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Excerpt from Memorial of the U. S. Naval Engineers to the Xxxviiith Congress, First Session
It may be possible that some Of us would receive higher salaries than we should deserve; but that is always the case in every organization, and it can not be remedied. It is equally as true now, with our present rates Of pay, as it will be twenty years hence, if they are increased to those hereinafter suggested. [the higher the salaries, the greater will be the inducement for young men Of ability and liberal acquirements to enter and remain in the corps. Thus will the average be improved, and the most able retained.
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