Roosevelt Joins
Rough Riders as
War Is Declared
Resigned Assistant Naval Sec
retary Boasts His Regiment
Is Best Outfit in
Service.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1897.
Dear Cabot:
Now don’t be absured and speak of
3 ourself as earplug or critical In com
ments on me. All I perpetually fear
la that 3'our very great over-apprecia
tion of mo nifty dead you to minimize,
or rather to overlook entirely, my
very obvious .faults. I entirely ngree
with you about not answering the
papers. I eha’n’t do It again. I
should never answer an attack on
myself, but ftjien an attack on the
navy comes along It Is sometimes
hard not to respond.
Long* Is Just a dear. The Herald
piece did render me a little uneasy
because I wasr so afraid It might rep
resent some feeling on his part that
I was usurping a position to which
I was not entitled, lie has wanted
me to act entirely Independently
while he was away, and to decide all
these tilings mjself, even where I
have written nlm that I was going
to decide them In a way that I
doubted whether he would altogether
like; and I have at times been a
little nervous in the effort to steer
the exact course between bothering
him on the one hand, and going
ahead with something too widely
divergent from his views, on the
other. However, on the whole I
think he has been satisfied with these*
two months during which I have had
charge of the department. He la a
man of whom one really becomes
fond, and I am looking forward to his
return.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
lion. H. C. IrOd.ge,
Nahant.
•Secretary of the Navy John D. I.ons
NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
Sept. 27, 1S97.
Dear Cabot:
Brander* has written me most en
thusiastically about your essays say
ing that he had already read all but
the one on our foreign policy and
that he re read them with real pleas
ure her a use “they were sturdy,
wholesome, keen and scholarly.’’
Dove to Nannie.
Yours, T. R.
The Honorable Henry Cabot I.odge,
Nahant, Mass.
P. S. I asked the secretary’s per
mission today to talk to him very
seriously about the need for an In
crease In the npvy, and the damage
which the opposite course might do
to America and the republican party
- and the administration and himself,
Celling him that I wanted to speak
plainly because I so esteemed ^and
admired him and 1 wanted his * ad
ministration to be a success. He lis
tened to me with the greatest fair
ness and with the utmost attention,
and I half believe that I made aonie
Impression on him,
•Professor Brander Matthews of Co
lumbia university.
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Private.
Nahant, Mass., Sept. 27, 1S97.
Dear Theodore:
I have your letter of the 24th. The
secretary told me that he was en
tirely satisfied with all you had done
and praised in the highest the work
and service you
were doing for
the na\y and
the spirit with
which you are
inspiring the de
partment. He
was really de
lighted at your
success and you
need have no ap
prehension on
that score. He
talked of all you
had been doing
and approved
of everything.
The only thing
1 recall on which he said he was In
clined to disagree with you was in
youd opinion in regard to floating
docks. He seems to doubt very much
whether they are good for much, and
I confess my olwn prejudice runs that
way, but this was a mere matter of
policy and simply showed me that
he had been carefully following nil
you had been doing, and was really
entirely satisfied.
What a mess they have gotten into
in New York. I had supposed that
I-ow* was a man of too much prac
tical sense to allow the Citizens un
ion to nominate him, and still more
to accept the nomination befoYe be
had made all his arrangements with
the other forces. Without doubt he
has dished himself completely, 1
should thljjk, unless he can come to
st me agreement with the republicans.
I do hope they will and by uniting
on some candidate against Tammany.
Always sincerely yours,
H.'C. I-.
•Seth Low, wlm ran for flrat mayor
of Greater New-y.,rk In 1 sa7. when Hub
ert A. Van W’yt'k waa elect,,I by the
Tammany for ear.
NAVY ©EPARTMENT,
OFFICE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
"** , September 29, 1897.
Hear Cnbot:
The secretary came last night. He
Is Just as kind and cordial us possi
ble. I really think he Is pleased with
what I have done.
Barrett* has beeff clamoring for
places so much that I had a little
brush with him about the ablpkecp
ers. When the secretary left It
seemed there would be two vacan
cies as shipkeeper, and he told l^nr
rett he could have them. However,
later It turned out there were three.
I gave Barrett the t,wo which the sec
retary had said he should have, but I
did not hold myself bound to give hlui
the third,
I have had one or two horrid timer
/
i
with the patronage. I got on all right
with the Grand Army men In New
York, and Indeed I think with the
congressmen there and Senator
PJatt—at any rate so far as I know ;
but in Norfolk a G. A. It. man got
drunk and was absent for a week
(which he himself stated in his tele
gram now on file) and before he
could be removed he resigned. Twelve
days afterward the commander of
the local po«t demanded his reinstate
ment. I refused, stating the facts,
and he then wrote me a grossly im
pertinent and abusive letter, to which
I simply responded that when he
learned how to write a proper letter
I should answer It and not before.
