Evening star., 1921-05-24
LAUDS BROOKLYN YOUTH.
President Harding Says He
"Never Saw So Many Children"
By the Associated Press.

/ NEW YORK. May 24:-speakins at
| the a3d Regiment review in Brook
| lyn last night. the President said:
Il am very happy to have had the
experience OF witnessing the make
up and something of the training of
f. this wonderful organization. ! can
not quite tell you the impressions
! have been having while ] watched
wonderful impress you left: felt
new security for the republic in that
assurance which comes Of a vo1un-
tary military organization whlch can
were "a resident of Brooklyn-indeed.
as a resident and citizen of the re-
public-ld join you in pride in the
history and in the achievement of the
present condition OF the Esd Resi-
! ment.
ut 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 frst on the SOIL
Of Belgium. which made the ftrst sac
rifice in defense Of the worlds civili-
cation. The great boast which is
yours is that you made very great
of ering in the conflict for preserved
civiliza ton and are still we'll or
ganiEed unit today. ready to serve
YOUR country when occasion demands.
: / hope you viii never be called.
Has New Feeling in Breast.
! Somehow there is a new feeling
! ir my breast today. ! saw five thou-
, has been a prayer in my heart ever
since that there shall be nation 20
righteous and so just that we sha4l
never be called upon to make war 80
gether hope you will never He
called. but if you are should only
ask that the 23d serve in the future
as it has in the past.
And another impression came TO
me today. What a wonderful welcome
| YOU gave us in Brooklyn. l don't be-
| {iieve l ever dreamed here were so
many children in the United States Of
! America-sweet. rollicking. Laughing.
| hopeful children OF the republic.
don't believe any one with responsible
| ity can ride through such company
| of American childhood as We Md this
afternoon without having new re-
solve in his heart. l have resolved. my
fellow Americans. that l want the
same republic the same liberty, same
hopes that we inherited from those
| who went before US. l want them to
have our America. free. untrammcled,
| confident of itself.
| "If you have ever had any doubt of
the Righteousness of the repu5lic. II
| you have ever had any doubt about
| the wisdom of the founders, ask
| you to turn again to the picture of
| this afternoon and sec these chiidr"n,
| garbed in essentially the same raj
ment participating in the same saluta-
| tions. shining with the same laughter.
| chefishing the same hopes. rising in
the hopefulness OF youth to the same
opportunity in life. All. let no one
challenge!
! Opportunity Beckons.
| "It may be true that some 81 these
children are not prepared to embrace
opportunity. but the wonderful thing
| ons to all these young Americans
| alike. Ask them to enter into the priv
| ileges Of the republic. And if You
! want another picture find it before
me now. When l was making the in
| spection ! was not so much concerned
| about the shining arms and the way
they were kept. I was not quite so
much concerned about the insignia on
the shoulders of tho service men who
served SO faithfully in the war.
| Il was rather caught by the blend
| Of racial origin in tho faces Of the
| men. I eaw in this group the citi-
zens and defenders Of the republic
who. it seemed to mo. came from
| origins across the seas that repre-
| sent almost every land in the civil
tzed world. Here Is youthful fighting
America which is the blend Of the
citizenship of the old world. standing
in absolute equality here, ready to
defend the republic and it's affairs
There is nothing finer than the equal.
ity in the United States Of America
| No other land under the sun offers
the same reward of merit. Let us
! keep the America we inherited.'
At the conclusion of the military
/ review the President walked across
! the hall to group of ffty-two
! wounded soldiers from the Fox Hills
! Hospital, Staten island.
How are you. boys? l wish could
shake you all by the hand" he said.
MrA Harding meantime stopped ia
shake the hand Of q paralyxed soldier
and her eyes filled with tears al she
took q pink roso from her gown end
! pinned 1t upon his blouse.