Teddy Roosevelt: “In raising my own regiment, I found that there was no group of our…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1902

In raising my own regiment, I found that there was no group of our citizens from whom better men could be drawn.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Teddy Roosevelt: “In raising my own regiment, I found that there was no group of our citizens from whom better men could be drawn.”