Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum Collection: Grace Tully Archive Series: Grace Tully Papers Box 7; Folder = Logs of the President's Trips: Inspection Tour, April 13-29, 1943 1943 13-29, [Part 1 of 2] April Tour, Papers Tully Grace Trips:Inspection Series: President's the Archive; of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box ORIGINAL 1943 RETIREO 13-29, April FOR Tour, Papers PRESERVATlqrtl Tully Grace Trips:Inspection Series: President's the Archive; of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box rIH]! PRESIDENT'S 13-29 LOG 000000 APRIL,1943 · . · INSPECTION ORIGINAL OF 0 1943 R~TIREOFOR 13-29, April Tour, Papers PRe~ERVATtq~ TOUR Tully Grace Trips:Inspection Series: President's the Archive; of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box ORIGINAL RGTIReO FOR PRe~eRVATJq~ : . THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY The Pre sid e n t Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire, (MC), U.S.N. Major Henry Hooker Miss Laura Delano Miss Margaret Suckley Miss Grace Tully Mrs. Dorothy Br ady Lieutenant George Fox, (HC), U.S.N. Mr. Dewey Long ;~ Ship's Clerk WilliamM. Rigdon, U'.S.N. The Honorable Basil 0 I Connor ~ashington to ~arm Springs The Honorable Leighton McCarthy Washington to Warm Springs Miss Toi Bachelder 'washington to warm Springs The Honorable Stephen Early Washington to Corpus Christi. Rear Admiral Wilson Brown washington to Corpus Christi The Honorable Sumner 11elles Fort Worth to Corpus Christi Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najara . Fort Worth to Corpus Christi Mr. Philip Bonsal Fort Worth to Corpus Christi Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Fort Worth - Monter~ey - Fort Worth Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt 1943 Fort Worth ~ Monterrey - Fort Worth Miss Ruth Chandler Roosevelt 13-29, Fort Worth - Monterrey - Fort Worth April Master Elliott Roosevelt, Jr. Fort Worth - Monterrey - Fort Worth Tour, Miss Malvina C. Thompson ( Papers Fort Worth - Monterrey - Fort Worth Tully The Honorable Marvin H. McIntyre Fort Worth - Monterrey - Washington Grace Major General Edwin M. Watson Trips:Inspection . Fort Worth - Monterrey - Washington Ambassador. and Mrs. Messersmith Series: Sanchez Crossing (Mexico) to Monterrey President's The Foreign Minister and Mrs. Padilla the Archive; Sanchez Crossing (Mexico) to Monterrey of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY THE PR.EsS Mr. Douglas B. Cornell The Associated Press Mr. Merriman Smith The,.United Press Mr. Arthur Herman The International News Service Mr. Wn. C. Murphy,' Jr. The Philadelphia Inquirer Washington to Corpus Christi Mr.. Bert Andrews Th,e, New York Herald Tribune Washington to Corpus Christi Mr. William Lawrence, The New York Times Washington to Corpus Christi Mr. Dewey Fl~ming The Baltimore Sun Washington to Corpus Christi Mr. Raymond Brandt The St.Louis Post Dispatch Washington to Corpus Christi Mr. Roscoe Drumn'Md The Christian Science Montor : Wij,shington to Corpus Christi . ~ PHOTOGRAPHERS. Mr. George Skadding AElsociated' Press ~~ 'Mr. HugoJ6hn:son' Par amoun t News ~~ Mr. Albert Oeth Paramount News ~~, ' CPhoM A.'C'.: Black U.S.N. (* Representing all service's y' ' ' Mr. Leo DeWaard Post Office Inspector Warm, Springs to" Washington Mr. 'D. L. Moorman B &0 Railroad Representative Master Sergeant Montford Snyder, U.S .A. President's Driver Arthur Prettyman' . President's Valet ARMY SIGNAL CORPS Colonel v..m. A. Beaseley, U.S.A. Captain Dewitt Greer, U.S.A. Eight U.S.A. Enlisted Men SECRET SERVICE DETAIL Chief Frank J. Wilson Mi ch ael F., Reilly 1943 Guy H. Spaman Charles W. Fredericks Ger ald H. Behn John A. Marshall 13-29, Frank B. Wood Andrew G. Daigle April 'Arthur E. McCabe Wilmer K. Deckard Rob'e~t R. Hastings Elmer R. HipElley Tour, Roland M. Savage Edmund J. Waters Papers John T. Gorham James H. Griffith Neil A. Shannon Tully Walter A. ,Haman Vernon D. Spicer George A. Schnelbach, Jr. Jack L. Willard Grace Frederick M. Clark Trips:Inspection James Beary Burrell Peterson James Rowley Howard 'Anders on Series: President's the Archive; "Fala" and "Sister" of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box I\./~ i \ ( \ . " 1 '- 'j ) \ ' f •• ., -------·-·---·-----·----T.... ... W ._,:.,c'. \ . ~E" i' ~-......... '1" •• I .,,,. " I \ ,.•. \ ~h_~ ~ ~%"-.. "-1-~';"~\ ~ \ I", . " , ..\ , '" .. -,.----' . , II., . '. I. ,\ . I . '---" d''"",. • , . ---j" . (, .". , .' il~._ i ] I \. ! .__ (-. ." '.., .... r·-.--·_·_·_·_· __ ·_·_· I "-, "-~ , \ l_.-y"~ I _, , .. ~, ./ ."'- '\ ~-\... 1 l '\7'. ..,\ f;?:-./ .-.-.-----.. I . '... '. I I17~;------ ~ 1 __ " __-' , I L,,--~- ) , --------,;----1:._< r;:;-----.-~"I ,,_ ,,' _ \ ..,. I " I. < , , ) Cl----., , ~_ \,~. \ ' . '. "'" , , , !. I" I -,~".. _____ ..., \ '---T;;;~----~---i '1,--~'. I" I, ,",~I ,__I __ '" " , C·Al. \.\, I1 Ii APRIL 24,1943 .i KANS. \ I ; . ............... '- __ \, i . CAMP CARSON \ \ \.11! !I . APRIL 24,1943 I JEFFERSON BKS.·, \. t'·_· __ .__ ._._._._.+._._._. __._._. APRIL 27,1943 ""'\. \, i ARIZ. ! N. "EX. \ )". ! i 1943 \( " ',\ I I i j /'~ ! ! 13-29, :D I ! ! .... .Ill .. __ .. -?( I! ,I ~ April Jj . , m ! --'-·-·_·-,-1 o Tour, "'.. i '---.