September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Banta: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and I thank you for the enclosure. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. F. Banta, Prescott, Ariz.991 September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Barrow: 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. J. R. Barrow, Chairman, Liberty Loan Committee, Topeka, Kans. 3391September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Bates: I particularly appreciate your letter, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wilbur Bates, Federal News Service, Times Bldg., City. 25453173 September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Benjamin: I extend my best wishes to the little fellow, and especially to his mother. May his life be all that you and she will wish. Faithfully yours, Mr. Louis Benjamin, 1618 S Clifton Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill.September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Bennett: It is only the government that can act in such a matter as that you speak of. You do not need to be told that I am doing everything in my power to have this war pushed through to a victorious conclusion. Faithfully yours, Mr. John W. Bennett, Birchwood, White Bear Lake, Minn. 5555September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Bishop: That’s very kind of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. F. Bishop, 305 Morris Court, Madison, Wis. 5886September 23, 1918. Dear Brother Bourn: Colonel Roosevelt regrest that his memory of the incident of which you speak is not sufficiently clear to give you the exact details. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Augustus O. Bourn, Jr., 11 William Street, New York. 1847September 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Brewer: My attention has been called to that matter before, but I do not know what I can do. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Dryden Brewer, 150 West 72nd Street, New York 72nd Street, New York City. 2886September 23, 1918. Dear Brother Broas: That’s most kind of you. I thank you on behalf of my son and assure you of my very deep appreciation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles H. Broas, Chairman, 1931 Washington Avenue, New York City. 4746September 23, 1918. My dear Childs: That’s mighty nice of you. I had already seen that letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Hamlin Childs, 17 Battery Place, City. 5702 8428September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Coffin: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I well remember the Japanese attitude in connection with the San Francisco matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. A. Coffin, 120 Broadway, City. 833September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Cole: I wish I could accept, but it is out of the question. I have been asked to speak in dozens of states; and as yet I have felt that I could not make an exception in one case without making it in all the others; and even if possible it would be inadvisable. I am keeping in close touch with Mr. Hays, Republican National Chairman and I suggest that you also keep in touch with him. With real regret. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. L. Cole, Chairman, 1124 Title Guaranty Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 1834September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Coolidge: I thank you for your very courteous letter, but unfortunately there is nothing I can do in matters of that kind. Only governmental authorities can act. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. B. Coolidge, St. Paul-Montana Mining Co., Maiden, Mont. 1835September 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Decker: By this time you have in all likelihood received Colonel Roosevelt’s letter of the 13th, returning your enclosures. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Charles J. Decker, 317 West 142nd Street, New York. 836September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Drew: I thank you your courteous letter, but that is a matter where governmental authorities only can act. I suggest that you communicate with the War Department at Washington. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur Drew, Howell, Mich. 837September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Dunaway: I was very glad indeed to be able to make that donation. I am sorry not to have received your letter in time to let you know that it would not be possible for me to accept your kind invitation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Cecil O. Dunaway, American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. [?]8September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Edmonds: That’s a very good idea of yours. I will gladly have a copy of my Baltimore speech sent to you for such use as you may desire to make of it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, Manufacturers Record, Baltimore, Md. 839September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Emmons: That’s a very interesting letter of yours. I will see what I can do along the line you indicate. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ben L. Emmons, Central Bank Bldg., St. Charles, Mo. [?]40September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Ewert: 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. Paul E. A. Ewert, Fourth Liberty Loan, Joplin, Mo. [?]41September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Farquhar: I have sent your letter to the Vigilantes and have asked them to do as you request. Sincerely yours, Mr. H. D. Farquhar, 230 West 17th Street, New York. [?]2September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Fitch: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles N. Fitch, West Cornwall, Conn. [?]43September 23rd, 1918. Dear Mr. Flowers; In reply to your letter of the 3rd. I can only refer you to my letter of July 23rd and to your reply of August 2nd. Sincerely yours, Mr. Montaville Flowers, Monrovia, Calif. [?]44September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Forbes: That’s mighty nice of you. I wish I could accept, but it is absolutely impossible. I simply cannot do it. Faithfully yours. Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, 614 Sears Bldg., Boston, Mass. 845September 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Foster: You should apply to governmental authorities for answers to questions of that nature. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Wm. H. Foster, 1609 Beverly Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y. 846September 23rd , 1918 . My dear Mr. Garrett : I am doing everything I can in that matter . I thank you for your letter. Faithfully yours , Mr. S . S. Garrett , 259 So. Third Street , Philadelphia , Pa . [18]47September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Geiselhart: The Kansas City Star is a mighty good paper, and if you will communicate direct with them at Kansas City, Missouri they will give you full information as to subscription terms, etc. Faithfully yours, Mr. N. M. Geiselhart, New Virginia, Iowa. 848September 23, 1918. My dear Mrs. Gilmore: I greatly regret that I am helpless in that matter. I have no influence with the administration - there is nothing I can do Faithfully yours, Mrs. Helen M. Gilmore, 19 West 9th Street, New York City. [8]49September 23, 1918. Dear Governor Goldsborough: Thank you very much for your very kind telegram. We did not want to bother you and had expected to take care of the matter from this end, but found it was absolutely impossible under the new arrangement. I have today supplied to the Associated Press and the United Press copies of Colonel Roosevelt’s Baltimore speech in full. I also sent to you personally three printed copies, and I have mailed copies to the Baltimore American, Baltimore News, Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Star. If you need any additional copies please let me know, and I will furnish them. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Governor Philips Lee Goldsborough, Baltimore, Md. [85]0September 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Hagedorn: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed to you for attention. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Herman Hagedorn, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York. [8]51September 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Haight: Colonel Roosevelt has received such innumerable requests for letters, messages, expressions, and sentiments, all for most worthy causes, that it is an utter impossibility for him to respond to them. All that he can do is to ask that his correspondents choose some sentiment from his published writings or speeches which touch on the subject of the matter they have in view, and if they will send the sentiment to him he will gladly autograph it. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. George I. Haight, 625 The Rookery, Chicago, Ill. 851September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Hamilton: That is most kind of you. I thank you. My son is under treatment, but I thank you for your suggestion none the less. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. G. Hamilton, 1915 Market Street, Youngstown, Ohio. [8]53September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Harding: I thank you for your letter, and I thank you for the clipping enclosed. Faithfully yours, Mr. George P. Harding, Monticello, Ill. 854September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Harring: I extend my best wishes to the little fellow, and especially to his mother. May his life be all that you and she will wish. Faithfully yours, Mr. Williams Harring, 732 No. Front Street, Camden, N.J. 855September 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: It would seem the writer of the enclosed letter would be a pretty good person to have on your mailing list. Will you kindly return the letter for our files after you have read it? Sincerely yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. 856September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Herron: I thank you for having sent me the papers, and I am much amused by that reference to me. Good luck! Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles E. Herron, Kachemak Saltery and Caning Co., Anchorage, Alaska. 857September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Hudgins: I am really obliged to you. I had not seen that article, and I am very glad to see it. Thanking you for your courtesy, I am Faithfully yours, Mr. Hebert V. Hudgins, Indian Head, Md. 858September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Hunt: That is most kind of you. I thank you thoroughly appreciate your courtesy. I am really glad to have the handsome bronze. Faithfully yours, Mr. P. E. Hunt, 118 East 28th Street, New York City. 859 TELEGRAM September 23rd, 1918. Mr. F. R. Huntington, Liberty Loan Committee, Columbus, Ohio. Unless you can procure in hand immediately transportation for Colonel Roosevelt according to my telegram of twentieth Colonel Roosevelt will be obliged to skip Columbus. Impossible to depend on reservations. You must hold tickets. Please wire answer. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY. Charge to Kansas City Star. 860September 23rd, 1918. Mr. dear Mr. Johngen: I wish I could help you, but I am not in a position to be of assistance to you. I do not know just what the activities of the Republican National Committee are, and I can only suggest that you communicate with Mr. Will H. Hays, Chairman, giving references from people in your immediate locality. You have no idea how often I am appealed to in this way, and how very, very little I am able to do. Faithfully yours, Mr. Andrew Johngen, 631 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 61September 23rd, 1918. Dear Mr. Jones: In reply to your letter of September 19th to Colonel Roosevelt; I can only refer you to his reply to you under date of September 17th. