaguely. I think that I was not in time to prevent the excision of certain lines in the English preface; but the preface to the American edition was all right. At the moment I felt I was being misrepresented and was angry, but so much water has flowed under the bridge since that time that I don't even remember what it was all about! Faithfully yours, Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Prince George Hotel, New York. 05 September 16, 1918. Dear John: That's mighty nice of you. I don't think Archie is suffering from shell shock. On the contrary, his nerves are much better than I believed. If he got a chance to go anywhere I can't imagine anything more delightful than going to your house. Three cheers for John and Tom! I am almost as proud of them as you are. They are typical of what is best in American life. Faithfully yours, Col. John M. Parker, 816 Union Street, New Orleans, La.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Pennington: Is the enclosed all right? Faithfully yours, Mr. E. Pennington, P. O. Box 1037, Houston, Tex.September 16, 1918. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Mr. E. Pennington of San Antonio, Texas, was in my regiment in the Spanish War. He did gallant and efficient work. He was one of the men upon whom I could rely. If I had had the power and had been given the chance to raise a division I should as a matter of course have given him an opportunity to enter among those who would try for an officer's commission in that division - I would have to investigate his physique before seeing whether it would be for the line or the staff, as twenty years have elapsed since he served in my regiment. I understand he has had fine business experience in the grain and feed business during these twenty years. I am inclined to think that on account of his age and having in mind both his previous experience and his experience in the grain and feed business he would do best with the Quartermaster's Dept. It is a pleasure to give him this recommendation. Faithfully yours,COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 16, 1918. Mr. George Wharton Pepper, Finance Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. I am awfully sorry but it just is not possible. I am trying to speak in states where I have not recently spoken. I am really sorry. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Peterson: Both Mrs. Roosevelt and I were really delighted with your son's letter, and all the more so because it was so evidently written just for the family circle, to whom it was addressed. I took an immediate fancy to your son, and naturally also to his whole family, when he told me the record which that family was making in the war. Faithfully yours, Mr. F. W. Peterson, Hale House, 6 Garland Street, Boston, Mass.September 16, 1918. Dear Judge: Three cheers for the boxer! I thoroughly enjoyed that letter. Lord, what sons you have. My dear Judge, I say quite sincerely that you and they embody the very type of Americanism I like to think of when I use the name American. Faithfully yours, Judge Eugene A. Philbin, 51 Chambers Street, New York.September 16, 1918. Dear Dr. Preston: Colonel Roosevelt has just called me up to [????] me that his man Amos will accompany him on his Baltimore trip, and to the west. Just day coach accommodations are required for Amos, and Mrs. Roosevelt wished me to say that she would be entirely willing to come back from Baltimore Sunday afternoon in a Pullman chair car. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. T. J. Preston, Jr. National Security League, 19 West 44th Street, New York.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Quinn: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Quinn, Secy. Grain Dealers National Assn., Toledo, Ohio.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Rodgers: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I am really interested in the editorial you enclose coming from the paper it does. I wish you would get in touch with Mr. John T. King of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who is the Republican National Committeeman from Connecticut and a very staunch friend of mine. Faithfully yours, Mr. Oliver Rodgers, La Jolla, Calif.September 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Schuyler: I am sorry to say that I am absolutely helpless to do as you desire. I have no influence with the Administration. I never under any circumstances ask for the appointment of anyone. Faithfully yours, Rev. Phillip Schuyler, 121 State Street, Portland, Maine.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Mayor: That's very kind of you to write me. Now, have you been nominated in the primaries? Of course as you know, I cannot take part in matters of this kind in the primary fights. Even as regards the election I have to consult Mr. Hays. You see there are literally hundreds of requests to me to write letters for candidates and I must be able to differentiate sharply, so as to show why in any particular case I do so. I very rarely write letters, and I have to confine myself, as a rule, to my general endorsement of Republican candidates. Will you communicate at once with Mr. Hays in the matter? Faithfully yours, Hon. George N. Seger, Mayor, Passaic, N. J.September 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Sherrill: I am genuinely obliged to you. Will you thank your husband, Colonel Sherrill, for me? What he describes is very touching. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mrs. C. O. Sherrill, 221 West 53rd Street, Kansas City, Mo.September 16, 1918. My dear Colonel Sherwood: Would Friday, the 27th, suit you for me to take lunch? Faithfully yours, Lt. Col. Walter A. Sherwood, Chief of Surgical Service, Columbia War Hospital, New York City. 618September 16, 1918. My dear General Sibert: I think Joe Alsop, after all, will try for an Officers Training Camp, and go in as a private if he can't get a commission. He wants to get into the war somehow. I am delighted to learn about the gas. Oh, Lord, I wish that our civilian people would have heeded our best military authorities and tried to get ready in time! If you, or some man like you, had been started doing the gas work the minute we broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, I verily believe the German drive would have been halted as soon as it began last March. I know it would have been halted if we had acted in the same way along other lines of effort also. With heartiest good wishes, Faithfully yours, General Wm. L. Sibert, Surgeon General's Bldg., 7th and B Streets, Washington, D. C.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Silver: That's an extremely kind letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry Silver, Hotel Whiting, Berlin, Wis.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Taylor: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. You have every right to be proud of the record of your gallant sons. Will you thank Mrs. Taylor for me? Faithfully yours, Mr. Cadet Taylor, 282 Investment Bldg., Pomona, Calif.September 16, 1918. My dear Captain Tritton: That's a mighty nice letter of yours and I am glad to hear from you. I have just written Leslie Tarlton and sent him $500. from the Nobel Peace Prize Fund, for any allied war activities in British East Africa. I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Capt. Claude H. Tritton, Army Services Corps, Supplies, No. 2, Base B, E, F, France. P.S. In addition to my son who has been killed two others have been wounded.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Tucker: I am very sorry but it is not possible to accept your very kind invitation. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. John F. Tucker, 25 West 42nd Street, New York.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. Tyler: Naturally you have no conception of the demands upon my time. I am sorry but it just is not possible for me to comply with your request. On Wednesday evening of this week I am to make a few remarks covering just the situation. If they have a stenographer present and take down what I have to say, I would be very glad to have you take extracts therefrom. Sincerely yours, Mr. Robert Tyler, War Community Service, Indianapolis, Ind. 4September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Vikla: I thank you for your very kind letter. My son is being treated by an eminent specialist. With renewed thanks and appreciation, Faithfully yours, Mr. John P. Vikla, Lonsdale, Minn.September 16, 1918. Dear Mr. von Schierbrand: If you will call at the office on Wednesday, the 18th, at about 12 o'clock, Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to see you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Wolf von Schierbrand, 351 West 57th Street, New York City.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Wanamaker: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, but my dear sir, I don't like to send any further introductions to General Pershing. I was very doubtful whether I ought to do so in the case of Dean Beekman, although I think there I was justified. I do not believe it would be well, in the case of a painter, to make the request. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Rodman Wanamaker, New York.September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Ware: That's mighty nice of you. I look forward to receiving the book. You are more than kind. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard D. Ware, Amherst, N. H. P. S. The book has come. Three Cheers! I loved it, "At the Store", "The Phrase-Makers" - I like them all!September 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Wiecker: That is exceedingly kind of you. But I send the telegram back to you, because you will preserve it and I am afraid I would not. The first time I get a cancelled check, I will send it to you as you request. Faithfully yours, Mr. Otto Wiecker, 110 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 51629September 16, 1918. My dear Bishop Wilson: I very much appreciate your note and the flowers. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Bishop L. B. Wilson, 12, Rue d'Aguesseau, A.E.F. Y.M.C.A. Paris, France.