Success from the soldier’s standpoint, if an army is to rank as one of the great armies of all time, must mean that whether the man carries sword or musket, whether he looks after the mules or the commissary, he does his duty up to the handle.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of every soldier's contribution to the army's success.
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