The spectator., 1918-10-18
Z TRAINS IF WAR EXHIBITS TOURING
 EIGHTH DISTRICT
MOST cOMPREHE ENsiVE COLL &C., TON OF WEAPONS AND ExPLo-
 SIVEs EVER ASSEMBLED.
GERMAN TROPHIES ON CAR
Great Guns. Small Arms and Bombs Included In Liberty Loan Or
 eanlxatlon's Exhibits.

Two solid trains, laden with the most comprehensive exhibits of war materials ever shown west of the Mis- sissippi River with cannon captured from the Germans in the present world war, trophies from many of the battle fields. and with specimens of the ao coutrements used by the Americana, British and French, are touring the seven states making up the Eighth Federal Reserve District In the Inter est of the Liberty Loan Organir .tion.
 In the Third Liberty Loan campaign exhibit trains toured the country, but then the material at hand was SO scanty that 1t was impossible to show sufficient to arouse the interest of the spectator
 For the Fourth Loan 1t Is different Assent mbled in vast warehouses in South St. Louis during the past three months was wonderful collection of the arms of the nations at war There were the gas masks used by the French and the Germans ill their struggles for the world supremacy placed in passenger coaches temporarily converted into ex. hibit cars.
 All Sorts of Weapons.
 There are hundreds of the various kinds of hand grenades used by the Central Powers and the Allies, swords, cutlasses. daggers. trench knives used by the Marines and hundreds of other specimens of small arms, all of which have seen active service
 On flat cars that comprise part of the train are great guns captured from the Germans and Austrlans. all camou flaged and mounted the same as they were the day the victorious Allies over came the Huns and took thousands of prisoners.
 Machine guns, the kind used by the Americans and by all of the nations, are fastened on the cars and mounted so that the veriest tyro in the war game may understand the terrible et fectiVeness of these deadly weapons
 One of the interesting exhibits is the array of air bombs, the kind that the American birdmen are carrying over the frontier now and will drop on the industrial region in the Rhine Valley and hasten the end of the war
 Depth Bombs. Too.
 There are depth bombs that have proven so effective in removing the submarine menace. and when one un. derstands the terrible power of the ex- plosive contained in the harmless look ing guns he will understand how the submarine commanders dread to see the approach of the American destroy. CT that makes q specially of dropping these depth bombs over the spot where the undersea craft submerges,
 There Is row after row of the great shells that screech over the battle fronts. each shell so marked that the beholder may realize in measure the damage that can be wrought when thousands of giant guns are hurling these dreadful missiles miles through space and causing them to explode within the enemy lines
 Every implement of warfare. the kind that the daily papers mention in every engagement, Is shown in count less numbers. and each Is so labeled that the spectator may know and un- derstand
 Then there are pictures. charts and literature that accompany the trains, With each train is d corps of speakers, civilians. and soldiers that have seen actual service. and who are sent back 10 recover from their wounds These speakers describe the various arms and the soldiers describe the battles in which they fought and in which they received their wounds
 The train is made up of flat cars, day coaches. sleepers and cafe cars. The workers in charge of the train live thereon and will remain until the end of the campaign The routes are arranged and no changes can be made in them