Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-06

| study of his Oyster Bay home only on
infrequent occasions to offer critical
suggestions as to the proper course
for the nation in it's war preparations
or as to the steps taken by the adj
ministration and the several execu-
tive departments directly concerned
in war preparations.
Attacks Through Newspaper.
With the beginning of his connec-
ton. as an editorial contributor, with
the Kansas City Star, however, Mr..
Roosevelts attitude in regard to the
progress made in getting into the con-
| hict became aggressive and his stric-
lures on what to him appeared to be
the sins of omission and commission
OF the War and Navy departments.
and practically every one connected
with war activities, became increas-
ingly vigorous. His articles in the
Kansas City Star were reprinted in
newspapers all over the country. the
characteristic style of the writer
causing them to be read by hundreds
of thousands of persons, very many
of whom, while not in sympathy with
Mr.. Roosevelt in his open criticism of
public officials. believed things were
not all as they should be and that
many cogs of the existing war ma
chine should be removed in the in
terests of increased efficiency.
On the occasion of Mr.. Roosevelts
last visit to Washington, during the
last week in January, he conferred
with scores of leaders of the repub-
lican party, but failed to give to
newspaper men any of the scorching
interviews for which he had been
famous and which were expected as
the outcome of the visit to the center
nf bA nti is
reticence on this occasion and his
! departure from the capital without
having given out for publication any
general indictment of department
heads or others was distinct sur
prise to those who knew him best.
After returning from Washington
to Oyster Bay Mr.. Roosevelt made no
statement to the public aside from his
regular contributions to the Kansas
City Star. In the minds of his friends
and personal adherents this is ex
planned by his last illness.
Father of Six Children.
Mr.. Roosevelt was the father of
six children, two of whom are girls.
The family roster is as follows: Alice
Lee (Mrs Nicholas Longworth), Theo-
dore, jr.; Kermit, Ethel Carow tMrs.
Richard Derby, Archibald Bulloch
and Quentin.
He was the author of The Winning
of the West" History of the Naval
War of 1872" Hunting Trips of
Ranchman." Life of Thomas Hart
Benton" Life of Gouveneur Morris"
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail" His
tory of New York" The Wilderness
Hunter" American Ideals and Other
Essays" THE Rough Riders" Life of
Oliver CROMWELL and The Strenuous
Life" Besides these volumes he was
n r
magazines and periodicals.
Denied the privilege of fighting for
his flag, Theodore Roosevelt'S interest
was centered on his family's partici-
patton in the war. His four sons and
his son-in-law, DR.. Derby, carried out
President before the United States
took up arms-that if war came they
would enter service. Theodore, jr.,
became a major and Archibald a cap
tain, both in France; Quentin entered
French aviation squadron, and DR..
Derby the medical service, also both
in France. Kermit. failing to pass a
physical examination which would
admit him to the United States Army,
received commission in the British
army and was soon in Mesopotamia-
Roosevelt took keen pride in the
service button he wore with it's five
stars. Talking with newspaper men
some months after his boys had gone
abroad. he told them privately that
Theodore had written him that he had
been in action and that bullet had
struck his trench helmet and glanced
off: Theodore wrote home. his father
said, that he regretted he had not been
wounded just for the experience. At
the time of this conversation public
announcement had just been made
that Archie had been jumped in
rank from second lieutenant to cap
tain. Roosevelt confided with glee to
his listeners that Archie had led a
raiding party out into no mans land
at night, and that the promotion had
been won by gallantry under fire dur
ing this raid. The colonel disclosed
further that Kermit, lighting with the
Anglo-Indian forces, also had been
under fire. as the leader of "a troop
of whirling Dervishes," Indian cavalry.
Quentin, widely known in Washing
ton, where he attended public school
while his father was in the White
House, was shot down and killed by
a German aviator in July.
Col. Roosevelt recently wrote Gen
March, chief of staff, asking that his
sons body be permitted to rest where
it had been buried in France. He had
planned a trip to France to visit
Quentins grave.
The colonel had left a hospital in
New York to go to Oyster Bay for
Christmas. He was suffering from
recurrence of the effect of the Jungle
fever he acquired in Africa, which at
times affected his ear, caused sciatica.
and troubled him frequently.