[*Wood*] September 16, 1918. Dear Leonard: I will write that article at once. and I can do it without complicating you at all, or complicating anyone else. Archie deeply appreciated your telegram, and I was greatly interested at his casually mentioning that you were the one man pre-eminently fitted to do the [??????] work abroad. He thinks highly of Pershing, as of course he ought to and I should not encourage him to do anything else. He thinks even more highly of Harbord. But I found that he quite simply accepted you as the really great man in our army. He said he thought the [?hauteat?] treatment in this war had been meted out to you and to myself. I told him what had been done to me was a mere nothing, compared to what had been done to you. I will take up the Outlook matter and see what I can do with them. The trouble of course is that hardly any Editor, excepting Harvey and Van Valkenberg venture to speak the truth, as it should be told. I am quite unable to understand Albert Shaw's position. Ever yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Abelman: It is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. I am already committed to several speeches, and I just cannot attempt anything additional. I will gladly send you an autographed copy of that speech if we have any additional copies. Faithfully yours, Mr. Max Abelman, 12 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Andrews: Will you please communicate in writing what it is you desire to see me about? I am very, very busy. Sincerely yours, Mr. M. Andrews, 3310 Warfield Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.September 17, 1918. My dear Lt. Brassoltz: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. Never think again of the other letter you wrote me; I shall not. I am going to further develop the very thought upon which you insist, in an article which I am writing for the Metropolitan Magazine. With hearty good wishes I sign myself A very sincere and devoted friend to Russia, Lt. Boris Brassoltz, 1st Infantry Regt. Russian Guard, 33 West 84th Street, New York City.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Cobb: That's mighty nice of you. I very sincerely appreciate the information you give me. Am I at liberty to send your letter to Charles Anderson? With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. James A. Cobb, 609 F Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 6998September 17, 1918. My dear Miss Cunings: I am very much touched and pleased by the clipping you enclosed, and I thank you warmly for your courteous thoughtfulness. I am sorry the Major has since been wounded. Will you give him my warm regards? What a wonderful record his division has made. Faithfully yours, Miss Frances L. Cunings, 722 Clifford Street, Flint, Mich. 8688September 17, 1918. My dear Captain Carson: I have only time to send you a line of hearty thanks for your letter. It was my son Quentin who was killed. Archie and Ted have been seriously wounded. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Captain Edwin F. Carson, Nigeria Regiment, Lagos Nigeria, West Africa. 2September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Carter: I very gravely doubt whether it is wise for me to make political speeches for candidates this fall. I am keeping in the closest touch in this matter with Mr. Hays. Of course the trouble is that if I make a speech in one case I have to make speeches in fifty others. Will you take the matter up with Mr. Hays? I most earnestly hope for your success in West Virginia. Faithfully yours, Mr. O. C. Carter, Middlebourne, W. Va. 33September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Cole: The thing to do is to win the war - speed it up and win it. Sincerely yours, Mr. George N. Cole, 1328 Broadway, New York. 34September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Corbett: I thank you for your letter, but my dear sir, I could not give you an opinion worth while without some study, and it just is not possible for me to undertake anything additional at the moment. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mr. L. O. Corbett, Bucyrus, Ohio. 5September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Danforth: That's very kind of you. Archie is under the care of eminent specialists, and he hopes to be cured in time for the spring fighting. Faithfully yours, Mr. Alfred C. Danforth, Soo Line, Minn. 6September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Deal: It is not possible for me to write letters of that kind unless I am personally acquainted with the fitness of a person for the position sought. Faithfully yours, Mr. John M. Deal, 5406 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 37September 17, 1918. Dear Mrs. Dingley: Colonel Roosevelt is exceedingly sorry, but of course he is not able, of his own knowledge, to testify to what you desire. He would believe that the fact of you having a son in the service and the production of letters from your husband, and Editor, would be amply sufficient. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, 1151 Washington St., So. Braintree, Mass. 38September 17, 1918. Dear Mrs. Duncan: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the patch and I enclose it herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. A. C. Duncan, Lintner, Ill. 39September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Edwards: I cannot write to endorse anyone for a government position, and if I did it would do no good. I suggest that you show this letter to Mr. Shannon. From the tone of your letter I should say you are exactly the type of man for that kind of work. I do not know you personally. I know your sister and your family, and from my knowledge of them I am confident you would do admirably in any such position in which you are put. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles S. Edwards, 18 Philip Street, Haverhill, Mass. 40September 17, 1918. Dear Mr. Garner: I am sending the enclosed letter from Mr. A. H. Leimbach. Do you know anything relative to the marked paragraph? Sincerely yours, Mr. George Garner, 307 Riggs Bldg., Washington, D. C. 1September 17, 1918. Dear Mr. Greene: Captain Roosevelt desires me to thank you and to express his regret in not being able to accept your very kind invitation. Sincerely yours, Secretary to Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. G de B. Greene, Cherry Valley, N. Y. 42September 17, 1918. Dear Mr. Guess: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your letter and the cards you enclosed, and I am returning the thrift stamp card you sent him. He has contributed heavily in all the war loans, and will continue to subscribe as in the past in bulk amounts. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W. E. Guess, Jerome, Ariz. 643September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Guggenheim: I am much pleased that I am able to come to that dinner. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, Hempstead House, Port Washington, L. I. 644 September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Hagerty: I wish I could be of assistance to you, but I am absolutely helpless. Only governmental authorities can act in such a case. Faithfully yours, Mr. Paul J. Hagerty, 1000 N. Perry Avenue, Peoria, Ill. 645 September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Harper: Indeed, I do not know. I cannot understand the situation, and I have received numerous letters such as yours. Unfortunately there is nothing whatever I can do in the matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. H. Harper, The Salina Journal, Salina, Kans. 646September 17, 1918. Dear Mr. Higginson: Good for Harvard '74! Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward Higginson, Fall River, Mass. September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Johnson: All I can suggest is that Mr. Sweeney get in touch with his Congressman. Unfortunately, I am powerless to do anything. Faithfully yours, Mr. Oscar F. Johnson, New Suffolk N.Y. 648September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Jones: I am very sorry, but of course you understand it would not be possible for me to give letters to people with whose fitness for the position sought I am not personally acquainted. Otherwise, my letters would be valueless. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ivor H. Jones, U. S. A. Debarkation Hosp. #1, Ellis Island, N. Y. 649September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Judd: Good for you! Either the circulation of [?????] of that kind should be stopped, or else our own people should publish statements to offset such preposterous falsehoods. Faithfully yours, Mr. Glenn L. Judd, Y.M.C.A. Marcy Ave. & So. 9th St. Brooklyn, N. Y. 0September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Kelley: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Albert Tevis Kelley, 45 East 82nd Street New York.September 17, 1918. Dear Dr. Kernachan: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind letter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. W. J. Kernachan, Milners Drug Store, Florence, Ala. 52September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Knowles: Mrs. Roosevelt and I are equally pleased and touched by your card. We send our very warmest greetings to little Theodore Roosevelt Knowles and to his dear mother. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. L. Knowles, c/o N. W. Ayer & Sons, 3rd & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 53September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Lamberton: If I had any such photograph, I would gladly send you one. But we only have three or four, and these we must keep for ourselves. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles H. Lamberton, 240 Webster Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y. 4September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Leimbach: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I will look into the matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. H. Leimbach, Bank of Vermillion, Vermillion, Ohio. 5September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Lockwood: That is a matter where governmental authorities only can act. You of course [????] not be told that I have no influence whatever with the Administration. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Harnette I. Lockwood, 273 N. Main Street, Springfield, Mass. 6 September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Luke: On behalf of Mrs. Roosevelt and myself I desire to express my thanks and deep sense of obligation to you for your kind and thoughtful courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Harvey Y. Luke, Pres. National Medal Company, Drexel Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 7September 17, 1918. Dear Miss Lyon: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind letter with enclosure, and to say that he is extremely busy but he hopes he may find time to read your enclosure as you request. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Belle G. Lyon, Ojai, Ventura Co. Calif. 8September 17, 1918. Dear Miss Marshall: Colonel Roosevelt is very sorry, but it is not possible for him to undertake anything additional. With very real regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Florence G. Marshall, 7 West 108th Street, New York City. 9September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. MacMillin: I am very much obliged to you, and I appreciate your sending me the patriotic button. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles M. MacMillin, 20 No. Washington Street, Boston, Mass.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Murray: I thank you for your courtesy, but so very many similar requests are made of me that it just is not possible to comply with them. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. W. H. Murray, The MacMillin Co., 64 Fifth Avenue, City.September 17, 1918. Dear Mrs. Nellis: Colonel Roosevelt is very sorry, but unfortunately there is nothing whatever he can do in matters of that kind. I am returning herewith the papers you enclosed. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Laura Knight Nellis, Meadowdale, Wash. 62September 17, 1918. My dear Senator: I wish I could accept. I hate to refuse any invitation from you, but it just is not possible for me to undertake anything else now. I am engaged up to the handle. In making my schedule I am consulting with Mr. Hays. With real regret, and hearty thanks, and all good wishes always my dear Senator, I am Faithfully yours, Hon. Knute Nelson, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.September 17, 1918. My dear Miss Perkins: I do not believe my son is in a position to have your request granted. You should communicate with the Commanding Officer. Major Roosevelt himself has twice been wounded, and at the moment is convalescing from the last wound. Faithfully yours, Miss Ellen G. Perkins, 3021 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 64September 17, 1918. My dear Capt. Petavel: I thank you for your courteous letter, and look forward to receiving the book. Faithfully yours, Capt. J. W. Petavel, 1, 2 & 4 Nandalal Bose Lane, Baghbazar, Calcutta. 63September 17, 1918. My dear Miss Porter: I would very much like to see both you and Miss Hay at my home Sagamore Hill at 5 o'clock in the evening either on the 19th or the 20th. Will you kindly advise by telegram which of the days you will come? Faithfully yours, Miss Florence C. Porter, Aroostock County, Caribou, Maine. [*Hotel Seville*] 6September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Robertson: That's very kind of you. I thank you and much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Dill Robertson, Room 1511, 105 West Monroe St., Chicago, Ill. 7September 17, 1918. Dear Eleanor: This is to introduce Mrs. Frederic Tuttle of Cincinnati, a descendant of the Revolutionary Muhlenberg's. She is looking at things in just the right way! She wishes to write about our army for the Ladies' Home Journal or the Saturday Evening Post. Will you give her whatever aid you can? Affectionately yours, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 29 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. 8September 17, 1918. My dear Lt. Sedgwick: I am particularly pleased with your letter, and I want to compliment you on the clearsightedness with which you see the needs of the situation and the danger of a false move - especially a move dictated by a false sentimentality. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Lt. Robert Sedgwick, Jr., Hdqr. Southern Department, Aviation Examining Board, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Shaw: I agree with you that it is absolutely indefensible for us not to have made war on Turkey. I am interested in what you say about Mexico and I have no doubt it is true. Of course, if we had done our duty in that country four years ago, it would be consumed with friendliness to us at this moment! Faithfully yours, Mr. S. F. Shaw, 226 Argyle Avenue, San Antonio, Tex.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Starr: I am very much touched and pleased by what you have written me. What a fine fellow Mr. McConaughy must be. With thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Starr, Y.M.C.A. 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.September 17, 1918. Dear Julian: I like your note. We look forward to seeing your dear wife and you at Sagamore Hill whenever you come back to New York. Faithfully yours, Mr. Julian Street, Norfolk, Conn. 2September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Tichenor: That's mighty nice of you. I thank you, and appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Lillie B. Tichenor, Lynbrook, L. I.September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Tuttle: I take pleasure in sending the enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Frederic Tuttle, 3011 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.September 17, 1918. Dear Mrs. Van Riper: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very courteous letter, and he directs me to state that his son is being treated by an eminent specialist. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Lillie M. Van Riper, 110 West 40th Street, New York. Room 1704.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Wagoner: That's mighty kind of you. I thank you. My son is under treatment on advice of the Surgeon General. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. E. Wagoner, 187 Sherman Street, Albany, N. Y. 6September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Wahl: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. T. W. Wahl, 208 Lonsdale, Bldg., Duluth, Minn.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Wilson: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I am really touched by that letter of Mr. Kilgour. If you ever come across him, I wish you would thank him for me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Samuel B. Wilson, 543 Calvert Bldg., Baltimore, Md.September 17, 1918. My dear Mrs. Wilson: Only governmental authorities can act in matters of that kind. I have no influence whatever with the Administration. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mrs. W. Reynolds Wilson, 1709 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 9September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Gallivan: I can imagine nothing more absurd than anyone venturing to challenge your loyalty. If ever there was a straight-out good American of the right type, you are the man. You have shown your loyalty not only in the present crisis, but just as long as I have known you or anything about you. I wish to repeat, if ever there was a 100% American throughout the present crisis, it is you! Faithfully yours, Hon. James Gallivan, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 0September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Gash: I thank you for your letter and I thank you for your poem. Will you give my warm regards to your gallant boy? Faithfully yours, Mr. A. D. Gash, 118 N. La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.September 18, 1918. My dear Mrs. Hillman: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but it just is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. You have no idea how very, very busy I am. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Clara Thackeray Hillman, 251 West 93rd Street, City. 82September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. James: That's a very amusing clipping. I will be very glad to see those men whenever you choose to have them come on, but it had better be after the middle of October, when I return from my Liberty Loan campaign, unless they can come out some afternoon next week before Friday. Faithfully yours, Hon. Frank James, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Leahy: I thank you for your letter, and I am glad to get this copy of your poem, although I already had a copy, which I value much. Good luck always! Faithfully yours, Mr. F. T. Leahy, 605 Seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 4September 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Moore: Again we are taking advantage of your kindness. I enclose copy of Colonel Roosevelt's speech to be delivered at Baltimore on the 28th, and if we could have about 150 copies right away, we could be very, very thankful. With kindest regards to you, Sincerely yours, Mr. Alex P. Moore, Pittsburgh Leader, Pittsburgh, Pa.September 18, 1918. My dear Miss Perkins: I am deeply touched by the action of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, and through you I wish to thank the members of the organization. With very deep appreciation, Faithfully yours, Miss Mertie Aldrich Perkins, 130 Grove Street, Augusta, Maine.[*Root*] September 18, 1918. Dear Elihu: In the Liberty Loan here in New York, I am to speak at the Liedercrantz Club for the Liberty Loan Committee Association, Mr. Ludwig Nissen, Chairman. The Liberty Loan Committee want you to speak somewhere. It is not fair that I should suffer pain and you escape it. I shall expect you to speak somewhere! Always yours, Hon. Elihu Root, 31 Nassau Street, New York.September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Stinson: 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. Richard D. Stinson, Atlanta Normanl & Industrial Institute, 348 Griffin St., Atlanta, Ga.September 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Sulzer: I thank you for your letter of sympathy, and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Hon. William Sulzer, 115 Broadway, City.September 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Uchida: Colonel Roosevelt will be very glad to have you call at his home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay on Thursday, September 19th, at 5:30 o'clock. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. S. Uchida, Hotel Plaza, 59th St. & 5th Avenue, New York. [*von Schierbrand*] September 18, 1918. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Mr. Wolf von Schierbrand has been known to me for about fourteen years. During that time I have seen a good deal of him at intervals. I have found him to be a straight and loyal citizen. He is acquainted with many languages, including French and Italian. He desires earnestly to do work for the government. He especially desires this because of his German ancestry and German name as he wishes to emphasize the fact that this should be treated peculiarly as a war for Americans of German ancestry just as the Revolution was especially a war for Americans of English ancestry. I very gladly state my belief that Mr. von Schierbrand is a good and loyal American citizen, with peculiar fitness on account of his newspaper training and knowledge of languages for the position he seeks. 1691September 18, 1918. My dear Dr. Willcox: That's very kind of you. I thank you, and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Dr. D. D. Willcox, 24 W. Tabb Street, Petersburg, Va. 2September 18, 1918. My dear Witherbee: Is the enclosed all right? It gives me the greatest pleasure to send it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter C. Witherbee, Yale Club, New York.September 18, 1918. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Miss Louise Witherbee, the bearer of this letter, who has been for over a year at St. Luke's Hospital in New York nursing, is about to sail as a volunteer nurse for France. She is the daughter of my old friend, Mr. Walter C. Witherbee, one of the best and most public spirited citizens of this state. He brother, a Yale boy, is in the army under Pershing and has been cited for conspicuous gallantry in action and decorated. Personally, and through her family, Miss Witherbee is entitled to help that can be given her, and I bespeak such help for her. RespectfullySeptember 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Anderson: Unless return postage is enclosed when manuscripts are sent to Colonel Roosevelt, we do not attempt to keep them. It would be impossible to provide filing space for such material as literally thousands of poems, manuscripts and the like are sent to Colonel Roosevelt during the year. