Roosevelt Defends Navy Conduct On Hospital Ships
The President argues against sensational reporting by Navy officers and urges exact facts. He supports assigning hospital ships to medical officers, citing foreign practice and Civil War precedents, and recounts tensions with Admiral Brownson over Relief’s command and rules on naval neutrality.
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Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Admiral Brownson
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Metcalf
White House
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Navy
United States Army
Army
Red Cross
Mississippi
Vigilancia
Relief
Missouri
Bay State
Medical Department
O Department
United States
Spain
Solace
Old
Bahama Channel
New York
Cuba
Secretary of War
Bonaparte
Rixey
Pacific Coast
Norfolk Navy Yard
Yard Hospital
Naval Hospital
Brownson
Newberry
Department
Horn
Pacific
Dr. Rixey
Dr. Stokes
Fear of Italian Officers Meets Roosevelt’s Army Aim
A historical note discusses a fear among troops about Italian Army officers and contrasts it with President Roosevelt’s call for U S Army officers to reach similar standards. The piece reflects interwar military concerns and leadership expectations.
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Roosevelt
Militiamen Do Not Stay Five Years Gen Henry Reports
Albany Jan 5 Advt Gen Nelson H Henry criticizes National Guard term length in his annual report. He notes 14,015 enlisted as of Sept 30 1907 and says roughly 54 percent discharged by being dropped and served under three years, suggesting a three year enlistment or annual field tours for new recruits.
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Albany
National Guard
Adjt
Nelson H. Henry
European horsemanship tests for field officers outlined
The report compares European practice with the US army, describing how French German Italian and Austrian mounted officers undergo regular riding tests. It notes Saumur courses for French field officers, drag hunts in Germany, daily riding in Italy, and strong emphasis on endurance and maneuver readiness.
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Europe
Germany
France
Siaa
Hanover
Riding Institute
Italy
Campagna
Rome
Austria
War Department
J. Franktan Beli
White House
Thirty Six Mile Breeze Hits City Weather Tops
A gusty wind reached 36 mph in the morning with stronger channeled winds around tall buildings. By evening the temperature fell twelve degrees in twenty four hours and Brooklyn suffered structural damage at Waverly Hall, Myrtle and Waverly Avenues, with a fire Friday night killing a mother and baby nearby.
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Weather Bureau
Brooklyn
Waverly Hall
Myrtle and
Waverly Avenues
Myrtle Avenue
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Saumur 2
War College
Paris
Majors
the Globe Wernicke Co
Broadway
Cael
New York Realty Owners Co
Fifth Ave
Grand Rapids
Morris
Eradley Urrived
West 23d St
Heeterbeil
Lewis
West 12d Street
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Columbus
Albright
East Howard St
Muncie
Ind
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New
California Fig Syrup CO
Uneeda
Liison
ST. Matar Broadway
Victor Talking Machines and Records
Dublin
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