MILITARY TRAINING
ADVOCATED BY COL. KNOX
NEW YORK, January 15. One year's military training on land or sea for every boy of 17 or. 18 was advocated by Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, m a speech at Cleveland. He stated that 25 per cent, of the rejections by the Marine Corps were for physical reasons. Colonel Knox said: "In the future we must spend more time, thought, and money on improving the Physical qualities of our people. He added that experience had shown that there was no safety or peace in unpreparedThe "New York Times," in an editorial, applauds Colonel Knox's suggestion, stating that the United States would need a large army and navy after-the war to help to give strength, and authority to any new organisation to keep the peace. "We shall need many more young men m the armed services than ever were recruited voluntarily in peacetime."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 13, 17 January 1944, Page 5
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