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Wages have greatly increased in outside occupations in the last forty years and the pay of the soldier, like the pay of the officers, should be proportionately increased.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Wages have greatly increased in outside occupations in the last forty years and the pay of the soldier, like the pay of…”
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Roosevelt argues that soldiers' pay should increase in line with wage growth in other professions over the past forty years.
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