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The commissariat failed miserably, perhaps dishonestly, to relieve the desperate want.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The commissariat failed miserably, perhaps dishonestly, to relieve the desperate want.”
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Beveridge criticizes the failures of the military supply system during a critical time for the American forces.
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