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