Military Leaders Opposed To Reduction Of U. S. Army
Washington June 2 War Department leaders from Secretary Weeks to private oppose House cuts that would shrink the Army to 115,000 and threaten the National Defense Act framework. President Harding and General Pershing warn such reductions risk unpreparedness. officials insist the force must stay near 150,000–160,000 with strong support to the National Guard and organized reserves.
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National News Service
Washington
War Department
Weeks
United States Senate
Congress
House
Harding
General Pershing
Scretary
Senate
White House
The
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United States As Defined In the New Law Comprises the Regular Army
National Guard
Regular Army
Pershing
James G. Harbord
House of Representatives
Harbora
Citizens’ Reserve
Organized Reserve
George C. Rickards
Militia Bureau
Patrick Henry Birthday Anniversary Reflected In Richmond
June 2 marks the 186th birth anniversary of Patrick Henry in Studley and the 157th anniversary of his Virginia House of Burgesses resolutions opposing the stamp act. The speech, praised by Jefferson, helped shape colonial opposition. Henry, born 1736 in Hanover, later led Virginia campaigns and advocated free Mississippi navigation and abolitionist sentiment. Times Ads. Bring Results
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Patrick Henry
Studley
Hanover County
Virginia House of Burgesses
Henrie
Henry
Thomas Jefferson
John Randolph
Roanoke
Shakespeare and Garrick
John Henry
Sarah Winston
William Robertson
Lord Brougham
Virginia
George Rogers Clarke
Ohio River
Mississippi
Col Rowan to Receive Medal for Message to Garcia
San Francisco June 2 Lieutenant Colonel Andrew B Rowan retired, the carrier of the famous message to Garcia in 1893, may be awarded a medal or distinguished service cross. Secretary Weeks will process with the Army Board. Miles once ordered Rowan to deliver the message behind enemy lines in Cuba amid Spanish forces.
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Andrew
Rowan
Garcia
Samuel F. Shortridge
California
Army Board
Nelson A. Miles
Cuba
United States
Spain
Rowaanoe
Miles
Washington
Hero Rowan Receives Army Promotion and Long Service
The article praises ant Rowan for an act of heroism and rare wartime daring. It notes his later appointment as lieutenant colonel of volunteers and a 1903 retirement from the regular army, with mention that he resides somewhere.
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Ant Rowan
Rowan
Legionnaire straw vote backs stricter dry law enforcement
The Legionnaire official organ of the American Legion in Cuyahoga County Ohio reports a straw vote among ex soldiers showing 62 percent favoring harsher enforcement of the Prohibition dry law.
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American Legion
Cuyahesa County
Ohio
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