William Taft actually said...

"You will hardly believe me when I tell you that this ceremony and the burden that I am now trying to discharge came to me but to-day."

"It has not always been so at every post, but that you should love the army and that the army should love you under the conditions is a noteworthy fact in which I rejoice."

"It is a most appropriate building for all these purposes, and will remain here as long as the other buildings put up by the government, to show the attachment and loyalty of the people of San Antonio ..."

"I now dedicate this edifice to peace, good will and humanity."