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Ivor H. Jones, U.S.A. Debarkation Hosp. #1, Ellis Island, N.Y.TELEGRAM September 23, 1918. Mrs. Irwin R. Kirkwood, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. Colonel Roosevelt gladly accepts your hospitality He arrives seven fifteen AM October third and leaves six oclock that evening. J.M.STRICKER Secretary Charge to Kans. City Star. September 23, 1918 . My dear Mr. Lowy : That is most kind of you . I thank you . My son is under treatment , but I thank you for your suggestion none the less . Faithfully yours , Mr. Emil M. Lowy , 1790 Broadway , City . September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Lupear: 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. Lupear, Indiana Roumanian-American Central Patriotic Com., 468½ West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. September 23rd, 1918. My dear Dr. Magsam: That’s mighty nice. I shall be very glad to see you. Will you communicate with my Secretary, and make an appointment through her? Faithfully yours, Rev. Wm. B. Magsam, M.E. Church, Titusville, N.J. TELEGRAM September 23rd, 1918. Mr. T. A. Marlowe, Helen, Mont. Colonel Roosevelt arrives Billings October fifth seven forty five AM and leaves that evening via Northern Pacific seven twenty two PM for New York. Kindly arrange for speech accordingly and please procure in hand immediately tickets and drawing room accommodations for Colonel, Billings to New York and ticket and upper berth for his man. Please advise by wire immediately. J.M. STRICKER Secretary. Charge to Kansas City Star.September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Marshall: 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. Carl Marshall, Mgr., Industrial Relations, Harriman, Pa.September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Maxwell: I thank you for your very courteous letter, and look forward to reading your book. Won’t you get in touch with Mr. Will H. Hays, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. Faithfully yours, Mr. S.R. Maxwell, c/o Republican Headquarters, Mitchell, S.D.September 23rd, 1918. Dear Mr. Negard: I am sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to make suggestions of that kind. As you know, it is only rarely that people enjoy the same books. He thinks you yourself ought to make the choice. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. William G. Negard, Guinea Mills, Va. September 23rd, 1918. Dear Madam: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very courteous letter, but so very many similar requests are made of him that it is not possible for him to comply with them. He cannot give his consent in one case and not in others without hurting the feelings of many good friends. With regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Pilar-Morin, 67 West 96th Street, New York. September 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Rhodes: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poem. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Neill Rhodes, 417 St. James Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. 2September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mrs. Richardson: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it, and will you extend my warm thanks to your mother? Faithfully yours, Mrs. George H. Richardson, 4309 Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, Ill. September 23, 1918. My dear Dr. Sautter: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Dr. Arthur Sautter, 220 State Street, Albany, New York.September 23, 1918. My dear Mr. Scully: It is not possible for me to give letters unless I am personally acquainted with the fitness of the man for the position sought. Otherwise, my dear sir, my letters would be valueless. I am sorry not to be in a position to help you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Thos. E. Scully, 352 nd Squadron, Hazelhurst Field #1, Hempstead, L.I.September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Starr: That’s very kind of you. My son is being attended by an eminent specialist under the direction of the Surgeon General. Faithfully yours, Mr. M. Allen Starr, 5 West 54th Street, New York. September 23, 1917. My dear Mr. Thomas: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. I am shocked at what you tell me, yet I hardly know what more I can do in the matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles M. Thomas, 907 U Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.Collect Day Letter September 23rd, 1918. Mr. E.E. Violette, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo. Colonel Roosevelt will accept hospitality of Mrs. Kirkwood and will only be able to make one speech. Inadvisable always to have him appear more than once because he would always have to make some remarks. Few minutes are unsatisfactory and a longer time detracts from main speech. Thanks for tickets. Will you deliver them to the Colonel when he arrives? J.M. Stricker, Secretary. TELEGRAM September 23, 1918. Mr. E. E. Violette, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo. Have you Colonel Roosevelts transportation and reservations in your hands now? Colonel Roosevelt cannot take any chances on reservations. You must have tickets in hand or he will not be able to make your stop. Please advise me immediately. J.M.STRICKER SECRETARY. Charge to Kansas City Star.September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Ward: I thank you and very much appreciate your courtesy in sending me the Soldiers News Letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. F.W. Ward, Soldiers News Letter, 373 Yamhill Street, Portland, Ore. September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. White: 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. Edward N. White, Chairman, Fourth Liberty Loan Committee, 329 High Street, Holyoke, Mass. TELEGRAM September 23, 1918. Board of Directors, International Wheat Show, Wichita, Kans. Unless you can procure in hand immediately transportation for Colonel Roosevelt according to my telegram of twentieth Colonel Roosevelt will be obliged to skip Wichita. Impossible to depend on reservations. You must hold tickets. Please wire answer. J.M.STRICKER Secretary. CHARGE TO KANS. CITY STAR. September 23rd, 1918. My dear Lafe : I greatly appreciate that editorial . Faithfully yours , Mr. Lafayette Young , Editor , Des Moines Capital, Des Moines , Iowa . September 23rd, 1918. My dear Mr. Zimmerman: If my editorial was of the least assistance, I am more than pleased. Faithfully yours, Mr. P.E. Zimmerman, Anti-Bolshevik Campaign, Lindsborg, Kanas. September 24th , 1918 . My dear Mr. Alling : I very deeply appreciate your letter . I thank you for what you and Dr. Schurman did . With all good wishes , Faithfully yours , Mr. Joseph T. Alling , Rochester, New York . September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Baker: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the enclosed and I return it to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Barton Baker, Universal Tribune, Webster, N.Y. September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Becker: The enclosed letter and papers explain themselves. Would it bother you too much to ask you to write Mr. Brinkerhoof direct and give him what information you can? Faithfully yours, Mr. Alfred L. Becker, 51 Chambers Street, New York. September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Bishop: Colonel Roosevelt’s luncheon engagement for Friday stands. He asked me to have you bring your friend to the Harvard Club at five o’clock and he will see to it that he will be free to speak. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J.B. Bishop, University Club, 5th Avenue and 54th Street, New York. 5658 September 24, 1918. My dear Mrs. Bosquet: I thank you for your letter, and I appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mrs. J. S. Bousquet, Evanston, Ill.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Breyfogle: I very much appreciate your letter and I thank you for what you have done. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank E. Breyfogle, Chamber of Commerce, Bridge Plaza, L.I. City, N.Y. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Brinkerhoff : I have at once sent your letters to Mr. Becker , asking him to give you the information you seek , if he can . Faithfully yours , Mr. Frederick W. Brinkerhoff , Pittsburgh , Kans . 5835 September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Bronner: In accordance with your request, I am returning your enclosures with undated letter from Dayton. There is no doubt you can render good service in the undertaking you now anticipate. Faithfully yours, Mr. Elbert R. Bronner, 314 E. Herman Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Brosius: I thank you and genuinely appreciate your letter; and I am very much touched by the action of Lt. Acres in putting the flag on Quentin’s grave. Faithfully yours, Mr. S.T. Brosius, Alton, Mo. 1391 September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Browne: Your letter touches and pleases me very much. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Hon. Edward E. Browne, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.September 24, 1918. Bulmers Limited, 330 Fourth Avenue, New York. Gentlemen: Enclosed find coupons Nos. 8,9, 10, 11, and 12 for which kindly send carbon paper noted thereon. Very truly yours, [*3114*] September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Clark: I am extremely sorry, but I cannot give you any further information about that picture. I do not know whether you sent it to Oyster Bay or to Colonel Roosevelt's New York Office, but in either case I would probably have something to do with the mailing of it back to you after it had been autographed, if it had been received. So very, very many articles are received for autograph that it is not possible for us to try to keep any record of them. We just simply make sure that it is all right to autograph a picture or a book and after it is autographed, return it to the sender by Parcel Post. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Byron N. Clark, Camp Abnaki, North Hero Island, Lake Champlain, Vt.September 24, 1918. My dear Mrs. Clarke: The demands upon for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon my 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. M.A. Clarke, Y.W.C.A Trenton, N.J. September 24th, 1918. Dear Mr. Collier: Is the enclosed all right? Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward L. Collier, 44 Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 5September 24, 1918. To whom it may concern: Mr. E.L. Collier is a lawyer of high standing at the bar and of excellent character as a citizen. He was in the Legislature when I was Governor, and I then found him a constant friend of honesty and decency who could be relied upon to back up all good measures. Later he served with distinction as a member of the Committee to revise the tax laws of the state. He is very anxious to get into the Judge Advocate General’s office at the front, in France. Judge Crane of the Court of Appeals has written a strong endorsement of his standing at the Kings County Bar. I am glad to testify in this way about him. Respectfully, [*file-Alsop*] September 24, 1918. My dear Major Coulson: This is to introduce Mr. Joseph W. Alsop, of Avon, Connecticut, who married my niece. He is very anxious to get into the Officers Training Camp for field artillery. He hopes for a commission but he will serve as a private if he doesn’t get the commission. He has been the moving force in the Connecticut State Council of Defense and has done a really extraordinary work, as I can testify of my own knowledge. He has a wife and four children whom he is supporting, and is under no obligation to go to the war, as he would be automatically exempt under the draft regulations. But he is most eager to go to the front. I don’t know a man better fitted to do good work in the army. Personally, if I had command of troops I should like to have him under me as a Major, and what is more I know he would rise very speedily. I vouch for him in every way. Faithfully yours, Major Robert E. Coulson, War Department, Washington, D.C.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Darlington: I thank you and very deeply appreciate your letter of the 17th. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. Darlington, c/o Fres S. James and Co., 175 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Davis: I greatly appreciate your letter and the enclosed article, which I was glad to see. With very sincere thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Robert W. Davis, Southport, N.C. September 24, 1918 . Dear Mr. Davison : Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed letter to you for your information . Will you kindly return it after you have read it ? Sincerely yours , Secretary. Mr. Charles J. Davison , American Defense Society , 44 East 23rd Street , City . September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Dawe: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Dr. Denias Dawe, Monroe, Mich. