Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-22
Government TO Have Big War Ex-
hlbIt at Coming State
Exposition.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Uncle Sam to Give Buckeye
Folks Fine Idea Of Nations
Military Activities.

Farmers particularly will appreci-
ate the United States Governments
official war exhibit at the Ohio State
Fair the last week in August. Spa
cious housing quarters have been re-
served for the exhibit, which has been
designed by Uncle Sam to bring the
conflict in Europe as close as possi.
BILE to Ohio people and to give them
a comprehensive idea Of the nations
military activities and Of the true
meaning Of preparedness.
AS this years fair is to be strictly
q win-the-war exposition, Ohio Secre-
tary Of Agriculture N. e. Shaw and
Fair Manager q. v. Walborn were
quick to seize the opportunity to
bring the big war exhibit to Colum-
bus. They believe 1t will have tre-
mendously good effect on all who see
It and will put patriotic Ohio into the
war stronger than ever.
Those who have given sons to fight
the battles for world democracy will
find much Of interest and inspiration
in the exhibit, which will afford them
a chance to inspect the implements Of
modern warfare, = equipment Of troops,
and to see how Uncle Sam takes care
of his@fghting men.
A special force from the Federal
Department of Agriculture and en-
listed men of the army and navy will
be in charge Of the exhibit, to which
no entrance fee will be required. The
national departments Of agriculture,
army, navy and commerce, the food
administration and the committee on
public information will be represented
in the exhibit.
A large showing of machine-gun
equipment will feature the display Of
the army. The new Browning ma
chine gun, which has created a fu-
rore in ordnance circles, will be on
exhibition, as will the Lewis aircraft
gun, the modern Enfield rifesand the
mountain gun. There will be lay fig,
ures showing the various uniforms
worn by the fighting men of all
branches of the service, including the
complete uniform and personal equip
ment of the modern aviator.
Masks worn by the frst-line trench
men in counteracting poison gas will
be on exhibition, and an interesting
part of the signal corps display will
be the showing Of the sun telegraph by
which, with a system of mirrors, tele-
graphic signals may be sent 70 miles.
Models of tents used by the army and
a complete model Of base hospital,
including all sorts Of surgical dres-
sings, first-aid apparatus and a mag
net for extracting shrapnel splinters,
also will be there to attract visitors
Young men who contemplate q
naval career will find much to inter-
est them, such as torpedoes, depth
charges and exact miniature models
of some of the well-known fighting
ships of the navy, as we'll as auxiliary
vessels which are required to support
modern navy in action.
The exhibit of the Department of
Agriculture will embrace a profusion
of maps, transparencies, samples of
containers and the like, intended to
1nculcate ideas Of food conservation
and enlargement of the productivity
of the land. 1t also will include in
struments used in conducting the
manifold Investigations of the various
bureaus of the department.
Stuffed creatures of the water will
be exhibited by Bureau of Fisher
les, Department of Commerce, which
will attempt to impress on the public
the desirability of fish as food. Be-
sides, the food administration will
have many lessons to present. It will
have on show numerous photographs
and charts, which were prepared with
the view of attracting the interest of
housewives and enlisting them still
further in the movement which has
for its slogan, food will win the
war;"
Free motion pictures, including spe-
cial films on war subjects, will be
shown by the government.