New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
1t Will Be Held in Armory
of the Fighting
Sixty-ninth"
To Show Trophie s
Captured German plane to
Be on View; All Allies
Contribute Material

Inc Liberty Loan Committee of this
district believes that if you can show
the people vlvldly what war means they
Will respond readily to the call for
financial munitions. To accomplish this
vlsuallzation, Liberty Land" said to
be the most complete exhibit of actual
war material ever offered to the Amer-
can public, will be opened tomorrow
night IN the armory of the .'Fichting
Seth Regiment, at Twenty ighth
Street and Lexington Avenue.
New Workers will be able to visit the
armory and see at first hand the ma
terial side of war. Through the CO.
operation of the British, French and
Italian governments the fighting nipple
ments have been gathered from the va
rlous fighting fronts. Five French
los and twenty-five machine guns ar
rived Yesterday from overseas and more
are expected. Governor Whitman has
been invited to open elderly Land"
tomorrow night.
All Allies Represented
The display, which will cover an area
of 35.400 feet. will be divided into four
principal spectaclcs-the British. the
French the Italian and the American.
10 give the atmosphere Of reality to
the exhibit, exercises and drill. in
which people will participate, will be
held daily, and, # possible, soldiers
will be brought to the armory to better
carry out the idea
In the British division there will be
! field pieces, one of the latest field
kitchen outfits complete, a great num-
Der OF captured war accessories, a col
lection of uniforms worn BY the SOL
diers of the various British colonies
In the present and previous wars, and
many decorations and medals given by
the British government to men of their
armies who have performed valiant
deeds
Captured German Plane
! There will be sevcrs aeroplanes in
| thls DIVISION, and one in particular will
be captured German Fokker. There
VIII be a large collection of war photo-
! graphs, some Of them of life size. All
! were taken at the battlefront and some
III NO MAN Land. Several large phi oto-
graphs, taken in the Holy Land, show
ing the lighting and triumphant prog
ress of the British force theirs. also
Will be on view.
The French exhibit will be one of
the most interesting in the armorv. It
Will embrace, among other things, four
aeroplanes, two OF which were captured
from the Germans. There will be scores
OIL UNIFORMS worn by the various French
service branches, and many decorations
conferred by the French government
for valor and unusually hazardous
achievement
The American division of "Libcrt,
Land, Will EN- brace an exhibit OF
camouHase employment setting forth
vlvldly how this great element of wa,
deceit is used. There will be a camou.
tagged tent, and a camouAaged ambu.
lance, camouhaged guns, etc.
The Italian division will contain {
large collection of official war photo
graphs taken at the Italian war front
They are of the sort that prove ir
themselves that the photographer was
rlsking his life every time he clicked
a picture, so close was he to the car
mage.
Italian Exhibit Thrilling
And the one most interesting Italian
c%hlblt-perhaps the most interesting
one thing of the Liberty Land" ex
hibit-is a spiked club. captured from
the German foe by Captain Guarda
bass, of the Italian army. This clul
was used by it's Austrian owner tt
main and kill wounded Italians. ant
has been especially loaned by Captain
Guardabassi.
The general plan is TO arrange ii
separate sections the various nationa
cxh ibits, but with a unity of assem-
blage that will make Liberty Land" (
concrete illustration of war arounC
and about the firing line. In the cen
ire of the armory drill floor there will
be left a vacant square for the assem-
blage of the throngs to hear the vari
Gus speakers provided every day &C
cordng to programme: At one end OF
the main floor there will be a speakers
platform, &c by II feet and II feet high
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