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In no service, ashore or afloat, in the world could better men of their grade be found than the lieutenants, and indeed the captains, of the infantry and dismounted cavalry at Santiago.
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Roosevelt praises the quality of lieutenants and captains in the infantry and cavalry during the Santiago campaign.
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