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Show WEEKS FLAYS hwmm of : NOIL'S. -AW' Police Strike in Boston Teaches Sharp Lesson, Secretary Says WKST POINT. X V., June 13. As-1 J sertlng that the I'nited Stales does not need an army were met by Secretary Secre-tary Weeka of trie war department in an address at the graduating exercises , of the I'nlfcd States military academy with the statement that "the clvtliza-I clvtliza-I tion of the world rests on no auref j i foundation than did the civilisation of Poston at the time of the police striko I nearly three years ago." j "If It were not for the restraining! , force of the military' establishment of tho nations of the world." he de-' i lared, "an indescribable state Qtl chaos would result and civilization i would be rapidly exterminated ! through self-destruction." To say that the I'nited States doea I not need an army," he added, 'Is Just a a reasonable to say that Boston. I Chicago and our other large cities do not need police force. ' 'The question of the size of thN army. " he said, "would always be a matter of controversy, especially as! ! after a great war there is an alarm-; alarm-; Ing tendency for the overburdened (taxpayer to forget the lessons of thoi i past and cancel his Insurance, trust-1 ! ing to luck for at least a few years without the national protection which i those more familiar with military matters and requirements deem necessary. neces-sary. " |