The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-29
STRIKING FEATURES AT
"OvER THERE" CANT lags!AENT
Liberty Loan Exposition to be
Greatest Spectacle Ever
Held in This Country.
over 100000 Tickets Already Sold.

Among the many strange, curious
things which may be seen at the Lib
erty Loan Cantonment, which is to
open at the Fifth Regiment Armory,
at Baltimore, on March 80, on exhibit
ton among the Canadian War
Trophies, is cannon made entirely
from wood and it goes to show how
human nature even from the inventor'a
standpoint runs around in circles like
a rabbit.
Although some doubt has been cast.
upon it it has been claimed by many
authoritative historians that the Chin
csc were the original inventors of gun.
powder and the earliest cannon used
for offensive or defensive purposes
were fashioned from wood and wound.
around with strans of wire.
1t is definitely known that in the
middle ages these weapons were used
in battle and now Notwithstanding all
the modern improvements of gunnery
and the scientific methods for con
structing and directing heavy artillery
we find the Germans getting back to
original principles.
The gun in question was taken from
captured German trench, and was
evidently used for throwing bombs OF
other high explosives where the dis.
lance to be traversed by the projectile
was not great.
Close examination of this UNDUE
piece of workmanship evidences the
fact that it was used considerably and
It bears all inmarks of hard continual
service 1t is about five feet long ami
nine inches in diameter at the bore
It Is made from hard wood tina,
resembles hickory in it's fibre and Is
bound around closely with coils oil
heavy telegraph wire. How many oil
these ancient field pieces are in usa
it is, of course, hard to determine, but
it is estimated that there are several
German front.
Lieutenant R. A. Shaw, of the Cana.
dian Expeditionary Force, who is now
staying in this city, where he is as
sisting the Publicity Committee of the
Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland
in Putting over" their plans for the
cover There" Cantonment, addressed
meeting of the Mems Club of st.
Margaret's P. E. Church, corner Refs
| tertown road and Kate avenue, Thurs
day evening.
Lieutenant Shaw went to France In
1915, and while there he saw active
service at the front AS all of his in
formation has been gained at first
hand, the lecture by this Canadian
Lieutenant was one of the most strik.
ing war lectures of the season. The
lecturer gave vivid account of his
experiences in the trenches. A large
audience attended.
| At present, Lieutenant Shaw is SUI
pervising the construction of the
| trenches which are to be vital fea-
ture of the battlefield section Of the
.'Over There" Cantonment. When he
was detailed to special war work in
| this country, by the Canadian Govern
| ment, Lieutenant Shaw brought with
| him from across the seas, $50 wound
ed Canadians. Of this group, he will
bring about 80 to Baltimore to man
the trenches at the Cantonment and
to explain the various phases of trench
warfare.
| One of the most novel features OF
the big Liberty Loan Cantonment, lies
in the fact that visitors will not be
solicited to purchase anything in con-
nection with any exhibit or activity
after they have purchased their tick
cts and passed the portals.
This news will probably come as an
agreeable surprise to those who look
upon all such entertainments as only
means toward another end, an end
that invariably spells an empty pocket
book.
But at the Cantonment fifteen cents
will admit you to see it all; to hear
the bands and view the moving pic
lures and marvel at the Canadian War
Trophies and sympathize with the
wounded war veterans and watch the
Red Cross people at work and see
how the Food Conservation people ex-
plot their propaganda and measure
with their eyes the tremendous
statue of Liberty and go away won
derihg at the immensely of it all, be-
cause It would take columns upon col
umns to describe the very educational,
instructive and entertaining features
Of this tremendous show.
Best of all the purchase of a ticket
gives one another strange hold on
Liberty Bond because rs cents out of
each one will be taken by any bank in
this state as partial payment on any
bond of any denomination.
Over 100000 tickets to the Canton
ment have already been sold. This is
the greatest advance sale of tickets
for any one show that has ever been
known and the Baltimore Committee
has been deluged with kilograms and