Mr. Stimson, the United States Secretary of War, in his annual report states that war with a first-class Power would find the United States “practically unprepared.” He, adds that the expense per rifleman in the United States is between two and five times as much as in the Army of any first-class power in Europe. When is a sermon like a round shot? —When it comes from the canon’s mouth.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3437, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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70Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3437, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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