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. d’Elba: I am very much obliged to you, but I cannot express an opinion in that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henri d’Elba, 1405 Iowa Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Dewar: Indeed, I remember you very well. Is the enclosed all right? Faithfully yours, Mr. Roger A. Dewar, Andrews, N.C. September 24, 1918. To whom it may concern: Mr. Roger Alexander Dewar, formerly of Georgia, is well known to me. He is going abroad for field service with the Red Cross in France. He is a man of fine executive ability and of high personal standing. I cordially commend him to the courtesy of all who see this note. Respectfully, September 24, 1918 . Dear Joe : I must surely see you when I get to Billings . Now , I count on you taking off your coat and doing your best to help put Landstrum over . I regard it as of capital importance. Faithfully yours , Hon. Joseph M. Dixon , Missoula , Mont .September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Dyer: Your letter was a particularly pleasant one. I thank you for it and appreciate it. By the way, what is the matter with the St. Louis Globe Democrat? I do not understand its attitude. Faithfull yours, Hon. L.C. Dyer, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Elliot: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to advise you that he is not competent to express judgment in that matter. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. R.S. Elliot, c/o J. and J. Eager Co., 479 Washington Street, New York. September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. Forster: Relative to your memorandum of the 12th, Colonel Roosevelt desires to say that it is very good, and that he has no suggestions to make. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. William Forster, Pres., LiederKranz of New York. 59 Wall Street, City.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Gottheil: Did you receive Mrs. Roosevelt’s letter saying I was glad to have you make use of the article? Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard Gottheil, Columbia University, New York. 6 September 24, 1918 . My dear Mr. Heitman : I am very sorry , but it just is not possible for me to do as you request . I am to make several Liberty Loan speeches through the country and on the 15th will speak in New York . Faithfully yours , Mr. Charles E. Heitman , Room 1562 , 120 Broadway , City . ?7 September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Hoag: That is most kind of you. I thank you and much appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. J.E. Hoag, Greenwich, N.Y. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Holz: I very deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Julius Holz, New Yorker Herold, 22 William St., City. Sept 24, 1918. W.M King, Chairman , Recublican State Committee , Mitchell , SD Extremely sorry impossible for me to accept . Archihqld Roosevelt . Collect . September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Lampkin: I am very sorry, but I am perfectly helpless to advise you, I very greatly regret to say. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Barnett Lampkin, 222 South 11th Street, Columbus, Miss. September 24, 1918 . My dear Mr. Libby : I have already written to General Wingate that it is not poss- ible for me to accept his very kind invitation . Faithfully yours , Mr. Walter G. Libby , Secy . , Associated Rifle Clubs , 80 Fifth Avenue , City . September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Marble: I have no information on those points. You should communicate direct with General Woods. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will A. Marble, Alexandria, So. Dak.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. McNeil: I am really obliged to you, and I am touched and pleased by what you have said. More power to your elbow! Faithfully yours, Mr. W.T. McNeil, P.O. Box 64, Reno, Nevada September 24, 1918. Dear Mr. McTyier: I had any indefinite amount of trouble after the Y.M.C.A. first came into this building with regard to telegrams and occasional letters. I took the matter up with two or three people, and the matter was pretty thoroughly gone over, so that I have not had the slightest difficulty for at least six weeks - and it may be a little longer. Today, a telegram with my name typewritten, was accepted at the Y.M.C.A. at 3 o'clock and at 4:15 was sent up to my room with the notation on the envelope "opened by M. L. Dedrich, Speakers Bureau". My name is on file in the starter's book, so that the slightest investigation (even though it had been accepted in error in your Headquarters) would have had it delivered to me with the delay of only a very few minutes. But there is no excuse for its having been opened. Upon telephoning I found that the person who opened the telegram was a woman and when I explained the difficulty I had had in the past and that there was no occasion for the telegram having been opened, she said that she opened the telegram "under instructions". I want to impress on everyone connected with the Y.M.C.A. or any other organization or work, that no one is permitted- 2 - to open anything addressed to me, except my secretary in my office. I, of course, realize the great number of people receiving mail and telegrams in yours organization, but I realize also that it is perfectly possible that a thing of this kind should not occur. Sincerely yours, Mr. J. F. McTyier, Y.M.C.A. 347 Madison Avenue, City.September 24, 1918. My dear Dr. Mendes: That is very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Rev. H. Pereira Mendes, 99 Central Park West, New York. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Meyer: 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 it not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. E.W. Meyer, Chairman, Liberty Loan Com., Hutchinson, Kans. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Meyer: It is not possible for me to give letters except of my personal knowledge of the fitness of a man for the position he seeks. Otherwise, my letters would be valueless. I am sure you will agree with me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. C. H. Meyer, Gov. Elect. Sub. Sta., Camp Dix, N.J. [*Returned*]September 24, 1918. Gentlemen: I thank you and through you I wish to express my appreciation to Professor Mercer. Faithfully yours, Morehouse Publishing Co., 484 Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, Wis. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Murray: I deeply appreciate your letter, and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. John Murray, Muzzano, Biella, Italy. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. O’Neil: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Mr. John O’Neil, 1947 Broadway, New York City. September 24, 1918. Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York. Gentlemen: Will you kindly send me a small picture of Colonel Roosevelt for the Hon. J.S. Frelinghuysen? Sincerely yours, Secretary. September 24, 1918. My dear Judge Parker: I have hearty sympathy with your purposes, but it is out of the question for me to go on any other committee. I have recently written an article for the Kansas City Star on what England has done in the war. I suggest that you procure a copy of that editorial and use it in any way you desire. Faithfully yours, Judge Alton B. Parker, The Sulgrave Institution, Washington Manor House, Woolworth Bldg., New York.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Plimpton: That’s very kind of you. I thank you and look forward to the receipt of the book. Faithfully yours, Mr. G.A. Plimpton, c/o Ginn and Co. Publishes, 70 Fifth Avenue, City. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Reinhard: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours and I wish you would thank Mr. Johnson for his straight-out editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. George F. Reinhard, 635 Madison Avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Reynolds: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. I am returning your manuscript, however, as I have nothing whatever to do with the acceptance or rejection of material. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lewis G. Reynolds, 39 North Tenth Street, Richmond, Ind. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Schwinn: I thank you cordially. But I have nothing at present to add to what I have said in my recent speeches. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. W. Schwinn, Wellington, Kans.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Simon: You are quite right. That was an oversight on my part. I shall correct the speech accordingly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Anton W. Simon: 60 Washington Street, New York City. September 24, 1918. My dear Congressman Smith: It will give m real pleasure to have you use that editorial as you suggest. If I am of the least assistance in the warfare on the non-Partisan League and all other agencies of Anti-Americanism or Bolshevism, I am more than pleased. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Hon. Addison T. Smith, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Spencer: I thank you for your very kind letter. I have kept in consultation with Mr. Hays constantly and he agrees with me that I should not try to go into various Congressional districts to make campaign speeches. If I do it in one case I must do it in countless other cases, and we have both decided that It would be an unwise thing for me to do. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mr. Selden P. Spencer, 1230 Boatmen’s Bank Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Sroge: Unfortunately there is nothing I can do and in view of the conditions you mention I am unable to make suggestions that would be helpful in your desire to get into active service. Sincerely yours, Mr. Albert Sroge, 6 West 118th Street, New York City. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Stead: I appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles M. Stead, Union League Club, New York City. Collect Day Letter September 24, 1918. Mr. James P. Sullivan, 1st Chairman, Wichita, Kans. Colonel Roosevelt arrives Wichita eight fifty-five AM leaves twelve five same night. He will only be able to make one speech. Get all your committees together and decide where that one is to be held during the time he is in Wichita. He is doing so very, very much Liberty Loan and other war work that it is not possible for him to make more than one speech at each stop and he does not care to attend any other public functions and he leaves it entirely to the committee in charge to decide what in their opinion is most important. J.M. Stricker Secretary September 24, 1918. My dear Dr. Swift: I am deeply touched by your letter and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Faithfully yours, Dr. Judson Swift, American Tract Society, Park Ave. and 40th Street, New York. September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Thomson: I thank you for your letter. I genuinely appreciate it. I need hardly say that I wrote out of a full heart. Faithfully yours, Mr. Mortimer Thomson, Station One, Bath, N.Y.September 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Thorp: I thank you and am very much obliged to you for your very kind offer, but at present I do not care to have such a picture made. We fully appreciate your office none the less. Faithfully yours, Mr. Freeman Thorp, 503 Huron Road, Cleveland, Ohio. TELEGRAM COLLECT September 24, 1918. Mr. E. E. Violette, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo. My request of twenty first to you was for transportation from Kansas City at six PM via Burlington route to Billings, Montana. Wichita friends taking care of transportation from Wichita to Kansas City. Colonel Roosevelt arrives Kansas City October third seven fifteen AM Santa Fe, leaves via Burlington that evening six for Billings. Colonel Roosevelt will make one speech at whatever hour and place your committee thinks best period But he does not wish to attend any other public function and will accept the hospitality of Mrs. Irwin Kirkwood. Public breakfasts and luncheons mean short unsatisfactory speeches and always detract from Main Speech. He will be very glad to have your committee meet him at station and escort him to Kirkwood home, take him to place where speech is to be held and take him [back] to station but he wishes to discourage entirely any other public functions. Please advise me about transportation Kansas City to Billings per my request twenty first. J.M. STRICKER Secretary.September 24, 1918. My dear Mrs. Weaver: Will you kindly advise me what it is you wish to see Colonel Roosevelt about? He is very busy, and is unable to do nineteen out of every twenty things he is requested to do. If it is something that he can do. I will gladly make an appointment for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Mary Argyle Weaver, Hotel Grenville, 56th St. and 7th Avenue, New York. Collect Telegram September 24, 1918 Hon. John L. Wilson, Mayor, Muskogee, Okla. I am very sorry but I will be in the West at that time. Theodore Roosevelt. TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Baltimore Evening News, Baltimore, Md. Colonel Roosevelt's speech must not be released until five[t] thirty edition. