The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-18
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II
BLUEJACKET BAND FROM THE
GREAT LAKES NAVAL
TRAINING STATION.

and will remain until $3.50 p. IN. 1t
is probably the greatest war trophy
exhibit ever put on wheels. 1t in
cludes almost everything used by the
Allied and foe armies from the Ger
man at" guns, which are camou-
flaged as If in field service and
mounted on flat cars, to the short
trench daggers and the %diminutive,
but none the less effective hand gre
nades.
There are two of these trains now
touring the Ninth Federal Reserve
district in the interests of the fourth
Liberty loan and they have been in
speeted by hundreds of thousands of
people up to date. Each succeeding
city which the trains visit seems bent
on turning out a bigger crowd than
the previous town. Each train is a
complete exhibit in itself as those in
charge of obtaining the war trophies
endeavored to obtain duplicates so
that each train would be practically
the same as the other and so that
persons who had seen one exhibit
would not feel cheated in not being
able to see the other. The train
which will visit Madison is in charge
of John II. Meyring, from the Ninth
district Liberty loan headquarters at
Minneapolis.
Each train carries a bluejacket
band of 80 pieces from the Great
Lakes naval training station near
Chicago. The navy musicians are a
treat in themselves. They put forth
the kind of music which is calculated
to inspire. The boys themselves are
full of pep and this trip to them is a
lark and IN outing and they show
their appreciation therefor by thrill
ing every city which they visit with
music which sends hands down into
the pockets for Liberty loan money
and makes men yearn for the oppor-
tunity to don the uniform and follow
the flag.
The trains also carry soldiers who
have seer service in fighting the Hun
in France and Belgium and who have
been sent home because of wounds.
There is Alfred III. O'Connor who
went with the first 100, 900 troops
that Great Britain sent to stem the
avalanche of Huns through Belgium
into France. He passed through so
many battles that a fight with the
Prussians became to him like a
breakfast appetizer. He was serious
ly wounded, left for dead on the bat
tlefield. rescued and nursed back to
life. He was decorated by King
George V for gallantry in action and
especially mentioned by President
Wilson.
Then there is Leslie w. Davis, of
Kentucky, a man who has seen serv-
ice in Cuba and the Philippines, but
who answered the call of the Stars
and Stripes again last summer and
was overcome by gas and shell shock
in France, and Private G.. III. Lang
ford, of Philadelphia, who carries a
gunshot wound In his leg, and Capt.
Robt. l.. Finch, one of the 13 Amer
leans commissioned as captains by
the Red Cross and turned loose in
France among the American soldiers
for the especial mission of ascertain
ing whether the American boys were
being supplied with everything which
money could buy. If you have a sol
der boy in France and are wonder
ing whether the government is TAX
ing care of him, Capt. Finch has a
message for you.
The special train which will visit
Madison carries bright, flaming ban
ners from the engine to the rear
lights. 1t is composed of engine, ten
der, dynamo baggage car, baggage
exhibition car, flat car, passenger
coach exhibition car with seats re-
moved, and the necessary dining and
sleeping cars.
This train brings the war in
Europe to your very door. One thing
the Ninth district executive commit
tee wishes distinctly understood is
that absolutely no admission is
charged to this exhibit under any cir
cumstances. These trains are sent
out by the United States government
to show people what the val is and
to bring home to them the necessity
Of backing up the government In the
big 1t Is not a money making
proposition and Uncle Sam wants the
people to come and see for them
selves.
The war exhibit is a masterpiece of
completeness. or course the great
est interest centers in the big guns
on the flat cars. These German IT'S
were captured by the United States
marines in their memorable charge
which captured Chateau Thierry. the
occasion when the marines got their
first real opportunity to show the
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