Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-21
BIG DISPLAY OF =
TROPHIES OF WAR
Government to Give Exhibition in
Chicago in September.
FOR BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE
Trsnehs, Guns, Airplanes, Torpedoes,
"Whiz-5angs" and All the Material
of Warfare, Together With
Plumber Taken from Huns.

Chicago.--In order that the people
OF this region may see Just how their
sons, brothers, husbands and friends
ace fighting In France, what they are
fighting with and what they are fight
ing against, the United States govern
ment Is going TO hold I'm Chicago the
biggest and most complete war exhi-
bition the country has seen. Seven
teen carloads of war trophies, consist
ing largely of cannon. rifles, airplanes,
etc, captured from the Germans, and
materials OF war used by the allies,
will he on exhibition for two weeks in
Grant park from Labor day, September
>, until September 10.
1t is not a private money making
affair, but an official exposition, given
by the government through the COM
mittee on public information and the
Illinois State Council of Defense, and
In which the governments Of France,
Great Britain, Canada, Italy, and Bel
GUM participate. Nothing is for sale.
Nothing Is To be promoted. The adj
mission fee VIII be very small. and II It
t'fS9 INV bttAt NNItAlNtH w ihSAhN AhV
exhibits here and placing them before
the public. that Is all that is wanted.
If there should be a surplus, 1t goes
by law into the United States treas
ury and reduces by that much the bur
dens of the taxpayer.
Will Reproduce Battlefield.
II win be a battlefield, reproduced
! faithfully to the smallest detail, within
| the limitations Of the grounds Front
liGc trenches viii be there, laid ont by
| the very officer who laid them out in
that Flanders battlefield where the
| Princess Pats fought until there are
now but three men left alive Of the
original regiment.
II VIII show No Mans LANDAU but
the CHASTITY death scenes and one can
well imagine them--that strip OF
ground ruled over by Jealous Death
where neither Boche nor human being
dares set foot except by stealth and In
the darkest hour of night No Mans
Land. with its great cellars dlgged by
shells, with its plowed and torn and
pulverized dirt and gravel. with its
wilderness OF barbed wire entangle-
ments, with It's wrecks of guns and
wagons and airplanes.
First aid stations viii he shown. with
| the blessed sign Of the Red Cross at the
entrance-favorite mark for German
shells.
Guns of all sizes and kinds. with sol
dlers and sailors to man them and
/ CHI h1rr ofts
signal stations. listening posts, fire con-
| troll statlons-everythIng that can be
! reproduced in so small field, win be
shown.
There will be the incendiary pastels
Of which every German soldier Mt the
beginning of the war carried sixty.
With these they burned houses and
churches. The city of Louyain was
burned with them.
Show American Trophies.
OF the greatest interest TO Ameri-
cans will be the war material used by
our boys, and the trophies captured by
them from the enemy. Oh yes, there
are guns and plumber of all kinds taken
from the proud Germans by the Yankee
NtfN-d anu u IL ut iiA~HlNtt W btA ihtin
here In tiu there viii be big display
of cannon captured by Chicago troops
IN re great battle now raging between
the Marine and the Aisne A cable has
been sent to General Pershlng asking
him, II possible, 10 ship some OF the
booty over IN time for the great expo
sltion Mt Chicago.
I'll. Tt,Igor ox1gI,ft ooptng,e a
many specimens OF Austrian guns and
shells. There Is an incendiary bomb
dropped on Venice in an effort to burn
that splendid city; an Austrian floating
mine: guns from Austrian submarines;
torpedoes taken from Austrian sub
marines destroyed by the Italian navy,
and the innumerabe forms OF rifles,
trench tools. shells, perlscopes. bay
onets. and clothing used by the Italian
army.
Remembering their beloved cathedral
of Reims, the French have placed with
their exhibit 4 shrine, wrecked by the
Germans But they also have spoils
taken in the hottest battles-guns and
gun carriages, "whiz.bangs," trench
mortars, mine wefers, German s-lnch
incendiary sh1ls. airpanes Of the
type which tried to destroy Paris. and
Zeppelin bombs. There is a complete
exhibit OF the famous French field gun,
the rs" so-called because It's callber
is 70 millImeters.
Guns From Cruiser Emden.
The British exhibit includes guns
from the cruiser Emden, which Brit
ish ship destroyed; guns taken from
the Turks; guns captured in Gnllipol.
and all manner Of wreckage from
score Of buttlefelds OF greet interest
are the British medals awarded for con-
spicuous bravery or great service to
the empire.
Canada OF course. sets great store
by her trophies from famous Vlmy
Ridge Pnsschendaele. Ypres and wher-
ever the rugged fighters met the Hun.
Though America has been In the
fighting only a year. there is a long