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY COLLECT.TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Baltimore Star, Baltimore, Md. Colonel Roosevelt’s speech must not be released until five thirty edition. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY. COLLECTTELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Baltimore Evening Sun, Baltimore, Md. Colonel Roosevelt’s speech must not be released until the five thirty edition. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY. COLLECTTELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Gov. R. Livingston Beeckman, Providence, R.I. Please meet Colonel Roosevelt Harvard Club Friday three thirty instead of his office at twelve. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY Charge to Kans. City Star.September 25, 1918 Dear Mr. Black: In accordance with your request to Dr. Preston, I enclose herewith two copies of Colonel Roosevelt’s speech. The Press Associations and the Baltimore newspapers have been supplied with copies. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Van Lear Black, Chairman, Publicit Committee, Liberty Loan Committee, Baltimore, Md.2551 September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Brinkerhoff: 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. F. W. Brinkerhoff, Chairman, Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, Pa.5836 September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Brown: I thank you for your letter, and I appreciate it, and I hope your brave boy will come home in safety to you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick G. Brown, c/o Leventritt, Cook & Nathan, 111 Broadway, City.1872 September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Buchanan: When the photograph comes I will gladly autograph it and return it to you. Sincerely yours, Mr. W. A. Buchanan, c/o G. Sommers & Co., Park Square, St. Paul, Minn.1327 COLLECT TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Mr. Henry P. Chandler, Federal Reserve Director, Chicago, Ill. Greatly regret it is not possible to add to Colonel Roosevelts itinerary at this time. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY 7772September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Cuyler: I appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Telaman Cuyler, Beverwyck Farms, Jones County, Ga. 42September 25, 1918. Dear Mrs. Adams: Referring to your telegram to Colonel Roosevelt, I enclose herewith copy of his Lafayette Day speech which in his opinion is a direct contradiction of what The Times printed. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Bertha Harriet Adams, Chairman, Comfort Committee, Navy League, Garden City Hotel, Garden City, L.I.September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Carroll: I extend my best wishes to the little fellow, and especially to his mother. May his life be all that you and she will wish. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. R. Carroll, Box 35, South Hills Bv. Pittsburgh, Pa.COLLECT TELEGRAM Mr. C.L. Davidson, S. Chairman, Liberty Loan Com., September 25, 1918. Wichita, Kans. Greatly regret it is not possible to add to Colonel Roosevelt’s itinerary. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARYSeptember 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Disney: 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. L. G. Disney, Muskogee, Okla. 4[*Dixon*] September 25, 1918. Dear Joe: The enclosed is a rough draft of part of what I propose as my Billings speech. Please telegraph me Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri as soon as you get this whether you think it is all right or not. I will then try to have it given out. Faithfully yours, Hon. Joseph M. Dixon, Missoula, Mont.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Mr. H.O. Dursun, Republican Central Committee, Albuquerque, N.M. Exceedingly sorry absolutely impossible on account of other engagements to accept. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.September 25, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: I am enclosing herewith for your information, letter of Mr. C. F. Hodge to Henry A. Wise Wood and Mr. Wise Wood’s reply. Have you any suggestions to make as to what Colonel Roosevelt should do in the matter? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York City.September 25, 1918. Dear Mr. Haber: Indeed, it will be a pleasure to shake hands with you when I am in Columbus. Faithfully yours, Mr. Reginald C. Heber, 312 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.September 25, 1918. My dear Dr. Hunt: I very deeply appreciate your pamphlet and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Rev. Edward Lawrence Hunt, Church of Forest Hills, Forest Hills, L.I.September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. Kelly: I deeply appreciate your letter and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard T. Kelly, 1 Seaview Terrace, Ailesbury Road, Dubin, Ireland.September 25, 1918. Dear Mrs. Kirkwood: The enclosed is for your information. Colonel Roosevelt will go directly to your house escorted by a committee, and will remain with you until he leaves for Billings, except the time he will speak for the Liberty Loan Committee. Of course the Committee cannot realize the unlimited demands upon him from all parts of the country and for everything, and, he could not attend the public breakfast and luncheon at Kansas City without doing the same thing at every point. If you are willing he would be glad to meet the members of the Committee at your home. Will you please see to it that Colonel Roosevelt gets a little real rest while he is with you? He is in splendid shape - he is making a rather long trip, and upon his return has another trip to make and four speeches to deliver - and these speeches are only a trivial part of his work! Very sincerely yours, Mrs. Irwin R. Kirkwood, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. 51941September 25, 1918. Dear Dr. Landstrum: The enclosed is a rough draft of part of what I propose as my Billings speech. Please telegraph me Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri as soon as you get this whether you think it is all right or not. I will then try to have it given out. Faithfully yours, Dr. O. M. Landstrum, Helena, Mont.TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Mr. Fred E. Lewis, Allentown, Pa. Greatly regret I cannot accept your invitation. I am speaking in Kansas City on the third. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. COLLECTSeptember 25, 1918. Lewiston Journal, Lewiston, Maine. Gentlemen: I mourn the loss of Frank L. Dingley. He had been my valued friend for many years, and my regard for him was personal. But it was also much more than personal. It is not too much to say that he has been a great figure in our national life. His uncompromising integrity, his fearlessness, his vision and his combination of sound common sense with devotion to lofty standards of conduct made him a leader whose loss all Americans must deplore. Faithfully yours,September 25, 1918. My dear Mr. McCoun: I am very sorry, but I am absolutely powerless to help you. I never try to get positions for anyone. I am only able to write telling of my personal knowledge of the applicant’s fitness for the position. Otherwise, my letters would be valueless. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard P. McCoun, Oyster Bay, N.Y.September 25, 1918. My dear Mrs. Price: 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. Fanny Bonner Price, Director, Immigration & Alien Groups, Women’s Council of National Defense, St/ Louis, Mo.September 25, 1918. Dear Mr. Van Wyck: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your very courteous note with enclosed clipping. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Theo. Van Wyck, 21 Park Row, New York. 7COLLECT TELEGRAM September 25th, 1918. Mr. E.E. Violette, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo. We have received hundreds of similar requests as yours relative St. Joseph. Impossible to add to itinerary. Period Thanks for telegram relative tickets. Please hold them for Colonel Roosevelt. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Mr. Wade, Secretary, Liberty Loan, Committee, Denver, Colo. Greatly regret it is too late to change Colonel Roosevelt’s itinerary. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARYCOLLECT TELEGRAM September 25, 1918. Mrs. B.H. Wilkins, Great Falls, Mont. My deep sympathy but can only suggest that you immediately communicate with Red Cross through your local Red Cross branch. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.September 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Abelman: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the enclosed speech and I send it to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Max Abelman, 12 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.70 September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Alessi: I am very much touched and I thank you. I appreciate what your society has done and I extend to it my best wishes. Faithfully yours, Mr. Luigs Alessi, Pres., 662 Union Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 908 September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Birmingham: I thank you and very deeply appreciate what you have done. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ernest F. Birmingham, The Fourth Estate, 332 West 59th Street, City. 4703 September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Boerker: I look forward to receiving the book. I know I shall enjoy it greatly – and what is more I shall appreciate what you have written. With hearty thanks and all good wishes. Faithfully yours, Mr. Richard H. Boerker, 104 West 85th Street, New York City. 5459 September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Brocklehurst: I thank you for your letter and appreciate it. I was interested in all you told me, both about your gallant son, about the man who took your place temporarily, and about the fact that you had thrown your pulpit open to your non-conformist brethren. I have time to send you only a line. I am very glad you liked what I said should be the peace terms. It will be a great misfortune if we accept an inconclusive or a negotiated peace. Faithfully yours, Mr. Theodore P. Brocklehurst, The Well House, Giggleswick-in-Graven, Yorkshire, England. 5712 September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Chenoweth: I thank you for your letter, and I have sent it on to Mr. Hays for his information. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. L. Chenoweth, Winnemucca, Nev. September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Clive: Colonel Roosevelt could not add to what he has said in his book called “The Foes of Our Own Household”, and in his speeches. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. S. S. Clive, News Editor, The Star, Washington, D.C.September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Cobb: Colonel Roosevelt asks me to advise you that he has nothing to do with the arrangements for the day, but he thanks you for your interest none the less. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. James A. Cobb, 609 F Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 7108September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Collins: Next week I shall be away. But beginning with October 9th I shall be here all that week, and I am anxious to see you. I enclose copy of a letter I have just sent to John King. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. V. Collins, Pine Woods Avenue, Troy, N.Y.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Collier: I am awfully sorry, but I haven’t a copy of that address. With regret, Sincerely yours, Mr. F. J. Collier, 609 Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y.