Every officer of the National Guard should train his men the whole time as if he were training them with a view to possible action, so that the men under him will be trained by him to have those habits of body and mind which will render them formidable as soldiers in the field.
Roosevelt stresses the importance of continuous training for National Guard officers to prepare their men for action.
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