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Teddy Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on October 27, 1858, in New York. Roosevelt was a prominent leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for domestic policies that included trust-busting, regulation of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. His administration is noted for significant reforms and the establishment of national parks and forests.

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Jun 23, 1904

Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service rules.

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Jun 22, 1904

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L. Ralph as curator of the section of birds' eggs in the National Museum, at a salary of $100 per…

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Jun 16, 1904

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment of Mr. Samuel D. Amen to the position of internal-revenue agent.

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Jun 13, 1904

The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall lie open to settlement from the date hereof.

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Jun 12, 1904

A person who has been reinstated in the classified service in a grade lower than that from which he had been separated, may be promoted to his former grade without examination.

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Jun 1, 1904

By virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ceded by the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of the Sioux tribe of Indians.

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Jun 1, 1904

The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe all needful rules and regulations necessary to carry into full effect the opening herein provided for.

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Jun 1, 1904

In the judgment of the President, no more of the land herein ceded can be disposed of at said price, he may by proclamation, to be repeated in his discretion, sell from time to time the remaining lands subject to the provisions of the…

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Jun 1, 1904

All of the conditions required by law to be performed prior to the opening of said tracts of land to settlement and entry have been, as I hereby declare, duly performed.

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May 29, 1904

He is but a poor American who, looking at this field, does not feel within himself a deeper reverence for the nation's past and a higher purpose to make the nation's future rise level to her past.

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May 29, 1904

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those who show themselves worthy of it.

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May 29, 1904

Exactly as in time of war courage is the cardinal virtue of the soldier, so in time of peace, honesty, using the word in its deepest and broadest significance, is the essential basic virtue, without which all else avails nothing.

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May 25, 1904

Mr. I.B. Conklin may be appointed as special laborer (clerk) at $3.28 per diem in the office of the paymaster, navy-yard, Washington, D.C., without examination under the civil-service rules.

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May 17, 1904

Miss Katherine C. Masterson may be reinstated in the Government Printing Office without regard to the year limitation of Civil-Service Rule IX, relating to reinstatements.

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May 15, 1904

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the reserved lands within the above-described boundaries.

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May 12, 1904

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ceded by the Sioux tribe of Indians of the…

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May 6, 1904

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Grantsville Forest Reserve.

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May 3, 1904

It appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation

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May 3, 1904

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation

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May 3, 1904

The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days' notice by such publication as…

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Apr 27, 1904

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of April 27, 1904 (the House of Representatives concurring), I return herewith Senate bill No. 5205, entitled 'An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Dickinson.'

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Apr 13, 1904

I recommend that, as an act of equity and comity, provision be made by the Congress for the payment of the sum of $25,000 to Mr. Radcliffe in full settlement of this claim.

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Apr 6, 1904

I wish to bid you welcome to Washington, and to say but a word of greeting, and that word shall take the form of a warning and a hope.

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Apr 6, 1904

I trust every man of you feels the weight of the responsibility that rests upon him.

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Apr 6, 1904

I think that we of the United States cannot keep too fresh in our minds the fact that the men responsible for the government are not the representatives of the people, but the people themselves.

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