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John E. Anderson, U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, 619 South State Street, Chicago, Ill.September 19th, 1918. My dear Barringer: I thank you for your letter. Will you give my warm regards to Mrs. Barringer? Faithfully yours, Mr. Daniel M. Barringer, Haverford, Pa.3033 NIGHT LETTER Sept. 18th, 1918. Governor R. Livingston Beeckman, Providence, R.I. At the request of the Liberty Loan Committee of New Hampshire Colonel Roosevelt has tentatively offered them the evenings of the sixteenth or seventeenth of October and if he goes there he would like to make for you the promised speech of long standing for the Rhode Island people. Would the seventeenth or eighteenth of October be satisfactory to you? Please answer J.M.STRICKER Secretary. Charge to Kansas City Star.September 19 1918. My dear Major Beith: That's really extremely nice of you. I appreciate it very greatly. It is the first record I have had as to just why Kermit was given the Military Cross. Naturally, I am very proud of it. You perhaps know that of my other three sons, all under Pershing, one has been killed and two have been badly wounded. With warm regards to Mrs. Beith, and hoping to see you both next time you come to this side, I am Faithfully yours, Major Ian Hay Beith, c/o Geoffrey S. Butler, Esq., Ministry of Information, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W. C. 2, England.2964 September 19th, 1918. My dear Dr. Bennett: That's most kind of you. I appreciate the editorial, and I thank you for letting me see it. Faithfully yours, Dr. James B. Bennett, Easton, MD. 5881 [*Blunt*] September 19, 1918. Dear Mr. Blunt: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to advise you that your letter is not proper in tone. Aside from this you should have been sure of your facts before writing. Colonel Roosevelt gave nothing to the British Y.M.C.A. He gave $4,000 to the American Y.M.C.A., $4,000 to the Salvation Army, $4,000 to the Jewish Welfare, $4,000 to the Y.W.C.A. and $4,000 to the Knights of Columbus. Very truly yours, Secretary. Mr. J. L. Blunt, 16, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, France.4676 September 19, 1918. Gentlemen: I thank you for your communication. I send you herewith copy of the utterances by me as the only peace we should accept. It is being circulated by the American Defense Society. I am very much pleased to hear from you in such fashion. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. M. Brannon, and Committee, 62 Leonard Street, New York.3713 September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Bryan: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Guy Bryan, 2220 Nebraska Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.1366 September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Cheney: It was my son Quentin who was killed, not Kermit. I thank you for your letter. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles R. Cheney, 1337 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 757September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Cox: Colonel Roosevelt autographed the picture, and we have returned it to you in the mailing tube in which it was received. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. George L. Cox, 2241 Fremont Street, Chicago, Ill.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Darling: I certainly shall not take any action about any newspaper statement such as that, nor about any statement where the writer does not give his authority and justification. I can only suggest that you write the Belgian Minister. You may have seen that I forwarded a contribution from the Nobel Peace Prize Fund to Miss Van der Flier, through the Belgian Minister. Faithfully yours Mrs. F. R. Darling, 212 Abingdon Road, Kew Gardens, L. I.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Darville: Indeed, that's a fine speech! As an American, I thank you for the use to which you put it. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. H. Darville, Hardware Age, 239 West 39th Street, City. 7September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Dawson: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. J. Dawson, Box B, Juneau, Alaska.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. De Martini: Colonel Roosevelt send his best wishes and greatly regrets it is not possible for him to write an article such as you desire. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Paul De Martini, Jr., Editor, La Voce del Popole, San Francisco, Calif. 9September 19th, 1918. My dear Miss Denham: Whatever I can do along the lines you indicate, will be done. I wish to see us fight this war to a knockout with Germany, Austria, Turkey; and with Bulgaria too, unless Bulgaria sees the error of her ways and restores to Servia and Romania what she has taken from them in this war. But my aim is to do away with the tyranny of any race. Therefore I shall protest as strongly as I can against any new imposition of tyranny on other races. There are difficulties in every case, of course; but our aim must be to give Albania the same freedom which we ask for the Serbians, the Czechs and the Armenians. Faithfully yours. Miss M. Edith Benham, 71 Belsize Park Gardens, N. W. 3, London, England.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Dolph: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I sympathize with your desire to get across. I am glad to learn of the work you are doing. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph N. Dolph, American Red Cross, Department of Military Relief, Bureau of Communication Service, Camp Custer, Mich.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Emerson: That's simply capital. I wish you would thank the staff of "The Stars and Stripes" for their admirable co-operation with you in connection with the Fourth Liberty Loan. We must make our people understand that in raising that loan we are standing back of the fighting man in France. He is our symbol; and we have to appeal for him in the name of straightout Americanism. Faithfully yours, Mr. Guy Emerson, Liberty Loan Committee, 120 Broadway, City. 702September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Erickson: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and a mighty amusing quotation from the Democratic Judge. I am a little doubtful about attacking "The Times" by name. I will see whether it continues its peace drive. I need not tell you that every sentence I utter on the subject is the contradiction of what it advocates in this extraordinary editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. W. Erickson, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York.September 19, 1918. My dear Professor Espinoza: I greatly appreciate your courtesy in sending me your book. I anticipate reading it with real pleasure. With regards and thanks, Faithfully yours, Prof. Roberto Espinoza, University de Chile, Santiago, Chile.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Ewer: I am really very much pleased with those poems. They are first class "tracts for the times," and as an American I thank you for writing them. Faithfully yours, Mr. Anthony Ewer, 57 East 59th Street, New York City.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Field: That's a fine editorial. I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank M. Field, Cobourg, Canada.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Foster: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I most gladly send you herewith the photograph. I am as pleased as punch that you have been nominated for Congress. There isn't anyone I know who will make a better Congressman. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. I. M. Foster, Athens, Ohio.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Germain: If you wish a picture simply for your News, and it is proper, there is no objection to your taking a picture some time. May I ask that you communicate with me by telephone? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Ph. Germain, Western Newspaper Union Photographic Service, 239 West 39th Street, City.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mrs. Gibbons: Colonel Roosevelt is very sorry that he is not in a position to help you. But it just is not possible for him to undertake anything additional. He sends his warm regards to your gallant boys. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Margaret Gibbons, 12 West 128th Street, New York. [*Hadley*] September 19, 1918. My dear Bryant: I much appreciate your letter, but I am greatly concerned about your gallant boy. By this time you of course know that Quentin was killed. What you say is absolutely true. It is dreadful not to have the boys come back, but it would be worse if they had failed to go when duty called. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Bryant Hadley, Barkley House, Claremont, Cape Town, Africa. 0September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Halfpenny: I thank you for letting me see that editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. Pierre Halfpenny, 93 Judson Street, Pontiac, Mich.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hall: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. H. S. Hall, Associate Editor, Motion Picture Magazine, 175 Duffield Street Brooklyn, N.Y.September 19th, 1918. My dear Colonel Hannum: I cannot adequately express to you how deeply touched I am by what you have done. Will you thank Captain Davidson most warmly for me? The drawings showing Quentin's grave are very valuable to both his mother and to me. Again most heartily thanking you, I am, Faithfully yours, Colonel Warren T. Hannum, 308th Engineers, A. E. F. France. 3September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Harlan: 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 an utter 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 regrets, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter S. Harlan, Chairman, Speakers Bureau, Hamilton, Ohio. 714September 19, 1918. Dear Colonel Harvey: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send you a copy of his letter second to Professor Johnson. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Colonel George Harvey, 171 Madison Avenue, New York City.September 19, 1918. My dear Colonel Harey: Is not my memory correct that in writing about Vardaman and about that Alabama Congressman, Wilson said, not that they were disloyal to the country but that they had failed to support his Administration, or words to that effect? I spoke (?) very strongly along the lines of our conversation concerning Norris, in Nebraska. I found him in entire agreement with us, namely, that he should at present do nothing, just as I shall do nothing, and see whether the developments may not be such as to force us to act against Norris. He informs me that the Ohio people are going to get out my letter to Professor Johnson, and until I hear definitely about this you had not better publish it. It was a great pleasure having you out here the other evening. Faithfully yours, Colonel George Harvey, 171 Madison Avenue, New York.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Hendrickson: I do not wish to become an active member of anything at the present time. Please communicate with Dr. Talmage if there is anything further you want me to do in connection with the matter I have, as you know, backed the Boy Scouts very heartily in Nassau County. