The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-19
Roosevelt Was Proud But He
Did Not Boast of Sons in Army

FRtherly pride In the achievements
OF his children II as natural aH life
itself, but should that same father
display inclination 20 herald such
aohievonn ents through tho medium ot
tho press. the public lh at Onco prone
TO criticize,
And. be It said 10 hts credit none
knew and appreciated these condi-
'ions more keenly than the late Col
Theodore Roosevelt No emphasis
- needed TO point out that the colo
mel was justly proud of the records
established hy his own sons .n thr
great war. but emphasis may be
placed on the fact that the proud
father nursed his pride secretly Ia
his own heart ana studiousiy avoided
any publicity regarding his boys
NV bows arc over there 20 tight
Just Ike tho boys Of John Jones or
Peter Hmilh' hc would Hlr. 'AH
u father I am greatly interested Ia
what they uro doing Bat this II not
news for tho puhlir There ars ihnn
sands Apd thousands of hoys over
there who are doing much more ihah
my boys II would not be right TO
tell of the doIngH OF my boys Just
because they happcn 10 be mine
SO Il was that this Interesting ma
ter was kept from the public liriof
nersages cnhlcd hv prras nssociniions
md describing tho foreign d"cora-
lions awarded TO the Roosevelt boys
were received
capt Archibald Roosevelt lead
Ing his men over tho top, was Sc
verely wounded. Two days lotor he
was decorated by the French gov.
crnruent The proud father received
from army officials complete de-
tails Of Archlc's deeds. but he never
allowed them to be- made public,
when hls oldest son. Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore. ir was wounded,
passcd and decorated, his father
aga In declined To give all tho par
iicuiars Captain Kermit served at
first with tho ArltiAh army iH Meso-'
potamia Ilr too was decor atcd.
only this fact was made public, al
though 10 days afterwards the colo
mel racelyed lciier from a British
officer, giving tho details
The death ot his younRcst son,
Lieutenant Quentin. who was killed
fighting German In the air, was a
great shock to tho ex-prerldont,
when the official news OF the boys
death was received a. Shgamnre hilI,
Colonel Roosevelt issued short
statement IN which hc said that he
and his wifo were proud OF the fact
that quentin had had n chance 20
fight and show tho stuff there was
IN him" Thournds u tclegrams OF
cOhdolence we're received at the little
office at oyster bay These mes
sagos were from klnEs, queens
statesmen and others equally wen
known 10 the public When the
colonel was asked 10 give out the
kilograms ana the names OF the
scndera, his reply was
Il consider those messages Nh pri-
vate messages OF BympOthy 20 the
Family, and not for the public eye.
Captain Archie" when he was
able to write Of hia experiences. sent
only slight information back 10 Saga
more hili. lie didn't tell much about
his wounds The colonel how =
was worried, ana cnhled 20 /, I'D
In Paris. Tho reply that he received
was that Archie" suffered from
broken left arm and that the nerves
had been severed. The seriousness
of hts boys condition tho colonel
kept 60 himself and II was not
known publicly until the captain was
sent homo m lnNnlid. Whllo IN tne
hospital Archie" wrote many plead,
Ing letters TO his father, These urged
The former president To 90 every
thing IN his power 10 nave MN
kept In Enrop" unih ne recovered
"If I'm shipped home. nc once
wrote, Il know that lhey u never Iet