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Bill Taft: “The department is mobilizing a division at full strength at San Antonio, Texas, for the purpose of field training of…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1911
The department is mobilizing a division at full strength at San Antonio, Texas, for the purpose of field training of officers and men, and for the further purpose of holding manoeuvres Involving possible operations against Galveston.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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White House Statement on Military Movements Near the Mexican Border

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