I have kept the correspondence com
plete.
What creatures those Pennsylvan
ians are! Even so food a fellow as
Bingham Is almost Impossible to deal
with and Holes Penrose is worse.
They have almost had epilepsy over a
promotion from a $1,200 to a $1,400
clerkship, made under 1lie rules in ac
cordance with the recommendation of
the comnmndant, just as we have
made promotion after promotion in
Brooklyn and Boston.
It never occurred to me to consult
them about It any more than I would
have consulted you or Platt aliout
similar affairs, for, of course, I knew
nothing of the man’s record and sim
ply acted on the recommendation of
the commandant. But this procedure
very nearly gave them a fit. I have
just had Bingham to lunch to smooth
him down.
Indeed New York politics are In a
muss! Low was exceedingly foolish
to let the ultra-wing of the Citizens'
union to force him into such a posi
tion; and this same wing has dominat
ed the policy of tlie Citizens' union
with most disastrous results. On the
other hand, the antics of the New
York machine bate passed belief. The
fraud iti conducting the primaries is
now so open that it does not attract
the least attention and Is hardly e\en
alluded to ln-tlTe papera. In my own
district thsy voted Tammany men
openly, laughing and boasting about
it: and for fear this might not win
they changed the place of meeting at
the last moment, notifying their own
people by word of mouth, and the
others by postal cards which were re
ceived the following flay. Moreover,
having taken their stand upon the
"resrsinsible republican party govern
ment," they proceeded to nominate
Ashbel I’. Fitch as controller—one of
the worst 1 ever met In political life
—and declined to give any approval
whatever to Strong's administration,
which with all Its faults has tieen the
best the city has had for half a cen
tury. Still, all this does not excuse in
the least the worse than Idiotic con
duct of the Citizen's union, and I am
heartily glad I am out of it all.
THE( iDOUE KUOSEV ELT,
Hon. H. C. Lodge,
Nahant, Mass.
•William K. Barrett, eonxreseman from
Massachusetts.
(Copyright. 1925 >
(National affairs never lessened Ron**
veil's interest In sectional political doing*,
especially those in his own city of New
York. He was vastly interested in the
1897 mayorafitv election, when Robert A.
Van W.vrij, Tammany nominee, was run
ning against Seth Low (Citizens’ union)
and Gen It. F Tracy (republican). Hia
particular dislike was for Ashbel IV Fitch,
thu republican nominee for city comp
troller. The letters In this instalment
were written while he was assistant score
tarv of the navy. His reference to the
late J. Pierpont Morgan foreshadows the
opinions which later were voiced in his
long fight against the corporations, de
scribed in the first instalment of this
series.)
Oyster Bay, Long Island,
Sagamore Hill, October 16, ’97.
Dear Cabot:
The Pierpont Morgan type of man
forced Fitch os the ticket; and both
Platt and Tracy represent the power
ful, unsorupulous politicians who
charge heavily for doing the work—
sometimes good, sometimes bad—of
the bankers, railroad men, insurance
nn-n and the like. I am glad I am
out of it. 1 would have no heart in
a campaign against my own organiza
tion; and yet I could not with self
respect support men who have done
everything they could to nullify the
work I did for two years, whose tri
umph would mean the undoing o(
much of that work, who have de
dined to endorse Strong's administra
tion, and whose rule would |je but one
degree better than that of Tammany
—while 19 out of 20 of my staunch
supporters are on the other side.
Yours T. R.
P. S. As for the election, no man can
now foretell which candidate will
come out ahead. Van Wyck has the
call.
NAVY' DEPARTMENT
OFFICE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
October 29, 1S37.
Hon. H. C. Dodge,
Nanhant, Mass.
Dear Cabot:
Word has just come over the tele
graph that Henry George died tills
morning of apoplexy.* This greatly
complicates the New York fight. 1
believe the bulk
of his vote will
go to Van Wyck
and Dow. As you
say, the conduct
of the Dow peo
ple and of Dow In
not Insisting upon
some kind of un
ion with the re
publicans was not
merely stupid, but
from the civic
standpoint, al
most criminal.
The explana
tion they all give
——-me is that they
havev been betrayed so often and
lied to so often when they have tried
to go In with Btett. Qul#g. Lauter
bach & Co., that they were afraid
to have any dealings with them.
