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Teddy Roosevelt: “There should be legislation to provide a complete plan for organizing the great body of volunteers behind the Regular…”

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There should be legislation to provide a complete plan for organizing the great body of volunteers behind the Regular Army and National Guard when war has come.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for legislation to organize volunteers to support the Regular Army and National Guard during wartime.

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