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What is virtually a permanent detail of the corps of engineers to civilian duty necessarily impairs the efficiency of our military establishment.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “What is virtually a permanent detail of the corps of engineers to civilian duty necessarily impairs the efficiency of…”
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Roosevelt points out that diverting engineers to civilian duties weakens military readiness.
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