West Point, June 12.
President Roosevelt, speaking at the United States Military Academy commencement exercises here today, declared that the United States Army is maintained to promote tran quality.
"But our army is so modest, an proportion to other nations, as to furnish proof that no threat to the rights of other nations ig remotely intended," Mr. Roosevelt told the future army emeers, The Chief Executive urged graduates to promote international friendship, at the same time decrying warfare—United Press.
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