The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-05-27

| HOW are NOu DONSs Nioh
could shake you all by the hand, "
he said.
Mrs Harding meantime stopped to
shake the hand of paralyzed soldier
and her eyes filled with tears as she
took a pink rose from her gown and
pinned it upon his blouse.
Speaking at the regimental review
in Brooklyn, the President said:
81 am very happy to have had the
experience of witnessing the make up.
and something of the training of this
wonderful organization. / can not
\ quite tell you the impressions have
/ been having while / watched your
maneuvers. Somehow, in the Won
derful impression you left l knew Sc
curity for the republic in that assur-
ance which comes of a voluntary mill
tary organization which can be per-
fected as yours has been. If were
a resident of Brooklyn-indeed as
resident and citizen of the republic
I'd join you in pride in the history
and in the achievement of the pres
ent condition of the 23rd Regiment
at has a good deal more to boast
than that you began in the Civil
War when the union was threatened.
There is a good deal more to boast
than that you were first on the soil
of Belgium, which made the first
sacrifice in defense of the worlds
civilization. The great boast which
is yours is that you make a very
great offering in the conflict for pre-
served civilization and are still
well-organized unit today, ready to
serve your country when occasion de-
mands. / hope you will never be
called.
Somehow there is a new Telling
in my breast today saw 5000 SOL
der dead-somehow there has been
prayer in my heart ever since that
there shall be a nation so righteous
and just that we shall never be called
upon to make war so long as God
and men may rule together. / hope
you will never be called, but If you
are l should only ask that the 23rd
serve in the future as it has in the
past.
And another impress came to me
today. What a wonderful welcome
you gave us in Brooklyn. don't be-
lieve ever dreamed there were so
many children in the United States of
America-sweet, rollicking, laughing,
hopeful children of the republic. I
don't believe anyone with responsible
ity can ride thru such a company of
American childhood as we did this
afternoon without having a new re-
solve in his-heart. ! have resolved,
my fellow Americans, that / wanted |
the children who hailed us this af-
ternoon to have the same republic,
the same liberty, the same rights.
the same justice the same hopes that |
we inherited from those who went be- |
for us. l want them to have our |
America, free, untrammeled, conf
dent of itself.
IF you have ever had any doubt
of the righteousness of the republic,
If you have ever had any doubt about |
the wisdom Of the founders, ask you |
to turn egain to he picture of this af-
ternoon and see these children, garb-
ed in essentially the same raiment |
in the same salutations.
shining with the same laughter,
the same hopes, rising in |
the hopefulness of youth to the same
opportunity in life. All, let no one
challenge!
1T may be true that some of these
children are not prepared to embrace
opportunity, but the wonderful thing |
of America is that opportunity beck
ons to all these young Americans
alike. Ask them to enter into the
of the republic. And If
you want another picture, find it be-
fore me now. When l was making
the inspection / was not so much
about the shining arms and
the way they were kept. | was not
quite so much concerned about the
insignia on the shoulders of the serv-
ice men who served so faithfully in
the war. was rather caught by the
blend of racial origin in the faces of
the men. saw in this group the
citizens and defenders of the repub-
lie, who it seemed to me, came from |
origins across the seas that represent /
almost every land in the civilized |
world. Here is youthful fighting |
America which is the blend of the |
citizenship of the old world, stand
ing i'm absolute equality here, ready |
to defend the republic and IT. affairs.
There is nothing finer than the quail
~ of America. No other land under
the sun offers the same reward OF |