The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-fifth President of the United StatesG. Richards, 1903 - 391 pages |
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Page 79
... duties that I question whether an ordinary Civil Service examination would be adequate to test them . Certainly , if they were appointed as the result of written com- petitive examination , it could only be in accordance with one ...
... duties that I question whether an ordinary Civil Service examination would be adequate to test them . Certainly , if they were appointed as the result of written com- petitive examination , it could only be in accordance with one ...
Page 88
... duty before him was not to further serve the City or State of New York , or to be an Assist- ant Secretary or Lieutenant Colonel ; that all that was behind him , and that the recognition of it was by the people that he should go up ...
... duty before him was not to further serve the City or State of New York , or to be an Assist- ant Secretary or Lieutenant Colonel ; that all that was behind him , and that the recognition of it was by the people that he should go up ...
Page 93
... duties . It was due Col. Wood's energy that the regiment was enabled to get to the field . " This remark was a very handsome compliment to Wood , for the great mass of volunteers did not succeed in leaving their home camps of ...
... duties . It was due Col. Wood's energy that the regiment was enabled to get to the field . " This remark was a very handsome compliment to Wood , for the great mass of volunteers did not succeed in leaving their home camps of ...
Page 103
... duty temporarily with the brigade , was cool and collected under fire , did gallant service , and was slightly wounded . " Colonel Wood , in his report of the engagement at Guasavas , nine miles from Santiago , June 24 , refers to the ...
... duty temporarily with the brigade , was cool and collected under fire , did gallant service , and was slightly wounded . " Colonel Wood , in his report of the engagement at Guasavas , nine miles from Santiago , June 24 , refers to the ...
Page 109
... duty , and these are not fit to do anything like the work they could do then . As we had but one wagon , the change necessitated leaving much of the stuff behind , with a night of discomfort , with scanty shelter and scanty food , for ...
... duty , and these are not fit to do anything like the work they could do then . As we had but one wagon , the change necessitated leaving much of the stuff behind , with a night of discomfort , with scanty shelter and scanty food , for ...
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