[*Crosley*] September 26, 1918. My dear Comrade: I am really obliged to you. I appreciate your letter, and thank you very deeply for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Reta S. Crosley, Terre Haute, Ind. 96September 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Cochems: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send you the enclosed letter from Acting Judge Advocate General Ansell for your information. Will you kindly return it for our files after you have read it? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Henry F. Cochems, First National Bank Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis.September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Constance: I am enclosing copy of Colonel Roosevelt’s speech to be delivered in Baltimore and he asked me to say to you that he will be very glad to have you use any part of it you desire as a special message to your people from him. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Rev. Bert Constance, Burtonsville Circuit, Burtonsville, Md.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Davison: I am very much pleased with what you are doing with my speech. Of course I absolutely agree with you about the German peace drive for a League of Nations. I will fight on the “unconditional surrender” line straight through exactly along the lines of your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles S. Davison, American Defense Society, 60 Wall Street, City.September 26, 1918. My dear Duncan: I am very sorry not to have seen you. I have not given any letters directly or indirectly seeking promotion of anyone during this war, and so I cannot give you the letter to Senator Johnson for such a purpose. As I said I have not given such a card or letter to any human being. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Capt. Arthur S. Duncan 2 M.C. U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.September 26th, 1918. My dear Miss Foltz: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. Give my regards to those assembled at the meeting and say if they will turn to the two concluding chapters of my book called, “The Foes of Our Own Household”, or to the current number of the Metropolitan containing my article called “The Great Adventure”, you will find what I have said on the subject. Faithfully yours, Miss Clara S. Foltz, Merchants Trust Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Garner: Do you know anything relative to the marked paragraph of the enclosed letter from Mr. Leimbach? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. George Garner, 307 Riggs Bldg., Washington, D.C.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Gingras: I am very much pleased by your letter and I appreciate your writing to me. Through you I would like heartily to thank Mr. Eastman of the 302nd Engineers for cutting and lettering the stone which the Engineers put above my son Quentin’s grave. I thank you again. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. J. Gingras, West End Republican Club, Gouverneur, N.Y.September 26th, 1918. Dear Governor Goldsborough: I telegraphed immediately to all three Baltimore afternoon papers. Do you care to call their attention to my telegrams, to make sure they do not print the speech until the 5:30 edition? With deep appreciation and thanks for your many kindnesses, Very sincerely yours, Secretary. Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Baltimore, Md.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Greening: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I hate to have to refuse you, but I am very much afraid that if I granted your request it would put it out of my power to refuse scores of similar requests from good people doing or trying to do such work. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. C. Greening, New York Herald, New York. 9September 26th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: Will you kindly read the enclosed letter form Mr. E. L. Chenoweth, and return for our files? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Hennessy: I thank you for the poem; and I thank you for your note in which you say you were thinking of Quentin when you wrote the poem. Believe me, I appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Roland B. Hennessy, New York Star, 1493 Broadway, City.September 26, 1918. My dear Captain Hutchinson: That’s very nice of you. You can get the photograph at Pach Brothers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, and if you will send it to me I will gladly autograph it for you. Faithfully yours, Captain S. J. Hutchinson, c/o Military Attache, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.September 26, 1918. Dear Mrs. Hyde: Colonel Roosevelt is very sorry, but it is utterly out of the question for him to read and pass judgment on the many manuscripts that are sent to him. You have no conception of the multitude of similar requests he receives. He has returned your manuscript to you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Julia Amand Hyde, 1251 Sherman Street, Alameda, Calif.September 26th, 1918. My dear Miss Irwin: 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, Miss Mabel Irwin, The Bancroft, 509 West 121st Street, New York.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Ambassador: My wife and I were very, very much touched by your letter and by the letter of President Poincare. We know what you and dear Madame Jusserand felt about Quentin; and about us too. Will you send the enclosed letter to President Poincare? I look forward to receiving the diploma. Read my letter before you send it on. With deep affection, Faithfully yours, M. Jules Jusserand, French Embassy, Washington. D.C. [*enc*][*King*] September 26th, 1918. Dear John: The enclosed letter from my friend Collins explains itself. He is the man I am most anxious to have you see of all the New York crowd. He is straight, and he knows the ropes. He served under me while I was Governor, and was a mighty good man. Faithfully yours, Mr. John T. King, Bridgeport, Conn.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Koehler: I wish I could help you, but I am absolutely powerless. I am very, very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Koehler, 210 - 7th Avenue, Astoria, L.I.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Leimbach: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I will look into that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. A. H. Leimbach, Vermillion, Ohio.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Leon: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Maurice Leon, 60 Wall Street, City.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Lewis: I entirely sympathize with your purpose, but I am up to my ears in work and I am not sufficiently conversant on the subject to give you an opinion worth while. Sincerely yours, Mr. Burdette G. Lewis, Commissioner, State House, Trenton, N.J.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mr. Maikens: I am exceedingly sorry, but unfortunately I am already engaged up to the limit in working for our Liberty Loan here. If it were possible, I would particularly like to go to Winnipeg and I genuinely regret my inability. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. A. Maikens, Lt. Governor, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.COLLECT [TELEGRAM] DAY LETTER September 26, 1918. Mr. T. A. Marlowe, Helena, Mont. Because of transportation problems it is necessary for Colonel Roosevelt to know immediately whether you have actually in hand transportation and drawing room accommodations for him and ticket and upper berth for his man Billings to New York Saturday, October fifth Northern Pacific seven twenty two PM. Otherwise cannot go to Billings. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY.September 26th, 1918 My dear Mr. Maxwell: I thank you cordially for your very kind letter, but there is nothing I can do about that matter. With regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Samuel R* Maxwell, 1047 Montrose Avenue, Chicago, Ill.September 26, 1918. Dear McSween: Will you thank Mr. Johns warmly for his letter? I want to be sure of my ground and I will take that matter up with Mr. Hays, who I know has been looking into it. It is of course too late to do anything for the Congressional elections, but we ought to act in ample time for the Presidential election. I’ll write Mr. Johns; he is editing a capital paper. Faithfully yours, Mr. Angus McSween, The North American, Washington Correspondent, Washington, D.C.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Meinrath: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph Meinrath, Kansas City, Mo.September 26, 1918. My dear Bishop O’Gorman: I mourn the death of Archbishop Ireland. I have paid a very insufficient tribute to him in the press this morning. He was a great patriot, and a great churchman, and a great statesman. I sympathize with you in his loss. It would be a pleasure to see you any time you are here. Faithfully yours, Bishop O’Gorman, St. Paul, Minn.[*Oliver*] September 26, 1918. My dear Jack: I am really pleased to hear from you and I congratulate you upon how admirably you are doing. I am glad to know all about your family. I wrote Mrs. Murray about the death of Mrs. Bowditch, which I genuinely mourned. Again thanking you, Faithfully yours, Dr. John R. Oliver, The Latrobe, Baltimore, Md.September 26th, 1918. Dear Miss Parkhurst: With reference to your request of the 21st to Colonel Roosevelt, it will not be possible for Captain Archie Roosevelt and his family to pose for a picture, but you are welcome to use the pictures that have already been published and if you can make a group of them and it will be satisfactory. With reference to a picture of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., I refer you to Mrs. H. A. Alexander, 167 East 74th Street, Mrs. Roosevelt’s mother, who will supply any information relative to her. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Genevieve Y.Parkhurst, McCall’s Magazine, 236 West 37th Street, City.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Peters: The American Defense Society is doing excellent work. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles H. Peters, Knox, Ind.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Quinn: My memory is that I made some such statement as that contained in the article in question, but I do not know where it can be found. Sincerely yours, Mr. John N. Quinn, 307 Elm Avenue, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.September 26th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Radcliffe: I think those are capital resolutions, and as an American I congratulate you. It is fine to have the National Congress of Mothers undertaking just this kind of educational work. If you will look at the last two chapters of the book I wrote called, "The Foes of Our Own Household" and also at my article in the last number of the Metropolitan entitled, "The Great Adventure" you will see my own deep appreciation of the problem, and the estimate I put upon the American woman who has risen to the level of the duties, the performance of which makes her literally the best of all the citizens of this Republic. I wish I could promise to speak to you but I do not think it is possible for me to come to Baltimore again. Some time or other I wish you would have a delegation of 20 or 30 of your body come out to see me at Oyster Bay. I should love to greet you. Faithfully yours, Mrs. George L. Radcliffe, 311 Oakdale Road, Roland Park, Baltimore, Md.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Schwartz: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. B. Schwartz, Chattanooga, Tenn.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Stambaugh: I am very much obliged to you for the clipping. I value it. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. J. Stambaugh, 180 N. Dearborn, Street, Chicago, Ill.September 26, 1918. Dear Mr. Sullivan: Colone and Mrs. Roosevelt thank you and very much appreciate the little tracts you have so kindly sent for their sons. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. L. C. Sullivan, Roanoke, Va.September 26, 1918. Mr. Dear Mr. Swinnerton: I am sorry, but it would not be possible for me to sell visitors about the aims of the war. I should have to ask them to look at my speeches and writings for that purpose, as I am sure you will realize. But if you and your friends would like to come out to Sagamore Hill some afternoon between 5:30 and 6:00, it will be a real pleasure to receive you. I shall be away until October 9th. Faithfully yours, Mr. Radcliffe Swinnerton, Ensign, 351 Clifton Avenue, Newark, N.J.