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur E. Hendrickson, Oyster Bay, L.I.September 19, 1918. My dear Captain Hibben: I am sorry not to have seen you. I congratulate you and envy you. May all good fortune attend you overseas. Faithfully yours, Captain Paxton Hibben, 332nd F. A. A. E. F. France.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hoffman: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to acknowledge with very deep thanks and appreciation your kind letter with enclosure. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Frederick L. Hoffman, Prudential Life Insurance Co., Newark, N.J.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Horovsky: If you have followed my writings and speeches you will see I am doing all I can all the time to offset the very thing of which you speak. I don't know what more I can do. Faithfully yours, Mr. Abi Horovsky, 700 Saratoga Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Hulsart: I greatly appreciate the courtesy of the members of the Matawan Republican Club. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. A. Hulsart, Secy., Matawan Republican Club, Matawan, N.J.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Jenkins: I wish I could do that, but my dear sir, it just is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. With real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. John G. Jenkins, 152 Broadway, Brooklyn, N.Y.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Johnson: Good for you! I am very proud of the way our Republican Congressmen when they resign their position always do so to take a job in the army, so as to help win the war. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Hon. Albert Johnson, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.September 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Lamson: The requests for contributions from that fund were so innumerable that it simply was not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to make a donation to every committee doing war work with which he sympathized. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Margaret J. F. Lamson, Chairman, American Red Star Animal Relief, 2425 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.September 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Le Breton: That's a very kind letter of yours and I thank you for it. Sincerely yours, Mrs. W. McD. Le Breton, Short Hills, N.J.September 19th, 1918. My dear Comrade: I have taken that ground strongly already, and I shall take it again. Faithfully yours, Mr. John J. Lenney, Willard Courts, 17th and Willard Sts., N. W. Washington, D.C.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Little: That's a mighty nice letter of yours; and I would like to see you with Medill at any time. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. E. Little, 411 1/2 G Street, N. W. Washington, D.C.[*Lodge*] September 19, 1918. Dear Cabot: Has there been any official statement by or on behalf of, the President, about our action in San Domingo and Hayti? If not, why should we not have some such statement? Rumors have some to me indirectly that Bulgaria would like to turn to our side if given encouragement. I have told the persons who spoke to me that I should be extremely glad to have Bulgaria do this, because I have always felt that the permanently good solution of the question of the Dardenelles is to have Bulgaria take Constantinople and Adrian(?); but that she must restore everything she has taken from Serbia and Roumania in this war, and declare for the allies and against Germany and Austria, no less than against Turkey. Always yours, Hon. H. C. Lodge, U. S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 8September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Manley: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and I thank you for the enclosures, but that is a matter where governmental authorities only can act, and as you know, I have no influence whatever with the Administration. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank G. Manley, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Ill.Day letter New York September 19 1918 Hon T A Marlow Helena Montana Colonel Roosevelt can arrive Billings 7.45 a m Saturday October 5 and remain until 7.22 p m same day for war speech that afternoon Please wire quick if this is satisfactory J M Stricker Secretary to Col. RooseveltSeptember 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Mathiew: If you wish a picture simply for your News, and it is proper, there is no objection to your taking a picture some time. May I ask that you communicate with me by telephone? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C. L. Mathiew, Hearst Pathe News, 226 William Street, City.September 19, 1918. My dear Dr. Mayer: I deeply appreciate your telegram. I am glad to learn of the high and patriotic position the Association has taken. Faithfully yours, Dr. Ignatz Mayer, Pres., Allied Medical Ass'n of America, Planters Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.TELEGRAM September 19, 1918. Hon. Langdon Mitchell, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C. Will you lunch with Colonel Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Saturday one oclock. J. M. STRICKER Secretary. Charge to Kansas City Star. [*Belmont*]September 19, 1918. Dear Mrs. Mitchell: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very kind letter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Ophelia S. Mitchell, 1127 Second Street, Louisville, Ky.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Morgan: I am indignant and concerned at what you tell me. Of course I am utterly helpless. I can only express my keen sympathy. Faithfully yours, Mr. B. F. Morgan, Champaign County, Homer, Ill. P.S. I return your enclosures.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Mosher: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mrs. O. B. Mosher, 93 Howell Street, Hillsdale, Mich.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Nagle: That's one of the nicest letters that I have received. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Be sure to let me see you if you ever come on to New York. Faithfully yours, Mr. John W. Nagle, Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, Minn.[*Newberry*] September 19, 1918. Dear Truman: I don't see how I can possibly go to Michigan, without also going to at least a dozen other states, and I think that would be most inadvisable. I have been in consultation with Hays and he feels as strongly as I do that to have me enter on a general political campaign this year would be in the highest degree ill advised, and that I cannot go to one place without going to others. I wish that you were here and saw the situation as I must see it, and I am confident you would feel just as I do. I can't help feeling that the circulation of the articles I have written on Ford and my telegram to your committee, and my piece on the investigation, together with any further statement you wish from me would accomplish all I could accomplish. Faithfully yours, Commander Truman H. Newberry, 280 Broadway, City.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Nicholson: The Valley of Democracy has come; and it is even better as a book than as a series of articles. I wish, however, to have your autograph in it, so the next time you come to this neighborhood let me know in advance, that I may get you out either to lunch or dinner. Sincerely yours, Mr. Meredith Nicholson, c/o Scribners' New York CitySeptember 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Nims: I am very deeply touched by the action of the Hamilton Club, and I wish to thank the members. You know the peculiar feeling I have for the Hamilton Club. Faithfully yours, Mr. Foster S. Nims, Pres., Hamilton Club, Chicago, Ill.[*Pach*] September 19, 1918. Gentlemen: Mr. I. M. Foster of Athens, Ohio desires a photograph of Colonel Roosevelt, and sent the check for $5. direct to him, which he has endorsed to your order. Will you kindly send the picture over to the office for autograph? Colonel Roosevelt feels he must send a picture of himself to the Republican Organization of the 19th Assembly District. Will you please send me a small sized one so that I may send it to them? Thanking you in advance, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York.[*Parsons*] September 19, 1918. Dear Fannie: This is the letter to Mrs. Harper. Won't you take it up with Miss Hay? If you approve of it, and she does not object, send it on to Mrs. Harper. Otherwise let me know. Faithfully yours, Mrs. James Russells Parsons, 108 East 82nd Street, New York. 742September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Peregrino: Mrs. Roosevelt and I thank you and the members of the Afro-American Colored People's Vigilance Committee of Capte Town for your very kind and sympathetic letter. We appreciate it greatly. Faithfully yours, Mr. P. Z. S. Peregrino, P. O. Box 1179, Cape (?) Town, S. A. 743September 19, 1918. Dear Mr. Peterson: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it. I think it is evident that the Administration has struck hands with the non-Partisan League. I have very direct evidence as to the alliance, which I don't want to give in a letter. But even the reading of the League's paper shows that there is such an alliance. Creel belongs, by nature, with them, and as for the New Republic it is on an exact level morally with the Hearst papers, the difference is merely one of manner. It is pretty hard work fighting for decency in view of the attitude of the Administration. But we have got to do it, and I think in the end we are going to win - for the country's sake we must! Faithfully yours, Mr. Elmer T. Peterson, Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kans.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Randall: That's most kind of you. I thank you. But my dear sir, it is not possible for me to express an opinion in a matter of that kind. You have no idea how often I am asked to do this and I cannot do it in one case and not in others without hurting the feelings of very good friends. Will you give my warm regards to your gallant boys? Faithfully yours, Mr. Francis B. Randall, Hotel Cornelius, Portland, Oregon.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Rein: I thank you for your very courteous letter, and in reply beg to advise that my son is under the care of specialists by direction of the Surgeon General. Faithfully yours, Mr. Herman Rein, 252 West 91st Street, New York City.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Richardson: I need hardly say how cordially I agree with you. I am utterly dumbfounded at "The Times" taking such an attitude, and do not understand it. You have doubtless seen my Lafayette Day speech, giving my sentiments in the matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wallace C. Richardson, 381 Fourth Avenue, City.