Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-01 | Page 14 | Garrison is Mum on the Question of War

IW. GARRISON IS MUM ON j THE QUESTION OF WAR ST. LOUIS. Aug. 31. "I am looking Sf;ii' ovcr W dicker board, but I never dla- llM:) cuss war or politics." Such was the ro- MfL ,,ly of Secretary of War Llndley M. Gar- iHl' t rlson to all queries concerning the army ISiiti or n1' other national affairs during his 111 ?; visit here today. U' With half a dozen other military men, U he came here to Inspect Jefferson bar- JK J rackH. the second largest army rccruit- I: j; "ng station in the country. After a three III ft nouri lour through the barracks, he lid " pronounced It the rmoat delightful tight" itRrtt ,)C ,,n(I witnessed during his 17,000 miles .Hi it trip of Inspection of the United States ir, army posts, jr. ! Secretary Garrison denied rumor3 that h 3; he had planned the enlargement of any W -M army post and declared he waB making t. the trip merely to become acquainted M a with the work of hla department.