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Show HARDING WANTS 150,000 TRAINED YEARLY. KAHN SAYS WASHINOTl X, IVb. lJrcsl-i lJrcsl-i dent-elect Harding favors en.-ut- naejnl of legislation to proi Ids for voluntary military training of , loO.Oou men annually. Chairman Kaun of the house milltayj com- nilttee. announced today on I h floor of the house In launching his fight to prevent reduction of the regular army below 175.000 men. i n ilrman Kahn dcclaretf thai ihc pre ddent -elect had told ii.m at .Marlon, Ohjo', Uiat ho favorel an army of 175,000 m n. but that hoped that 'some day" it could be cut to 1 ."O.OOft men "Keduc-tlon of the a-my to 150.-000 150.-000 men us provided in the army appropriation Will Blft 10 DOSSj lit " a year hence. ' sa.id Mr. Kahn, "but It Ib not advisable to lake such a step at this time. The I'plted (States today han't a friend among the nations of the earth. S rlous problems confront the American people and it would he n nilst ikc to authorize further reduction re-duction of the army until conditions condi-tions become more stable." Discussing the pieaident-elect'e suggestion for voluntarv training train-ing of 150,000 man a year. Mr. kahn saM he did not think it would be possiide to get that many m :i to training camps, but ho declared de-clared congress should give uu opportunity for the plan to be tried out. |