Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-10-11
TROPHY TRAIN
A GREAT SHOW
Governments Exhibit of War
Relics Seen BY Large Crowd
at North Tazcwell-French
Heroes Make Addresses.

Tazcwcll people turned out in
large numbers Monday afternoon to
see the u. S. Government Trophy
train, which was Mt North Tazewcil
from 80 to 1880. Tho train arrived
on time, and WAS greeted by several
hundred people, many coming II long
distance to see the captured German
guns, and hear the heroes of the
great war tell their experiences in
lighting the Hun.
Hon. Brooks Fletcher, Of Ohio, a
distinguished platform speaker, wns
IN charge of tic train. lie wIs in
troduced tho large crowd by G. II.
brown, in charge of tho liberty loan
in Tazcwell county. Hon. MIR. Fletcher
dealt the Kaiser II few knockout
blows, and then introduced tho SOL
dicrs of the company. They were:
Sergeant R;bicr, of tee famous
"Blue Devils" Of France, who have
battles; Private Muller, of the French
Foreign Legion; Private ST. clair, Of
the American army; Sergeant Hill,
Of tho American army; +. A. Me-
Donald, of the Y. M. C. A. forces, at
tached to the famous Rainbow Di-
vision, and Gunner Colston, of tho
British Royal Field Artillery. Each
of these gentlemen made addresses.
Private Muller, of the French For
cign Legion, speaks oily his native
tongue, and of course whnt he had to
sny had To be taken for granted by
his audience.
Private Sinclair, the American boy,
was ON crutchcS, having left his
right leg in France. Private Muller
of the Foreign Legion, Us severe
~ wounded and was furloughcd for
that reason.
Gunner Colston. or the Roynl Field
ARTILLERY, went into the army ut tho
outbreak of the war in 1914 and told
of many instances of German atrOci-
lcs committed against the innocent
women of France and Belgium.
The collection Of big guns attract
ed much attention. GUNNER Colston
exhibited and explained the use OIL
the smaller guns, bayoncLs, bombs,
,tr. 70 prove the assertion That tho
Germans are suffering from II scare
ily of materials, he showed II Germnn
rifle captured in 1914 and one cup
iurcd recently. IT, was evident thnt
the workmanship and mate rial OF the
new German rifles nro 80 inferior 10
thc original ones that there IL no
compnrison. lie also showed II lnrgo
bomb that wns dropped by German
ncroplanc. 1t was made partially OF
concrete. by It's side wns shown an
American bomb, which rang like true
steel when struck with hammer,
lie also exhibited German gas MASKS
and compared them with tho modern
rns masks used by the allies. ihe
modern machine gun, capable Oh H.
inc hundreds of rounds II minute was
ON display alongside an OLD German
gun that WAS far inferior to those we
now use. u TT
lion. .Josinh Gallivan, Of tho U. ..
Treasury Department, accompanies
Tho train ns the personal representa-
live of VIM. G. McAdoo, and maue q
short speech in behalf of the sale OIL
The visit of the trophy train TO
TnzeweIl is believed to have done u
great deal of good. Many people, u
majority of MS in fact, have never
hnd The opportunity of seeing sucn .a y
collection Of instruments OF war, anu
the grim realities Of the situatlG;n ;n
we're made more vivid: Inc 1,n Tram
left TaZcwcl for the lower Olll'c"
Valley after the engagement hcro'