There is a great deal of truth in
this, but the fact remains that they
unquestionably ought to have taken
the risk. It was thg only thing to do.
Some of the machine men might
have knifed them, but they would
have gotten the great bulk of the
vote that will now go for Tracy; and
though they would have alienated
some tends of thousands of men they
would have more than made up the
difference. AA'hat a grim comedy the
whole canvass is! The Low men hand
In glove with Henry George, and
making deals with him alone, refuse
even to confer with the republicans
on the ground that- deals are im
moral.
I don't see much hope in the situ
ation In New York. The Citizens'
union people are very foolish, and
the unspeakable scoundrellsm as well
as folly of the machine has alienated
decent republicans more deeply s(han
you could Imagine.
There! All this you either will not
care for or will know as well as 1 do;
but I have to blow off steam.
Give my best love to Nannie.
THEODORE ROOSE\rELT.
(After Tammany elpcted Van Wyek
liuyiir of New York. Roosevelt, amid his
regrets, sew In the outcome so advantage
f,r- the republican party tn future years,
despite i tie popular clamor against th»
New York reputd in machine and Us
boss, Thomas C. Platt.)
NAA'A" DEPARTMENT
OFFICE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
November 8, 1897.
Hon. If. C. I,odge,
Ntahant, Mass.
Dear Cabot:
It is a horrid mutklle (In New York)
and I am very glad you kept out of
it. Of course, our hindsight Is better
than our foresight; but as things have
turned out it Is a real misfortune that
Bliss should lm\e so ostentatiously
kept aloof. Of course, as always hapj
MJB
meet* every tuu la tee If U
M. J. Brandenateln A Co., Terminal Warehouse Co ,
10th and Jonea Street, Omaha
Gronsweg A Schoe itien Co., Wholeaale DlatHhutors
Telephone .IA ckaon 1302
Tour
Cleantn^Bme
t
pens, the- wrath that was \istted on
Platt, and therefore on the republican
party, represented the stored up re
volt against Innumerable injuries and
Insults, and not merely anger at the
niisdeeds of this year. The presiden
tial election drowned everything last
year; hut in 1SII7 the men felt that
there was really no one overmaster
ing Issue, and the vengeful memories
of a hundred Insolent Injuries were
uppermost. One feature which 1 very
sincerely lament Is that the anger at
the machine, which the machine hits
so richly deserved. Is so great that
there will he, even among rational
aud practical men, a etro'ng tendency
to pardon even the worst vagaries of
the so-called independents; and this
In turn means trouble of another kind
in the future. I am very anxious ’o
see you and talk over the thing at
length.
Outside of New York, as you sa>". 1
regard the result as on the whole en
couraging, and If Van Wyok puts Into
office the same old gang, it will In its
turn produce a reaction which cannot
but help us. But oh, how I wish I
thought Platt would he willing" to
learn eveu a little, it Is worse than
useless to try to regain power by
driving out of the party, or keeping
ottt of the party, that half of the
party, Including the great bulk of iis
Intelligence and morality, which Is
against Platt, and which in New York
supported T.ow.
THEODORE ROOPEVEI.T.
f Here begin the letter* of Itnoeevelt
the Rough Rider—when he went Into the
Spanish-American war as lieutenant
rnlnnel of the regiment which he organ
ised and of which leeonard Wood was
colonel.)
First Rest. F. S. Vol. Cavalry
Tfl Camp Near Pan Antonio, Tex.
Hon. H. C. Lodge.
"Washington, D. C.
Denr Cabot:
Here we are* working like beavers
and we are getting the regiment into
shape. It has all the faults incident
to a.n trrganixatlon whose members
have elected their own officers—some
good and more very bad—and who
have been recruited largely from
among classes who, putting It mildly,
d9 not look at life in the spirit of
decorum and conventionality that ob
tains In the east. Nevertheless many
of our officers have In them the
making of first-rate men, and the
troopers, I believe, are on the average
finer than are to he found In any
other regiment In the whole country.
It would do your heart good to see
some of the riding.
The eastern men are getting along
very well. You would be amused to
see three Knickerbocker club men cook
Ing and washing dishes for one of the
New Mexico companies. We have a
number of Indians who are excellent
riders and seem to he pretty good fel
lows. The bulk of the men are quiet
and self-respecting, often men of very
considerable education, and I think
generally- men of some property. The
order has been excellent; ws havp had
liut one fight and one case of drunk
enneas. The dust,heat and mosquitoes
pie vent existence being at all sybaritic.
