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Woodrow Wilson: Under authority of the Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 17, 1916, an emergency having arisen making…

On the recordMarch 20, 1916
Under authority of the Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 17, 1916, an emergency having arisen making necessary an increase in the enlisted strength of the Regular Army within the continental limits of the United States, the arms of the service are hereby brought up to the statutory maximum enlisted strength as set forth in the following tabulated statement.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2345—Increasing the Strength of the Regular Army

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