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Bill Taft: “But our laws have provided no means by which this could be accomplished, or by which the losses of the regiments when…”

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But our laws have provided no means by which this could be accomplished, or by which the losses of the regiments when once sent to the front could be repaired.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft points out the shortcomings of U.S. laws in addressing troop losses during wartime.

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