William Taft actually said...

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.

Context

Remarks at the Dedication of the Gift Chapel at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas

10/16/1909

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