Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, Mirafores Island in the Harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is hereby reserved for use as a quarantine station or a site for a marine hospital or for both said purposes.

07/22/1902

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