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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger, concerning cases in which commanding officers
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger, concerning cases in which commanding officers are taken by surprise, written just two weeks into office after McKinley's assassination. 1 page, single 4to sheet, White House mourning stationery; holes punched in top margin; nicely matted and framed. Washington, 1 October 1901
- Notes: "Unless the circumstances are altogether exceptional, it is unpardonable in an officer to be surprised. If a detachment is surprised and the commanding officer escapes death, he will, I presume, be at once placed under arrest and tried by court-martial. All such cases I should like to have personally brought before me."
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