-.. •• -Jr-"-'~ '\ ~ "11 Papers o ",) TEXAS :D Tully \,r',.. ........", ~ ..,........... ./ \. ·m· " (J) \, m Grace Trips:Inspection \ ~. '~ ~. TOTAL RAIL MILEAGE 7243.7 Series: AUTOMOBILE MILEAGE 425.0 15 .;z: TOTAL MILEAGE 7668.7 MONTERREY President's APRIL 20,1943 the Archive; of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box ,ORIGINAl. R~TlRaOFOR PRe~eRVATJq~, ITINERARY Arrived Place Departed Washington, D. C. 13 April 14 April Marine Barr acks , 14 April Parris Island, South Carolina 15 April Maxwell Field, Alabama 15 April 15 April Fort Benning, Georgia 15 April 15 April Warm Springs, Georgia 16 April, 17 Apr:t1R Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 17 April 17 April Camp Forrest, Tennessee 17 April 18 April Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas 18 April 18 April Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 19 April 19 April Tulsa, Oklahoma 19 April ,(Douglas Aircraft Company Plant) 20 April Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 20 April 21 April Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas 21 April 22 April Fort Worth, Texas 22 April 24 April Camp Carson, Colorado 24 April 24 April Denver; Colorado 24 April 1943 (Remington Arms Denver Ordnance Plant, Lowry Field, and 13-29, Fitzsimons General Hospital) April 25 April Fort Riley, Kansas 25 April Tour, 26 April Omaha, Nebraska 26 April Papers (Glenn L. Martin Company Plant) Tully 27 April Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 27 April Grace Trips:Inspection 27 April Evansville, Indiana 27 April I Series: (Republic Aviation Corporation Plant) President's 28 April Fort Knox, Kentucky 28 April the Archive; of 29 April Washington, D. C. Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box · ORIOINAL'RE;TIReOFOR PRe~eRVATtqr;.l MILEAGE COVERED Miles Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad 113.1 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 904·9 Charleston & Western Carolina~-Railroad··,., 47.6 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (sWitch-move) .-:-::-::.:>,~ 4.4 Western Railway of Alab~a . 64.3 Central. of Georgia R~lroad 63.6 Southern Railway 278.3 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 394.0 Missouri Pacific System 1,887.5 St. Louis - San Francisco Railroad (Frisco) 238.1 Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad 96.1 Nattonal Railroads of Mexico 340.0 Texas Mexican Railway 194.7 Texas and Pacific Railroad (switch move) 15.4 Burlington System 804.4 Union Pacific Railroad 739.5 Louisville & Nashville Railroad 318.9 New York Central (switch move) 3.0 Illinois Central Railroad 56.8 Ealtimore & Ohio Railroad 676.8 Pennsylvania Railroad (switch move) 2.3 Total railroad mileage 7,243.7 Automobile mileage (estimated) 425.0 Total all mileage 7,668.7 The President's trip was conducted in strict wartime secrecy. All arrangements with the railroads were made verbally and in a person-to­ person manner. No orders or letters were written and nothing was said or done that would convey even an intimation of the fact that the President 1943 was planning a tour. Even superintendents and road foremen of engines who were instructed to be at a certain point at a certain time to ride a 13-29, special train did not know until after they were aboard the train that the Nation's Chief EXecutive was riding their-rails. April Tour, The train included two head-end cars (baggage car and communi­ Papers cation car), a combination. sleeper-lounge car, a d.ihing car, four compart­ ment drawing room sleepers, and the President's car. Train speeds were Tully restricted to 40 miles art hour. Uniform train orders were -agreed to for all operations, the train being scheduled as a passenger extra with right Grace Trips:Inspection over all other trains. All other trains were instructed to clear it by 20 minutes. All railroads were required not to move the train backward Series: at any point unles s the move was made . with engine and buffer pulling the train. President's the Archive; The railroads did a grand job! of Tully Logs Grace Folder= 7; Collection: Box ,ORIGINAL R~TIREDFORPRe~eRVATIqIll FOREWORD , this tour, the President's second wartime tour to military posts, naval stations and war factories, also included a brief visit at Monterrey, Nuevo . Leon, Mexico, where Presidents Hoosevelt and Camacho met for friendly discussions. This meeting was the first for the Presidents of the United states ari~ Mexico in 34 year's~ Our entire' route; while in the United states, was carefully guarded by units of the U.s. Army:; while in Mexico, the route was guarded by units of Mexican cava:)..ry. Although there was generc:U surprise shoym at the President IS presence wherever he went, this trip was not as big a secret as the'in- , spection trip of iast fall, particularly so, after our visit to Monterrey , . -' - .. " ~ . and Corpus Christi and the: n'ewspa:pe~, and radio publicity incident to bhose visits. Curious crowds Were attracted everywhere along our route, r< parti~ularly at the railroad stations in the Midwest, by the presence 1943 o.f the large or unusual nwhber ,of mil:ftary guards about the stations and tracks.