Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-22
HARDING FAvORS
TRAINING YOUTH
To De SOLDIERS
Not for Any Prospective
Aggressive Warfare But
to Preserve Peace, He
Says in an Address.

Washington, Aug. 21.-President
Harding in an address here today
to citizens soldiers from Camp
Meade, Md. declared he favored
military training for more than
100000 civilians annually, not for
any prospective aggressive war
fare, but to preserve peace.
After reviewing the civilian
troops on the Ellipse, adjacent to
the White House grounds, the
president called attention to the
fact that $4,000 civilians were af-
forded training this summer COM
pared with 1l.000 last year. The
president said the review had Civ
en- him new confidence, and added
that there was not a thought in
America for armed warfare. the
nation being concerned only in
preserving peace of the world.
In the Camp Meade contingent
were 1000 young men, constitut-
ing infantry, medical. artillery and
cavalry units, from the District of
Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and
Pennsylvania, who have been in
training for three weeks. Declar-
ing that the boys had been bene-
fitted by learning discipline. the
president asserted that "all Amer
lea might well benefit by learning
a little more impressively the OBJ
legations of the citizen to his coun-
try"
His address follows:
II could not allow the opportun-
ity to pass without a word of fe-
licitation and congratulation,
you have afforded me this morn
ing, those who were in review and
those who carried on the review
a most impressive and reassuring
spectacle. You are citizens of a
republic wholly devoted to peace.
There is not a thought in America
of armed warfare. There is not
n design on the part of your coun-
try to carry on an armed cam
paign in any direction.
1--WE are concerned only with
peace and the security of peace
and | like to think that this Grea
republic, reducing its regular army
;" a'IV' "ah'e WIN 10 ioealS' 'ail
.,"Nc ~ Iile aS9 uiaiice t.iat collles "
have given us this morning. !
congratulate you with all my
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