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Teddy Roosevelt: “The admirals who first exercised the new ships in squadrons were giving the training without which Dewey and Sampson…”

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The admirals who first exercised the new ships in squadrons were giving the training without which Dewey and Sampson would have found their tasks incomparably more difficult.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt credits the admirals for their training efforts that facilitated the success of naval leaders like Dewey and Sampson.

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