09/11/1919
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"A person resigning a scientific, professional, or technical position in the competitive service in which he has acquired training and experience not to be acquired elsewhere, to enter the public servi..."
"It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress."
"It is in no sense a conscription of the unwilling."
"It is not an army that we must shape and train for war--it is a Nation."