It was Theodore Roosevelt's last full day in office.
Roosevelt was stepping down after having only ran once. By custom, although not by law, he was allowed to serve two full terms. He's very soon come to regret not doing so.
On this day, he accomplished a number of things, not seemingly taking a last day of rest. One of the things he did was to sign a bill creating the Mount Olympus National Monument in the State of Washington.
Another thing was to issue Executive Order 969 which stated:
In accordance with the power vested in me by section 1619, Revised Statutes of the United States, the following duties are assigned to the United States Marine Corps:
- (1) To garrison the different navy-yards and naval stations, both within and beyond the continental limits of the United States.
- (2) To furnish the first line of the mobile defense of naval bases and naval stations beyond the continental limits of the United States.
- (3) To man such naval defenses, and to aid in manning, if necessary, such other defenses, as may be erected for the defense of naval bases and naval stations beyond the continental limits of the United States.
- (4) To garrison the Isthmian Canal Zone, Panama.
- (5) To furnish such garrisons and expeditionary forces for duties beyond the seas as may be necessary in time of peace.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The White House
This doesn't seem that radical, but it was actually a limiting order and was intended to be. It made the Marines, which were just beginning to expand their role, more like conventional Marines in other nations. The order would not remain in place.
On Naval matters:
Today In Wyoming's History: March 3: 1909 Order placed for the USS Wyoming, BB-32, to be built.
The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 was ratified by the Senate.
The Food and Drug Administration approved using sodium benzoate as a food preservative, even though a ban had been recommended the prior July.
Gatun Dam Lock site.
Culebra Cut, Rio Grande in foreground.
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