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Woodrow Wilson: “We must see to it that a sufficient body of citizens is given the kind of training which will make them efficient now if…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1916
We must see to it that a sufficient body of citizens is given the kind of training which will make them efficient now if called into the field in case of necessity.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address to the Seventh Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association in New York City

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