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Thurston: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement. Faithfully yours, Mr. T. J. Thurston, South Shore Green Lake, Portland, Oregon.September 26, 1918. Dear Nealy: I am very much obliged to you indeed for sending me the copies of the poems you have written. Do you wish me to keep them for you? When the war is over and we can talk of poetical instead of military matters, I will talk them over with you. With best wishes, Faithfully yours, [?t.] Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., H.Q. 27th Division A. E. F. France.September 26, 1918. My dear Miss Van Norden: I thank you for your very kind invitation, but I shall be away at that time, and it just is not possible for me to make any additional engagements just now. Faithfully yours, Miss Cora Van Norden, 28 East 38th Street, New York.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 26, 1918. Mr. E. E. Violette. Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo. Colonel Roosevelt extremely sorry but he does not think it well to try to add to the speeches he has already promised. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARY.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Weadick: If I had such a memento I would gladly send I to you, but its has been many years since anything of the kind has been left in the house. All I can do is to express my very best wishes to you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Guy Weadick, c/o Lincoln Grafflin Feature Bureau, Liberty Loan, 120 Broadway, City.September 26, 1918. My dear Mr. Welsh: Can you give my copy of Fickert’s reply, to which you allude? Sincerely yours, Mr. Francis R. Welsh, 109 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.September 26, 1918. Dear Miss Wetmore: The Parker incident is one of the funniest I have ever known. I am absolutely unable to understand it. What in the name of Heaven was the “program” in the Evening Post, to which he apparently objected? He certainly could not have thought the Evening Post was acting as my personal organ! It was a real pleasure being with you. Faithfully yours, Miss Maude Wetmore, 630 Park Avenue, New York.[*Abbott*] September 27th, 1918. Dear Lawrence: Do you care for the enclosed review? Some time I would like to see Mr. Odell with you. I greatly liked his recent article, except (and it is a very important exception) that in my judgment it does damage not to make such statements as that about cutting out politics from both parties definite, where as this case it follows the statement that we should "support the administration promptly and enthusiastically." The administration is doing nothing but putting politics into the situation. More than that, our chances of getting "unlimited machine guns and 25,000 airplanes across to our army" depend upon our forcing the administration to act by criticism which the Administration will resent and will say indicates lack of support. I wish Odell would read the admirable article by Richard Washburn Child in Leslie's Weekly on Making the World Safe for Truth. I hope I can see him and you Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence Abbott, The Outlook, 381 Fourth Avenue, City. Col. Roosevelt desires me to invite you & Mr. Odell to lunch with him at Harvard Club, Oct 15, at 1:30. Will you ask Mr. Odell? [?][*Allen*] September 27, 1918. Dear Fred: Lord, how I congratulate you on what you are doing; and I envy you not a little! I am glad you liked my speech and I am really pleased to hear that praise of our troops from your old chauffeur. With all good wishes to you and your gallant sons, Faithfully yours, Mr. Frederick H. Allen, U.S. Naval Aviation Forces, 4, Place D’Iena, Paris, France.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Baldwin: I thank you for your very kind and courteous letter. I entirely agree with you that it is best that you should support Newberry. Indeed, my dear sir, I can put it a little stronger. I think that Ford's election would be a calamity, and that all other considerations disappear before this. If you ever come here I would like to talk with you on the points you raise in your letter. Meanwhile will you look at the [??????] chapters of my book called "The Foes of Our Own Household", which I think you will find contains pretty strong progressive doctrine? I shall, of course, keep your letter confidential, and will you do the same with mine? Faithfully yours, Mr. F. L. Baldwin, Escanaba Journal, Escanaba, Mich. 486[*Bates*] September 27, 1918. Mr. Oric: Is the enclosed all right? It’s a very great pleasure to send it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Oric Bates, 12th Observation Battery, F.A.O.T.S. Camp Taylor, Ky.September 27, 1918. My dear Mrs. Bickel: I am not only very much amused at your anecdote, but I am very much touched and pleased by both it and the picture. That’s a dear photo. I thank you and I am really obliged to you. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Ethel Bickel, McGregor, Iowa.September 27, 1918. My dear Mrs. Brooke: I shall write at once to General March, on behalf of the gallant young Smith boy who is serving in the ranks and urge that he be given the chance for his commission. I shall also write at once to Mrs. Smith herself as to the other boy’s future. In great haste, Mrs. Mary S. Brooke, 1901 Wyoming Avenue, Washington, D.C. P.S. Give my warm regards to General Brooke. 5525[*Brown*] September 27, 1918. Dear Walter: I will follow your advice exactly. I will say nothing about Willis. But Professor Johnson has given the chance to say a great deal [against] about President Wilson! Ever yours, Mr. Walter F. Brown, Nicholas Bldg., Toledo, Ohio.September 27, 1918. Dear Mr. Cass: That’s fine! Give the $500. to the Roumanian Society for War Orphans, and the other $500.00 to the Montenegrian Red Cross and Relief Fund. Faithfully yours, Mr. George B. Cass, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C. 2259[*Chamber of Commerce*] September 27, 1918. Gentlemen: 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, Chamber of Commerce, Missoula, Mont.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Chillingworth: That’s very kind of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Dr. Felix P. Chillingworth, 1047 W. Howard Street, Baloxi, Miss.September 27, 1918. Dear Miss Colley: Colonel Roosevelt gladly autographed the enclosed and I send I to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Jessie M. Colley, Chedworth House, Wright Street, Wellington, New Zealand.TELEGRAM September 27, 1918. Mr. William Muller Collier, Pres. Washington, D.C. I wish I could accept but it is not possible. If I could accept any such invitation it would be yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT COLLECT. 7776September 27th, 1918. My dear General Crowder: Will you read the enclosed letter from Mr. Nathaniel A. Elsberg? He is an ex-State Senator, a lawyer of high standing, and one of my old and valued friends. I would have had him in my division if I had been allowed to raise one. He is very much afraid that he won't even be taken in as an enlisted man. Can't he now be put in as an enlisted man? Personally, I feel it is a waste to use him as an enlisted man, but let him go in as such and then give him his chance with other such men to try on his own record for admission from the ranks to one of the Officers Training Camps. I write you because it is his desire to render effective service as actively as possible and as near the front as possible. Faithfully yours, Provost Marshall General E.H. Crowder, War Department, Washington, D.C. 8593September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Crumbaker: I thank you for that interesting information. I hope you will use it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Melvin A. Crumbaker, Elberton, Wash.[*Blackwells Island*] [*New York*] September 27th, 1918. To the Superintendent of the City House, Blackwells Island, New York. Dear Sir: Colonel Roosevelt has received a letter from Thomas H. Jacobs, City House, Blackwells Island, New York, Ward F-2, stating that if he could have a wheel chair he would be in a position to take care of himself and earn his own living. Colonel Roosevelt asked me to write to you and inquire if this is so, and if it is true he will gladly make a donation toward the wheel chair. Sincerely yours, Secretary.[*1918 Sep 27?*] September [??], 1918. My dear Mr. de Marsillac: The interview is entirely satisfactory to me. You do not give my exact language, but you do give substantially my thought and you exercise great judgement in saying only the things that ought to be said. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. de Marsillac, Ritz Carlton Hotel, New York.[*Elsberg*] September 27, 1918. Dear Nat: I have forwarded your letter at once to General Crowder and I have asked him if you can’t be put in one of the camps as an enlisted man, telling him that it is a waste of your abilities to use you in that way permanently but that after you had been in as enlisted man, I felt you would in all probability be recommended for an Officers camp. I needn’t tell you, my dear Nat, how I admire your spirit. Faithfully yours, Mr. Nathaniel A. Elsberg, 27 William Street, New York City.[*Feeney*] September 17, 1918. My dear Miss Feeney: I am really obliged to you. That is a fine article by that boy, and he shows how admirably the Wisconsin men have behaved. I was touched by his allusion to my son. Faithfully yours, Miss Regina M. Feeney, 1033 U. Johnson St., Madison, Wis.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Frye: I am really obliged to you for sending me the copy of that admirable letter. I appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. William C. Frye, Milwaukee, Wis.September 17, 1918. My dear Mr. Gaerte: As I am over my head in work, will you be good enough to let me know what it you desire to see me about? I am unable to do nineteen out of twenty of things requested of me, and if you will let me know what it is you have in mind, I will gladly make the appointment if I am in a position to be of service to you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Clyde C. Gaerte, 369 West 23rd Street, New York City.September 27, 1918. My dear Lt. Fischer: Through you I wish to thank the men of the camp, and say how much I appreciate their having given it the designation of Camp Quentin. We value the sympathy that you show and the memorial you have thus raised to your fellow soldier, my son. With very real regard, Faithfully yours, 2nd Lt. Edward G. Fischer, Camp 1-G Clatsop, Oregon.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 27th, 1918. Mr. George P. Hardgrove, Liberty Loan Committee, Spokane, Wash. Greatly regret impossible to add to my itinerary at this time. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.September 27, 1918. Dear Hays: I think this deserves your attention. I don’t know that there is anything you can do about it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York.September 27, 1918. Mr. dear General Hoffman: Archie has shown me your letter, and I must send you just a word of thanks. Mrs. Roosevelt and I were very much touched by your having visited Quetin’s grave. I look forward, my dear General, to seeing you and Mrs. Hoffman out at our house at Oyster Bay when you come back after the war. Faithfully yours, Brig. General Roy Hoffman, A.E.F. France.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Holocomb: 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. Clark W. Holcomb, Chairman. New Bedford Liberty Loan, New Bedford, Mass.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Holloway: I appreciate the letter from your son. Will you thank him warmly for him? I re-enclose it to you for your safe keeping. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. J. Holloway, Mayville, N.D.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Johns: In the first place let me congratulate you upon the admirable work you are doing in the American Army Gazette. Now, as to the matter of getting soldiers the right to vote. Of course, I am heartily with you. But my dear sir, in my judgment it is a mistake to try to put the blame on the Governors. The Administration, and only the Administration at Washington, can act effectively. This is a National Army, not an army of forty-six different states. If the men are not allowed to vote the fault is in the nation. If state action is needed then the national authorities, the President and the Secretary of War, should at once officially call for such action and ask Congress to back them up in the call Remember that under my administration the Governors met only because the President asked them to! Would you think it well for me to ask for action along these lines? Faithfully yours, Mr. E. B. Johns, The American Army Gazette, 202 Hibbs Bldg., Washington, D.C.September 27, 1918. My dear Miss Kavanagh; I thank you for your very kind note with the enclosure, and wish to assure you of my deep appreciation. Faithfully yours, Miss. Teresa E. Kavanagh, 1382 Plimpton Avenue, Highbridge, N.Y.September 27, 1918. Dear Mr. Kenny: I appreciate your letter and the photograph. I thank you for both. With all good wish and renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Russell E. Kenny, Air Service, Hdqrs. Detachment, A.P.O. 702, France. September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Lane: I hope next year to go to the Pacific Coast, but I cannot possibly do it this fall. With very hearty thanks and real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. T. S. Lane, Pres., Chamber of Commerce, Spokane, Wash.