The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-15
CHAPTERS OF A POSSIBLE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT
The War of America the urI
THIRTEENTH INSTALLMEN

CTITTT Mil 40
ways De unready for war. and in conse-
Puence VIII always be exposed to great
tRpense' and 70 the possibility Of the
gravest calamity. when the nation Roes
10 war. This II no new thing. Am-ricans
from experience.
There would have been no war IN Isl.
r. N TIE previous decade. America In
stead OF announcing that peace Wns her
passion. IN tead or acting on the theory
mat uupreparedness avert- war had
been willing TO - to TIE exrense or mo
wang a neet OF a score OF ships or the
me however. IN that case. doubtless
We Ntry men VINO IN the actual event
deplored the loss OF life and waste az
ap!tal which n cir own supineness had
pFonRnt about would have loudly In
'eiEned against the excessive and i'm
proper cost OF armaments." 50 II all
came 70 about the same thing Ga tho ef,d
Peace At Any Price.
.ntIe ~ ~ more tnproughEoinE inter
national than Mr-. GuWmidxe and 10
more utterly useless and often utterly
'HIs'uietO Jus citizen. IAN fhr nease-af-
int-nrice. Observation-Disclosures tyne or
"flLK. VITO - ways complaining rfrf o.
about war o. else about tho cosf or tho
'f 1'aiaeuis which at as the Insurance
Ils.rft var. There ~ every reason y g
40 -.Ould Try 20 limit the cost ~ a-na-
fn~fits. as these tend 90 grow excessive.
nut tfet~ s. also every reason 20 remsrr-
, ..r mat IN the present stage ~ c.v!Iiza-
ton n proper armament l- me sureet
E-1r1nfee - pea s.arH ia Ire orf..
guarantee Tat war. = 20 docs come. v..li
~ mean lfftDaFa1ic ana oserwh Ginning
oIortfisd Huekstsrs.
ln tho snrInS ~ 1897 President NJ
kinisv appoiuted mo assistant se~retar,.
~ Ne nav ov 81 the appointment
chiefly 90 the efforts - Senator 81 e..
lodge. - Nlssa,Hn-etts. who dofbtf~ss
was aetuated chiefly by his long ana
c'0se friendship FOR mo. bus also like
3" behsvs- - his keen Interest in tie
ttf The fret book p ever rubuahed.
fifteen years previou-ir. was "rhs Ilfe-
tory ~ the Naval War 81 1919" ard
i"f- alwars taken tho interest 600 tho
20 t1fe. - ~ tine d wrote the book
~ The eoriy eighties mo navv hsd
reached its rndir. ard We we're then
utterly iusorrl refeut 20 F.rlf ~r.i- 81
shy other power that UnI a navy af ali
-H"ftlg nffrru arIs va began ftrfdI-
tnd iFaifafirRiF o. bald 10 a flee. 10
p ail1'ifF - re'ali tf' roundabout
-lfpt We TOOL. fo aDDrTri rI D.~ uurnnae
In nc reaction after tho colossal struE-
- "f ne 'lvii War our rfr0rEest and
most capable men haa trroau tfe.r
.ALIfE. 'If' 'He drfelurusut and
nnpfe al fhs srri1Ifsfrr 4ra chs
NHN lf fIe most rHfII rHfe ryarIHfr. OF
'ir natural reeourrse .Irs. forests
Fstf men. tIt they nerr.Ifssd o. s,r,-
fINFT o. grow rIU~fair. .rd and aefffsh.
'r hi.- many ~ than dnrI 90 the
H'tf'u f0H9eHaed f|r Fundamental sir
lures. Including tnr frFtirr .frf.e.
niferr we're purely 81 the rfDrIffef
% 'er o. Firr1fad rHurbro.sr f.n.
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