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Saylor: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. George S. Saylor, c/o D.F. White Commission Co., 503 Martin Bldg., El Paso, Tex. 748September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Seely: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very courteous letter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J. P. Seely, Upper Montclair, N. J.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Sims: I have sent your letter at once to Leonard Wood. What he can do I don't know; but I took pleasure in calling his attention to Brown. Your letter put the case exactly right. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edwin W. Sims, Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I wish you all good fortune. I think that that letter should be used by you exactly as in the clipping you sent me, excepting that you should put in the date when it was sent. Faithfully yours, Mr. Randolph W. Smith, Parker House, Boston, Mass.September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Spooner: 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 an utter 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. Willet M. Spooner, Milwaukee, Wis.Day letter New York September 19 1918 James P Sullivan District Chairman Liberty Loan Committee Wichita Kansas Replying your telegram Colonel Roosevelt can make war and liberty loan speech in Wichita on Wednesday October 2 arriving 8.55 a m leaving Wichita 12.05 same night please wire confirmation J M Stricker Secretary to Col RooseveltSeptember 19, 1918. My dear Dr. Swartwood: I am really indebted to you for sending me that letter. It is all that you describe it. I am going to submit it to my friend, Herman Hagedorn of the Vigil(?) to see if we can get it circulated in some way, and I shall use it in an appendix to a little book I intend publishing. Faithfully yours, Dr. F. A. Swartwood, 101 Second Street, Waseca, Minn.September 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Taylor: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the Thrift Stamp Card, and I enclose it herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. E. Taylor, c/o Smith, Kirkpatrick & Co., 10 Bridge Street, New York.September 19, 1918. Dear Miss Thomas: I of course earnestly hope that one of the places where our people will not economize is in their donations to Missions. It would be a misfortune from every standpoint to have the Missionary program broken into at this time, when there is such peculiar need for it. Let us all economize in pleasures, including even pleasures which we have grown accustomed to regard as necessities, and let us devote all the money we can thus spare in free-will offerings for the purpose in asking the government in speeding up the war. But most emphatically we must not economize in Mission work, or in any form of church work. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Miss Eva G. Thomas, 110 East 39th Street, New York. 56September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Thwing: I of course entirely agree with your position. I am glad you have written the poems. I hope you say what I said on Lafayette Day. It is being circulated by the American Defense Society as a pamphlet. It is the best answer I can give to "The Times" position. Faithfully yours, Mr. Eugene Thwing, Englewood, N. J.COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 19, 1918. Mr. Charles W. Tobey, Chairman, Liberty Loan Committee, Amoskeag Bank Bldg., Manchester, N. H. I am tentatively offering you the sixteenth or seventeenth of October for a Liberty Loan speech depending on transportation facilities and Rhode Island date. Please answer. J. M. STRICKER Secretary. 8September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Fleet: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Vernon Van Fleet, Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Bldg., South Bend, Ind.September 19th, 1918. My dear Mr. Van Schaick: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I am really amused at what you tell me, and I thank you for your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. George S. Van Schaick, 50 Trust Bldg., Rochester, N. Y.Day letter New York September 19 1918 E E Violette Director Speakers Bureau Liberty Loan Com Kansas City Mo Col. Roosevelt can arrive Kansas City 7.15 a m on Thursday October 3 and remain until six o'clock same evening and make liberty loan speech on afternoon if desired Please wire quick J M Stricker Secretary to Col. RooseveltSeptember 19th, 1918. Dear Mr. Wade: Captain Roosevelt desires me to thank you and to express his regret in not being able to accept your very kind invitation. Sincerely yours, Secretary to Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Howard G. Wade, Denver Liberty Loan Committee, Denver, Colo. 2September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Waite: 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 an utter 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. Floyd E. Waite, Director, Dept. of Parks & Public Property, Cleveland, Ohio.Day Letter New York September 19 1918 Board of Directors International Wheat Show Wichita Kansas Replying your telegram Colonel Roosevelt can make war and liberty loan speech in Wichita on Wednesday October 2 arriving 8.55 a m leaving Wichita 12.05 same night Please wire confirmation J M Stricker Secretary to Col RooseveltSeptember 19, 1918. My dear Dr. Williams: I appreciate the poem and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Rev. James A. Williams, Lennox, S. D.September 19, 1918. My dear General Wingate: I wish I could accept, for I have the very heartiest sympathy with your work, and I believe in it with all my heart; but I shall be away, in the west, on October 5th and for some days before and after, in connection with the Liberty Loan campaign. Through you, I would like to extend my heartiest good wishes to all connected in getting this rifle range and I also send my heartiest good wishes to the Associated Rifle Clubs of New York and New Jersey. Three cheers for George! I hope my son Kermit is beside him in the artillery at the front. Faithfully yours, Gen. W. Wingate, 20 Nassau Street, New York. 766September 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Wonser: I deeply sympathize with you. I have from literally hundreds of sources been appealed to to help get mail to the soldiers, and statements as to the disheartening effects which it has upon them not to receive home letters, but I am entirely unable to do anything in the matter. I suggest that you communicate with your Senator and Congressman. I wish I could do more. Faithfully yours, Mr. William H. Wonser, R. No. 11, Box 48, Charlotte, Mich. 7September 19, 1918. Dear Leonard: The enclosed explains itself. Sims is the former District Attorney of Chicago and a very good man. Milton A. Brown is a young fellow of high character. If it is proper, I call your attention to the young man to consider whether or not the request of Sims can be granted. Faithfully yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans. 8[*Amos*] September 20th, 1918. Dear Sir: Colonel Roosevelt would like you to accompany him on a trip to the west leaving Pennsylvania Station on the morning of September 28th at 8 o'clock for Baltimore. You will return here on the morning of October 9th at 9 o'clock. Colonel Roosevelt will probably again want your services when he goes up into New England on the 16th of October, getting back here the 17th or 18th. Very truly yours, Mr. J. E. Amos, 1 Adolph Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.235 September 20, 1918. British Council, New York. Gentlemen: We are unable to decipher the signature to the enclosed letter. I wonder if you could help us. Sincerely yours,5684 September 20th, 1918. Dear Miss Brown: Colonel Roosevelt does not know what to suggest in the case except that the matter should be brought to the attention of the District Attorney. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Frances Brown, Murray Hill Hotel, New York.1876 September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Buckner: That's mighty nice of you, and a mighty nice letter from your son. Naturally, I am pleased at what he sayd of Quentin. When you write him will you give him my warm regards? Faithfully yours, Mr. W. A. Buckner, 1051 T Street, Fresno, Calif.1299 September 20th, 1918. My dear Child: Your article on "Making the World Safe for Truth" is a really noteworthy article. I regret very much, however, that you should have thought it necessary to put in the paragraph saying that the President of the United States would subscribe to the doctrine, "heading the list of millions of loyal citizens" who would do so. Very plainly, my obligation to this is, that it is not the truth, my dear sir! It is the exact reverse. It is President Wilson himself who is the inspirer of the movement to prevent the truth being told in this country. We have never had a public man who has so thoroughly realized the Machiavellian idea of "The Prince". Now, it would be inexpedient in the highest degree for you to say this in your article, although it is true; but it is both untrue and inexpedient to assert to the contrary. Yours is such an admirable article that I hope it can be circulated widely, with that paragraph omitted. I want soon to see you and discuss your very interesting article about our not sitting- 2 - at the Peace Table. With hearty good wishes, and again congratulating you on the work you have done and are doing, I am Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard Washburn Child, 165 Broadway, New York City.September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Cutler: Indeed, I was very glad to make that donation. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry Cutler, Chairman, Jewish Welfare Board, 149 Fifth Ave., City. 8647[*Caldwell*] September 20th, 1918. My dear Madam: I thank you for your courtesy, but I do not care to have such a memorial as that of which you speak made to Quentin. The memorial to Quentin that has really touched and pleased me, and of which Quentin would himself have most approved was the gift for the care of three orphaned French or Belgian babies, sent without the author's signature, to the "Life" Fund for babies, which I saw recorded in the recent issue. During this war that is the kind of memorial which I believe in erecting to those who have fallen. Faithfully yours, Mrs. W. M. Caldwell, 332 Manning Avenue, Sumter, S. C. 769September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Dean: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and I thank you for the enclosure. Faithfully yours, Mr. William B. Dean, 123 East 4th Street, Olympia, Wash. 770September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. de Billy: I very deeply appreciate your courtesy. I value the photographs. With most sincere thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Edouard de Billy, 1954 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C.September 20th, 1918. My dear Miss de la Fond: I am sorry, but we have no trace of the design of which you speak. Sincerely yours, Miss Clarice de la Fond, 120 So Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. 