The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-05-27
PRESIDENT VIEWS
5000 HERO DEAD
Prays Nation Will Never
More Be called To
Make War.


righteous and so just that eve shall
never be called upon to make war so
long as God and men rule together"
was the prayer of President Harding
as ;ate today he reviewed survivors Of
the World War at a regimental re-
Wow IN Brooklyn.
1T must not be again" was his
solemn declaration earlier in the day
when he attended a memorial service
for 5000 war dead on the great army
piers in Hoboken.
The same theme-spoken before
the living and the dead-brought
tars to his eyes and to the eyes of
those who had followed him thru
days program crowded with events.
At luncheon of the Academy of Po-
litical Science and at a dinner cele-
brating the one hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary of the New York
Commercial he had expounded the
need of putting the government on
business basis and of reconstructing
the nations business and industry.
His audience listened to his every
word-attentively ,earnestly-but it
was at the military functions that he
stirred their emotions.
And varied must have been the
emotions of the President himself.
Guns Salute Mayflower
First a thrill at the roar of heavy
guns as the presidential yacht May
flower steamed into New York har-
Dor and came to her anchorage amid
the salutes of a hundred warcraft in
the Hudson. Then the catching in
the throat as he arrived in lIoboken
at the bivouac of the dead, entered
Che shed-like piers which served as a
temporary tomb for the thousands Of
brave lads whose flag-covefed collins
covered the floors row upon row, and
laid upon the casket of humble pri-
vate from Michigan-the first Ameri-
can killed on German sofia wreath
that served as a symbol for all the
country war ueau.
And later the cheering welcome of
children's notes.-the voices of tens
of thousands of children waiting to
greet him as he motored to Brooklyn
thru the city's cosmopolitan East
Side.
Then a quickening of the pulse
when in the 23rd Regiment armory
in Brooklyn he saw survivors Of the
war-torn 106th swing bravely past
him, rank after rank, at a review held
in his honor.
And finally, the laying aside for a
moment of the emotions of the day
to lay before his audience the prob
lens that face postwar America in
her reconstruction period.
His Day Crowded.
The Presidents day in the metropo-
lis was so crowded that he had
scarcely a moment of rest from the
time the Mayflower dropped anchor
until he again boarded the yacht late |
tonight to return to the capital.
New York gave him an enthusiastic
welcome. Great crowds cheered him |
everywhere he went. The greeting |
that reached his heart, however, was
that given by Young America-the
100000 school children who lined the |
three miles of the route to the Brook
Ign armory
These children, granted a half |
holiday, stood in a drizzling rain,
waving flags and cheering wildly as
the presidential car came in sight |
The treble of their childish voices
rose in a mighty crescendo that
brought radient smiles from the
President and Mrs. Harding.
The youngsters of New York : low
err East Side with its polyglot popula-
ton, gave him the noisicst greeting |
Once the President ordered his car
stopped while he stepped out into the
rain and shook hands with number
of little girls.
81 never knew there were so many
children in America" said the 4'resi- !
dent. 1T was wonderful"
Boys Band Serenades.
Another demonstration of youth
full patriotism that pleased the Pres
ident was a serenade by the boys
Aband Of 400 pieces. Returning to
his hotel in Manhattan from the regi-
mental review, he ordered his car
stopped while he spoke few words
of appreciation to the young must |
clans.
At the conclusion of the military