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Teddy Roosevelt: “We should be able, in the event of some sudden emergency, to put into the field one first-class army corps, which should…”

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We should be able, in the event of some sudden emergency, to put into the field one first-class army corps, which should be, as a whole, at least the equal of any body of troops of like number belonging to any other nation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He advocates for the capability to deploy a first-class army corps in case of emergencies.

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