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Lawrence: First let me say how concerned I am about your father. Will you give him my warmest and most affectionate regards? I thank you for all you say about Quentin, and I earnestly hope that your gallant husband and your three gallant brothers will return to you in safety. That's a record to be proud of! Now, about Archie. In the first place he can't leave the hospital where he is treated every day, and in the next place, my dear Mrs. Lawrence, I question whether it would be wise to let him go on the stump, for no matter how good a cause. Probably I couldn't get him to do it anyway; but I rather doubt whether I would try, because the last thing he wishes to do is to look as if he wished to advertise himself. With heartiest thanks and all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Mary Flinn Lawrence, "Braemar" North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Levin: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon 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. Isaac Levin, Pres., Beth Moses Hospital, 404 Hart Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Lockwood: I am extremely sorry, but it just is not possible for me to accept that invitation. With very real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles C. Lockwood, 511 Fifth Avenue, City. TELEGRAM September 27, 1918. Hon. H.C. Lodge, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Garet Garrett is about to call upon you. I want you to aid him in every way. I regard it as of capital importance to give him the help he desires. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 12September 27th, 1918. My dear General March: Colonel Hamilton Smith commanded the regiment in which my sons Ted and Archie were serving when they were wounded. Colonel Smith was killed while gallantly leading his men. I don't have to say to an army officer that the Colonel's wife, who has four children, is having fairly hard sledding. It's a splendid fighting family, as you know. The oldest son Joe Smith enlisted over a year ago and is in the ranks in the front line in France. His father and both his grandfathers (and other ancestors) have served in the army. The boy's one purpose is to fight for his country. Isn't it possible to give him a trial in one of the Officers Training Camps? It seems to me he is just the type of man who ought to have a chance for a commission. Now, my dear General, I hope this is a proper request from me. As you can see, I am simply writing on behalf of a boy whose father has been killed in the service, and both of whose grandfathers served in the army; and the boy himself is in the ranks and has served for over a year and has been doing square work at the front. Faithfully yours, General P.C. March, War Department, Washington, D.C. 13COLLECT [TELEGRAM] DAY LETTER September 27th, 1918. Mr. T. A. Marlow, Helena, Mont. Colonel Roosevelt wishes to come through to New York as directly as possible leaving Billings seven twenty-two PM October fifth. Will you be good enough to let me know time of his arrival in Chicago? I understand from your telegram [that] he is to leave there October seventh at five-thirty PM. J.M. STRICKER SECRETARYSeptember 27th, 1918, Dear Mr. Miller: I thank you and very cordially appreciate your kind invitation, but it just is not possible for me to accept it. With regret, Faithfully yours, Dr. Wm. L. Miller, Cass, W. Va.September 27, 1918. My dear Mr. Morrow: 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. Ralph Morrow, Greenwich Liberty Loan Committee, Greenwich, Conn.[*Noble*] September 27th, 1918, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Mr. William Noble is well known to me, my acquittances with him having covered the last ten years. He is a citizen of excellent character and standing. He has been acting as a civilian Recruiting Officer for the War Department, in the Military Training Camps Association. I refer to the enclosed letters as showing the character of his work. He would have served in my division if I had been allowed to raise one. He is now an applicant for a commission in the Offices Reserve Corps, and I cordially testify as to his abilities and character. Respectfully,September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Norton: I thank you for your very kind letter, and wish I that could comply, but I receive so very many similar requests that it is not possible for me to do it in one case and not in all the others. With very real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Harry A. Norton, St. Stanislaus Seminary, Florissant, Mo. 18September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. O’Byrne: I am extremely sorry, but there is nothing I can do in that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Austin K. O’Byrne, U.S. Barge #503, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue New York.[*Ohio State Journal*] September 27th, 1918. Dear Sir: Colonel Roosevelt has not prepared a speech for Columbus. I gladly enclose you copy of his speech for Baltimore. If you care to use it connection with the [Columbus] Baltimore speech. His Columbus speech will have to be taken down in shorthand. Sincerely yours, Secretary. City Editor, Ohio State Journal, Columbus, Ohio.September 27th, 1918. My dear General Pershing: We very much appreciate your letter of August 23rd and the enclosures. Naturally, we value the photographs and the official report. It was most kind and considerate of you, my dear General, in the midst of your absorbing work, to think of us. Naturally, we are profoundly moved and profoundly pleased by the way in which Quentin’s comrades, the soldiers of your army, have marked his grave and have treated it, in a certain sense, as almost a place of pilgrimage. And now I wish to thank you and most heartily for the news about Ted’s promotion to the Lieutenant Colonelcy, of which you notified me in your cable. Well, my dear General, you are the American most to be envied of all the Americans since the close of the Civil War. You have done the great deed in 021 - 2 - the great crisis, and you have made all of us your debtors always. Of course, all the wars in which our nation has taken part, even the Civil War itself, had nothing to show in any way resembling this war, or the fighting that you have yourself conducted. I am, with high esteem, Very faithfully yours, Lt. General John Pershing, Commander-in-Chief, A. E. F. France. 22September 27th, 1918. My dear Bishop Quayle: I want to thank you as an American for your admirable speech. Faithfully yours, Bishop William A. Quayle, Rock River Conference, Chicago, Ill.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Randel: I thank you and very much appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. William F. Randel, 236 Broadway, New York.[*Rice*] September 27th, 1918. Gentlemen: 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. M. C. Rice, Mr. Frank Luck, Mr. Ronald Higgins, Missoula, Mont. 5September 27th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Robertson: That is most kind of you. Through you, I wish to extend my very sincere thanks to your son, Sergeant Robertson. I hope the gallant fellow will return to you in safety. Faithfully yours, Mrs. W. K. Robertson, 4321 Fremont Avenue, So., Minneapolis, Minn.[*Rooke*] September 27th, 1918. Sir: This is written on behalf of my valued friend, Mr. Oric Bates, at present an enlisted man in the 12th Observation Battery. Mr. Bates is a Harvard man, an explorer of wide experience in Africa, with a great power of managing men. He wished above everything to get into this war. If he cannot get into it any other way he will gladly continue as an enlisted man. But it is waste of the finest kind of material not to make him and officer. I speak quite seriously when I say that I know a very limited number of Majors or Captains who can do better work in their grade than Mr. Bates would do. I cordially recommend him for admission to an Officers Training Corps. He wants to count to the last ounce; and I recommended that he be given the chance to do the best kind of work for his country. Sincerely yours, Lt. Rooke, Acting B.C. 12th Observation Battery, Camp Taylor, Ky.September 27, 1918. Dear Mrs. Rumsey: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed to you for your information. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Charles C. Rumsey, Room 1203, 50 East 42nd Street, New York. September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Schlesinger: I am very much obliged to you. I deeply appreciate your writing me, and I thank you for your reference to Ted. Later I will want to go over [with] you what you said about the Governor. Faithfully yours, Mr. Elmer Schlesinger, Continental and Commercial Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Serviss: I thank you heartily for your letter and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. E. F. Serviss, North Platte, Neb.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I very much appreciate your letter. I wish I could do as you request, but it is out of the question for me to attempt such a speaking tour this year. If I tried to begin making speeches in any district I could not avoid making them all over the country. Faithfully yours, Hon. Addison T. Smith, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.September 27, 1918. My dear Mrs. Smith: I enclose you copy of a letter I have just sent to General March. As for your younger boy, before I can advise you I must learn how soon you would think of applying for an appointment to West Point. I could not write to Mr. Wilson on his behalf, but if when the time comes I can ask the President who is then in power to appoint him, I shall certainly do so. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Josephine H. Smith, 36 Infantry Post, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.September 27, 1918. Dear Mrs. Sporborg: Mr. Straus saw Colonel Roosevelt this morning, relative to making a few remarks before the Hebrew Womens' Association on October 15th next, and the Colonel has consented to do this, if you can make the hour at about 4 o’clock. Very truly yours, Secretary. Mrs. Constance Sporborg, Hawthorne Avenue, Portchester, N.Y.September 27th, 1918. Dear Mr. Strong: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to express his appreciation and thanks for your very courteous letter and to advise you that he is leaving the city tomorrow morning to open the Liberty Loan Campaign in Baltimore. He will continue west and make five speeches before his return from Billings. Very sincerely yours, Mr. Benj. Strong, Governor, Federal Reserve Bank, New York.September 27th, 1918. Dear Mr. Thompson: Colonel Roosevelt is going off on a speaking tour and is not able to take up that matter now. He will want to see you after he returns. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C. S. Thompson, American Defense Society, 44 East 23rd Street, City.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Thropp: I am very much interested in the clipping and I thank you warmly for your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph E. Thropp, Earlston, Pa.September 27th, 1918. Dear Judge Wanamaker: I thank you for your letter, and I look forward to seeing you while I am in Columbus. Faithfully yours, Judge R.M. Wanamaker, Supreme Court of Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.[*Weeks*] September 27th, 1918. My dear Senator: I sent that message several days ago. Faithfully yours, Hon. John W. Weeks, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Re. Somerville, Mass. Request.September 27th, 1918. Dear Major Welch: Mr. Perkins has forwarded me your telegram. There is nothing I would rather do than accept if it were possible, but it is a sheer impossibility. Give my heartiest regards to all the men engaged in the vitally important work of getting out the material for the airplanes. Any such man is doing an American patriot’s job; and we ought not to allow in this country at this time any human being who is not an American and nothing else, or who is not in favor of putting this war through to a victorious finish. Faithfully yours, Major William H. Welch, c/o Colonel Disque, Portland, Oregon.