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the four divisions, I am certain that they would 

 have equalled this record, only on a hundred- 

 fold larger scale. They would have all been 

 in the firing-line before, or shortly after, the 

 draft army had begun to assemble; and, 

 moreover, they could have been indefinitely 

 reinforced, so that they would have grown 

 continually stronger and more efficient. 



" ' I regret from the standpoint of the country 

 that your services were not utilised. But the 

 country has every reason to be proud of the 

 zeal, patriotism and business-like efficiency with 

 which you came forward.' 



" With all good wishes, 

 " Faithfully yours, 

 " THEODORE ROOSEVELT." 



The following letter, too, is somewhat interesting 

 from the fact that it shows how inconsistent Presi- 

 dent Wilson's attitude was, when suggesting self- 

 determination for all local races, when he himself, 

 as representative of the American nation, was occupy- 

 ing Hayti without " the smallest regard to the 

 wishes of the Haytians." 



" Metropolitan, 

 " 432 Fourth Avenue, New York, 



January 23rd, 1918. 



'* MY DEAR COMMANDER MILLAIS, 



" Is the enclosed all right ? The irritating 

 thing is, that I am sure I have several of Selous' 

 letters ; but they are in the enormous mass of my 

 papers in the Congressional Library, and it would 

 literally take months of effort before I could fine! 

 them. 



