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Show NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF ! U. S. ARMY DEPLORED New York, March 1. Colonel H. O. S Helsland, adjutant general of the Department of the East, U. S. A., deplores de-plores the lack of numerical strength In the United States army, declaring that at present there are not enough regulars in the army to derend New-York New-York City and Philadelphia, while all the National Guardsmen in the country, coun-try, he says, would not be sufficient to defend those cities from attack. Colo.iel Heisland made this statement state-ment In an interview here yesterday, I and said. Incidentally, that the uniform uni-form of the United States army Is better bet-ter known In Japan and other foreign countries than in many sections ot , the United Slates. To permit the country coun-try to continue in such a defenseless condition Is to invite attack and to call untrained men to its defense to die of dlseasd is a crime little short of that of precipitating a needlcns war, he said. "It is a condition that cannot too soon be terminated if wo are to remain at peace without sub- i mittlng to humiliation." ( |