Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-20
ST2yyl9!G FFl ICES 1T
over THERE" CAN TORMENT
Liberty Loan Exposition TO be
Greatest Spectacle Ever
Held in This Country.
Over 800, 600 Tickets Already Sold.

Among tle many strange, curious
things which may be seen at the Lib
erty Loan Cantonment, which is 10
open al the Fifth Regiment Armory,
at Baltimore, on March 80 on exhibit
ton among the Canadian Var
Trophies, is a cannon made entirely
from wood and it goes TO show how
human nature even from the inventors
standpoint runs around in circles like
q rabbit
Although some doubt has been cast
upon II il 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.
II is definitely known that in the
middle es 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
a captured German trench, and was
evidently used for throwing bombs or
other high explosives where the dis.
lance to be traversed by the projectile
was not great.
Close examination Of this unique
piece of workmanship evidences the
fact that il was used considerably and
Il bears all inmarks of hard continual
service 1t is about five feet long and
nine inches in diameter at the bore.
II Is made from a hard wood that
resembles hickory in its fibre and is
bound around closely with coils OF
heavy telegraph wire. How many of
these ancient field p.eces are in use
1t is, of course. hard to determine, but
il Is estimated that there are several
hundreds of them scattered along the
German front
Lieutenant r. A. Shaw, of the Cana
dian EXpeditionary Force. who is now
staying Ills city. where he is as
sistng tue Publicity Committee of the
Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland
1
cover There" Cantonment, addressed
a 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
peryising the construction of the
trenches which are to be a vital fea-
fu~e Of the battlefield section of the
over There" CantOnment. When he
was detailed to special war work in
this country. by the Canadian Govern
ue nt. Lieutenant Shaw brought with
l'.n 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 Cf 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
a means toward another end, an end
that invariably spells an empty pocket
book
But at the Cantonment fifteen cents
will admit you to see ii 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
Ped 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
1ering at the immensely Of it all, be-
cause 1t would take columns upon col
umns to describe the very educational,
instructive and entertaining features
OF this tremendous show.
Test of all the purchase of ticket
gives one another strangIe hold on a
Liberty Bond because % cents out OF
each one viii be taken by any bank in
this state as a 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
messages of congratulation on the
very splendid and suspicious begin
ninE which has assured the success
of the Cantonment. The entire coun.
try seems keenly aroused by Balti.
more's spirit of determination to carry
the third Liberty Loan over the top
and no spectacular undertaking or en-.
terDrise has eve- so apparently
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