UNITED STATES.
♦ A STANDING ARMY. ROOSEVELT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST " GRAFT." "United Press Association — By Electrio Telegraph — Copyright. (Received June 25, 10.25 p.m.) L NEW YORK, June 25. The American. War Department proposes to amalgamate the regular and State troops called the National Guard into a standing army of a quarter of a million men. President Roosevelt has written to Mr Spreckels not to flinch, but to keep up the fight against "grafters" in San Francisco, no matter what the biggest business men, mob or highest social classes may say. The letter caused an immense sensation^ though several San Francisco newspapers ignore it.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9272, 26 June 1908, Page 1
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101UNITED STATES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9272, 26 June 1908, Page 1
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