Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-13
PRAISES NATIONAL GUARDS
PART IN WINNING THE WAR
Declares Belated Justice Should
Be Done Many Whose Serv-
ices Remain Unrecognized.
,ARE FOR SERVICE MEN
In Speech to Citizen -Soldiery nj
Camp Perry, Governor IAuds
Efforts for Nation.

c.LA!n nEnpy. OHIO. August IL
Honorable prevention OF war by the
irbitramcnt of reason rather than OF
orce." was urged by Governor Cox
here today in an address opening the
Democratic presidential nominees na
ional speaking tour.
Governor Cox did not make the
league of nations the paramount is
sue Of the Democratic campaign az
declared in his acceptance address.
he text OF his speech today at the
National Rifles Contests. but he en-
lhas!zed the toll OF the war and de-
.iarcd that the peoples OF the world
iow seek peaceful modes OF settle
rnent.
Il recognize" he said TO an audi
ance OF National Guardsmen. regular
soldiers and civilians. that in a
sense you are assembled here for the
purpose Of increasing the efficiency
of our military strength. and yet
am convinced that the great mass OF
our soldiers Is united IN purpose and
70 prayer to prevent wars in the fu-
ture, II II can be honorably done.
siust Maintain Soidiery.
There will always be a National
Guard In the States. II for no other
reason than domestic defense. and the
military arm OF the Federal govern
ment Will be maintained, but the hope
that vast expenditures for armaments S
are thing of the past possesses
every home in America. while she
common impulse that moves the grea,
mass OF people world-w Ia In
sp!rcd by the vision OF peace and the
settlement OF controversy by the ar
btrament of reason rather than OF
force"
Pra!sing the National Guardsmcn S
record in the war. Governor Cox said
many had failed 10 receive commits
sIons won By bravery and declared
that belatcd justice now should bc
accorded them.
Governor Cox elaborated on Z
theme In hts acceptance speech. GOV
ernmcnt aid to cx-servicc men. de
claring many met obstacles on re
turning to civil life. These, he said
the government should assist wher
ever possible.
The Governor also cited the value
OF American workmanship in tn
nations history and expressed th
hope that America would continue e;
propagation OF wild life. and building
health and sinew In the open"
Speaks mt wheeling Today.
The occasion OF Governor Cox's ad
dress was the presentation OF tn
Governors Cup" in the national riff
shoot. He returned to Columbus to
night, and will make his next speech
making foray on Saturday at Wheel
ing. w. Va.
Expenditure in war OF lives an
treasure was stressed by the Demo
cratic candidate in his plea for peace
ful relations between nations. 18th
cost to the United States" he sal
was more than s1,000.0O0 an hou
for over two years. The total expcns
s22. 600, 900, 900. was almost equal to b
total disbursements of the Unite
States government from 1871 TO 191
1t was sufficient TO have run the Revt
lutionary War for more than LOT
years at the rate of expenditu
which that war involved.
THE army expenditures alone,
experts claimed. are near approat
to the amount of gold produced
the United States from the discove
of America to the outbreak OF q
European war, and yet the Unit
States spent only about 6nc-cigh
of the entire cost OF the war. and lie
than one-flfth of the expenditure
the allied side.
Civilization Has Lesson.
"If civilization has not had its le
son, then there Is no hope for It,
could not stand such n war again a
survive. The genius Of man, IL tn
is happy term in discussing t
horrors OF conflict, has always ma
the last war the most frightful. NNh
we consider tho development in I
methods OF human destruction I.
tween 1914 and 1918, and apply I
problem of simple proportion, we
staggered to even think of the pt
sibilities of tho sons Of man again |
ing brought into combat"
The American soldier, Goverr
Cox declared. knows the meaning
modern warfare. =
"Therc was very little romance"
continued, Sin the long hours and
slaughter Of the front trench 7
thought that must have run throu
the mind OF every soldier in the mi
of 1t all was how such n thing v
possible in modern civilization"
Regarding the failure to aw;
promotions to soldiers whose gall:
try had earned honors. Governor {
said he had given the subject m,
thought.
There was great deal OF fight
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