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| Title | Service Monographs of the United States Government, Issue 16 Service Monographs of the United States Government, Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research |
| Author | Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research |
| Publisher | Brookings Institution, 1923 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2007 |
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