04/18/1929
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"After 1914 the various Army contingents necessarily expanded to the end of the Great War and then receded to the low point in 1924, when expansion again began."
"Programs now authorized will carry it to still larger figures in future years."
"Our Army and Navy are being maintained in a most efficient state under officers of high intelligence and zeal."
"In a large sense we do not wish to be represented abroad in such manner."