The Coolidge examiner., 1940-07-25
Demonstration
u. S. Army Unit
Visit Coolidge

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the parade and demonstration put
on by the mechanical army unit
which passed through Coolidge
last Tuesday. The mechanical
unit, under the direction of Major
A. e. Easterbrook of the Army Air
Corps, arrived in Coolidge about
1000 a. m. Tuesday and proceed
ed down Main Street accompanied
by two units of the Arizona High
way Patrol with their sirens wide
open. From there they proceeded
to the high school grounds where
they established camp. At about
$50 the crowd began to gather on
Main Street and by 700 the street
was filled on both sides by an
immense crowd. The parade pro-
ceeded down Main Street thence
to the high school ball grounds
where the ceremonies took place.
The demonstration unit and the
2S-piece band were completely
surrounded by the large crowd.
Cars were jammed against one
and many spectators re-
mained in their cars which were
parked near by.
The 28-piece band gave a very
concert under h
direction of H. Weber, Warrant
Official. During the concert, ].
Lionel Cioteau, a member of the
7th Cavalry Band was loudly ap-
plauded for his singing Of South
of the Border, Singing Hills and
Blue Hawaii. The second half Of
the concert was under the direction
of Assistant Director, ]. w. Flee
man.
Bill Urton, local Legionnaire,
was in charge of the ceremonies
and introduced Past Department
Commander, Tom Sawyer Of Gil
bert, guest speaker of the evening.
The speech given by Mr.. Sawyer
was very well acclaimed by the
audience and following is a brief
SYNOPSIS of the speech he gave.
First, he pointed out that rs
years ago we entered a war to
make the world safe for Democracy
and since emerging from that war
we have been in somewhat of a
trance. For more than decade
we deceived ourselves
into believing that we had natural
law, had overcome the forces OF
change, had established an equili-
brium in the affairs of governments
by transmitting to other peoples,
yes, even thrusting upon them our
cherished democratic form Of gov
ernment. Even when these de-
began to dissolve we
showed no alarm. The people were
Just not ready for democracy, so
what of it. We couldn't be con.
cerned. Hadn't we learned our
lesson, so why mix up with any
more European wrangling? In
short, we were through!
We agreed with other strong
nations to call a holiday on naval
building and even went so far as
to junk hundreds of tons OF our
own navy. Sure, we led the way
toward peace for a decade or more
but in 1885 those who cared to
take notice could readily see we
no longer lead the way toward
peace. The holiday was over.
Other nations were in a race to-
ward war. Yet we, as a whole,
refused to take notice. We still
considered ourselves as living on
the richest and most God-blest
country in the world. We took the
attitude Goods in his Heaven, alps
we'll with the world" But not so
in 1892 in Manchuria because
things were not well there at all.
Japan was breaking the Nine
Power Treaty, the Kellog-Briand
Pact toward Outlaw War and the
League of Nations Covenant. With
little force they entered Manchur-
ia and set up a new dependency
of Manchucuo. We refused to
notice or take any action. We
needed the market of Japan.
In 1885 things were not SO we'll
with ETHIOPIA when Mussolini de-
cided Christian Italy should de-
velop it's resources. We were
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