Teddy Roosevelt: “Not a device of any kind was improvised during or immediately before…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

Not a device of any kind was improvised during or immediately before the war which was of any practical service.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt highlights that no improvised devices contributed practically to the American war effort during the Spanish-American War.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Not a device of any kind was improvised during or immediately before the war which was of any practical service.”