The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-20

| war TROPHY TRAIN.
And treat Lakes Band a nilbank
Sunday Evening, at 7.30 e'cleck.
To the Editor: The war trophy
special train which will visit your
on Sunday, Sept. 22d will arrive at
1880 p. M. and remain until 10 D.
M. is probably the greatest war
trophy exhibit ever put on wheels.
1t includes almost everything used
by the Allied and foe Armies from
the German 1T" guns, which are
camouf1aged as If in field service
and mounted on fiat cars, to the
short deadly trench daggers and the
diminutive. but none the less eff
fective hand grenades.
There are two of these trains
now touring the Ninth Federal Re-
serve District in the interests Of
the Fourth Liberty Loan and they
have been inspected by hundreds of
thousands of people up to date.
Each succeeding city which the
trains visit seems bent on turning
out q bigger crowd than the previ-
GUS town. Each train is q COM
plete exhibit in itself as those in
charge Of obtaining the war troph-
les endeavored to obtain duplicates
SO that each train would be prac-
tically the same as the other and
80 that persons who had seen one
exhibit would not feel cheated in
not being able to see the other.
The train which will visit your
city is in charge of Frank H. Nut
ter, Jr., from the Ninth District
Liberty Loan headquarters at Min.
neapolis.
Each train carries q Blue Jacket
tand of thirty pieces from the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion near Chicago. These Navy
musicians are. 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
an outing and they show their ap-
probation therefor by thrilling
every city which they visit with
music which sends hands down in
to the pockets for Liberty Loan
money and makes men yearn for
the opportunity to don the uniform
and follow the flag.
The trains also carry soldiers who
have seen service in fighting the
Hun in France and Belgium and
who have been sent home because
of wounds. There is Alfred H.
O'Connor who went with the first
100, 600 troors 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 breakfast appetizer.
He was seriously wounded, left for
dead on the battlefield, rescued and
nursed back to life. He was dec
Grated by King George v for gal
lantry in action and especially men,
toned by President Wilson.
Then there is Leslie w. Davis Of
Kentucky. man who has seen SER
vice in Cuba and the Philippines,
but who answered the call Of the
Stars and Stripes again last sum-
mer and was overcome by gas and
shell shock in France, and Private
G. H. Langford Of Philadelphia who
carries q gun shot wound in his leg.
tand Capt. Robt. L. Finch, one Of
the thirteen Americans commission.
ed as captains by the Red Gross and
turned loose in France among the
American soldiers for the especial
mission Of ascertaining whether
the American boys were being sup
piled with everything which money
could buy. Il you have . soldier
boy in France and are wondering
whether the government is taking
care Of him, Capt. Finch has . mes
sage for you.
The special train which will visit
your city carries bright. flaming
banners from the engine TO the rear
| lights. It is composed Of engine,
tender. dynamo baegage car. bag
!, gage exhibition car, fat car, pas
senger coach exhibition car with
seats removed. and the necessary
dining and sleeping cars.
This train brings the war IN Eur
ope to your very door. One thing
the Ninth District Executive COM
mittee wishes distinctly understood
10 that absolutely no admission il