Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27

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public work and Is to exhibit them
%~m@ SO MS better to inform the people
IO concerning the work Of their gov
eminent toward winning the war.
IN IUV The combined display IL a war show
S&&1s from beginning to end, for every
~ activity Of the government now has
- n bearing. more or less direct, on
the one national aim Of preserving popular rule
for the world. Thus, not only will there be
vital interest in the exhibits Of the war
and navy Departments, but in the displays Of
the work u the department OF agriculture In slim
ulatipg Increased production Of food the actlvi-
ties Of the food administration IN encouraging the
conservation and equitable distribution OF this
fundamental war m%unition; Tie addition OF new
food sources through the bureau OF fisheries OF
the department Of commerce: the safeguarding or
human life and indirectly increasing of coal pro-
ductidA through the work Of the mine rescue cars
OF the bureau Of mines, department Of interior;
end the spreading Of official news through the
committee on public information.
The Joint committee on government exhibits,
which acts for the various departments In admin
astrating the displays and Is headed as chairman by
r. Lamson-Scribner OF the department Of agricul-
ture, has contracted for the exhibits 10 be shown
simultaneously on five circuits OF approximately
S5 state fairs and expositions from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific.
Organization OF five circuits does not mean that
amy one circuit Is being favored or Disseminated
against In the suantity or quality Of displays.
The government exhibit material Is Of such magnl.
tude that no fair has been able to offer more space
tlan can be filed. The army and navy exhibits
have been made up In five duplicate sets. In fact,
practically the only Variations of note In the dis
plays are In those OF the department of agriculture,
which has planned, In addition to Its exhibits Of
general interest, displays OF particular Importance
for specific regions. For instance, where wheat
growing Is allabsorbing, wheat wiz be featured,
and where cattle fever tick is sucking blood and
destroying meat, special emphasis will be placed
on the fight to rid American territory Of this para
site. .
The government exhibits have much to detnin
even the idly curious, but Informing the people Of
government work and Of important aid which the
public can render the government In the national
crisis Is the big aim. All exhibits are educational
and those Of purely technical interest are rarely
used. Displays are the product Of years of ex.
perience In exposition methods and every effort Is
made to visualize subjects In such manner that
observers will be informed us we'll as entertained.
To list and describe adequately every Item in
the exhibits would require many words. Features
selected here and there, however. may serve to
give an idea Of the complete show.
The war department display can hardly fail to
place Americans more closely in touch with their
boys who IRE making more uneasy the heads that
wear the crowns. There are Browning machine
guns for infantry use and Lewis machine guns
Of the aircraft type; mountain cannon that can
be pelled y Alpine heights figures clothed In reg
ulation uniforms, Including an ~aviator's flying
toys; rifles Of the latest model used lover there"
end weoden blocks showing penetration Of the old
Hnd new bullets; complete equipment Of the be.
loved "doughboy, and q trench psriscope through
which he watches for friskiness on the part Of the
"FrtziCs ~ gas masks that he dons when the Hun
spreads his fayorite poison the trench helmet that
protects him and the hand grenades he hurls: the
shovel with which he digs a trench and the pump
that takes out the water.
Then there are models Of the various kinds OF
tents used by the army, national and regimental
cOlors In silk, storm and post flags. q portable field
wireless outfit, henograph instruments, lanterns fol-
night signaling, day and night rockets and signal
flags.
And II any American hasn't learned yet to dis
tinguish a sergeant major from q ~brigadier gen
eral, he can do so from boards which carry the
insignia Of officers and the chevrons Of enlisted
men, with the wound and service chevrons au
thofised for officers and men serving In France.
The navy display shows more of the tools thai
ere making this world an unsafe place for inter
national burglars, and also some rifles captured
from German soldiers. The navy shows q dept
charge Of the kind whose bubbles often mean the
end for some submarine pirate; a naval mine and
anchor. and a big torpedo with Its truck. ProJec
tiles Of various sizes are accompanied by bombs
that airplanes drop. The clothing display includes