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Until our battle fleet is much larger than at present it should never be split into detachments so far apart that they could not in event of emergency be speedily united.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Until our battle fleet is much larger than at present it should never be split into detachments so far apart that they…”
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He advocates for maintaining a larger battle fleet without splitting it into smaller detachments.
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