Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

It is, to me, a matter of great regret that Congress does not provide means for field maneuvers.

Remarks at the Banquet of the Sons of the American Revolution in New York City

03/16/1905

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The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Cassia Forest Reserve.

the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June f...

It appears that the public good would be promoted by further releasing and excluding lands from the said forest reserve.