The Washington herald., 1919-01-07
Former President Lived Vivid Romance of Action,
Foreuer Battling for What He Considered the Right

wing the election. President
Sosevelt outlined in his annual
usage a series of far-reaching re-
rms, which were heraided as maxi
-n2 a distinct and complete break
with the Mckinley policies which
he had inherited. His proposals in
cluded railway rate bill, Federal
pure food regulation, a meat inspec-
ton measure, the removal of the
tariff from denatured alcohol as a
possible means of counteracting the
oil monopoly. a thorough going re-
form Of the Consular Service, a re-
form in naturalization laws. and
the admission of the remaining Ter
ritories to Statehood.
II Theodore Roosevelt had any
profession in private life. II was that
Of literature. Almost from the time
he left college, and even during his
Presidential term. essays, histories,
biographies, and books of a narrative
or descriptive character came from
his facile pen with the regularity of
, the seasons. while numerous contribu-
tions to the magazines and reviews
further attested to his literary ac-
tivity.
Within two years of his graduation
from Harvard. he published his Ma
val Operations of the War Between
Great Britain and the United States,
Sl2-1sl5." which became at once. and
still remains. the recognized authority
i for this period. His published works
after the aforementioned history,
which appeared in 1882. were in the
order of their appearance; Hunting
Trips of a Ranchman" (1SS6), Life OF
; Thomas Hart Benton" QsS0, In Amer
ican Statesmen Series; Life of Gou-
verneur Mossis" QSS9, in American
Statesmen Series; Ranch Life and
Hunting Trair' QSSs, Essays on
City: A History" QS9I, American
Big Game Hunting" Qs9S), THE Will
derness Hunter" GS93), Hero Tales
Henry Cabot Lodge; THE Winning Of
the West a vols, 1896, his most ex-
tensive historical work; American
Ideals. and Other Essays" QS97), THE
Rough Riders" QssD. THE Strenuous
Life" $500. translated into the
French as La Vie Intense" QsO2).
"Oliver Cromwell" QsOl), also in a
French translation. He also fur
nished chapters for several coIlabora-
tive books on hunting and camp life
Married Twice.
President Roosevelt was known
among his friends as a man Of sin
gularly pure personal life, devoted to
his wife and family. He married frs:
In 1888 Alice Lee, OF Boston, who died
in 1884. leaving one child, Alice Lee
Roosevelt. He married again in 1885
Edith Kermit Carew. The children Of
this marriage were Theodore, jr. Ker-
! init. Ethel, Quentin and Archibald
Bulloch.
An incident of 1906 was the dismissal
without honor" of a company of ne
gro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth United
States Infantry for completely in riot
ing in Brownsville, Texas. His action
followed an investigation, and was
bitterly opposed by several members
of Congress, notably Senator Foraker,
OF Ohio. This step caused a reverai
of the popular opinion of the PresI-
dents position regarding the negro,
| and lost him much support of that
race.
The suit for the dissolution of the
I Standard Oil Company was one Of the
most significant acts OF the Roosevelt
administration; and. although this suit
| was not brought to a successful con-
/ clusion until -, the credit is due
mainly to him.
At the end OF President Roosevelt S
| two terms, the forest reserve had
been increased from 46.l53.ll9 acres to
| approximately 1ss5OO,OoO acres. includ-
| ing those in Alaska (27, 900, OO0) and in
| Porto Rico. The results of his advo-
| cacy of strong army and navy may
be summarized by looking at the main
| facts. Naval appropriations increased
from s65. 10000 in 1901 to S136, ,OoO, go IN
1908. and the enlisted. force from 5000
| petty officers an6 men to 1850 Thir-
teen battleships were added to the
navy, and the size increased from
| 14,OC0 to $500 tons. By act of Con-
| gress. naval bases were established at
fearl Harbor. laval: Ologapo. nil
! ippine Islands, and Guantanamo. in
! Cuba. In the army. the increase was
| from 500 officers and $500 enlisted
men to 4,4I3 othcers and $3.50 men.
Sent Fleet Around World.
A significant part of the Presi-
dents foreign policy was the send
ing, by executive order. of the
greatest American naval fleet ever
a ssembled on a cruise around the
world. This was begun on Decem-
Der 16, 1907. when the fleet steamed
out of Hampton Roads, on the first
lap of the trip, around the Horn,