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Show ADVOCATES .TAKING RED MEN INTO ARMY Washington, July 25. Ten or moro regiments of Indian cavalry to mako available the military resources of 189 tribes are proposed in tho Kahn bill which Dr. Josoph Kossuth Dixon of Philadelphia, head of tho Rodman Wanamaker .North American Indian researches, advocated today, before the House military committee. "Wo have given the negro his distinctive dis-tinctive regiments," said Mr. Dixon. "Now come the Moros from the Philippines. Greeks have their Thes-salonlan Thes-salonlan cavalry, Turks their Mamelukes, Mame-lukes, usslnns their Co3sncks, Germans Ger-mans their Uhlands, all distinctive Let us have our . American Indian cavalry. I "There are 1400 miles or southern border that must be protected. The Indian recruited in distinctly Indian regiments would amply defend this 'vast stretch and release units for France." |