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It is absurd not to graduate the midshipmen as ensigns; to keep them for two years in such an anomalous position as at present the law requires is detrimental to them and to the service.
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Roosevelt criticized the current policy of delaying the graduation of midshipmen, arguing it was harmful to their development.
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