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Show Title Major General Will Be Roosevelt's Whenever He Wills Albany, N. Y., May 1C. At tho conclusion of a two-hour conference today with Governor Whitman, Col. ITheodoro Koosevelt announced that ho would accept tho governor's offor of a major general's commission In the state service If tho foderal army .bill wero pa3sed without tho provision provis-ion to permit him to go to Europe I with an expeditionary forco. Colonel Iloosovolt said: "Gotornor Whitman has, as you .know, of fered .mo tho commission of major general If tho volunteer plan I for sending troops abroad Is not nc-'cepted nc-'cepted in Washington. Tho commls-slon commls-slon would authorlzo mo to ralso ono j.or moro divisions In Now York State, but tho mombors would not necessarily necessar-ily come from this state." |
