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The American cavalryman, trained to manoeuvre and fight with equal facility on foot and on horseback, is the best type of soldier for general purposes now to be found in the world.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He praises the American cavalryman as the best type of soldier for general purposes.

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