The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-28
HARDING WINDS UP
 SOUTHERN TOUR IN
 GEORGIA YESTERDAY
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hONh a8C OhIp of the south, it will be seen that no man who ever spoke to the people of the south has carried to the people of the south message more in their interest"
 The Presidents luncheon speech was very brief and was confined to a reiteration of his plea for national; unity and of understanding through out the world.
 T have no other desire" Mir. Hard ing told the luncheon guests than that of service to you and to our common country. But if I'm going to succeed, I must have your cooper ation and your help because we're Americans all and we meant to serve one country"
 In his Grady monument speech the President drew an analogy between the lessons of the Civil war and those of the World war and declared his hope that the spirit of reconcili- ation typified by Grady would find new expressions in the present re- construction.
 Have Learned Lesson
 We Americans" he said, have learned the lesson, on both the na- tional and world scale. We fought our war of sections and systems and decided forever for peace and unity Our own experience has taught us that we may hope that a like decis- ion will be reached by a world rea- soning amid the convictions which follow in the wake of a tragedy su- preme."
 The crowd which greeted the Pres ident earlier in the day at Columbus was so large his voice would not carry to it's fringes and so tumultu- ous 1t could not be quieted for several minutes after the President had come to a stop. School children carrying American flags led the cheering and showered Mrs. Harding with flowers.
 Unable to make himself heard from the car, the President went to a truck in the center of the railroad yari where, as he >epoke. Mrs. Harding stood beside him, almost hidden by a double armful of roses, carnations and chrysanthemums. He pleaded that every thought of sectionalism be put aside forever. declaring his ad- ministration had been actuated by that sentiment in "bringing aid to the cotton situation at the same time that we were helping the grain situ- ation elsewhere"
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 At Camp Benning the members Of the presidential party, including Sec retary of War Weeks, saw what of ficers said was the most realistic portrayal of actual war ever staged by American troops in practice ma neuvers. It was designed as a repro duction of the warfare of the Ar gonne and 1t lacked nothing save the return fire of an enemy to make the likeness perfect.
 The body of attacking troops was crack battalion of the Twenty ninth infantry, using service rifles. light and heavy machine guns, Stokes mortars and -pounders, and sup ported by airplanes, tanks and a bat tery of 75s. The attack was over a front of 800 yards and to a depth of 1,200 yards in the direction of bar ren portion of the 100, ,000-acre mili- tary reservation.
 The Presidents observation post was on the left flank of the advance ing force, whose first line opened rifle fire when it had gone 50 yards beyond him. Tracer bullets" easily visible and looking like swiftly driven sparks of fire, were used in the rifles throughout the engage itCAt ~ obOW NAiCiC lllt dlldCk N ndS taking effect on the supposed enemy line.
 Machine Gun Nests
 Far forward. on the right flank of the battalion, lay a hill whose crest supposedly was held by enemy machine guns. At this spot the arr tillery in the rear laid lown a bom- bardment of high explosives which sent up sprays of black dirt and darkened the sky with smoke, while tanks, machine guns and one-pound- CTS joined In final deafening assault alon gthe whole front
 During his two-hour visit to the camp the President also watched stu dent officers firing on the rifle range and made an inspection of a part of the camp equipment. He ex- pressed particular interest in the wide scope of the instruction course, and he and Secretary Weeks asked many questions about details of the training.
 Tonight the war secretary left the presidential party to make an inves- tigation trip to the government ni- trate plant at Muscle Shoals. at the request of the President Mir Hard ing himself expects to reach Wash ington at II a. m. tomorrow in time for the regular Friday cabinet meet