"They are obeying that first duty of free citizenship whereby from the earliest colonial times every able-bodied citizen was subject to the call of service in the nation's defence.
"It is a day of deep and purpose: ful meaning in the lives of us all. For on this day we Americans proclaim the vitality of our history, the singleness of our will and the unity of our nation, "We prepare to keep peace in this mew world which free men built for free men to live in. j "The United States, a nation 130,000,000 people, today as only about 500,000 officers and men in the Amy and National Guard, (Other nations, smaller in population, have four, five, six million trained men in' their armies.
"Our present programme will train. 800,000 additional men in the coming year and somewhat less than 1,000, 000 each year after that. The prov gramme is obviously defensive ant preparatory.
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