1 am heartily enjoying it nevertheless,
an>l as the Spanish squadron has so
far- eluded our people, X think this
regiment will he In trim to move
whenever the advance on Cuba Is to
ho made; lull you can have no con
ception uf the Interminable delays of
the ordnance and quartermaster s de
partments.
1 feel pretty homesick, of course.
It It were not fur that 1 should really
be enjoying myself thoroughly.
Wood is doing splendidly and the
amount of work he has Occomplished
is incredible.
(live my best love to Nannie, and
do not make peace until*we get I’orto
Klcu, while t'uba is made Independent
and the Philippines at any rate taken
from the Spaniards.
Yours ever T. K.
May 24, 1888.
Dear Theodore:
1 was very much interested In all
you tell mo about your regiment, and
l did not doubt you will make It a first
rate one. The one point where haste
is needed is the Philippines, and 1
think I can say to you. In confidence
but in absolute certainty, that the ad
ministration is grasping the whole
policy at last. They mean to send not
less than 20,800 men to the Philip
pines. As to Cuba, I am In no sort of
hurry. Our troops are fresh and raw.
They ought to he hardened up. They
also stand sadly In need of equip
ment and all this takes time. As I
understand It they intend to put 100,
000 men into Cuba tthen they do move
so as to sweep the whole thing tip st
one quick stroke, and this Is right.
Porto Rico Is not forgotten and we
mean to have It.
Unless I atn utterly and profoundly
mistaken, the administration is now
fully committed to the large policy
that we both desire. We have had
some dark days since you left, and
my very humdrum and unexciting
part in the struggle has been one of
constant work and anxiety. I think
now, however, from the Information
t get. that the cloud has lifted.
H. C. IX5DGE.
First Regt. U. S. Vol. Cavalry,
In Camp, near San Antonio, Tex.
May 25, 1898.
Hon. H. C. Dodge.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Cabot:
I really doubt if there ever has been
a regiment quite like this. I know
yon will believe that more than ever
1 fall to get the relations of this regi
ment and the universe straight, but I
cannot help being a little enthusiastic
about it.
It Is as typical an American regi
ment as e\er marched or fought. I
suppose about 95 per cent of the men
ate of native birth, but we ha\e a few
from everywhere, including a score
of Indians, and about as many men of
Mexican origin from New Mexico;
then there are some 58 easterners—
almost all graduates of Harvard. Tale.
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Princeton, etc.—and almost as many
southerners; tho re«t are men of the
plains and the Rocky mountains.
Three fourths of our men have at one
time or another been cowboys or else
are small stockmen; certainly two
thirds have fathers who fought on
one side or the other In the cltll war.
Of course, a regiment cannot be
made in a week, but these men are
In It because they want to be In It.
They are intelligent ns well as game,
and they study the tactics, talking all
the movements over among them
selves; In consequence we have made
really remarkable progress. You
would enjoy seeing the mounted drill,
for the way these men hate got their
wild, half-broken horses Into order is
something marvelous. 1 am surprised
at the orderly manner In which they
have behaved; now and then a small
squ^d goes to town and proceeds to
paint things red, and then we get hold
of them and put them Into the guard
house, hut the great bulk of the men
are as quigt and straight as possible,
t am very confident there has been
much less disturbance than there
would have been with the ordlnarv
national guard or the ordinary regu
lar regiment. I have been both aston
ished and pleased at my own ability
in the line of tactics. I thoroughly
enjoy handling these men, and 1 get
Ihem on the Jump so that they exe
cute their movements at a gallop.
Wood is the ideal man for colonel.
Woody Kane has risen to be first lieu
tenant, and Goodrich, the captain of
the Harvard crew, a second lieuten
ant. The first major is a dandy—
Majot* Brodle of Arizona—a grizzled
old frontier soldier, who was In the
regular army. ■■ Is a pitiful
failure, between ourselves; and some
of tlie other officers are very poor.
We most earnestly hope we earwbe
sent to Cuba, and if for any reason
Cuba should fall, then to the Philip
pines—anywhere so that we can see
active service. Of course, if we do
not see active service. I am left, but
If we do. I shall feel amply repaid
for tlie loss of what I like to make
myself believe was a career in the
Navy department.
Give my best love to Nannie. 1
wonder how Bay* Is enjoying himself:
I do not suppose either he or I will
see much fighting.
If they begin to send troops to
Cuba, I shall wire you to see that we
go. We are all ready now to move,
and will render a good account of
ourselves. I earnestly hope that no
truce will he granted and that peace
will only be made on consideration of
Cuba being Independent, Porto Hico
ours and the Philippines taken away
from Spain.
THEODORE ROOSEVET.T
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