2September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. De Witt: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John De Witt, Granby Court, Spokane, Wash. 3[*Duluth L. L. Com*] September 20th, 1918. Gentlemen: I am very sorry, but it just is not possible for me to make that speech in Minnesota at this time. With very real regret, Faithfully yours, Duluth Liberty Loan Committee, Duluth, Minn. 1774September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Easley: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed letter from Mr. Root for your information, and to ask you to treat it as private and to return it after you have read it. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Ralph M. Easley, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. 5September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Enell: In response to your letter of the 12th, Mr. Robinson has just died. Sincerely yours, Mr. Charles A. Enell, 183 West 87th Street, c/o Lambert, New York. 5September 20th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Fahnestock: I most deeply sympathize with your purpose, but my dear madam, if I spoke thus to one regimental association, I should have to speak to countless others. It just is not possible for me to do as you request. I am very, very sorry. With regret and all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Snowden A. Fahnestock, 308th Infantry Ass'n, 15 East 40th Street, New York. 7September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Fontaine: That's very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. Haller Fontaine, Fine Arts Publicity Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. 8September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Gates: Unfortunately there is nothing Colonel Roosevelt can do in matters of that kind. He has no influence whatever with the Administration. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Vernon Gates, Y. M. C. A. Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 9September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Grandfield: I deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. B. Grandfield, Alfred Chambers, Curries, Adelaide, South Australia. 80September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Hall: Of course, any man who, eight months after this country declared war, stated that Germany was justified in sinking the Lusitania and that any citizen who did not have any more sense than to sail on that boat ought to have been drowned, is a pro-German of the rankest kind and ought to be interned. I don't remember the particular speech to which you refer. If you will turn to my book called, "The Foes of Our Own Household" you will find a chapter on "The Hun Within Our Gate", and I am sure you will find material such as you desire. Faithfully yours, Mr. Holmes Hall, 209 Ilgenfritz Bldg., Sedalia, Mo. 781September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Harden: Unfonrtunately there is nothing I can do in matters of that kind. Only governmental authorities can act. I suggest that you communicate with your Congressman and Senator. Faithfully yours, Mr. Dock Harden, Evans Coal Co., Jellico, Tenn. 82September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Holter: Colonel Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to speak for the Liberty Loan at Billings, and therefore will not be able to speak in Helena as you request. With very hearty thanks and real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Norman B. Holter, State Chairman, Fourth Liberty Loan Committee, Helena, Mont. 3September 20th, 1918. My dear Adj. Hopkins: I thank you, and through you I wish to thank the United Spanish War Veterans of Lieutenant James H. Hoskinson Camp No. 31, for your kind message. Faithfully yours, Adj. Daniel O. Hopkins, 3125 Peach Street, Erie, Pa. 784September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hopkins: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your song. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. O. D. Hopkins, 220 W. 42nd Street, New York City. 785September 20th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Irish: 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 an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mrs. F. C. Irish, 155 Union Arcade, Pittsburg, Pa. 786September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Jay: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but that is a matter where governmental authorities only can act. I suggest, therefore, that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. H. Jay, Eugene, Oregon. 87September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Jessen: I deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. E. Jessen, Skaarupgaard, Lystrup Station, Denmark. 88September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Kelly: I thank you for sending me the French soldier's letter. I return it herewith. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. B. Kelly, Metropolitan Magazine, 432 Fourth Ave., City. 89September 20, 1918. Dear Mrs. Kennedy: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to express his thanks to you and to say how glad he was to see that material. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Anna L. Kennedy, Secretary to Mr. Abbott, The Outlook Co., 381 Fourth Avenue, City. 90September 20th, 1918. My dear Miss Kenny: I wish I could help you, but there is nothing whatever I can do. That is a matter where governmental authorities only can act, and as you know, I have no influence whatever with the Administration. Faithfully yours, Miss Martha W. Kenny, 379 - 1st Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 791September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Kittell: I have withheld answering your letter of the 4th until now, and I am sorry to have to advise you that it just is not possible to comply with your request. Faithfully yours, Mr. John S. Kittell, Bellin-Buchanan Bldg., Green Bay, Wis. 92Knox September 20th, 1918. My dear Madam: I wish I could answer you definitely but it is not possible. I receive, not figuratively but literally, hundreds of letters asking me to give advice, or to point out the way in which service could be rendered. I have no influence with the Government and do not know what they wish; in addition to this there is each one's personal equation to be considered. I regret I cannot be of help. Faithfully yours, Miss D. M. Knox, 70 Clasendon Street, Boston, Mass. 793September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Lester: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and I thank you for the poem enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert N. Lester, Steinert Bldg., Providence, R. I. 51794September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Lipscomb: I sympathize with your boys effort, but unfortunately there isn't anything I can do to help him. Evidently he will make a good soldier, and I am sure that he will win on his merits. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. W. Lipscomb, San Antonio, Texas. 95September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Mahany: I appreciate your letter, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Rowland B. Mahany, Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C. 796September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Malone: I thank you warmly, and deeply appreciate your courteous offer, but in my judgment it is not desirable at this time to have such a memorial to Quentin. With very hearty thanks and appreciation. Faithfully yours, Mr. S. C. Malone, 331 No. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 97September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. McClelland: Although you tell me not to answer your letter, I must send you just this line of thanks. Faithfully yours, Dr. Lefferts A. McClelland, 2 Rector Street, New York. 98September 20th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Nellis: I thank you for your very kind letter, and greatly regret that I am powerless to be of assistance to you. You have no idea of the numerous demands upon me, and it just is not possible for me to attempt anything additional. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Laura Knight Nellis, Meadowdale, Wash. 799September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Ohl: I thank you. I appreciate the picture very much. Will you thank Martin for me? I shall write him myself too at the earliest possible moment; I was deeply touched by his article. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. J. K. Ohl, Editor, New York Herald, New York. 00September 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Olsen: I thank you for your letter, and indeed I am glad to do anything I can in that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Olaf J. Olsen, 44 West 44th Street, New York. 01September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Orth: That's mighty nice of you. If I was of the least assistance I am very glad. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles D. Orth, National Security League, 19 West 44th Street, City. 02September 20th, 1918. Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York. Gentlemen: I enclose herewith a letter from Mr. Rodney E. Williamson of Anderson, Indiana, together with carbon copy of my reply. Will you kindly look into the matter at once? Sincerely yours, 03September 20th, 1918. My dear Mme. Parma: That's very kind of you. I thank you and very much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mme. Parma M. Parma, 158 Ocean Blvd. Atlantic Highlands, N. J. 04September 20th, 1918. Dear Mrs. Parrish: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your kind invitation, and regrets it is not possible for him to accept. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Emma L. Parris, 646 Lenox Avenue, New York City. 05September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Patterson: I thank you for your letter, and return the enclosed poem as I have no means whatever of getting things printed. You have no idea how often I am asked to do this kind of thing. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Allen A. Patterson, General Delivery, The Dales, Oregon. 806September 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Powell: I am very much interested by what you have to say, and have forwarded your letter to Mr. Davison. Sincerely yours, Mr. Lyman P. Powell, Dana, Mass. 07September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Robins: This is a letter to both of you. First, my close friend, Mrs. James Russell Parsons, here in New York, is trying to elect a mighty good fellow, a former Progressive, now a Republican, Mr. Schuyler Meyer, to the State Senate. His district is in a strong Socialistic district. She wants to get the women into the Republican Party instead of into the Socialist Party. She wishes very much that she could have Mrs. Robins speak to these women. Mrs. Parsons is a staunch believer in the Abraham Lincoln type of Republicanism, that is, in the not merely forward-looking but forward-stepping Republicanism. Now, Raymond Robins, don't forget that I am very anxious to see you, as well as Mrs. Robins, out at my house for a night, when you can go over the whole Russian situation with me. I wish to learn from you a great deal about the Bolshevists, especially in connection with the recent documents published from Washington about them. I have been informed that before they made the Brest-Litovsk Treaty they sought economic help at Washington and were turned down. But,of course, I haven't an idea whether or not this is true. Always yours, Mr. Raymond Robins, 1437 West Ohio Street, Chicago, Ill. 08September 20th, 1918. Dear Mrs. Robinson: I am extremely sorry about the mistake in addressing your letter. It will not happen again. May I extend to you my deepest sympathy in the death of Mr. Robinson? If there is anything at all I can do for you, please let me know. