Preparedness for National Defense: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on Bills for Reorganization of the Army and for the Creation of a Reserve Army. Printed for Use of the Committee on Military Affairs |
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