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Wess: 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. Joseph W. Wess, Patriotic War Committee, City Bldg., Youngstown, Ohio.September 27th, 1918. My dear Lt. Wheeler: I appreciate your letter to the full. I am really value it. With all good wishes, Faithfully yours, Lt. John N. Wheeler, Hdqrs. 153rd F. A. Brig. A. E. F. France.September 27th, 1918. My dear Whigham: That’s all right. Of course, when I write you such a long editorial, you must run it over into the end. It is not your fault – it is mine! I am more than pleased that you liked what I wrote. Will you give me the Bolshevist editorial for corrections, through Miss Stricker on October 8th? Faithfully yours, Mr. H. J. Whigham, Metropolitan Magazine, 432 Fourth Avenue, New York.September 27th, 1918. Dear Mr. Wolf: In reply to your letter of the 24th, I cannot find that we have received the book you mention. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Simon Wolf, Woodward Bldg., Washington, D.C.September 27th, 1918. Dear Mr. Wood: I am going to send you letter to Hays and see if there is anything we can do in the matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry A. Wise Wood, 25 Madison Avenue, City.TELEGRAM September 27th, 1918. Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans. Exceedingly sorry. Impossible to break existing engagements. Can I not see you at Wichita or Kansas City? THEODORE ROOSEVELT. CHARGE TO KANS. CITY STAR. 45[*Wood*] September 27th, 1918. Dear Leonard: I hate to refuse anything you ask, but I doubt if I can write another foreword. I haven’t seen a copy of the book and so I could not answer definitely. Just how long a forward would Professor Hobbs want? Faithfully yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans.September 27th, 1918. My dear Mr. Woodbridge: That is most interesting. I shall see if I can yse the information, and I certainly won’t bring your name in any way. Faithfully yours, Mr. J. L. Woodbridge, 2323 Greenwood Street, Pueblo, Colo.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 28th, 1918. Mr. E.V. Babcock, Mayor, Pittsburgh, Pa. Extremely sorry. Utterly impossible this time. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.[*Behr*] September 28th, 1918. My dear Karl: I am as pleased as Punch. I congratulate you most heartily! Faithfully yours, Mr. Karl H. Behr, Baltimore Club, Baltimore, Md.[*Security League - National*] September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Bill: Indeed, I appreciate to the full what your organization is doing, and I hate to refuse any request of yours. But it is almost impossible for me to get in town in the evening. If the season were not so late, I should ask you to bring that regiment out some afternoon so that I could greet you at Oyster Bay, but I don’t suppose that would be wise. Faithfully yours, Mr. C. A. Bill, National Security League. [19 West 44th Street, City.]September 28th, 1918. My dear Major Bullington: I am really obliged to you for the copy of that German report about my son Quentin’s death. It was most kind of you to send it. Moreover, I appreciate to the full what you say in your letter about the air service and the ability of our men who do the work therein. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Major John J. Bullington, 132nd Infantry, A.E.F. France. 2319September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Cherot: I am concerned over your letter but I am absolutely powerless to help you. You certainly seem, as testified by Captain Callaher and Lt. Groves to have rendered excellent service, and not to have received fair play. But there is nothing whatever I can do personally. Would you like me to send your papers to Senator Wadsworth or Senator Calder? I dare not hold out any hope, but I will send them the letters if you so desire. Faithfully yours, Mr. Adolph O. Cherot, Hdqrs. 427 Reserve Labor Bn. Camp Mills, New York. 3118September 28th, 1918. My dear M. d'Estailleur-Chanteraine: I esteem myself highly honored by the request of your organization, and especially so that I should be put in the same class with M. Clemenceau, whom I so greatly admire. Indeed I am very proud to accept, and bitter though my grief is for the loss of my son Quentin, yet inasmuch as death must come to all of us, I am glad that his death comes fighting in so glorious a cause, and in that particular branch of the service; and beside the French and the other allied air men, whose record in this war has been of such heroic character. Faithfully yours, M. Philippe d'Estailleur-Chanteraine, Nouvelle Revue Nationale, 11 Bis Impasse de la Visitation, Paris, France.September 28th, 1918. Dear Mr. Hagedorn: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to return to you the enclosed galley. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Herman Hagedorn, Fairfield, Conn. September 28th, 1918. My dear Mrs. Hall: That’s mighty nice of you. It gave me real pleasure to autograph the picture and I sent it back to you. Faithfully yours, Mrs. F. M. Hall, 1039 So. 11th Street, Lincoln, Nebr.September 28th, 1918. My dear Colonel Hyde: That’s a mighty nice note of yours. I thank you for it and I appreciate to the full the two clippings. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Colonel Arthur P.S. Hyde, 39th Field Artillery, Army P.O. 707 A.E.F. France.COLLECT TELEGRAM September 28th, 1918. Pres. W. M. Jardine, Agriculture College, Manhattan, Kans. Extremely sorry it is impossible to add to Colonel Roosevelt’s itinerary this time. J.M. STRICKER SECY. 62September 28th, 1918. My dear Miss Johnson: Mrs. Roosevelt and I were equally struck by that really fine and noble poem. We thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Miss Anna Johson, 1 Schuyler Street, Roxbury, Mass.September 28th, 1918. Dear Mr. Kinsley: Colonel Roosevelt has just left for the West and will not return until the 8th of October. Will you not take the extracts from his Maine or Saratoga speeches and use them at your meeting? He would be very glad if you would do this. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. E. S. Kinsley, Republican National Committee, Rutland, Vt.September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Lamping: I hope next year to go to the Pacific Coast, but I cannot possibly do it this fall. With the very hearty thanks and real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. George B. Lamping, Pres., Board of Park Commissioners, Seattle, Wash. 55September 28th, 1918. My dear Lt. Oyster: I value your letter and appreciate your having sent it to me. I hope that all good fortune will attend you. Faithfully yours, Lt. N. W. Oyster, St. Jean de Monts, Vendee, France. 056September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Painter: I don’t think you realize what a very nice letter you wrote me. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Give my regards to that fine boy of yours. By George, what a really wonderful woman Mrs. West Roosevelt is! I think that quotation from her letter is [?ine] a thing I know. Faithfully yours, Dr. H. McM. Painter, 62 West 55th Street, New York.September 28th, 1918. Dear Mr. Payne: I should certainly like to use those letters of Mr. Murphim’s about Ford. Can you get permission from Mr. Murphim’s for me to us them? Faithfully yours, Mr. George Henry Payne, Municipal Bldg., New York City. 058September 28th, 1918. My dear Dr. Reisner: I very deeply appreciate your letter and I thank you for it with all my heart. Faithfully yours, Dr. Christian F. Reisner, Grace M.E. Church, West 104th St. and Columbus Ave. New York. 2059September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Rice: I quite agree with you about Pericles’ oration, and I don’t care a rip whether it was written by him, or by Thuoydides. It was a very wonderful oration. I am much pleased that you liked my book on South America and I am exceedingly interested at that incident you tell about the alligator. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., Brick House Plantation, Wiggins, S.C. 2060September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Robins: I have just been seeing and talking with Mr. Colcord. He has impressed me a good deal. When you and Mrs. Robins come on, would you be willing to have me have Mr. Colcord out at the same time? I want to hear from you about the Russian situation, and I want to talk with you about our own situation. Faithfully yours, Mr. Raymond Robins, 1437 West Ohio Street, Chicago, Ill. 2061DAY LETTER September 28th, 1918. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, c/o Mr. Norman James, Catonsville, Md. Mr. Smyth wishes to use the Review in issue of October thirteenth and must have it in hand by October eighth. He would like to have just as long a review as you can send fifteen hundred two thousand or more words but will gladly accept any you will send no matter how short. J.M. STRICKER Charge to Kansas City Star.September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Scollard: I wish to send you this line of acknowledgement for your poem on Quentin. I value it very highly. Faithfully yours, Clinton Scollard, Esq., New York Evening Sun, New York. 52063[*Simpson*] September 28th, 1918. Dear Sloan: I am really pleased that you should have sent me that photograph, and I thank you for it. I do hope that you meet Ted at the school. Good luck be with you, my dear Sloan! Faithfully yours, Lt. Col. Sloan Simpson, 133rd F. A. A.E.F. France. 52064September 28th, 1918. My dear Mr. Tuttle: You inform me that Mr. Hoover has cabled Mr. Davison that 10,000,000 French and Belgians behind the lines are in desperate need of clothing, and that unless Americans come to their aid they will suffer frightfully this winter. I earnestly hope that every man and woman will send all clothing that can be sent. We will certainly do our part here at Oyster Bay. I wonder if it would not be possible that the boys who take off citizens clothes to wear Uncle Sam's uniform to give their old citizens clothes for this purpose? At any rate, I hope that all the clothing possible for men, women and children will be sent over through your committee at the earliest moment. Faithfully yours, Mr. William P. Tuttle, Clothes Collection Committee for Belgium & France, 24 West 39th Street, City. 52065September 28th, 1918. My dear Miss Van der Flier: The effective help that I could give you was given when I sent you this check through the Belgian Minister from the Nobel Peace Prize Fund. Now, you should at once have the Holland government and the Belgian Minister write officially on your behalf, and if there is any question about your expenditures you should get Mr. August Belmont, your Treasurer to designate some man to examine your accounts and have them officially published. That is the way to meet such slander. Faithfully yours, Miss Hendrica Van der Flier, Holland American Homes, Hotel McAlpin New York. 52066September 28th, 1918. My dear General Weigel: You are most kind. Mrs. Roosevelt and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We appreciate what you have done. Mrs. Roosevelt recalls you well, at the third house at Montauk Point, and sends you her regards. My dear General, all of us at home envy you and those who like you have borne [?] great and distinguished fight in this battle. We congratulate you with all our hearts and we fell that you have made all Americans forever your debtors. Faithfully yours, Brig. General William Weigel, 56th Infantry Brig. A.E.F. France. 52067September 28th, 1918. My dear Miss Wiborg: Both Mrs. Roosevelt and I were greatly touched by your letter. We appreciate it to the full and thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Miss Mary H. Wiborg, Hospice St. Vincent de Paul, Montinureil Marne, France. 52068September 28th, 1918. Dear General Wingate: I took up with Colonel Roosevelt the matter of sending a message or letter to you that you could publish with reference to the opening of the Rifle Range. Needless to say Colonel Roosevelt is over his head in work. I showed him a carbon copy of his letter to you of the 19th and he says he is entirely willing that you should publish it in full if you desire, and you could leave off the closing two lines if you wish. Sincerely yours, Secretary. General W. Wingate, 20 Nassau Street, New York. 52069