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Henderson House, Mohawk, N. Y. 809September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Romans: You have evidently been misinformed. I am not to speak in Boston. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. W. Romans, Secy. St. John, N. D. 10September 20, 1918. Gentlemen: I thank you, and through you I wish to thank the Council of the University Club of Montreal, for your kind message. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. F. Ruttan, Pres., Mr. W. Graham Browne, Secy. University Club of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. 811September 20th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Schley: I thank you, and through you I wish to thank the Officers and Members of the Women's Republican Club, for your kind message. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Henry S. Schley, 24 West 54th Street, New York. 1812September 20, 1918. My dear Schneiderman: As I have no power whatever in the matter about which you write, I would like to send your letter to Mr. Schwab. Will you kindly advise me by return mail if you are willing that I should do this? Faithfully yours, Mr. Nathan Schneiderman, 1519 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1813September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Sleicher: I will read that article carefully, but it just is not possible for me to write outside articles now. I cannot do it. Incidentally, my dear fellow, I do not think it is advisable for me to write under any circumstances where the article could be treated as an invitation to a joint debate with Mr. Norman Hapgood! Faithfully yours, Mr. John A. Sleicher, Leslie's Weekly, New York. 814September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Stanton: I thank you for your very courteous invitation, but I have already promised to speak in New York for the Liberty Loan Committee. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph T. Stanton, Board of Water Supply, Municipal Bldg., City. 815September 20th, 1918. My dear Dean Stevens: I thank you for your letter; but, my dear Sir, I cannot add to the reasons I have already given in my speeches and writings. I shall, however, see if I can lay greater emphasis upon what I have already said. Faithfully yours, Dean James B. Stevens, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 816September 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Stewart: That is a really remarkable letter. I am very glad you sent it to me. With very kind regards and good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. John A. Stewart, Suite 3903, 233 Broadway, City. 817September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Travis: I am extremely sorry, but it just is not possible for me to do as you request. With very real regret, Sincerely yours, Hon. Eugene M. Travis, 233 Broadway, New York. 818September 20th, 1918. My dear Miss Tucker: That's very amusing. I thank you for telling me. Faithfully yours, Miss Helen A. Tucker, Avon, Mass. 819September 20th, 1918. My dear Colonel Veggenti: I thank you for your letter, and look forward to receiving the book. Faithfully yours, Col. Lucrezio Veggenti, 29th & Poplar Streets, Erie, Pa. 820September 20th, 1918. Dear Father Vernimont: It was a pleasure to make that gift, and I only wish I were in a position to make larger contributions to all the societies doing worthy war relief work. Faithfully yours, Rev. Raymond Vernimont, Denton, Texas. 821September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. White: Anything I can do to help a man get into the army service of the United States at this time would be a pleasure. Unfortunately I have no influence with the Administration, and I am absolutely helpless. I can only suggest that you communicate with your Congressman and Senator. Faithfully yours, Mr. Sheldon F. White, c/o Barnes Knitting Corp. 303 - 5th Avenue, City. 822September 20th, 1918. Dear Mr. Williamson: I have sent your letter to Pach Brothers, asking them to look into the matter and to send you a reply. Sincerely yours, Mr. Rodney E. Williamson, 1315 Ohio Avenue, Anderson, Ind. 23September 20th, 1918. My dear Mr. Wright: I thank you, and through you I wish to thank the Mesa County Council of Defense, for your kind message. Faithfully yours, Mr. D. B. Wright, Secy. Council of Defense, Grand Junction, Colo. 1824COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 21, 1918. Governor R. Livingston Beeckman, Providence, R. I. Colonel Roosevelt will make war and Liberty Loan speech for you October seventeenth arriving Providence from Manchester two PM. Will you procure transportation for Colonel Roosevelt and valet leaving on midnight train? Please confirm. J. M. STRICKER Secretary.COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 21, 1918. Gov. Phillips Lee Goldsborough, National Union Bank of Md. Baltimore, Md. Because of upheaval in railroad offices I have lost track of men who attended to transportation for me. Colonel Roosevelt is leaving Baltimore September twenty ninth at 6 PM for Columbus Ohio. Will you have someone of your committee please procure for him drawing room via Pennsylvania Railroad as above outlined and one railroad ticket and upper berth for his valet? And if the Baltimore Liberty Loan Committee will let me know the charge I will send check. Please advise. J. M. STRICKER SECRETARY.September 21st, 1918. Dear Mrs. James: Here is the itinerary, for your information. Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt, together with Dr. and Mrs. Preston, will arrive in Baltimore at 12:30. Inasmuch as the Baltimore people have made elaborate plans for the arrival of the party, Dr. Preston thinks the plans ought not to be disturbed. Therefore, the luncheon will take place at the hotel. Rooms have been engaged for Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt so that if there is any chance at all they can get a little rest between luncheon and the afternoon speech. The speech is to take place at 4:25. Colonel Roosevelt is to leave the Southern Hotel at 4:10. Next on the program; the evening banquet is to take place at 7:30, but Colonel Roosevelt is not to appear until 7:50. It does not seem to me there will be very much time for a quiet supper at your house, between the afternoon speech and the 7:50 appointment, but from the data I have given you, you will know what is best to do about your supper hour. I do not know just what time Mrs. Roosevelt is to leave on Sunday afternoon for New York, because Dr. Preston has not been able to tell me. Only the approximate hour of 4 o'clock has been 51826- 2 - set. I remember you said that the Congressional left Baltimore at 5, so I suppose that this will be the train Mrs. Roosevelt will take coming home. Colonel Roosevelt is to leave via Pennsylvania Railroad at 6 P. M. for Columbus. The Liberty Loan Committee will arrange for the noon luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. Bonaparte, Judge and Mrs. Rose, Dr. and Mrs. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. James and Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Norman James, Catonsville, Md. 51827September 21st, 1918. Dear Mrs. James: Here is the itinerary, for your information. Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt, together with Dr. and Mrs. Preston, will arrive in Baltimore at 12:30. Inasmuch as the Baltimore people have made elaborate plans for the arrival of the party, Dr. Preston thinks the plans ought not be disturbed. Therefore, the luncheon will take place at the hotel. Rooms have been engaged for Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt so that if there is any chance at all they can get a little rest between luncheon and the afternoon speech. The speech is to take place at 4:25. Colonel Roosevelt is to leave the Southern Hotel at 4:10. Next on the program; the evening banquet is to take place at 7:30, but Colonel Roosevelt is not to appear until 7:50. It does not seem to me there will be very much time for a quiet supper at your house, between the afternoon speech and the 7:50 appointment, but from the data I have given you, you will know what is best to do about your supper hour. I do not know just what time Mrs. Roosevelt is to leave on Sunday afternoon for New York, because Dr. Preston has not been able to tell me. Only the approximate hour of 4 o'clock has been 828- 2 - set. I remember you said that the Congressional left Baltimore at 5, so I suppose that this will be the train Mrs. Roosevelt will take coming home. Colonel Roosevelt is to leave via Pennsylvania Railroad at 6 P. M. for Columbus. The Liberty Loan Committee will arrange for the noon luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. Bonaparte, Judge and Mrs. Rose, Dr. and Mrs. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. James and Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Norman James, Catonsville, Md. 829COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 21st, 1918. Mr. Charles W. Tobey, Chairman, Liberty Loan, Manchester, N.H. Colonel Roosevelt will arrive Manchester six forty seven October sixteenth for evening speech. Can you provide suitable accommodations for him and valet so that he can leave next morning ten sixteen for Boston and will you procure transportation Manchester to Boston that train? Please confirm. J.M.STRICKER SECRETARY. 1830COLLECT NIGHT LETTER September 21, 1918. Mr. E. E. Violette, Director Speakers Bureau, Federal Reserve, Kansas City, Mo. Because of upheaval in railroad offices I have lost track of men who attended to transportation for me. Colonel Roosevelt leaves Kansas City via Burlington route at six PM October third for Billings, Montana. Will you have someone of your committee please procure for him drawing room via Burlington route as above outlined and one railroad ticket and upper berth for his valet? Kindly advise. J. M. STRICKER SECRETARY. 1831collect NIGHT LETTER September 21st, 1918. Board of Directors, International Wheat Show, Wichita, Kans. Because of upheaval in railroad offices I have lost track of men who attended to transportation for me. Colonel Roosevelt is leaving Wichita October second Santa Fe railroad twelve five midnight for Kansas City Missouri. Will you have someone of your committee please procure for him drawing room via Santa Fe Railroad as above outlined and one railroad ticket and upper berth for his valet? Kindly advise J. M. STRICKER SECRETARY. 51832 [*Wichita to Kansas City Mo*]